The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 5
By Francis James Child
- Release Date: 2013-01-03
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
Published between 1882 and 1898, this definitive collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume 5 includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus a 3000-item bibliography, indexes, glossary, musical selections and an essay by Walter Morris Hart.
