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Table of Contents

Several questions of general interest have arisen for discussion by the editor during the work of revision. Notes upon these have been brought together, so as to form an introduction, which it is hoped may be of some use to the readers of the Reliques, in the absence of an exhaustive compilation, which has yet to be made. Here there is no attempt at completeness of treatment, and the notes are roughly arranged under the following headings:—

 The Minstrels.

 Ballads and Ballad Writers.

 Imitators and Forgers.

 Authenticity of certain Ballads.

 Preservers of the Ballads.

 Life of Percy.

 Folio MS. and the Reliques.

 Ballad Literature since Percy.