Kurzbeschreibung:
"This great achievement seems destined to endure as long as the ballads themselves; few scholars have left so lasting a monument."--"Dictionary of American Biography" Published between 1882 and 1898, Professor Child's study of popular ballads in the English language was the first comprehensive survey of all extant ballads and their known variants. Its absolute fidelity to the original texts, together with Child's invaluable commentary on each ballad, make it an unsurpassed resource. Volume II, which comprises Parts III & IV of the original set, contains ballads 54-113, including "Sir Patrick Spens," "Johnie Scot," "Child Maurice," "Fair Margaret and Sweet William," and "The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter." Unabridged republication of the works originally published between 1882 and 1898.