The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Part 3, Additions and Corrections

No 54, p. 1. Add: J. A. & L. J. Alberdingk-Thijm, Oude en nieuwere Kerstliederen, p. 174, No 87. The tree is a palm.

No 55, p. 7, Legend of the Sower. Add: Alberdingk-Thijm, as above, p. 138, No 70; Le Héricher, Litt. pop. de Normandie, p. 81 f.

No 57, pp. 13-16. For other cases of throwing overboard for the safety of a ship, see Dr Reinhold Köhler's notes to 'Eliduc' in Warnke's edition of the Lays of Marie de France, p. C ff; Les Pèlerins de Saint-Jacques, Decombe, Ch. pop. d'Ille-et-Vilaine, p. 284, No 98.

No 62, p. 67, note ‡. More cases in Dr R. Köhler's note to 'Le Fraisne,' Warnke, as above, p. LXIV ff.

No 72, p. 174. Add to the Spanish and Italian ballad: 'Les trois Clercs,' Decombe, as above, p. 267, No 93; 'Les trois Écoliers,' Mélusine, I, col. 243 f; 'La Légende de Pontoise' (corrupted), Poésies p. de la France, MS., I, fol. 82, Mélusine, II, 18 f.

No 75, p. 206. Add: 'En chevauchant mon cheval rouge,' Decombe, p. 212, No 76, Ampère, Instructions, p. 36.

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