"This volume presents an exhaustive survey of those customs and beliefs that in the English and Scottish popular ballads center about religion and magic." -- Preface.

This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume IV includes Parts VII and VIII of the original set — ballads 189-265.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume II includes Parts III & IV of the original set — ballads 54–113.