I would acknowledge with particular gratitude the liberality of the HON.
MRS MAXWELL-SCOTT in allowing the examination and use of the rich store
of ballads accumulated at Abbotsford by her immortal ancestor; and also
that of LORD ROSEBERY in sending to Edinburgh for inspection the
collection of rare Scottish broadsides formed by the late David Laing,
and permitting me to print several articles.
The REV. S. BARING-GOULD has done me the great favor of furnishing me
with copies of traditional ballads and songs taken down by him in the
West of England.
I am much indebted to the REV. W. FORBES-LEITH for his good offices, and
to MR MACMATH, as I have been all along, for help of every description.