The tragedy of Douglas was suggested to him by hearing a lady sing the ballad of Gil Morrice or Child Maurice (FJ Child, Popular Ballads, ii. 263).
While at Harvard, MacKenzie was among members of an increasingly prominent group of English professors influenced by the work of Francis Child, an American folklorist who collected what is now known as the Child Ballads.
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