Chapter III

_The Braes o' Yarrow_ is a good example of the Scottish lyrical ballad, the continued rhyme being very effective. _The Twa Brothers_ has become a game, and _Lizie Lindsay_ a song. _The Outlyer Bold_ is a title I have been forced to give to a version of the ballad best known as _The Bonnie Banks o' Fordie_; this, it is true, might have come more aptly in the First Series. So also _Katharine Jaffray_, which enlarges the lesson taught in _The Cruel Brother_ (First Series, p. 76), and adds one of its own.

_The Heir of Linne_ is another of the naïve, delightful ballads from the Percy Folio, and in general style may be compared with _The Lord of Learne_ in the Second Series (p. 182).