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Thread #71071 Message #1213776
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
24-Jun-04 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Jack Rowland (from Martin Carthy)
Subject: RE: Anyone Know About 'Jack Rowland'?
Illustrations of Northern Antiquities isn't all that easy to get hold of these days. There is an online transcription of Joseph Jacobs' English Fairy Tales at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/index.htm, however; and Jacobs based his re-telling of Childe Rowland on Jamieson's account. A look at that reveals more of the earlier material, though it must be remembered that it has been altered by Jacobs, and you need to read his notes as well.