ABSTRACT
First publ. Apr. 1841, the first number of the B & P series (see Appendix B, p. 471). The song ‘A king lived long ago’ (iii 163–224) had appeared in MR n.s. ix (Nov. 1835) 707–8, with the title The King and signed ‘Z.’, B.’s usual signature for contributions to this journal (see I 326). Not repr. separately; repr. 1849, 1863, 1868, 1888 (when the opening passage was formally entitled
