176/377 And in his review of Cromek's _Reliques of Burns_ he said on the same subject of Scottish songs: "Few, whether serious or humorous, past through his hands without receiving some of those magic touches which, without greatly altering the song, restored its original spirit, or gave it more than it had ever possessed." (_Quarterly_, February, 1809.)] [Footnote 47: _Remarks on Popular Poetry_, Henderson's edition of _Minstrelsy_, Vol. 46.] [Footnote 48: Henderson's edition of _Minstrelsy_, Vol. xix.] [Footnote 49: Henderson's edition of _Minstrelsy_, Vol. |