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
4. CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD. _Tr._ L. Hearn, 1891.
=FRANZOS, KARL EMIL.= _b._ 1848. =Austrian Jewish novelist.=
THE JEWS OF BARNOW. _Tr._ M. W. Macdowall, 1882.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE. _Tr._ M. Corbet, 1890.
FOR THE RIGHT. _Tr._ 1887.
JUDITH TRACHTENBERG. _Tr._ Mrs. L. P. and C. T. Lewis, 1891.
=FRENCH ANTHOLOGIES: COLLECTIONS. Poetical, Fairy Tales, Folk-Tales,
and Traditional Literature.=
AULNOY, MME. D' (= _C'ess d'Anois_). _Ed._ FAIRY TALES. _Tr._ by Miss
Lee and A. Macdonald. 1891.
[The first English _Tr._ of all the twenty-four stories.]
AULNOY, MME. D'. FAIRY TALES. _Tr._ by J. R. Planché, 1855.
COSTELLO, LOUISA. SPECIMENS OF THE EARLY POETRY OF FRANCE, 1835.
_See also under_ Oxenford, J.
MORRIS, WM. _Tr._ OLD FRENCH ROMANCES, done into English. 1896. ('The
Tale of King Constans the Emperor', 'The Friendship of Amis and
Amile', 'The Story of King Florus and the Fair Jehane', 'The History
of Over Seas'.)
These four romances belong to the 13th century.
O'HAGAN, J. _Tr._ THE SONG OF ROLAND. 1882.
[The Chanson de Roland, _tr._ into English verse.]
OXENFORD, JOHN. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF FRENCH SONGS.
_French-English._ _Tr._ by J. O. 1855.
Contains most of the national songs and ballads of France, many
of which have never been _tr._ before.
['Specimens of the Early Poetry of France' were added later by
Louisa S. Costello.]
TAYLOR, TOM. _Tr._ BALLADS AND SONGS OF BRITTANY. 1865.
WAY, G. L. _and_ G. ELLIS. _Tr._ FABLIAUX: or TALES FROM THE FRENCH,
3 v. 1796-1800.
ZIMMERN, HELEN. HALF HOURS WITH FRENCH NOVELISTS. 2 v. 1880.
=FREYTAG, GUSTAV.= _b._ 1816. _d._ 1895. =German dramatist and
novelist.=
DEBIT AND CREDIT. (1855.) _Tr._ by Mrs. Malcolm, 1856.
THE LOST MANUSCRIPT. (Die Verlorne Handschrift, 1864.) 1865.
OUR FOREFATHERS. A novel. (1872.) _Tr._ 1873.
PICTURES OF GERMAN LIFE. 2 Ser. _Tr._ 1862-63.
The works of F. achieved a very wide popularity, and were
translated into the principal modern languages.
=FROISSART, JEAN.= _b._ 1313, _d._ 1419. =French historian and poet.=
Here begynneth the First Volum of Sir J. Froissart: of the chronycles
of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne,
Flãunders: and other Places Adioynynge. _Translated_ by J. Bouchier,
Knight, Lord Berners, 1523-25.
Froissart's 'Chronicles' deals with the period between
1326-1400. It is mainly occupied with the affairs of France,
England, Scotland and Flanders, and he also supplies much
information in regard to Germany, Italy and Spain. The work has
greatly influenced our literature.
=FRONTINUS, SEXTUS JULIUS.= _b._ 40, _d._ 106. =Roman Statesman and
tactician.=
THE STRATEGEMS, SLEYGHTES, AND POLICIES OF WARRE. _Tr._ Rycharde
Morysine, 1539.
=FULK FITZ WARINE: The History of Fulk Fitz Warine, an outlawed baron
in the reign of King John.= (_c._ 1320.) _Tr._ by Thomas Wright, 1855.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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