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
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BIRTH OF THE WAR GOD. A poem by K. _Tr._ by R. T. H. Griffith, 1853.
KÁLIDÁSA'S SAKUNTALA. _Translated_ by Sir Wm. Jones, 1789.
KÁLIDÁSA'S MEGHADUTA. THE MEGHADUTA: OR, CLOUD MESSENGER.... _Tr._ by
H. H. Wilson, 1813.
KÁLIDÁSA'S NALODAYA: OR, HISTORY OF KING NALA. _Tr._ by W. Yates,
1844.
SAKOONATALÂ. _Tr._ by Monier Williams, 1854.
VIKRAMORVASI. _Tr._ by E. B. Cowell, 1850.
In this version the metrical portions of the original play were
for the first time rendered into English verse.
=KAMPE, J. H. German writer.=
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. _Tr._ H. B. Paull, 1888.
THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. _Tr._ 1799-1800. [For children.]
ELEMENTARY DIALOGUES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHILDREN. _Tr._ Mr.
Seymour. 1792.
THE NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE. _Tr._ 4 v., 1788.
ROBINSON THE YOUNGER; or, THE NEW CRUSOE. _Tr._ [R. Hick] 1855.
CORTES: or, THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. _Tr._ 1800.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. _Tr._ [1815?].
=KANT, IMMANUEL.= _b._ 1724, _d._ 1804. =German philosopher.= One of
the profoundest meta-physicians that have ever lived. Founder of the
Critical (popularly known as the Transcendental) school of philosophy.
CRITICK; an Investigation of Pure Reason (1788). _Tr._ by Haywood,
with notes, 1838.
ELEMENTS OF THE CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY, containing a concise account
of its origin and tendency; a view of the Works by its Founder, and
a Glossary, with three Essays by J. C. Adelung. _Tr._ by A. F. M.
Willich, 1798.
ENQUIRY INTO THE PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, AND INTO THE
THEODICY. _Tr._ by J. Richardson, 1819.
ESSAYS AND TREATISES ON MORAL, POLITICAL, AND VARIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL
SUBJECTS. From the German. _Tr._ by William Richardson, 1798-9.
LOGIC. _Tr._ by J. Richardson, 1819.
METAPHYSICS OF MORALS. _Tr._ 1799.
PROLEGOMENA TO EVERY FUTURE METAPHYSIC. _Tr._ by J. Richardson, 1819.
RELIGION WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF PURE REASON. _Tr._ by Semple, 1838.
The works of K. have had a very great effect upon English
philosophy and thought. For an excellent popular notice of the
influence exerted by Kant's philosophy the reader is referred
to De Quincey's chapter on German literature in the volume
of his works entitled 'Life and Manners'. Many interesting
observations will also be found in Madame de Staël's 'Germany',
Part III, Chap. VI.
=KEMPIS, THOMAS À=. _b._ 1379, _d._ 1471. =German ascetic writer.=
A DEVOUT AND GOSTELY TREATISE OF YA IMYTACION AND FOLOWYNGE OF CRYST
(1415-24), compiled in Latin by J. Jerson. _Tr._ by Wyllyam Atkynson,
1502.
=KIELLAND, A. L.= _b._ 1849. =Norwegian Author.=
GARMAN AND WORSE. _Tr._ W. W. Kettlewell, 1884.
SKIPPER WORSE. _Tr._ Earl of Ducie, 1885.
NORSE TALES AND SKETCHES. _Tr._ R. L. Cassie, 1896.
TALES OF TWO COUNTRIES. _Tr._ W. Archer, 1891.
=KING HORN.= _C._ 1230-40.
_Ed._ Bannatyne Club, 1845.
_Ed._ Lumby, J. R., and G. H. McKnight, E.E.T.S. xiv. 1866.
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