W. H. Brooke, and Maclise's
name was not attached to them, but merely mentioned by Mr. Croker in his
preface."

Scott made favourable mention of the 'Fairy Legends' in the collected
edition of the 'Waverley Novels' published in 1830. In a note on Fairy
Superstitions to Chapter XI. of 'Rob Roy,' speaking of the elfin
traditions peculiar to the wild scenery where Avon Dhu or the River Forth
has its birth, he observes: "The opinions entertained about these beings
are much the same with those of the Irish, so exquisitely well narrated
by Mr. Crofton Croker." Again, in his 'Letters on Demonology and
Witchcraft,' Scott says: "We know from the lively and entertaining
legends published by Mr. Crofton Croker, which, though in most cases,
told with the wit of the editor and the humour of his country, contain
points of curious antiquarian information" as to what the opinions of the
Irish are. And again, speaking of the Banshee: "The subject has been so
lately and beautifully investigated and illustrated by Mr. Crofton Croker
and others, that I may dispense with being very particular regarding it."
This was indeed gratifying from such an authority. The late Thomas
Haynes Bayley dedicated to Crofton Croker a volume entitled 'Songs from
Fairy Land.'

Having dwelt at considerable length upon the legends, the required limits
of this notice will not permit more than a reference to the literary
works of Mr. Croker which succeeded them; and as there is but occasion
for their enumeration, they shall be here given in the order of their
appearance, merely premising that the tales of 'Barney Mahoney' and 'My
Village _versus_ Our Village,' were not by Mr. Croker, although they bore
his name: they were, in reality, written by Mrs. Croker. The list stands
thus:--

1828-9. 'The Christmas-Box, an Annual Present for Children, a collection
of Tales edited by Mr. Croker, and published by Harrison Ainsworth' (Sir
Walter Scott, Lockhart, Ainsworth, Maria Edgeworth, and Miss Mitford were
among the contributors).

1829. 'Legends of the Lakes; or, Sayings and Doings at Killarney,
collected chiefly from the Manuscripts of R. Adolphus Lynch, Esq., H. P.
King's German Legion, with illustrations by Maclise (Ebers).' A second
edition, compressed into one volume as a guide to the Lakes, appeared in
1831. (Fisher.)

From this time Croker became contributor to the 'Gentleman's' and
'Fraser's' Magazines. In 1832 he was a steward at the famous liter