Byron wrote the _Irish Avatar_ at Ravenna, September 16, 1821. On the 17th he sent a copy of the verses to Moore, then resident at Paris; and on September 20 he desired Moore to get "twenty copies of the whole carefully and privately printed off." A copy is in the possession of Mr. H. Buxton Forman, C.B., and I am indebted to his kindness for the following description: "The pamphlet consists of four 8vo leaves, viz. half-title ('The Irish Avatar,' in bold capitals, with blank verse), pp. [1], [2] + Text, pp. 3-8. The poem begins on the third page with a dropped head, 'The Irish Avatar' again, and the first four verses. Pp. 4-7 contain six verses each, and p. 8 the remaining four, making up thirty-two in all. The date at the end of p. 8 is 'September 16, 1821.' There is no title-page proper; a headline, 'The Irish Avatar,' occurs on pp. 4-8, which pages are numbered in Arabic figures in the outside corners, and the thirty-two stanzas are also numbered in Arabic figures. The poem is printed on a half-sheet of a peculiar fine-ribbed paper." Twenty stanzas of _The Irish Avatar_ were printed by Medwin in _Conversations of Lord Byron_, 1824, pp. 216-220, and in a second edition, 1824, pp. 332-338. In a "new edition" of the _Conversations, etc._, 1824, pp. 264-270, the entire poem, numbering thirty-two stanzas, was published for the first time in England (see _Athenæum_, July 27, 1901). _The Irish Avatar_ was first published by Murray in 1831 (Works, vi. 419-425). _The Island_. I. The Island,/ or/ Christian and His Comrades./ By the/ Right Hon. Lord Byron./ London, 1823:/ Printed for John Hunt,/ 22, Old Bond Street./ [8º. _Collation_-- Half-title (R. _London: Printed by C.H. Riynell, Broad-Street, Golden-Square_), pp. 1, 2, Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Author's Advt., p. 6; Text, pp. 7-79 + Appendix, pp. 81-94. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 94. _Note_.--A Second and a Third Edition, identical with the First, were published by John Hunt in 1823. _The Island_ forms part (pp. 193-244) of a collection of Miscellaneous Poems, _Hebrew Melodies, The Deformed Transformed_, etc., printed and published by W. Dugdale, 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane, in 1825. II. The Island;/ or/ Christian and His Comrades./ By The Right Hon. Lord Byron./ Paris:/ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ At the French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish Library,/ No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1823/ [12º. _Collation_-- Half-title (R. _Paris: Printed by A. Belin_), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Second Half-title, pp. 1, 2; Author's Advt., pp. 3, 4; Text + App., pp. 5-95. III. _The Island, or Christian and His Comrades_. New York. 1823. [12º. [Cat. of Books in Bates Hall of Pub. Library of Boston.] _Translations of The Island_. _German_. _Die Insel_, ober Christian u. seine Kameraden. Aus d. Engl. (v. F.L. Breuer). Mit gegenübersteh. Originaltext. Leipzig, Brockhaus. 1827. [8º. [Kayser, 1834.] _Italian_.