Publisher's Synopsis
The folk-lore element is never wanting at Christmas time; and we have it at its best in the noble book of British Ballads, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Everybody knows the drawings in color with which Mr. Rackham is wont to embellish the classics; and he embellishes all that he touches, so that if the text be not a classic it becomes so in his hands. This new volume is, if possible, more exquisite than those preceding. It is all that heart could wish, -a book to be pored upon beside the fire, and read and read again. The fortunate recipient will find herself saying over and over,
Binnorie, oh, Binnoriel
as she turns the toast for breakfast, and
This ae night, this ae night, Every night and all,
as she draws the shades and lights the lamps at evening. And she will see the pictures with her inward eye at all times and seasons as the year goes on.
--The Bookman, Vol.
