=French orator, politician and litterateur.=
ADOLPHE.... [_Tr._ A. Walker] 1816.
ON THE POLITICAL DOCTRINE CALCULATED TO UNITE PARTIES IN FRANCE.
_Tr._ T. E. Darby, 1817.
=COPPÉE, FRANÇOIS,= _b_. 1842, _d_. 1908. =French poet.=
TEN TALES. _Tr_. Walt. Learned, 1892.
BLESSED ARE THE POOR. _Tr_. 1894.
THE NEWSPAPER WOMAN. _Tr_. T. L. Oxley, 1880.
THE WAIF. _Tr_. 1880.
THE PASSER-BY. A comedy. _Tr_. 1885.
FOR THE CROWN. A play. _Tr_. 1896.
THE TREASURE. _Tr_. 1895.
=CORNEILLE, PIERRE.= _b_. 1606, _d_. 1684. =French dramatist.=
AMOROUS ORONTUS. _Tr_. by J. Bulteel, 1665.
THE CID. (1636.) _Tr_. by J. Rutter, Part I. 1637.
THE EXTRAVAGANT SHEPHERD. _Tr_. by T. R. 1653.
HERACLIUS, EMPEROUR OF THE EAST. _Tr_. by L. Carlell, 1664.
HORATIUS: a Roman Tragedy. _Tr_. by Wm. Lower, 1656.
THE LABYRINTH, OR THE FATAL EMBARRASSMENT. _Tr. 1776_.
MAXIMIAN. _Tr_. by Lady S. Burrell, 1800.
MELITE (1629). _1776_.
NICOMEDE. (1653.) _Tr_. by John Dancer, 1671.
POMPEY. _Tr_. by Mrs. C. Philips, 1663.
RODOGUNE, or THE RIVAL BROTHERS (1646). _Tr_. (by Sampson Aspinall),
1765.
The French declamatory tragedy of Corneille takes as its
type the drama of Seneca. The works of C. influenced the
post-Restoration dramatists.
=COSTES, GAUTIER DE, SEIGNEUR DE LA CALPRENÈDE.= _b_. 1616 (?), _d_.
1680 (?). =French writer of fiction.=
CASSANDRA, THE FAM'D ROMANCE. (1642.) Rendred into English by Sir C.
Cotterell, 1652.
CLEOPATRA. Hymen's Præludia (1647) ... being the first part of that
much admired romance, intituled Cleopatra. _Tr_. by R. Loveday, 1652.
PHARAMOND; or THE HISTORY OF FRANCE. _Tr._ by J. Phillips, 1677.
These works when translated into English were much read.
Dryden's 'Secret Love' taken from the 'Grand Cyrus' and
Settle's 'Ibrahim'.
=COTTIN, MME.= _b._ 1773, _d._ 1807. =French novelist.=
ELIZABETH: or THE EXILES OF SIBERIA. _Tr._ 1809.
AMELIA MANSFIELD. _Tr._ 1803.
CLARA. _Tr._ 2 v. 1808.
MALVINA. _Tr._ 1810.
MATILDA AND MALEK ADHEL. _Tr._ 1833.
=COUSIN, VICTOR.= _b._ 1792, _d._ 1867. =French metaphysician,
philosopher and author.=
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. _Tr._ H. G. Linberg, 1832.
COURSE OF THE HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY. _Tr._ G. W. Wight, 2 v.
1852.
ELEMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY. _Tr._ 1834.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE BEAUTIFUL. _Tr._ J. C. Daniel, 1848.
ON THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN HOLLAND. _Tr._ 1838.
JUSTICE AND CHARITY. _Tr._ W. Hazlitt, 1848.
=COVENTRY MYSTERIES.= _Cir._ 1392.
Ed. Halliwell, Shakespeare Soc., 1841.
=CRÉBILLON, C. PROSPER JOLYOT DE.= _b._ 1707, _d._ 1777. =French
Novelist.=
THE WANDERINGS OF THE HEART AND MIND.... _Tr._ M. Clancy, 1751.
LETTERS FROM THE MARCHIONESS DE M. _Tr._ 1737.
THE SOPHA: a moral tale. _Tr._ 1781.
THE SKIMMER. _Tr._ 1735.
=CURSOR MUNDI. A non-religious poem.=
_Ed._ R. Morris, E.E.T.S., 1874-91.
=CURTIUS, QUINTUS. Roman historian.=
THE HISTORIE OF QUINTUS CURTIUS, CONTAINING THE ACTES OF THE GREATE
ALEXANDER. _Tr_. John Brende, 1561.
LIFE AND DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. _Tr_. Thos. Codrington, 1652.
=CYNEWULF=. 8th century?
JULIANA. _Ed_. W. Strunk. Belles Lettres Series.
JULIANA, ST., Legend of. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.
THE CHRIST. _Ed_., Text and Tr. J. Gollancz, 1892.
ANDREAS, AND FATES OF THE APOSTLES. _Ed_. W. M. Baskervill, Albion
Series.
DESCENT INTO HELL. _Ed_. W. H. Hulme, with The Christ. Belles Lettres
Series.
DREAM OF THE ROOD, or, VISION OF THE CROSS. _Ed_. A. S. Cook, 1905.
PHŒNIX. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.
RIDDLES. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.
ELENE. Pt. of Codex Vercell. _Tr_. 1843-56.
GUTHLAC (Doubtful). Goodwin, C. W. _Ed_. The Anglo-Saxon Version of
the Life of St. Guthlac. _Tr_. 1848.
HARROWING OF HELL. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.
=CYRANO DE BERGERAC (SAVINIEN)=. _See_ =Bergerac=.
=D'ALEMBERT=. _See_ =ALEMBERT=.
=DANTE ALIGHIERI=. _b_. 1265, _d_. 1321. =Italian poet=.
THE DIVINA COMMEDIA, consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio, and
Paradiso. _Tr_. by Rev. Henry Boyd. 1802.
DIVINE COMEDY. INFERNO. A Literal Prose Translation by J. A. Carlyle,
1849.
THE INFERNO. _Tr_. by Chas. Rogers, 1782.
THE INFERNO OF DANTE. _Tr_. by Rev. Henry Cary. 1806.
THE VISION OF HELL, PURGATORY AND PARADISE OF DANTE. _Tr_. by Rev.
Henry Cary. 1814.
[VITA NUOVA.] CANZONIERE, including the Poems of the Vita Nuova and
the Convito, Italian and English. _Tr_. by Charles Lyall, 1835.
Dante utilized the epic of Virgil as the basis for his
poems. Influenced Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. 'House of Fame'
and 'Parliament of Fowles' by Chaucer show borrowings and
translations from D.
'Dante set modern Europe a great example, a model of sublimity
in literature; though he did indeed supply English writers
with many a thought and phrase, nevertheless his influence is
chiefly indirect'.
=DAUDET, ALPHONSE=. _b_. 1840, _d_. 1897. =French dramatist and
novelist=.
ARTISTS' WIVES. (1874.) _Tr_. 1889.
BELLE NIVERNAISE. (1887.) _Tr_. 1888.
EVANGELIST; or, PORT SALVATION. (1883). _Tr_. 2 v. 1885.
KINGS IN EXILE. (1879). _Tr_. 1896.
MY BROTHER JACK; or THE STORY OF WHAT-D'YE-CALL 'EM. Written by
himself. _Tr_. by L. Ford (1873), 1877.
THE NABOB. A story of Parisian life and Manners. _Tr_. by E.
Clarequin (1877). 1878.
THE NEW DON QUIXOTE; or, THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF TARTARIN OF
TARASCON, (1872).... _Tr_. by C. Roland, 1875.
NUMA ROUMESTAN; or, JOY ABROAD AND GRIEF AT HOME. (1881.) _Tr_.
1884-86.
ONE OF THE FORTY (L'IMMORTAL). (1888.) _Tr_. by Verrall, 1888.
PORT TARASCON. (1890). _Tr_. 1890.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A LITERARY MAN. _Tr_. by Ensor, 1889.
ROBERT HELMONT: Diary of a Recluse. (1871.) _Tr_. 1888.
ROSE AND NINETTE. _Tr_. 1892.
SAPPHO: a romance (1884). _Tr_. by J. and R. Maxwell, 1886.
TARTARIN IN THE ALPS. (1885). _Tr_. 1886.
THIRTY YEARS OF PARIS AND OF MY LITERARY LIFE. _Tr_. 1888.
WORKS. _Tr_. H. Frith, L. Ensor, E. Barlow, etc. 9 v. 1896.
=DELILLE, JACQUES=. _b_. 1738, _d_. 1813. =French poet and
academician=.
THE GARDENS; or THE ART OF LAYING OUT GROUNDS. _Tr_. 1789.
THE RURAL PHILOSOPHER; or FRENCH GEORGICS. _Tr_. by John Maunde, 1801.
=DEMOSTHENES=. _b_. 383, _d_. 322 B.C. =Greek orator=.
THE THREE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES, IN FAVOUR OF THE OLYNTHIANS. _Tr_.
by Thos. Wylson, 1570.
The influence of D., though considerable, is indirect through
Latin literature. 'All Roman orators were avowed students of
Greek methods'.
'That Demosthenes is the prince of orators everybody knows'.
=DENINA, CARLO G. M.= _b_. 1731, _d_. 1813. =Italian historian=.
AN ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF LITERATURE. _Tr_. by John Murdoch.
[1771.]
A DISSERTATION, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, ON THE ANCIENT REPUBLICS OF
ITALY. _Tr_. John Langhorne, 1773.
=DESCARTES, RENÉ=. _b_. 1596, _d_. 1650. =French philosopher and
mathematician=.
DESCARTES' EXCELLENT COMPENDIUM OF MUSICK: WITH ANIMADVERSIONS
THEREUPON. By a person of Honour (Lord Brounkes). 1653.
A DISCOURSE OF A METHOD FOR THE WELL GUIDING OF REASON AND THE
DISCOVERY OF TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES (Discours de la Méthode, 1637).
_Tr_. 1649.
LIFE OF R. DESCARTES, containing the History of His Philosophy and
works. _Tr_. 1693.
A NEW VOYAGE TO THE WORLD OF CARTESIUS. _Tr_. by Thos. Taylor, 1692.
THE PASSIONS OF THE SOULE, in three books. _Translated_, with
prefatory letters, 1650.
His works manifest original, daring and independent genius,
endowed with great force and subtlety of thought. Spinoza
derived from him his pantheism, and Berkeley his pure idealism.
His influence was almost universal in the seventeenth century.
Newton demonstrated his more simple physical principles.
=DIDEROT, DENIS=. _b_. 1713, _d_. 1784. _French philosopher and
savant_.
DORVAL, or THE TEST OF VIRTUE. A Comedy [in five acts and in prose].
_Tr_. 1767.
AN ESSAY ON BLINDNESS, etc. Interspersed with several anecdotes of
Sanderson, Milton, and others. _Tr_. [1750].
THE FAMILY PICTURE: a play (Père de Famille); with verses on
different subjects. By a Lady, 1781.
RAMEAU'S NEPHEW. [1805]. _Tr_. by S. M. Hill, 1897.
THOUGHTS ON ART AND STYLE. _Tr_. 1893.
A satire on Parisian society, as it was just before the
Revolution, in the form of a dialogue, which gives a view of
the world as seen through the eyes of a parasite.
His reputation is founded upon the 'Encyclopædia, ou
Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et Métiers'. This
was written in conjunction with d'Alembert.
=DIGBY MIRACLE PLAYS=. _Ed_. W. Sharpe, 1835.
=DIODORUS SICULUS=. B.C. 50. =Greek historian=.
HISTORY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER, SURNAMED THE GREAT. _Tr_.
Thos. Stocker, 1569.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, done into English by G. Booth, 1700.
=DOSTOIEFFSKY, FEDOR=. _b_. 1822, _d_. 1881. =Russian novelist=.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. _Tr_. 1886.
THE IDIOT. _Tr_. 1887.
INJURY AND INSULT. _Tr_. 1886.
UNCLE'S DREAM AND PERMANENT HUSBAND. 1888.
BURIED ALIVE. _Tr_. 1881.
THE PERMANENT HUSBAND. _Tr_. 1888.
THE GAMBLER. _Tr_. 1887.
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. _Tr_. 1887.
POOR FOLK. _Tr_. L. Milman, 1894.
=DU BARTAS, G. SALUSTE, SR.= _b_. 1544, _d_. 1590. =French Statesman
and poet=.
BARTAS HIS DIVINE WEEKES AND WORKES ... Translated and written by yt
famous Philomusus, Josvah Sylvester, Gent. 1605-7.
There are many selections from Sylvester's translation of Du
B., a work to which Milton was evidently greatly indebted.
BABILON.... _Tr_. by W. Lisle. 1596.
A CANTICLE OF THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE FRENCH KING HENRIE THE
FOURTH. At Yvry. _Tr_. by J. S. Marchant, 1590.
COLONIES OF BARTAS, with the Commentary of S. G. S. _Tr_. by R. F.,
1598.
FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD'S CREATION. _Tr_. by J. Jackson, 1596.
HISTORIE OF JUDITH.... _Tr_. by Tho. Hudson, 1584.
MIRACLE OF THE PEACE IN FRANCE.... _Tr_ by J. Sylvester, 1599.
SECOND DAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF WILL. DE SALUSTE, LORD OF BARTAS, in
English heroical verse, by Tho. Winter, 1603.
SECONDE WEEKE, or THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD. _Tr_. by J. Sylvester,
1598.
THIRD DAYES CREATION. _Tr_. by Tho. Winter 1604.
THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH. THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC. THE SHIP-WRACKE OF
JONAS. WITH A SONG OF VICTORIE OBTAINED BY THE FRENCH KING AT YVRY.
_Tr_. by J. S. Marchant, 1590.
=DU BELLAY, JOACHIM=. _b_. 1524, _d_. 1560. =Surnamed the 'French
Ovid'=.
A TREATISE WHEREIN HE REPRESENTED ... THE MISERIES ... THAT FOLLOW
THE VOLUPTUOUS WORLDLINGS. [With Epigrams and Sonnets.] _Tr_. 1569.
COMPLAINTS, Containing sundrie small poemes of the World's Vanitie.
(The Ruines of Rome.) _Tr_. by Ed. Sp[enser], 1591.
Du B. and Ronsard are the two most important names of the
'Pléiade'. The followers of Du B. and R., through the Italian
school introduced the 'classical' style of verse into England.
Du Bellay served as a pattern to English writers.
=DUCLOS, CHARLES PINAUD=. _b_. 1704, _d_. 1772. =French historian and
academician=.
HISTORY OF LOUIS XI, KING OF FRANCE. 2 v. _Tr_. 1746.
=DUKE ROWLAND AND SIR OTUELL=. 14th cent. _Ed_. S. J. Herrtage.
E.E.T.S., 1885.
=DUMAS, ALEXANDRE=. _b_. 1803, _d_. 1870. =French novelist and
dramatist=.
AMAURY. (1844.) _Tr_. 1845.
BLACK TULIP. _Tr_. 1851.
CAPTAIN PAUL. (The Sicilian Bandit.) _Tr_. 1859.
CHEVALIER DE MAISON ROUGE: a tale of the Reign of Terror. (1846.)
_Tr_. 1846.
THE COMPANY OF JEHU. _Tr_. K. P. Wormeley. 2 v. 1895.
THE CONSPIRATORS. _Tr_. 1847.
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. (1844.) _Tr_. 1846.
COUNTESS DE CHARNY. (1853.) _Tr_. 1858.
FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN. _Tr_. 1848.
GOOD LADY BERTHA'S HONEY BROTH. _Tr_. 1846.
THE HALF BROTHERS. _Tr_. by L. Lawford, 1858.
MARGUÉRITE DE VALOIS. (1845.) _Tr_. 1846.
MEMOIRS. 2 v. 1890.
MEMOIRS. 6 v. _Tr_. 1908.
MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN (1846). _Tr_. 1846.
PASCAL BRUNO: a Cicilian story (1837). _Tr_. 1846.
QUEEN'S NECKLACE (1847). _Tr_. 1849.
REGENT'S DAUGHTER (1844). _Tr_. 1845.
TAKING THE BASTILE; or, SIX YEARS LATER. 2 v. _Tr_. 1847.
THREE MUSKETEERS (1844). _Tr_. 1846.
TWENTY YEARS AFTER (1845). _Tr_. 1845.
VIC. DE BRAGELONNE (1868). 2 v. _Tr_. 1868.
In the 19th century Dumas exercised a vast influence on the
English historical romancists. G. P. R. James was his literary
offspring entirely.
=EBERS, GEORGE MORITZ=. _b_. 1837, _d_. 1898. =German novelist=.
ARACHNE: a historical romance. M. J. Safford. 2 v. [1898.]
BARBARA BLOMBERG. _Tr_. M. J. Safford. 2 v. 1897.
BRIDE OF THE NILE. _Tr_. by C. Bell. 2 v. 1887.
THE BURGOMASTER'S WIFE; a tale of the Siege of Leyden. (1882.) _Tr_.
1882.
CLEOPATRA. _Tr_. M. J. Safford. 2 v. 1894.
EGYPT: Historical and Picturesque. _Tr_. by C. Bell, 1881-87.
AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS (Eine Aegyptische Königstochter, 1864.) _Tr_.
1870.
THE ELIXIR, and other Tales. _Tr_. Mrs. E. H. Bell, 1890.
THE EMPEROR. _Tr_. 1882.
HOMO SUM. (1878.) _Tr_. 1878.
IN THE BLUE PIKE. _Tr_. M. J. Safford. [1896.]
IN THE FIRE OF THE FORGE. _Tr_. 1895.
MARGERY: Tale of Old Nuremberg. _Tr_. by C. Bell. 2 v. 1889.
ONLY A WORD. _Tr_. 1883.
PER ASPERA. _Tr_. C. Bell. 2 v. 1892.
SERAPIS. _Tr._ 1885.
THE STORY OF MY LIFE. _Tr._ M. J. Safford, 1893.
UARDA: a romance of Ancient Egypt. (1877.) _Tr._ 1877.
=EMARE.= _Ed._ Ritson; Gough, A. B.
OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH TEXTS, 1901.
=ENGLISH ANTHOLOGIES.= _See_ =Anthologies, General, etc.=
=EÖTVÖS, J. F.= _b._ 1813, _d._ 1871. =Hungarian novelist.=
VILLAGE NOTARY. (1844-46.) _Tr._ 1850.
=EPICTETUS.= 1st century A.D. =Stoic philosopher.=
THE MANUELL OF EPICTETUS, translated out of Greeke into French, and
now into English, conferred with two Latin translations. Hereunto are
annexed annotations, and also the apothegms of the same author, by J.
Sanford, 1567.
He left no written books, but his doctrines were recorded by
his disciple Arrian, in eight books, four of which have come
down to us.
=EPICURUS.= B.C. 342-270. =Greek philosopher.=
MORALS. _Tr._ John Digby, with an Essay by John Johnson, 1712.
EPICURUS MORALS. _Tr._ W. Charlton, 1656. [Collection].
=ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS.= _b._ 1466, _d._ 1536. =Dutch scholar and
philosopher.=
APOPHTHEGMES. _Tr._ by N. Udall. [1542.]
A BOKE CALLED IN LATYN ENCHIRIDION MILITIS CHRISTIANI AND IN ENGLISH
THE MANUELL OF THE CHRISTEN KNIGHT, replenished with most holsome
precepts to ... the which is added a newe and mervaylous profytable
preface. [This translation is attributed to Tyndale.] (1515.) 1533.
AN EXHORTATION; or FAMILIAR DISCOURSE OF D. ERASMUS.... _Tr._ [by W.
Roy?] 1529.
LYFE OF SAYNT ERASMUS. Imp. by Julyan Notary. [1520.]
A LYTTLE BOOKE OF GOOD MANNERS FOR CHYLDREN. _Tr._ by R. Whytynton.
1522.
THE PARAPHRASE OF ERASMUS UPON THE NEW TESTAMENT. 1548.
THE PRAISE OF FOLIE. (Moriæ Encomium). (1509.) Englisshed by Sir T.
Chaloner, 1549.
A PLAYNE AND GODLY EXPOSITION OR DECLARATIÕ OF THE CÕMUME CREDE
(which in the Latyn tonge is called SYMBOLUM APOSTOLORUM) and OF
THE X CÕMAUNDMENTES by GODDES LAW, newly made and put forth by the
famouse clerke, Mayster E. of Roterdame, etc. [1533.]
PREPARATION TO DEATH, a boke as devout as eloquent. 1543.
A RYGHT FRUTEFULL EPYSTLE ... IN LAUDE AND PRAYSE OF MATRYMONY,
translated in to Englishe by R. Tavenour, etc. [1530.]
Pre-eminent as a restorer of learning. He is considered the
greatest wit and most eminent scholar of the age in which he
lived, and one of the most conspicuous and successful of those
who laboured to restore classical learning and sound philosophy.
=ERCKMANN, EMIL.= _b._ 1822, _d._ 1899. =CHATRIAN, ALEX.= 1826-90.
=French novelists.=
THE BLOCKADE. _Tr._ 1869.
CONSCRIPT. _Tr._ 1865.
DOCTOR MATTHEUS. _Tr._ 1868.
MADAME THÉRÈSE (1863). _Tr._ 1868.
POLISH JEW. _Tr._ 1870.
STORY OF THE PLEBISCITE. _Tr._ 1872.
WATERLOO. _Tr._ 1865.
YEAR ONE OF THE REPUBLIC. _Tr._ [1873].
CITIZEN BONAPARTE. _Tr._ [1874].
ALSACIAN SCHOOLMASTER. _Tr._ [1872].
CONFESSIONS OF A CLARIONET PLAYER [_Tr._ 1874.]
THE BELLS. _Tr._ 1872.
THE WILD HUNTSMAN. _Tr._ [1877].
FRIEND FRITZ. _Tr._ [1873].
BRIGADIER FREDERIC. _Tr._ F. A. Malleson, 1875.
THE BROTHERS RANTZAU. 2v. _Tr._ [1873].
THE GREAT INVASION OF 1813-14. _Tr._ [1870].
WAR. _Tr._ H. L. Williams. [1872].
MAN OF THE PEOPLE. _Tr._ 1871.
STORY OF A PEASANT. _Tr._ [1871].
=ESPINEL, VINCENT.= _b._ 1544, _d._ 1634. =Spanish poet and novelist.=
THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE SQUIRE MARCOS DE OBREGON. _Tr._ into
English from the Madrid Ed. 1618, by Major Algernon Langton. 2 v.
1618.
This novel is generally supposed to have served as a model for
that of Gil Blas.
=EUCLID.= 3rd century B.C. =Greek geometrician.=
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY [containing the xv. books] OF ...
EUCLIDE ... now first translated into the Englishe Toung, by H.
Billingsley. Whereunto are annexed certaine annotations of the best
mathematiciens, etc. 1570.
[The first printed Greek text was published in Basle in 1533.]
=EULENSPIEGEL.=
A half-mythical German jester, said to have died in 1350. His
name is perpetuated in a famous chap-book, once very popular
with the peasantry of many nations, and containing many
ludicrous stories. The book was probably written by Thomas
Murner.
EULENSPIEGEL (TYLL OWLGLASS).
Here beginneth a merye Jest of a man that was called Howleglass and
of many marveylous things and Jestes that he dyd in his lyfe, in
Eastlande and in many other places. [1528].
'"Eulenspiegel": a series of amusing trickeries which are
reflected in the English Robin Goodfellow'.
=EURIPIDES.= _b._ 480, _d._ 406 B.C. =Greek tragic dramatist.=
JOCASTA: a Tragedie, translated [from the Phoenissæ] and digested
into Acte by G. Gascoygne and F. Kinwelmershe [1575].
JOCASTA. _In_ a hundredth sundrie Flowers, etc. _Tr._ by Geo.
Gascoigne [1572].
SELECT TRAGEDIES. _Tr._ [by G. James Bannister]. 1780.
THE TRAGEDIES OF EURIPIDES, translated [by R. Potter]. 1781-3.
Influenced Swinburne's 'Atalanta in Calydon', Milton's 'Samson
Agonistes', Addison's 'Cato', Byron's 'Cain' and 'Manfred', and
Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'.
=EUTROPIUS, FLAVIUS.= 364. =Latin historian.=
A BRIEFE CHRONICLE OF THE ROMAINE DE LA PUBLIQUE, etc., Englished by
Nicholas Hawarde, 1564.
=EXETER BOOK= (=CODEX EXONIENSIS=).
'This book was presented to his Cathedral by Leofric, the first
Bishop of Exeter, about the middle of the 11th century. It is
preserved in the Cathedral Library at Exeter; the first leaves are
missing, and the last leaves are injured. The hand-writing of the MS.
belongs probably to the first half of the 11th century'.
Edited with _Tr._ by B. Thorpe, 1842. I. Gollancz, Poems i to viii,
E.E.T.S., 1895.
_Contents_: 1, The Christ. 2, Guthlac. 3, Azarias. 4, Phœnix. 5,
Juliana. 6, Wanderer. 7, Gifts of Men. 8, The Father's Teaching. 9,
Seafarer. 10, Spirit of Men. 11, Widsid (The Singer's Wandering). 12,
Fates of Men. 13, Gnomic Verses. 14, Wonders of Creation. 15, Rhyme
Song. 16, Panther. 17, Whale. 18, Partridge. 19, Address of the Soul
to the Body. 20, Deor. 21, Riddles, 1-60. 22, The Wife's Complaint.
23, The Last Judgement. 24, A Prayer. 25. Descent into Hell. 26,
Alms. 27, Pharaoh. 28, Fragments of a Paternoster. 29, Fragments of
a Didactic Poem. 30, Another form of Riddle, 31, Riddle 61. 31, The
Husband's Message. 32, The Ruin. 33, Riddles 62-89.
=FARINI, LUIGI CARLO.= _b._ 1812, _d._ 1866. =Italian Statesman.=
THE ROMAN STATE FROM 1815-50. Vols. 1-3. _Tr._ W. E. Gladstone. Vol.
4., _tr._ by a Lady 1851-54.
=FAUSTUS, DR., STORIES OF.= 1587.
[1] THE HISTORIE OF THE DAMNABLE LIFE, AND DESERVED DEATH OF DOCTOR
JOHN FAUSTUS. Newly Printed, and in convenient places imperfect
matter amended. _Tr._ by P. F. Gent, etc. 1592.
THE SECOND REPORT OF DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS, CONTEANING HIS APPEARANCES
AND THE DEEDS OF WAGNER. _Tr._ 1594.
[1] Of great interest as being the source of Marlowe's 'Dr.
Faustus' (his greatest play). It is a translation from the
German 'Faustbuch' published at Frankfort, 1587. 'The Second
Report ... (a translation of the 'Wagnerbuch', 1593) is
supposed to have been written by an English gentleman, student
at Wittenberg.
=FAVINE (FAVYN), ANDREW.= =French writer.=
THE THEATER OF HONOUR AND KNIGHTHOOD: or A COMPENDIOUS CHRONICLE AND
HISTOIRIE OF THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN WORLD, 2 v. _Tr._ 1623.
'This work, which is a translation of "Le Théâtre d'Honneur et
de Chevalerie", comprises the most valuable treatise we have in
English upon the foreign orders of knighthood; there are also
discussions upon ceremonies, combats, precedence, etc., equally
worthy the attention of the antiquary and historian'.--Sir M.
M. Sykes.
=FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE.= _b._ 1651, _d._ 1715.
=French prelate and author.=
THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS. (Télémaque, 1699.) _Tr._ 1703.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD DEDUCED FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF
NATURE (Traité sur l'Existence de Dieu.) _Tr._ 1754.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. (Dialogues des Morts.) _Tr._ 1757.
DIALOGUES CONCERNING ELOQUENCE IN GENERAL. (Dialogues sur
l'Eloquence.) _Tr._ with quotations and notes by W. Stevenson. 1722.
LIVES OF THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS ... illustrated with notes and
preceded by a life of F. by John Cormack. 1803.
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS. (De l'Education des Filles.)
_Tr._ and adapted to English Readers, with an original Chapter on
Religious Studies. By T. F. Dibdin, 1805.
=FERUMBRAS.= _See_ =Sir Ferumbras=.
=FEUILLET, OCTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1890. =French litterateur.=
A WOMAN'S DIARY AND THE LITTLE COUNTESS. _Tr._ 1881.
JOURNAL OF A WOMAN. _Tr._ [1885].
CAMORS; or, LIFE UNDER THE NEW EMPIRE. _Tr._ 1868.
THE DISGUISED NOBLEMAN. _Tr._ 1860.
HONOUR BEFORE WEALTH. A drama. _Tr._ [1850.]
A PARISIAN ROMANCE. A Play. _Tr._ 1883.
ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN. _Tr._ 1888.
=FEYJOO, REV. FATHER B. J.= _b._ 1676, _d._ 1764. =Spanish critic and
moralist.=
ESSAYS OR DISCOURSES (29). _Tr._ from the Spanish by ... (John
Brett), 1777.
AN ESSAY ON THE LEARNING, GENIUS, AND ABILITIES OF THE FAIR SEX....
_Tr._ 1774.
THE HONOUR AND ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURE. _Tr._ 1764.
RULES FOR PRESERVING HEALTH. _Tr._ [1800].
=FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB.= _b._ 1762, _d._ 1814. =German Philosopher.=
THE DESTINATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by Mrs. P. Sinnett, 1846.
THE POPULAR WORKS OF J. G. F. _Tr._ ['The Vocation of the Scholar,'
'The Nature of the Scholar,' 'The Vocation of Man,' 'Characteristics
of the Present Age,' 'The Way towards the Blessed Life', Etc.]. With
a memoir of the author by W. Smith. 1848-49.
THE VOCATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by W. Smith, 1844.
=FIRDUSI= _or_ =FERDUSI= (=ABU KASIM MANSUR=). _b._ 940, _d._ 1020.
=Persian poet.=
THE POEMS OF FERDOSI. _Tr._ from the Persian by Joseph Champion, 1785.
SHAH NÁMA. _Tr._ and abridged by J. Atkinson, 1832.
Sir William Jones styles the 'Shah-námeh' 'a glorious monument
of Eastern genius and learning, which ... will contest the
merit of invention of Homer himself.'
=FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1880. =French novelist.=
BOUVARD AND PECUCHET. (1880.) _Tr._ 1896.
MADAME BOVARY. (Mœurs de province, 1857.) _Tr._ 1886.
SALAMMBÔ (1862). _Tr._ by M. French Sheldon [with an Introduction by
E. King]. 1886.
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY. _Tr._ D. F. Hannigan, 1895.
=FLORIZ AND BLAUNCHEFLUR.= _Cir._ 1250. Ed. J. R. Lumby, E.E.T.S.,
1866.
Ed. Hartshorne. Laing, Abbotsford Club, 1857.
=FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNÆUS.= 2nd century. =Roman historian.=
ROMAN HISTORIES. _Tr._ [Edmund Bolton], 1618.
=FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOUYER DE.= _b._ 1657, _d._ 1757. =French
litterateur, mathematician and philosopher.=
CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ [W. Gardiner]. 1715.
HISTORY OF ORACLES. _Tr._ 1688.
NEW DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ 1692.
NORTHERN WORTHIES; or THE LIVES OF PETER THE GREAT.... _Tr._ 1730.
A PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ Mr. Glanvil, 1695.
THE THEORY OR SYSTEM OF SEVERAL NEW INHABITED WORLDS.... _Tr._ Mrs.
Behn, 1700.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ J. Hughes, 1754.
THE PRIZE OF WISDOM. _Tr._ 1713.
=FORTUNATUS.= 15th century. =German folk tales.=
FORTUNATUS. THE RIGHT PLEASANT AND VARIABLE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF
FORTUNATUS. Now first of all published in English by T. C. [Thomas
Churchyard]. 1612.
'One of the best "people's" books (Volksbücher) ever written'.
Thomas Dekker founded his 'Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus'
(1600) upon this work.
=FOSCOLO, N. UGO.= _b._ 1777, _d._ 1827. =Italian poet.=