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PAGE BROWN WILLIAM. [_Let no one in greatness too confident 5 be_] Previously printed in _Once a Week_, _January_ 4_th_, 1862, pp. 37-38. THE POWER OF THE HARP. [_Sir Peter would forth from the 12 castle ride_] A reduced facsimile of one of the pages of the Manuscript of _The Power of The Harp_ will be found facing herewith. THE UNFORTUNATE MARRIAGE. [_Hildebrand gave his sister 18 away_] THE WRESTLING-MATCH. [_As one day I wandered lonely_, 25 _in extreme distress of mind_] THE WARRIOR. FROM THE ARABIC. [_Thou lov'st to look on 31 myrtles green_] _Note_.--Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the first time in this volume. There is a copy of _Brown William_, _The Power of the Harp_, _and Other Ballads_ in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38. [Picture: Manuscript of The Power of the Harp] (50) [THE SONG OF DEIRDRA: 1913] The Song of Deirdra / King Byrge and his Brothers / and / Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913. Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 28; 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. 5-28. There are head-lines throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular Ballad occupying it. At the foot of p. 28 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 two leaves), B (a half-sheet of four leaves), and C (a full sheet of eight 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 6.75 inches. Thirty Copies only were printed. _Contents_. PAGE THE SONG OF DEIRDRA. [_Farewell_, _grey Albyn_, _much 5 loved land_] THE DIVER. [_Where is the man who will dive for his 8 king_] Previously printed in _The New Monthly Magazine_, vol. vii., 1823, pp. 540-542. KING BYRGE AND HIS BR
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