Note.—Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the first time in this volume.

There is a copy of Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

(50) [The Song Of Deirdra: 1913]

The Song of Deirdra / King Byrge and his Brothers / and / Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:—Square demy octavo, pp. 28; consisting of: Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. 1–2; Title-page, as above (with a note regarding the American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3–4; and Text of the Ballads pp. 5–28. There are head-lines throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular Ballad occupying it. At the foot of p. 28 is the following imprint: “London: / Printed for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies.” The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of two leaves), B (a half-sheet of four leaves), and C (a full sheet of eight leaves), all inset within each other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8½ × 6¾ inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

Contents.

page
The Song of Deirdra. [Farewell, grey Albyn, much loved land] 5
The Diver. [Where is the man who will dive for his king] Previously printed in The New Monthly Magazine, vol. vii., 1823, pp. 540–542. 8
King Byrge and his Brothers. [Dame Ingeborg three brave brothers could boast] 18
Turkish Hymn to Mahomet. [O Envoy of Allah, to thee be salaam] 26