Excerpt from Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, Chiefly Ancient, Vol. 1 of 2: With Explanatory Notes and a Glossary; To Which Are Prefixed Some Remarks on the Early State of Romantic Composition in ScotlandFrom the enquiries into which I have been led in preparing these Ballads for the press, I have collected a few notices, respecting the ear lier historical and romantic poetry of Scotland, which I shall give to my reader, in the hope, that, imperfect and desultory as they are, they may lie regarded as contributing, in some dc. Gree, to the study Of our ancient litei'atute.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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