The following book is a collection of ballads penned by George Borrow. He is an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe, with his best-known books being 'The Bible in Spain' and the novels 'Lavengro' and 'The Romany Rye'. As for the writings featured in this book, they bear the following titles: 'The Danes of Yore', 'A Survey of Death', 'Saint Jacob', 'The Renegade', and 'An Impromptu'.