Select Scotish Ballads, Vol. 1

Excerpt from Select Scotish Ballads, Vol. 1: Hardyknute, an Heroic Ballad; With the Other More Approved Scotish Ballads, in the Tragic Style; To Which Are Prefixed Two Dissertations, I. On the Oral Tradition of Poetry; II. On the Tragic Ballad T is with much pleafure I embrace this I opportunity of tefiifying my fincere refpeét for your graqe's exalted charaéter, as thc friend and as the ornament pf your coun tm, by addreżipg thefe voliimes to a name fo much revered and beloved by the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.