Part X

an essay by Walter Morris Hart entitled "Professor Child and the Ballad," reprinted _in toto_ from Vol. XXI, No. 4, 1906 [New Series Vol. XIV, No. 4] of the _Publications of the Modern Language Association of America_.

_Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 65-24347_

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_To_ _FREDERICK J. FURNIVALL, ESQ._ _OF LONDON_

_MY DEAR FURNIVALL_:

_Without the Percy MS. no one would pretend to make a collection of the English Ballads, and but for you that manuscript would still, I think, be beyond reach of man, yet exposed to destructive chances. Through your exertions and personal sacrifices, directly, the famous and precious folio has been printed; and, indirectly, in consequence of the same, it has been transferred to a place where it is safe, and open to inspection. This is only one of a hundred reasons which I have for asking you to accept the dedication of this book from_

_Your grateful friend and fellow-student_, _F. J. CHILD._

_Cambridge, Mass., December 1, 1882._

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