Frank Sidgwick

Frank Sidgwick
Frank Sidgwick (1879–1939) was a British publisher, editor, and writer, best known as the co-founder of the publishing house Sidgwick & Jackson in 1908. He played a significant role in promoting literary talent and published works by many well-known authors of his time. Sidgwick also authored several works, including "Ballads of the Fleet" (1907), which showcases his interest in poetry and folklore. Additionally, he was recognized for his scholarship in ballad literature, contributing to the preservation and study of traditional English ballads.

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PREFACE Of making selections of ballads there is no end. As a subject for the editor, they seem to be only less popular than Shakespeare, and every year sees a fresh output. But of late there has sprung up a custom of confusing the old with the new, the genuine with the imitation; and the products of civilised days, ‘ballads’ by courtesy or convention, are set beside the rugged and hard-featured... more...

PREFACE This volume concludes the series, begun in 1903, which was intended to comprise all the best traditional ballads of England and Scotland. The scheme of classification by subject-matter, arbitrary and haphazard as it may seem to be at one point or another, has, I think, proved more satisfactory than could have been anticipated; and in the end I have omitted no ballad without due justification.... more...