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Julia

> Dear All,
> Please find below details of a fascinating new volume
> in the Elphinstone Institute's Occasional Publications
> Series.
> This important study of two great men and their ballad
> discussions will be of great relevance to ballad scholars
> and all those interested in the cultural
> traditions and language of North-East Scotland.
> Apologies for any cross posting.
> Best wishes,
> Ian Russell
>
> THE BEDESMAN AND THE HODBEARER
>
> The Epistolary Friendship of Francis James Child and
> William Walker
>
> Edited and Introduced by Mary Ellen Brown
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> 'This publication is a mine of information about the North
> East and its song and language towards the end of the 19th
> century, while the letters are a delight to read.'
> Ian Olson, The Leopard
>
>
> The Bedesman and the Hodbearer is the second in the
> Elphinstone Institute's Occasional Publications Series on
> the culture and traditions of North and North-East
> Scotland.  The intriguing title describes the epistolary
> relationship between Aberdeen pawnbroker William Walker
> (one of Scotland's foremost authorities on the ballads) and
> Harvard Professor Francis James Child, during the last
> decade of the nineteenth century.  Edited and introduced by
> Professor Mary Ellen Brown, Director of the Institute for
> Advanced Study at the University of Indiana, the book
> brings together for the first time the two halves of their
> correspondence: from the Houghton Library at Harvard and
> from Aberdeen University's Historic Collections, Special
> Libraries and Archives.  Child's monumental The English and
> Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898), the standard text for
> ballad studies, was published without an introduction,
> which he had intended to remedy but for his untimely death
> in 1896.  This fascinating correspondence helps the reader
> to gain an insight into Child's method of working, as well
> as the remarkable friendship the two men established.
>
> Aberdeen University Press             ISBN 1 85752 299 0
>
>
> Order Form
>
> To order a copy of The Bedesman and the Hodbearer, please
> complete and return to:
> The Secretary, the Elphinstone Institute, King's College,
> 24 High Street, Aberdeen, AB24  3EB, with payment
>
> Please supply ……copy/ies of The Bedesman and the Hodbearer
> @ £11.00 (UK), £12.00 (Europe), £13.50 (outside Europe)
> including postage and packing.
>
> Total:…………..
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> Cheque/PO/Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard only)
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> Card details:
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> This form is downloadable at:
> www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/research.hti
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> Dr Ian Russell, Director
> The Elphinstone Institute
> University of Aberdeen
> 24 High Street
> Aberdeen
> AB24 3EB
> Tel: +44 (0)1224 272386
> Fax: +44 (0)1224 272728
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Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
University of Sheffield
Sheffield  S10 2TN
U.K.

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