Tales and Ballads is a collection of poems and stories written by Caroline Gilman and published in 1839. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part containing a series of ballads and the second part containing a variety of tales. The ballads in the first part are written in a traditional style and cover a range of topics, from love and romance to tragedy and death. They are written in a lyrical and emotive style, with a focus on storytelling...