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Upon concluding this Fourth Part, I have to express warm thanks to Mr for a punctilious recollation of  manuscript, and to Mr  for again granting the use of the volume. Miss, to remove a doubt about a few readings, has generously taken the trouble to make a facsimile copy of 's manuscript. Mr, whose accuracy is not surpassed by photographic reproduction, has done me favors of a like kind, and of many kinds. Rev. Professor, with all his engagements, has been prompt to render his peculiarly valuable help at the libraries of Cambridge; and Mr , late of Oxford, now of the University of California, has allowed me to call upon him freely for copies and collations at the Bodleian Library. The notes which Dr, Professor , Professor , and Mr have contributed, in the way of Additions and Corrections, will speak for themselves. Miss, translator of the Epic Songs of Russia, has given me much assistance in Slavic popular poetry, and Lieutenant-Colonel , of Calcutta, Mr , of Leeds, and Mr , of London, have made obliging communications as to English ballads.

F. J. C.