Part 9
"Every page deserves some quotation.... Accompanying the poems is the enchanting commentary of Dr. Hyde; he tells of the old folk from whose lips, of the old manuscripts, from whose pages he took his songs. He is philosophical, historical, scientific, at need.... The reader will reflect that were these poems, or poems a thousand times less good in Greek or Latin, old French, or old German, or songs of Russia or Roumania, many a learned man, many a lover of poetry, would be keen to edit, criticise, proclaim them."--_From the Daily Chronicle, Aug. 21st, 1893._
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Transcriber's Notes:
Passages in italics are indicated by _italic_.
Passages in bold are indicated by =bold=.
Passages in Gaelic print are indicated by +Gaelic+.
The following misprints have been corrected: "quiet" corrected to "quite" (page 40) "side" corrected to "sides" (page 54) "hut" corrected to "but" (advertisements)
Punctuation has been corrected without note.