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as

IN 1887 the late Prof. Henry Morley

added M. G. Lewis's 'Tales of Terror

and Wonder' to the useful series which he

published under the title of the "Universal

Library." He seems to have restricted his

editorial duties to the writing of a concise

and helpful introduction and, perhaps, the

superintendence of the text. Lewis's notes

he has left to themselves: he has not supple-

mented them where additions were wanted,

and he has not corrected mistakes. There

is need, for instance, to qualify Lewis's ex-

planation of "wraiths"

given as a note on a line in Bothwell's

water-spirits,"

Bonny Jane'; and what is said of St. Bothan,

Hallowe'en, and the Brownie at further stages

of the same ballad could be materially im-

proved by expert comment.

tree" and "bathy" in the notes to Scott's

"Bellane-

Glenfinlas' are misprints for beltane-tree

and bothy; and the definition of "windle-

strae," which occurs in Leyden's 'Elfin-King,'

is not sufficiently exhaustive, even if it does

happen to have been the explanation given

by Leyden himself. These, however, are

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comparatively small matters, which may

safely be left to the judicious reader.

When we come

The opening stanza of this narrative states
to the ballad 'Clerk

Colvin' we find a different state of things.

Colvin's lady cost her lord no less a sum than

that the "girdle round the middle jimp" of

crowns fifteen. To this Lewis or his repre-

stays"! This deliverance

due not so much to hopeless ignorance as

sentative appends the startling note, "Jimps,

misguided ingenuity, for the annotator may

may have been

have been thinking of another ballad, where

a lady exclaims :-

And wha will lace my middle jimp

Wi' a lang linen band?

The natural inference of a mere man from
such an appeal would be that what needed
lacing was a portion of wearing apparel, and
not an epithet indicative of exquisite grace.
It is probably similar lyrical bewilderment
that presently makes Clerk Colvin exclaim,
"Ohan! and alas!" in the text, and explains
is surely too deliberate for a typical error.
Towards the end of the ballad the Clerk is
"row," meaning wrap or roll, as rap, which
credibly informed that things with him "will
ever be wae," and the annotator carefully
glosses this as " be painful," thereby showing
commendable courage and some promise of
improvement. But immediately afterwards
he lapses wofully. Clerk Colvin, conscious
after what has befallen him that he must
now dree his weird, rides crestfallen to get
final solace from his mother :-

He has mounted on his berry-brown steed,
And dowie, dowie on he rides,
Till he has reached Dunallan's towers,

And there his mother dear resides.

It's dowie i' the hin' o' hairst, At the wa'gang o' the swallow,

When the winds grow cauld, when the burns grow bauld,

An' the wuds are hingin' yellow.

THOMAS BAYNE.

A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DIBDIN.

(Continued from 9th S. x. 245.)

1790. The Wags; or, The Camp of Pleasure, a Table Entertainment written & composed by Charles Dibdin, first performed 18th October, 1790.

The songs were published in folio, price 1s., signed by Dibdin, on a sheet of 4 pp. Usually the music and first stanza of the songs are on pp. 2 and 3, the front being blank, and p. 4 occupied by the rest of the words and arrangements for flute and (or) guitar. Exceptions are noted. The headings of the songs, unless mentioned as otherwise, are similar to that on No. 1.

by Mr. Dibdin, for his entertainment called The 1. The Watery Grave. Written and composed Wags, or The Camp of Pleasure. London: Printed and Sold by the Author, at his Music Warehouse, No. 411 Strand, opposite the Adelphi. Title on front page.

2. A Drop of the Creature.

3. Sound Argument.

4. Patrick O'Row. (Price marked with a pen.) 5. The Soldier's Adieu.

6. Nautical Philosophy. (No price marked.) 7. Indian Death Song.

8. Happy Jerry.

9. Jack in his Element. Title on front page. 10. The Joys of the Country.

11. Death or Victory. Title on front page.

12. The Virtue of Drunkenness.

13. Buxom Nan.

14. Family Likeness.

15. Morality in the Foretop.

16. The Dustman.

17. Swizzy.

18. Soldier Diok.

19. The Shipwreck.

20. The Negro and his Banjer.

21. Olympian Hunt.

22. The Camp of Pleasure. 4 pp.

23. Death Alive.

24. Irish [Mock?] Italian Song. 12 pp. Front and back blank. Price 2s. 6d.

several songs I have later impressions from
the plates, which bear also Dibdin's Leicester
Place address. I have seen still later issues
-in most cases from Dibdin's plates-of
Nos. 5, 9, 18, 27, and 32 by G. Walker, No. 13
by J. Diether, No. 16 by J. Lawson, also a
pirated single sheet of No. 33 by Hime of
Dublin. Hogarth includes the following
songs in his collection as in 'The Wags':-
*38. Neighbours Fare.
*39. Peace and War.

*40. The Difficult Task.
*41. Crotchets and Quavers.

Early advertisements of 'The Wags' mention No. 39, also a song :—

42. Hey Fellow Well Met (of which I find no other trace), also 'The Finale.'

1790. (Museum date, doubtful.) *Ode in honour of His Majesty's birthday, written and composed by with Dialogue intended only to introduce the C. Dibdin. London, folio. 1790. *Book of the songs in A Divertisement [sic], following favourite songs, selected, written and composed (with new Accompanyments) by Mr. Dibdin. In two parts; 13 songs and an overture. The first performance, at Covent Garden Theatre, was on 23rd November, 1790.

1791. A Sonata, adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte, with an accompaniment for the violin or flute; from the subjects of Bachelor's Hall, Poor Tom, & the Camp of Pleasure; being No. 1 of a collection to be publish'd monthly by Mr. Dibdin from the favorite Songs in his Wags and Oddities. Printed and sold by the Author at his Music warehouse 411 Strand. Oblong folio, 8 pp., front and back blank. Signed at foot of first engraved page. Nos. 2 and 3 are similar. The subjects in No. 2 are 'Happy Jerry,' 'The Virtue of Drunkenness,' and the 'Greenwich Pensioner.' Those in No. 3 are the Mock Italian Song,' 'Ben Backstay,' and 'Peggy Perkins.' Price 1s. 6d. A fourth number was advertised as in preparation in an advertisement of Dibdin's Entertainment, but I doubt if it appeared.

1791. Private Theatricals; or, Nature in Nubibus, a Table Entertainment by Charles Dibdin, first performed 31st October, 1791.

The songs were published in folio, price 1s., signed by Dibdin, on a sheet of 4 pp. Usually the music of the song is on pp. 2 and 3, the front being blank, and p. 4 occupied by the rest of the words and arrangements for flute and (or) guitar. Exceptions are noted. Headings of songs are similar to No. 1, or mentioned as otherwise.

1. Bill Bobstay written and composed by Mr. Dibdin, for his entertainment called Private Thea