Minstrelsy

The earliest were translations from other languages, but soon his interest in those border ballads bore fruit in a collection entitled Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The earliest were translations from other languages, but soon his interest in those border ballads bore fruit in a collection entitled Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The earliest were translations from other languages, but soon his interest in those border ballads bore fruit in a collection entitled Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The earliest were translations from other languages, but soon his interest in those border ballads bore fruit in a collection entitled Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The ballad of "Auld Maitland," in the third volume of the "Minstrelsy," was furnished by Laidlaw; he recovered it from the recitation of "Will of Phawhope," the maternal uncle of the Shepherd.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Why, with your influence, will you not urge the completion of the 'Minstrelsy'?

A Publisher and His Friends Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1911

"Minstrelsy," they were between peoples of the same race, tongue, and faith; and were but petty squabbles in comparison with that epic crusade in which the remnants of the old Gothic conquerors slowly made head against, and finally overthrew and expelled, an Oriental religion, a foreign blood, and a civilisation in many respects more brilliant than anything which Europe could show.

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886

"Minstrelsy," as also the editions of this very beautiful romance in

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886

In the second volume of the "Minstrelsy" were included what Scott calls his "first serious attempts in verse," viz.,

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886

Forty-three of the ballads in the "Minstrelsy" had never been printed before; and of the remainder the editor gave superior versions, choosing with sureness of taste the best among variant readings, and with a more intimate knowledge of local ways and language than any previous ballad-fancier had commanded.

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886