Ballads and Lyrics of Old France: with Other Poems

POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. VICTOR HUGO. ALFRED DE MUSSET, 1810-1857. GERARD DE NERVAL, 1801-1855. HENRI MURGER, 1822-1861. BALLADS. The originals of the French folk-songs here translated are to be found in the collections of MM. De Puymaigre and Gerard de Nerval, and in the report of M. Ampere. The verses called a 'Lady of High Degree' are imitated from a very early CHANSON in Bartsch's collection. The Greek ballads have been translated with the aid of the French versions by M. Fauriel. SPRING. CHARLES D'ORLEANS, 1391-1465.