Selected and with an Introduction

by

BEVERLEY NICHOLS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

FOREWORD

By

Beverley Nichols

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

MANDALAY

THE FROLICKSOME DUKE

THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE

THE KNIGHT & SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER

KING ESTMERE

KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY

BARBARA ALLEN'S CRUELTY

FAIR ROSAMOND

ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE

THE BOY & THE MANTLE

THE HEIR OF LINNE

PART THE FIRST

PART THE SECOND

KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID

SIR ANDREW BARTON

MAY COLLIN

THE BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEDNALL GREEN

PART THE FIRST

PART THE SECOND

THOMAS THE RHYMER

YOUNG BEICHAN

BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBEY

THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE

CLERK COLVILL

SIR ALDINGAR

EDOM O' GORDON

THE BALLAD OF CHEVY CHACE

SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE

GIL MORRICE

THE CHILD of ELLE

CHILD WATERS

KING EDWARD IV & THE TANNER OF TAMWORTH

SIR PATRICK SPENS

THE EARL OF MAR'S DAUGHTER

EDWARD, EDWARD

KING LEIR & HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

HYND HORN

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

TIPPERARY

THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON

THE THREE RAVENS

THE GABERLUNZIE MAN

THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL

THE LYE

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL