Poetry Chambers, Robert W: The Romantic Scottish Ballads. V1. 13 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

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PERCY'S Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765; David Herd'sScottish Songs, 1769; Scott'sMinstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802; and Jamieson'sPopular Ballads and Songs, 1806, have been chiefly the means of making us acquainted with what is believed to be the ancient traditionary ballad literature of Scotland; and this literature, from its intrinsic merits, has attained a very great fame.

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