Excerpt from Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain During the Eighteenth Century Grundtvig's Opportunity came in connection with an edi tion of ballads which the Society for the Promotion of Dan ish Letters had for some time been preparing to publish. Grundtvig, who, as early as 1843, had joined with another young student in a circular asking for ballad texts and tunes, and who, in 1842 - 46, had gained attering notice by his translation of Engels/re 0g shots/re Fol/revise); took occasion on the invitation of the Society, to present, in 1847, a prospectus setting forth his principles with reference to the proper editing of ballads, and giving examples of the treatment he meant to apply to the individual numbers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."