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
[1] Of great interest as being the source of Marlowe's 'Dr.
Faustus' (his greatest play). It is a translation from the
German 'Faustbuch' published at Frankfort, 1587. 'The Second
Report ... (a translation of the 'Wagnerbuch', 1593) is
supposed to have been written by an English gentleman, student
at Wittenberg.
=FAVINE (FAVYN), ANDREW.= =French writer.=
THE THEATER OF HONOUR AND KNIGHTHOOD: or A COMPENDIOUS CHRONICLE AND
HISTOIRIE OF THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN WORLD, 2 v. _Tr._ 1623.
'This work, which is a translation of "Le Théâtre d'Honneur et
de Chevalerie", comprises the most valuable treatise we have in
English upon the foreign orders of knighthood; there are also
discussions upon ceremonies, combats, precedence, etc., equally
worthy the attention of the antiquary and historian'.--Sir M.
M. Sykes.
=FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE.= _b._ 1651, _d._ 1715.
=French prelate and author.=
THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS. (Télémaque, 1699.) _Tr._ 1703.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD DEDUCED FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF
NATURE (Traité sur l'Existence de Dieu.) _Tr._ 1754.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. (Dialogues des Morts.) _Tr._ 1757.
DIALOGUES CONCERNING ELOQUENCE IN GENERAL. (Dialogues sur
l'Eloquence.) _Tr._ with quotations and notes by W. Stevenson. 1722.
LIVES OF THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS ... illustrated with notes and
preceded by a life of F. by John Cormack. 1803.
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS. (De l'Education des Filles.)
_Tr._ and adapted to English Readers, with an original Chapter on
Religious Studies. By T. F. Dibdin, 1805.
=FERUMBRAS.= _See_ =Sir Ferumbras=.
=FEUILLET, OCTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1890. =French litterateur.=
A WOMAN'S DIARY AND THE LITTLE COUNTESS. _Tr._ 1881.
JOURNAL OF A WOMAN. _Tr._ [1885].
CAMORS; or, LIFE UNDER THE NEW EMPIRE. _Tr._ 1868.
THE DISGUISED NOBLEMAN. _Tr._ 1860.
HONOUR BEFORE WEALTH. A drama. _Tr._ [1850.]
A PARISIAN ROMANCE. A Play. _Tr._ 1883.
ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN. _Tr._ 1888.
=FEYJOO, REV. FATHER B. J.= _b._ 1676, _d._ 1764. =Spanish critic and
moralist.=
ESSAYS OR DISCOURSES (29). _Tr._ from the Spanish by ... (John
Brett), 1777.
AN ESSAY ON THE LEARNING, GENIUS, AND ABILITIES OF THE FAIR SEX....
_Tr._ 1774.
THE HONOUR AND ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURE. _Tr._ 1764.
RULES FOR PRESERVING HEALTH. _Tr._ [1800].
=FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB.= _b._ 1762, _d._ 1814. =German Philosopher.=
THE DESTINATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by Mrs. P. Sinnett, 1846.
THE POPULAR WORKS OF J. G. F. _Tr._ ['The Vocation of the Scholar,'
'The Nature of the Scholar,' 'The Vocation of Man,' 'Characteristics
of the Present Age,' 'The Way towards the Blessed Life', Etc.]. With
a memoir of the author by W. Smith. 1848-49.
THE VOCATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by W. Smith, 1844.
=FIRDUSI= _or_ =FERDUSI= (=ABU KASIM MANSUR=). _b._ 940, _d._ 1020.
=Persian poet.=
THE POEMS OF FERDOSI. _Tr._ from the Persian by Joseph Champion, 1785.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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