'Beyond it rose a castle fair
Y-built of marble stone;
The battlements were gilt with gold,
And glittered in the sun.—p. 129.
'Miss Mary Macleod has succeeded admirably in keeping much of the spirit of the originals in her prose versions of the best of the old ballads.'—Truth.
'Should take a high place. In this work the famous ballads have been done into prose so skilfully, and have been so artistically illustrated, that it forms a volume to be highly prized.'—Standard.
'She stoutly steered the stots about.'—p. 110.
Large crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards.