and the whole splendid group of imperial ballads and lyrics, as "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "The Defence of Lucknow," "Ave Imperatrix." The editors have had scrupulous regard to accuracy of wording, sparing no pains to find and follow authoritative texts, although at the cost of uniformity in capitalization, punctuation, and even in spelling. Grateful acknowledgments are rendered to Mr. Andrew Lang for permission to use "Three Portraits of Prince Charles," to Mr. Henry Newbolt for permission to use "Drake's Drum" (taken from "The Island Race," published by John Lane), to Messrs. Longmans, Green and Company for permission to use selected stanzas from William Morris's "The Day is Coming," to Mr. James Lincoln for permission to use "Simon de Montfort" and "England," and also, in case of the latter, published in the Atlantic Monthly of April, 1900,- to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and finally to The Macmillan Company for large privileges of quotation from the poetic works of Lord Tennyson. King Richard the Second. (Selected Scenes) The King's Tragedy. (Selected Passages) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 194 King Richard the Third. (Selected Scenes). |