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This collection of Dover books includes Scottish and Welsh interests too. These books open a new, but familiar world of cultures and activities to Dover readers of all ages.
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Recommendations... The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 3
by Francis James Child
This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume III includes Parts V and VI of the original set — ballads 114–188.
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 Seventy Scottish Songs
by Helen Hopekirk
Sterling collection of beloved vocal music, including ballads, love songs, patriotic songs, and songs commemorating special moments in history and legend. Features complete lyrics plus full piano accompaniments.
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by A. F. Murison
Dramatic account recalls legendary life of great Scottish patriot from his youth and early adulthood, when he spearheaded guerrilla warfare against the English, to his ultimate betrayal and execution.
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 The Aran Islands
by J. M. Synge
Famed playwright's beautiful, poetic 1907 memoir of life in an Irish fishing community. Superb retelling of folklore and anecdotes; vivid portrait of warmth, sincerity, and humor of hardy island residents.
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| |  Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs
by John Thomson
Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and more.
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Products in British (including Scottish and Welsh) Interest | | | | The Aran Islands
by J. M. Synge
Famed playwright's beautiful, poetic 1907 memoir of life in an Irish fishing community. Superb retelling of folklore and anecdotes; vivid portrait of warmth, sincerity, and humor of hardy island residents.
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by Joseph Jacobs
By great turn-of-the-century folklorist with a gift for fine narration. 43 stories include "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Nix Nought Nothing," and many more. 65 illustrations.
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| |  | The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1
by Francis James Child
This classic 19th-century survey offers absolute fidelity to original texts as well as invaluable commentary by Francis James Child. Volume 1 includes Parts I and II of the original set — ballads 1-53.
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by Francis James Child
This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume II includes Parts III & IV of the original set — ballads 54–113.
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by Francis James Child
This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume III includes Parts V and VI of the original set — ballads 114–188.
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by Francis James Child
This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume IV includes Parts VII and VIII of the original set — ballads 189-265.
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by Francis James Child
This 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentaries. Includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus indexes, glossary.
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| |  | In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce
by G. A. Henty
At the end of the 13th century, oppressed Scots rebelled against England with leaders William Wallace and Robert Bruce. This tale takes readers into heroic company with the fictional Archie Forbes, who fights alongside the legends.
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|  | One Hundred English Folksongs
by Cecil J. Sharp
Examples of the finest English folk tradition include "Henry Martin," "Barbara Ellen," "Lord Rendal," "Scarborough Fair," "Botany Bay," and scores of others. Each song includes notes on variations and historical allusions.
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| |  | Queen Elizabeth I Paper Doll
by Tom Tierney
7 magnificent gowns accented with pleated ruffs, pearls, and polished gemstones, for England's famous Queen Elizabeth. Also includes 2 figures of her admirers — Sir Walter Raleigh and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
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|  | Scottish Fairy Tales: Unabridged In Easy-To-Read Type
by Donald A. Mackenzie, John Green
Charming collection of ancient and modern Scottish stories includes "Battle of the Fairy Kings," "Conall and the Thunder Hag," "In the Kingdom of Seals," "The Maid-of-the-Wave," and many more. 34 illustrations.
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|  | Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales
by George Douglas
Brownies, kelpies, mermen, trolls, and other supernatural creatures magically appear in a series of delightful tales to assist, annoy, and otherwise meddle in the lives of simple Scottish country folk.
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|  | Scottish Tartans in Full Color
by James Grant
The tartans of 72 Highland clans, each presented in a full-page, full-color, large-format illustration. With a new introduction to tartans by noted authority J. Charles Thompson.
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by Donald A. Mackenzie
Sixteen lively tales tell of giants rumbling down mountainsides, of a magic wand that turns stone pillars into warriors, of gods and goddesses, evil hags, powerful forces, and more.
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| | Seventy Scottish Songs
by Helen Hopekirk
Sterling collection of beloved vocal music, including ballads, love songs, patriotic songs, and songs commemorating special moments in history and legend. Features complete lyrics plus full piano accompaniments.
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by John Thomson
Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and more.
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