L. Nversity of 7 28 Sule Survi Dunsin-Madison son, WI 53706-1494 69.142 RECEIVED FEB 25 1891 WIS. HISTORICAL SOC. University Press BU54 •C97 TO FRANCIS JAMES CHILD, PH.D., LL. D. It is more than a quarter of a century since you began for Harvard that collection of myths, folk-tales, and ballads, in all European languages, which has grown under your hand to such proportions that it is now, perhaps, the most complete of its kind in either hemisphere. This work was begun by you through a clear perception of what was needed for laborers in a most important field of inquiry, and achieved by tireless and patient care in seeking and finding. Your labors as a scholar are honored abroad as at home, and your work on English and Scottish ballads will endure as a monument of skill and devotion. During your career as Professor you have been true to the ideals of Harvard scholarship and life, adding to them meanwhile something of your own. Whoso adds to or freshens the spirit of our revered Alma Mater deserves well of the country; for Harvard, now in the second half of the third century of her existence, is the oldest witness and, so far, the most |