The Folk of the Air _William Butler Yeats_ 199
The Reconciliation _A. Margaret Ramsay_ 201
The Priest's Brother _Dora Sigerson Shorter_ 203
The Ballad of Judas
Iscariot _Robert Buchanan_ 205
The Eve of St. John _Walter Scott_ 212
Fair Margaret's Misfortunes _Anon._ 220
Sweet William's Ghost _Anon._ 222
Clerk Saunders _Anon._ 224
The Wife of Usher's Well _Anon._ 229
A Lyke-Wake Dirge _Anon._ 231




THE HAUNTED HOUR




THE FAR AWAY COUNTRY

NORA HOPPER CHESSON


_Far away's the country where I desire to go,_
_Far away's the country where the blue roses grow,_
_Far away's the country and very far away,_
_And who would travel thither must go 'twixt night and day._