Introduction to _Cain_ 199 Dedication 205 Preface 207 _Cain_ 213 HEAVEN AND EARTH; A MYSTERY. Introduction to _Heaven and Earth_ 279 _Heaven and Earth_ 285 WERNER; OR, THE INHERITANCE: A TRAGEDY. Introduction to _Werner_ 325 Note to the Introduction to _Werner_ 329 Dedication 335 Preface 337 _Werner_ 341 _Werner_. [First Draft.] 453 THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED: A DRAMA. Introduction to _The Deformed Transformed_ 469 Advertisement 473 _The Deformed Transformed_ 477 Fragment of the Third Part of _The Deformed Transformed_ 531 THE AGE OF BRONZE; OR, CARMEN SECULARE ET ANNUS HAUD MIRABILIS. Introduction to _The Age of Bronze_ 537 _The Age of Bronze_ 541 THE ISLAND; OR, CHRISTIAN AND HIS COMRADES. Introduction to _The Island_ 581 Advertisement 585 _The Island_. Canto the First 587 Canto the Second 598 Canto the Third 618 Canto the Fourth 626 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. LORD BYRON, FROM A PORTRAIT IN OILS BY W. E. WEST, IN THE POSSESSION OF MR. PERCY KENT _Frontispiece_ 2. ASSUR-BANI-PAL, FROM A SLAB IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM To face p. 12 3. THE LION OF S. MARK'S 138 4. GOETHE, FROM A DRAWING BY D. MACLISE, R.A., IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM 282 5. GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, FROM THE MEZZOTINT BY VALENTINE GREEN, AFTER SIR J. REYNOLDS, P.R.A. 330 6. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY, FROM A PICTURE BY R. ROTHWELL, R.H.A., IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (1841) 474 SARDANAPALUS A TRAGEDY. [_Sardanapale, Tragédie Imitée de Lord Byron_, par L. Alvin, was performed at the Théatre Royal at Brussels, January 13, 16, 1834.