wn o'er the isle in torrents 9
fell_]

The ballad was printed from a Manuscript written in 1854.
I give a reduced facsimile of a page of an earlier
Manuscript written in 1830.

The Wicked Stepmother. [_Sir Ove he has no daughter but 14
one_]

This ballad should be read in conjunction with _The
Wicked Stepmother_, _No. ii_, printed in _Young Swaigder
or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads_, 1913, pp.
23-37.

The complete Manuscript of _The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads_ is in the
library of Mr. Clement Shorter.

There is a copy of _The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads_ in the Library of
the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

[Picture: Manuscript of Tygge Hermandsen]

(24.) [THE MERMAID'S PROPHECY: 1913]

The / Mermaid's Prophecy / and other / Songs relating to Queen Dagmar /
By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 30; consisting of Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp.
3-4; and Text of the _Songs_ pp. 5-30. There are head-lines throughout,
each page being headed with the title of the particular _Song_ occupying
it. Following p. 30 is a leaf, with a notice regarding the American
copyright upon the reverse, and with the following imprint upon its
recto: "_London_: / _Printed for Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ /
_Edition limited to Thirty Copies_." The signatures are A and B (two
sheets, each eight leaves), the one inset within the other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.75 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

PAGE

Songs relating to Queen Dagmar:

I. King Valdemar's Wooing. [_Valdemar King and Sir 5
Strange bold_]

II. Queen Dagmar's Arrival in Denmark. [_It was 14
Bohemia's Queen began_]

III. The Mermaid's Prophecy. [_The King he has caught 19
the fair mermaid_, _and deep_]

Rosmer. [_Buckshank bold and Elfinstone_] 25

This ballad should be read in conjunction with _Rosmer
Mereman_, printed in _Young Swaigder or The Force of
Runes and Other Ballads_, 1913, pp. 16-22.

Of _The Merma