Child's Ballads

THE

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH

POPULAR BALLADS

EDITED BY
FRANCIS JAMES CHILD

PART I

BOSTON
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
NEW YORK: 11 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
London: Henry Stevens, 4 Trafalgar Square

One Thousand Copies Printed.

Copyright, 1882, by F. J. Child.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company.

To
FREDERICK J. FURNIVALL, ESQ.,
OF LONDON.

My Dear Furnivall:

Without the Percy MS. no one would pretend to make a collection of the English Ballads, and but for you that manuscript would still, I think, be beyond reach of man, yet exposed to destructive chances. Through your exertions and personal sacrifices, directly, the famous and precious folio has been printed; and, indirectly, in consequence of the same, it has been transferred to a place where it is safe, and open to inspection. This is only one of a hundred reasons which I have for asking you to accept the dedication of this book from

Your grateful friend and fellow-student,

F. J. CHILD.

Cambridge, Mass., December 1, 1882.

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This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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