THE ATHENAEUMThe Romantic Scottish BalladsRobert Chambers
History
The Romantic Scottish Ballads
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textRobert Chambers, the Edinburgh publisher, argued in 1859 that many of the great romantic ballads were not ancient at all, but written in the eighteenth century, most of them by Lady Wardlaw, the author of Hardyknute. Few were persuaded. Chambers was also, as was revealed only after his death, the anonymous author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 1 hr 5 min
- Where to find it
- The Burns Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #35602. In the public domain in the United States.