rsburg. Should such
surmise be correct, the _Tales_ are contemporary with _Targum_.

The _Once a Week_ version of _The Story of Yvashka_ was reprinted in _The
Avon Booklet_, Vol. ii, 1904, pp. 199-210.

There is a copy of _The Story of Yvashka_ in the Library of the British
Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 37.

[Picture: Manuscript of History of Jack with the Bear's Ear]

(27) [THE VERNER RAVEN: 1913]

The Verner Raven / The Count of Vendel's / Daughter / and Other Ballads /
By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 27; 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. 5-27. There are headlines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular _Ballad_ occupying it. Upon the
reverse of p. 27 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 2 leaves), B (a half
sheet of 4 leaves), and C (a full sheet of 8 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 8.5 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

PAGE

THE VERNER RAVEN. [_The Raven he flies in the evening 5
tide_]

THE COUNT OF VENDEL'S DAUGHTER. [_Within a bower the 12
womb I left_]

Previously printed in _Once a Week_, Vol. viii, _January_
3_rd_, 1863, pp. 35-36.

THE CRUEL MOTHER-IN-LAW. [_From his home and his country 18
Sir Volmor should fare_]

THE FAITHFUL KING OF THULE. [_A King so true and 25
steady_]

THE FAIRIES' SONG. [_Balmy the evening air_] 27

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

The Manuscript of _The Count of Vendel's Daughter_ is included in the
extensive collection of Borroviana belonging to Mr. F. J. Farrell, of
Great Yarmouth.

There is a copy of _The Verner Raven_, _The Count of Vendel's Daughter_,
_and Other Ballads_ in the Library of the British Museum. The