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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the... Read Full Overview

"A Collection of Ballads" from Andrew Lang. Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology (1844-1912).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

A Collection of Ballads is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher... Read Full Overview

A Collection of Ballads: Large Print William John Locke The king sits in Dunfermline town, Drinking the blude-red wine o: "O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship of mine o?" O up and spake an eldern-knight, Sat at the king's right knee: "Sir Patrick Spens is... Read Full Overview

Instances perpetually occur in the Sagas: Grettir, Egil, Skarphedin, are always singing. InKidnapped, Mr. Stevenson introduces The Song of the Sword of Alan, a fine example of Celtic practice: words and air are beaten out together, in the heat of victory.

Instances perpetually occur in the Sagas: Grettir, Egil, Skarphedin, are always singing. InKidnapped, Mr. Stevenson introduces The Song of the Sword of Alan, a fine example of Celtic practice: words and air are beaten out together, in the heat of victory. .

Instances perpetually occur in the Sagas: Grettir, Egil, Skarphedin, are always singing. InKidnapped, Mr. Stevenson introduces The Song of the Sword of Alan, a fine example of Celtic practice: words and air are beaten out together, in the heat of victory. ...Andrew Gabriel... Read Full Overview

When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood, and was little practised. Editors were content to study the ballads of their own... Read Full Overview