To Robert Louis Stevenson.

INDEX.

PREFACE.

NOTES ON THE EARLY USE OF THE VARIOUS FORMS.

The Ballade, The Double Ballade, and The Chant Royal. Ballade

The Kyrielle, Pantoum, and Rondeau Redouble.

The Rondel, Rondeau, and Roundel. RONDEL. Allez-vous en, allez,

The Sestina.

The Triolet. TRIOLET. Le premier jour du mois de mai Fut le

The Villanelle, Virelai, and Virelai Nouveau. VILLANELLE. J'ay

Burlesques, Pasquinades, etc., in Ballade, Chant Royal, Rondeau, and Villanelle forms.

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