henceforth be regarded, if not as a fiction, at
least as one more result of Borrow's inveterate habit of "drawing the
long bow,"--to wit the passages in _Lavengro_ wherein Borrow recounts his
acquisition of the "strange and uncouth-looking volume" at the price of a
kiss from the yeoman's wife, and the purpose which that volume served
him.

Of the first and second of the three Ballads included in _Grimhild's
Vengeance_ two Manuscripts are available. The first of these was written
in 1829, and was intended to find a place in the _Songs of Scandinavia_
advertised at the close of that year. The second Manuscript was written
in 1854, and was prepared for the projected volumes of _Koempe Viser_ of
that date. Of the third Ballad there exists only a single Manuscript,
namely that produced in 1829. Apparently in 1854 Borrow had relinquished
all hope of publishing the _Koempe Viser_ before he had commenced work
upon the third Ballad. In the present volume the first two _Songs_ were
printed from the Manuscripts of 1854; the third _Song_ from the
Manuscript of 1829.

There is a copy of _Grimhild's Vengeance_ in the Library of the British
Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

[Picture: Manuscript of Grimhild's Vengeance: Song the First--1854]

(57) [LETTERS TO ANN BORROW: 1913]

Letters / To his Mother / Ann Borrow / and Other Correspondents / By /
George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Crown octavo, pp. 38; consisting of Half-title (with blank
reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with a notice regarding the
American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3-4; and Text of
the _Letters_ pp. 5-38. The head-line is _Letters to his Mother_
throughout, upon both sides of the page. Following p. 38 is a leaf, with
blank recto, and with the following imprint upon the reverse: "_London_:
/ _Printed for Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to
Thirty Copies_." The signatures are A (a half-sheet of four leaves),
plus B and C (two sheets, each eight leaves), each inset within the
other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 7.5 x 5 inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

The series of letters contained in this volume were reprinted in _George
Borrow and his Circle_. _By Clement King Shorter_, 8vo, 1913. The whole
of the holographs are in Mr. Shorte