les of
this Prospectus have survived. The brochure consists of two octavo pages
of letterpress, with the following heading:--

PROSPECTUS.

_It is proposed to publish_, _in Two Volumes Octavo_,
Price to Subscribers 1 pound 1_s._, to Non-Subscribers 1 pound 4_s._,
THE SONGS OF SCANDINAVIA,
TRANSLATED BY
DR. BOWRING AND MR. BORROW.

DEDICATED TO THE KING OF DENMARK, BY PERMISSION OF HIS MAJESTY.

Then came a brief synopsis of the contents of the volumes, followed by a
short address on "the debt of justice due from England to Scandinavia."

Two additional pages were headed _List of Subscribers_, and were left
blank for the reception of names which, alas! were recorded in no
sufficient number. The scheme lapsed, Borrow found his mission in other
fields of labour, and not until 1854 did he again attempt to revive it.

But in 1854 Borrow made one more very serious effort to give his Ballads
life. In that year he again took them in hand, subjected many of them to
revision of the most drastic nature, and proceeded to prepare them
finally for press. Advertisements which he drew up are still extant in
his handwriting, and reduced facsimiles of two of these may be seen upon
the opposite page. But again Fate was against him, and neither _Koempe
Viser_ nor _Songs of Europe_ ever saw the light. {0b}

[Picture: Manuscript of the Koempe Viser And Songs of Europe
advertisement]

After the death of Borrow his manuscripts passed into the possession of
his step-daughter, Mrs. MacOubrey, from whom the greater part were
purchased by Mr. Webber, a bookseller of Ipswich, who resold them to Dr.
William Knapp. These Manuscripts are now in the hands of the Hispanic
Society, of New York, and will doubtless remain for ever the property of
the American people. Fortunately, when disposing of the bulk of her
step-father's books and papers to Mr. Webber, Mrs. MacOubrey retained the
Manuscripts of the Ballads, together with certain other documents of
interest and importance. It was from these Manuscripts that I was
afforded the opportunity of preparing the series of Pamphlets printed
last year.

The Manuscripts themselves are of four descriptions. Firstly, the
Manuscripts of certain of the new Ballads prepared for the _Songs of
Scandinavia_ in 1829, untouched, and as orig