AND Ballads FROM THE REIGN OF KING HENRY THE SECOND COLLECTED BY JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ. THIRD EDITION CAREFULLY REVISED BY W. CAREW HAZLITT "I love a ballad in print, 'slife!" WINTER'S TALE LONDON REEVES AND TURNER 196 STRAND 1877 Now Reissued by 1249 Washington Blvd., Detroit, Michigan 1968 1137528-318 PREFACE. THE observation as to the scarcity of the edition of this interesting work, printed in 1790, has for some time equally applied to that of 1829; and a new impression seemed desirable. The two volumes have undergone, on republication, such changes only as were clearly imperative, in the correction of obvious and material errors, of which the number has proved very considerable, and a few additional notes have been inserted here and there. The Index at the end is a new and useful feature in the book; and the Glossary has been specially prepared for this edition by Mr. Sidney Herrtage, to whom I beg to express my obligations for his kindness. KENSINGTON, January 1877. W. C. H. |