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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THE CIRCASSIAN BOY. _Tr._ [into English verse] by S. S. Comart, 1875.
THE DEMON, a poem. _Tr._ by A. C. Stephen, 1875.
A HERO OF OUR TIME. (1839.) _Tr._ 1854.
=LE SAGE, ALAIN RENÉ.= _b._ 1668, _d._ 1747. =French romancer and
essayist.=
THE BATCHELOR OF SALAMANCA (1736-8). _Tr._ by Mr. Lockman, 1737.
THE DEVIL UPON TWO STICKS (Asmodeus). _Tr._ 1708.
HISTORY OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE (1715-35). _Tr._ 1732-7.
Defoe, Fielding and Smollett were all influenced by Le Sage,
whom they imitated.
=LESSING, GOTTHOLD E.= _b._ 1729, _d._ 1781. =German writer.=
Regarded as the father of the new era of German Literature.
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF G. E. LESSING. _Tr._ ... Edited by E. Bell,
1878.
FABLES FROM THE GERMAN. _Tr._ by J. Richardson, 1773.
EMILIA GALOTTÉ.... _Tr._ by B. Thompson, 1801.
[1] LAOCOON; AN ESSAY, OR THE LIMITS OF POETRY AND PAINTING. _Tr._ by
Wm. Ross, 1836.
NATHAN THE WISE; a Dramatic Poem, 1779. _Tr._ by Wm. Taylor, 1791.
SCHOOL OF HONOUR. _Tr._ 1799.
THREE COMEDIES. _Tr._ by J. J. Holroyd, 1838.
[1] 'Despite its errors and shortcomings, this famous treatise
on the "Boundaries of Poetry and Painting", a work of criticism
in the philosophy of the beautiful, has perhaps influenced
more minds than any other work on æsthetics except those of
Aristotle and Longinus'. To countless others besides Macaulay
it has been their first illumination of the everlasting
principles of beauty.
=LEWIS OF GRENADA, F.= =Spanish writer.=
OF PRAYER AND MEDITATION. _Tr._ by [Richard Hopkins] 1582.
THE SINNER'S GUYDE. Digested into English by Francis Meres, 1598.
GRANADA'S DEVOTIONS. Englished by F. Meres, 1598.
A MOST FRAGRANT FLOWER; or, devoute Exposition of the Lord's Prayer.
_Tr._ by J. G., 1598.
A MEMORIAL OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE. _Tr._ [by Richard Hopkins], 1599.
A SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE CONTAINING A RULE OF LIVE WEL, WITH DIVERS
PRAIERS AND MEDITATIONS. _Tr._ [by Rich. Gibbons] 1599.
=LIBANIUS SOPHISTA.= _b._ 314, _d._ 400. _See_ =Julian=.
=LIE, JONAS L.= _b._ 1833. =Norwegian poet and novelist.=
BARQUE FUTURE. _Tr._ 1876.
COMMODORE'S DAUGHTER. _Tr._ 1892.
LITTLE GREY, THE PONY OF NORDFJORD. _Tr._ Arbuthnott, 1873.
NIOBE. _Tr._ 1890.
NORSE LOVE STORY. _Tr._ 1876.
PILOT AND HIS WIFE. (1874.) _Tr._ 1876.
VISIONARY, THE. _Tr._ J. Muir, 1894.
WEIRD TALES FROM THE NORTHERN SEAS. _Tr._ 1893.
=LINNÆUS=, (_or_ =LINNÉ=) =CARL=. _b._ 1707, _d._ 1778. =Swedish
botanist.=
ANIMAL KINGDOM. _Translated_, with Additions, by R. Kerr, 1792.
DISSERTATION ON THE SEXES OF PLANTS. _Tr._ by Sir J. E. Smith, 1786.
FUNDAMENTA ENTOMOLOGIÆ; OR AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
INSECTS. _Tr._ by Wm. Curtis, 1772.
GENERIC AND SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF BRITISH PLANTS. TO WHICH ARE
PREFIXED AN ENTOMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, AND A GLOSSARY. _Tr._ by J.
Jenkinson, 1775.
INSTITUTES OF BOTANY, containing descriptions of all the known genera
of plants. _Tr._ by C. Milne, 1770.
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