Excerpt from The Story of Our National Ballads Although it was known, to some extent, on this side Of the water, since the Old days Of the French and Indian War, a special interest attaches to the fact that it began, and it ended, the Great Drama of the American Revolution; a drama which opened in New England, - culminated in New York, - and closed in Virginia. These three colonies were, each in turn, the Chief seat Of war. George William Curtis exclaims, Paul Revere's lantern shone through the valley of the Hudson, and flashed along the cliffs Of the Blue Ridge! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.