and Merlin makes his first appearance in the prelude to the Arthur legend. Besides the _Historia Britonum_ Geoffrey is also credited with a _Life of Merlin_ composed in Latin verse. The authorship of this work has, however, been disputed, on the ground that the style is distinctly superior to that of the _Historia_. A minor composition, the _Prophecies of Merlin_, was written before 1136, and afterwards incorporated with the _Historia_, of which it forms the seventh book. For a discussion of the manuscripts of Geoffrey's work, see Sir T.D. Hardy's _Descriptive Catalogue_ (Rolls Series), i. pp. 341 ff. The _Historia Britonum_ has been critically edited by San Marte (Halle, 1854). There is an English translation by J.A. Giles (London, 1842). The _Vita Merlini_ has been edited by F. Michel and T. Wright (Paris, 1837). See also the _Dublin Univ. Magazine_ for April 1876, for an article by T. Gilray on the literary influence of Geoffrey; G. Heeger's _Trojanersage der Britten_ (1889); and La Borderie's _Etudes historiques bretonnes_ (1883). (H. W. C. D.) GEOFFREY OF PARIS (d. c. 1320), French chronicler, was probably the author of the _Chronique metrique de Philippe le Bel, or Chronique rimee de Geoffroi de Paris_. This work, which deals with the history of France from 1300 to 1316, contains 7918 verses, and is valuable as that of a writer who had a personal knowledge of many of the events which he relates. Various short historical poems have also been attributed to Geoffrey, but there is no certain information about either his life or his writings. The _Chronique_ was published by J.A. Buchon in his _Collection des chroniques_, tome ix. (Paris, 1827), and it has also been printed in tome xxii. of the _Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France_ (Paris, 1865). See G. Paris, _Histoire de la litterature francaise au moyen age_ (Paris, 1890); and A. Molinier, _Les Sources de l'histoire de France_, tome iii. (Paris, 1903).