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BALLAD ROMANCES, by R.H.  HORNE, Esq., Author of “ORION,” &c.—­Containing the Noble Heart, a Bohemian Legend; The Monk of Swinstead Abbey, a Ballad Chronicle of the Death of King John; The Three Knights of Camelott, a Fairy Tale; The Ballad of Delora, or the Passion of Andrea Como; Red Gelert, a Welsh Legend; Ben Capstan, a Ballad of the Night Watch; The Elf of the Woodlands, a Child’s Story.  Fcap. 8vo. elegantly printed and bound in cloth, 248 pages, only 2s. 6d.

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