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
His reputation is founded upon the 'Encyclopædia, ou
Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et Métiers'. This
was written in conjunction with d'Alembert.
=DIGBY MIRACLE PLAYS=. _Ed_. W. Sharpe, 1835.
=DIODORUS SICULUS=. B.C. 50. =Greek historian=.
HISTORY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER, SURNAMED THE GREAT. _Tr_.
Thos. Stocker, 1569.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, done into English by G. Booth, 1700.
=DOSTOIEFFSKY, FEDOR=. _b_. 1822, _d_. 1881. =Russian novelist=.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. _Tr_. 1886.
THE IDIOT. _Tr_. 1887.
INJURY AND INSULT. _Tr_. 1886.
UNCLE'S DREAM AND PERMANENT HUSBAND. 1888.
BURIED ALIVE. _Tr_. 1881.
THE PERMANENT HUSBAND. _Tr_. 1888.
THE GAMBLER. _Tr_. 1887.
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. _Tr_. 1887.
POOR FOLK. _Tr_. L. Milman, 1894.
=DU BARTAS, G. SALUSTE, SR.= _b_. 1544, _d_. 1590. =French Statesman
and poet=.
BARTAS HIS DIVINE WEEKES AND WORKES ... Translated and written by yt
famous Philomusus, Josvah Sylvester, Gent. 1605-7.
There are many selections from Sylvester's translation of Du
B., a work to which Milton was evidently greatly indebted.
BABILON.... _Tr_. by W. Lisle. 1596.
A CANTICLE OF THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE FRENCH KING HENRIE THE
FOURTH. At Yvry. _Tr_. by J. S. Marchant, 1590.
COLONIES OF BARTAS, with the Commentary of S. G. S. _Tr_. by R. F.,
1598.
FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD'S CREATION. _Tr_. by J. Jackson, 1596.
HISTORIE OF JUDITH.... _Tr_. by Tho. Hudson, 1584.
MIRACLE OF THE PEACE IN FRANCE.... _Tr_ by J. Sylvester, 1599.
SECOND DAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF WILL. DE SALUSTE, LORD OF BARTAS, in
English heroical verse, by Tho. Winter, 1603.
SECONDE WEEKE, or THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD. _Tr_. by J. Sylvester,
1598.
THIRD DAYES CREATION. _Tr_. by Tho. Winter 1604.
THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH. THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC. THE SHIP-WRACKE OF
JONAS. WITH A SONG OF VICTORIE OBTAINED BY THE FRENCH KING AT YVRY.
_Tr_. by J. S. Marchant, 1590.
=DU BELLAY, JOACHIM=. _b_. 1524, _d_. 1560. =Surnamed the 'French
Ovid'=.
A TREATISE WHEREIN HE REPRESENTED ... THE MISERIES ... THAT FOLLOW
THE VOLUPTUOUS WORLDLINGS. [With Epigrams and Sonnets.] _Tr_. 1569.
COMPLAINTS, Containing sundrie small poemes of the World's Vanitie.
(The Ruines of Rome.) _Tr_. by Ed. Sp[enser], 1591.
Du B. and Ronsard are the two most important names of the
'Pléiade'. The followers of Du B. and R., through the Italian
school introduced the 'classical' style of verse into England.
Du Bellay served as a pattern to English writers.
=DUCLOS, CHARLES PINAUD=. _b_. 1704, _d_. 1772. =French historian and
academician=.
HISTORY OF LOUIS XI, KING OF FRANCE. 2 v. _Tr_. 1746.
=DUKE ROWLAND AND SIR OTUELL=. 14th cent. _Ed_. S. J. Herrtage.
E.E.T.S., 1885.
=DUMAS, ALEXANDRE=. _b_. 1803, _d_. 1870. =French novelist and
dramatist=.
AMAURY. (1844.) _Tr_. 1845.
BLACK TULIP. _Tr_. 1851.
CAPTAIN PAUL. (The Sicilian Bandit.) _Tr_. 1859.
CHEVALIER DE MAISON ROUGE: a tale of the Reign of Terror. (1846.)
_Tr_. 1846.
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