ANCIENT BALLADS
AND LEGENDS
OF HINDUSTAN

BY
TORU DUTT

AUTHOR OF "A SHEAF GLEANED IN FRENCH FIELDS," AND
"LE JOURNAL DE MADEMOISELLE D'ARVERS."

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR
BY EDMUND GOSSE.

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO.
MDCCCLXXXV


"I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved, more than with a trumpet: and yet it is sung but by some blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude style."

Sir Philip Sidney.