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SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE BORDER MINSTRELSY
Contents:
Preface
Scott and the Ballads
Auld Maitland
The Ballad of Otterburne
Scott's Traditional Copy and how he edited it
The Mystery of the Ballad of Jamie Telfer
Kinmont Willie
Conclusions
PREFACE
Persons not much interested in, or cognisant of, "antiquarian old
womanries," as Sir Walter called them, may ask "what all the pother
is about," in this little tractate. On my side it is "about" the
veracity of Sir Walter Scott.
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