ed _Jamms_.

Issued (in _June_, 1860) in magenta coloured cloth boards, lettered in
gold along the back, "_The Sleeping Bard_," and "_London_ / _John
Murray_" across the foot. The published price was 5_s._; 250 copies were
printed. Murray's connection with the work was nominal. The book was
actually issued at Yarmouth by J. M. Denew, the printer by whom it was
produced. The cost was borne by the author himself, to whom the majority
of the copies were ultimately delivered.

Some few copies of _The Sleeping Bard_ would appear to have been put up
in yellowish-brown plain paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges. One such
example is in the possession of Mr. Paul Lemperley, of Cleveland, Ohio; a
second is in the library of Mr. Clement Shorter. The leaves of both
these copies measure 8.75 x 5.75 inches. The leaves of ordinary copies
in cloth measure 7.5 x 4.75 inches. The translation was made in 1830.

The text of _The Sleeping Bard_ is divided into three sections. Each of
these sections closes with a poem of some length, as follows:--

PAGE

1. The Perishing World. [_O man_, _upon this building 38
gaze_]

2. Death the Great. [_Leave land and house we must some 63
day_]

In the printed text the seventh stanza of _Death the
Great_ reads thus:

_The song and dance afford_, _I ween_,
_Relief from spleen_, _and sorrows grave_;
_How very strange there is no dance_,
_Nor tune of France_, _from Death can save_!

About the year 1871 Borrow re-wrote this stanza, as
follows:

_The song and dance can drive_, _they say_,
_The spleen away_, _and humour's grave_;
_Why hast thou not devised_, _O France_!
_Some tune and dance_, _from Death to save_?

As was invariably the case with Borrow, his revision was
a vast improvement upon the original version.

3. The Heavy Heart. [_Heavy's the heart with wandering 124
below_]

The Manuscript of _The Sleeping Bard_ was formerly in the
possession of Dr. Knapp. It is now the property of the
Hispanic Society, of New York. It extends to 74 pages
4to.

There is a copy of the First Edition of _The Sleeping Bard_ in the
Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 12355. c. 17.

(14) [WILD WALES: 1862]

Wild Wales: / Its People, Language, and Scenery. / By George Borrow, /
Author of "The Bible in Spain," etc. / "_Th