'The "British Ballads" has come, and though I am awfully bucked with the edition � I can't think why I didn't appreciate it before. This must be a triumph for you � the reading matter is not nearly so good as I expected. For one thing, instead of being all made up of real old ballads as I hoped, it is half full of silly modern imitations and even funny ones. Don't you loathe "funny" poetry?'
