Comfort Found in Good Old BooksFitch, George Hamlin
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Comfort Found in Good Old Books
Fitch, George Hamlin
Books and reading
Other books dealing with _The Nibelungenlied_ are F. H.
Hedge, _Hours With the German Classics_ (Boston, 1886); G. T.
Dippold, _The Great Epics of Mediaeval Germany_ (Boston,
1882); G. H. Genung, _The Nibelungenlied_ in Warner's
_Library of the World's Best Literature_, Volume xviii (New
York, 1897).
THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE
The first translation of the _Confessions_ to gain general
circulation was in Dr. Pusey's _Library of the Fathers_
(Oxford, 1839-1855). Pusey admits his edition is merely a
version of W. Watts' version, originally printed in London
in 1650, but Pusey added many notes as well as a long
preface. An American edition was issued by Dr. W. G. T. Shedd
of Andover, Mass., in 1860; it consisted of this same
translation by Watts with a comparison by Shedd between
_Augustine's Confessions_ and those of Rousseau.
An elaborate article on St. Augustine, dealing with his life,
his theological work and his influence on the Church, may be
found in the second volume of _The Catholic Encyclopedia_
(Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1907). It is written by
Eugene Portalie, S. J., Professor of Theology at the Catholic
Institute of Toulouse, France.
CERVANTES' "DON QUIXOTE"
_Don Quixote_ first appeared in Madrid in 1605 and the second
part in 1615. Other noteworthy Spanish editions were by
Pellicier (Madrid, 1797-1798) and by Diego Clemencia (Madrid,
1833-1839). The first English version of the great Spanish
classic appeared in London in 1612. The translator was T.
Skelton. Other later English editions were J. Philips, 1687;
P. Motteux, 1700-1712; C. Jarvis, 1742; Tobias Smollett,
1755; A. J. Duffield, 1881; H. E. Watts, 1888, 1894. Watts'
edition contains a full biography.
A noteworthy edition of Cervantes is the English version by
Daniel Vierge in four volumes, with many fine illustrations,
which give the reader a series of sketches of Spanish life as
it is depicted in the pages of _Don Quixote_. Vierge's
edition is the most satisfactory that has ever been issued.
It is brought out in beautiful style by Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York.
A standard _Life of Cervantes_ is that by T. Roscoe, London,
1839. H. E. Watts has written a fine monograph in Great
Writers' Series, 1891. Other lives are by J. F. Kelly, 1892,
and A. F. Calvert, 1905. Lockhart's introduction is printed
in the Everyman edition of _Don Quixote_, the translation by
Motteux. This introduction makes thirty pages and gives
enough facts for the general reader, with a good estimate of
_Don Quixote_ and Cervantes' other works.
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
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