English and Scottish ballads. Ed. by Francis James Child.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781425533151
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: Stories resembling that contained in the following ballad are to be met with in the literature of most of the nations of Europe; for example, in the Gesta Romanorum, (No. XIX. and [XXXV.] of Madden's Old English Versions,) in the amusing German tale Der Phaffe Amis, 98-180, in Eulenspiegel, (Marbach, p. 28) and the English Owlglass (31st Adventure in the recent edition), in the Grimm's Kinder-und-Haus-mar-chen, No. 152, in Sacchetti's Novels, No.4, the Patranuelo of Juan Timoneda, Alcala, 1576 (Ritson, Anc. Songs, ii. 183), the Contes a rire, i. 182, (Gent. Mag. 65, i. 35,) etc., etc.