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Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and other 

 Poems. 



By W. Edmondst^unb Aytoun, D.C.L., 



Professor of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres in the University of Edinbiirgh. 



Twelfth Edition, price 7s. 6d. 



" Mr Aytoun's Lays are truly beautiful, and are perfect poems of their class, pregnant with Are, 

 with patriotic ardour, with loyal zeal, with exquisite pathos, with noble passion. Who can hear 

 the opening lines descriptive of Edinburgh after the great battle of Flodden, and not feel that the 

 niinstrers soul has caught the genuine inspiration?" — Morning Post. 



Bothwell : A Dramatic Poem. 



By the same Author. 

 Third Edition, price 7s. 6d. 



The Ballads of Scotland. 



Edited by Professor Aytoun. 

 Second Edition. Two Volumes, price 12s. 



** No country can 'boast of a richer collection of Ballads than Scotland, and no Editor for these 

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 to be desired — ^which must henceforth be considered as the standard edition of the Scottish Ballads, 

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 the English Ballads," — The Times. 



Firmilian; or, the Student of Badajoz: 



A SPASMODIC TRAGEDY. 



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" Without doubt, whether we regard it as a satire or as a complete drama, Firmilian is one of 

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 fancy, and the touches of deep thought scattered throughout, challenge comparison with selection-s 

 from the most modem poems." — Lvuerpool Albion. 



The Book of Ballads. 



Edited by Bon Gaultiee. 

 Fifth Edition, with numerous Illustrations by DoTLE, Leech, and Ckowquill. 

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