The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English LiteratureHarris, William James
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The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature
Harris, William James
Literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
The dictionary form of arrangement has been adopted with the authors
in alphabetical order. In some instances a work has been noticed
twice, in which case the first entry will generally be found to be
an edition, either issued in an incomplete form, or with a doubtful
date. It has also been found necessary to enumerate in nearly all
cases the separate works of each author; the complete works not
appearing till a much later time. The date of original publication
has occasionally been given in brackets, and where a date is seen in
square brackets [ ], it denotes the approximate date of publication.
The anthologies, collections, folk and fairy tales, poetical and
traditional literature have been placed in their national order under
French, German, etc., many important minor works have been published
in these forms, and many important poems have been first translated
in these anthologies, often long before they have appeared in the
author's translated works.
The most important of the Anglo-Saxon, etc., romances have been
included in this Bibliography and appear generally under their
titles. These have played a very important part in the development of
our literature, and many may be considered as foreign, having derived
their origin from foreign sources.
No one is more conscious than the compiler of the difficulties
this little work has entailed, and no one is more conscious of its
imperfections. As far as possible each entry has been verified at
least three times, and from different sources, yet inaccuracies may
have crept in, and any corrections, additions or suggestions will be
thankfully acknowledged.
This bibliography could have been much enlarged, but the endeavour
has been to include only those authors whose work has gone to the
making of English literature, or who stand pre-eminent as introducing
a special school, class or form.
I desire to offer to Mr. James D. Brown my best thanks for his
suggestions in the early stages of this compilation, and to Dr. Baker
for his kindly criticism, and also for going through the proofs.
WILLIAM JAMES HARRIS.
_April, 1909._
FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
=ABOUT, EDMOND.= _b_. 1828, _d_. 1885. =French Writer.=
COLONEL FOUGAS' MISTAKE. _Tr_. J. E. Maitland. 2 v. 1878.
FELLAH, THE: Story of an Honest Man. _Tr_. Sir R. Roberts, 1870.
KING OF THE MOUNTAINS. _Tr_. L. Wraxall. 1862.
LAWYER'S NOSE. _Tr_. J. E. Maitland, 1878.
MAN WITH THE BROKEN EAR. _Tr_. H. Holt, 1867.
NEW LEASE OF LIFE AND SAVING A DAUGHTER'S DOWRY. _Tr_. 1860.
ROMAN QUESTION. _Tr_. H. C. Coape, 1859.
ROUND OF WRONG. _Tr_. L. Wraxall, 1861.
SOLDIER LOVER. _Tr_. Elton Locke, 1886.
TOLLA: a Tale of Modern Rome. _Tr_. L. C. C. Constable's Miscellany
of For. Lit., 1854.
=ACHILLES TATIUS. Fourth Century. Greek writer.=
CLEITOPHON AND LEUCIPPE. _Tr_. by Rev. R. Smith, 1855.
One of the decadent Greek novelists. An erotic novel of a
conventional type.
=ÆLFRIC=. _c_. 1006.
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