BOOKS EDITED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY W. B. YEATS.
1888.
Poems and Ballads | of | Young Ireland | 1888 | “We’re one at heart if
you be Ireland’s friend, | Though leagues asunder our opinions tend; |
There are but two great parties in the end.”| Allingham. | Dublin | M.
H. Gill and Son | O’Connell Street | 1888
Fcap. 8vo, pp. viii and 80. White buckram.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_The Stolen Child_, pp. 12-14.
_King Goll_ (_Third Century_), pp. 43-46. Originally
appeared in _The Leisure Hour_, September, 1887.
_The Meditation of the Old Fisherman_, p. 59.
Originally appeared in _The Irish Monthly_, October,
1886.
_Love Song._ _From the Gaelic_, p. 80.
Fairy and Folk Tales | of the Irish Peasantry: | Edited and Selected
by | W. B. Yeats. London: | Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane. | New York:
Thomas Whittaker | Toronto: W. J. Gage and Co. | 1888
Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 326. Cloth. A volume of _The Camelot Series_
(afterwards _The Scott Library_).
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Introduction_, pp. ix-xviii.
_The Trooping Fairies_, pp. 1-3.
_Notes_ on pp. 16, 33, 38.
_Changelings_, p. 47.
_The Stolen Child_, pp. 59-60. Reprinted from _Poems
and Ballads of Young Ireland_, 1888.
_The Merrow_, p. 61.
_The Solitary Fairies_, pp. 80-81.
_The Pooka_, p. 94.
_The Banshee_, p. 108.
_Ghosts_, pp. 128-129.
_Witches, Fairy Doctors_, pp. 146-149.
_Note_ on p. 150.
_Tir-na-n-Og_, p. 200.
_Saints, Priests_, p. 214.
_The Priest of Coloony_, pp. 220-221.
_Giants_, p. 260.
_Notes_, pp. 319-326.
1893. Illustrated Edition.
Irish | Fairy and Folk Tales | Selected and Edited | with introduction
| by W. B. Yeats. | Twelve Illustrations by James Torrance. | London:
Walter Scott, Ltd. | 24 Warwick Lane.
Cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 326. Cloth.
1889.
Stories from Carleton: | With an introduction | by W. B. Yeats. |
London: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane. | New York and Toronto: | W. J.
Gage & Co.
Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 302. Cloth. A volume of _The Camelot Classics_
(afterwards _The Scott Library_).
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. ix-xvii.
1890.
Representative | Irish Tales | Compiled, with an Introduction and Notes
| by | W. B. Yeats | First [Second] Series | (Ornament) | New York and
London | G. P. Putnam’s Sons | The Knickerbocker Press [Entire title
printed on a yellow ground and enclosed within a red line border.]
32mo. Vol. I., pp. vi and 340. Vol. II., pp. iv and 356. Decorated
boards with cloth backs.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
VOLUME I.
_Dedication._ “There was a green branch hung with many
a bell.” Pp. iii-iv.
_Introduction_, pp. 1-17.
_Maria Edgeworth_, pp. 19-24.
_John and Michael Banim_, pp. 141-150.
_William Carleton_, pp. 191-196.
VOLUME II.
_Samuel Lover_, pp. 1-3.
_William Maginn_, pp. 91-92.
_T. Crofton Croker_, pp. 129-130.
_Gerald Griffin_, pp. 161-164.
_Charles Lever_, pp. 205-209.
_Charles Kickham_, pp. 243-245.
_Miss Rosa Mulholland_, p. 281.
_Note_, p. 331.
1892.
Irish | Fairy Tales | edited | with an introduction | by | W. B. Yeats
| author of ‘The Wanderings of Oisin,’ etc. | Illustrated by Jack B.
Yeats | London | T. Fisher Unwin | 1892
Fcap. 8vo, pp. viii and 236. Cloth. A volume of _The Children’s
Library_.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Poem. ‘_Where my books go._’ (Dated London, Jan.,
1892.) P. v.
_Introduction. ‘An Irish Story-teller.’_ (Dated
Clondalkin, July, 1891.) Pp. 1-7.
_Note_ on pp. 8-9.
_Appendix. Classification of Irish Fairies._ (Dated Co.
Down, June, 1891.) Pp. 223-233.
_Authorities of Irish Folklore_, pp. 234-236.
The Book | of the | Rhymers’ Club | (Press mark) | London | Elkin
Mathews | At the Sign of the Bodley Head | in Vigo Street | 1892 | All
rights reserved
Royal 16mo, pp. xvi and 94. Paper boards.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_A Man who dreamed of Fairyland_, pp. 7-9. Originally
appeared in _The National Observer_, February 7, 1891.
_Father Gilligan_, pp. 38-40. Originally appeared in
_The Scots Observer_, July 5, 1890.
_Dedication of ‘Irish Tales,’_ pp. 54-55. Originally
appeared in _Representative Irish Tales_, 1890.
_A Fairy Song_, p. 71. Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, September 12, 1891.
_The Lake Isle of Innisfree_, p. 84. Originally
appeared in _The National Observer_, Dec. 13, 1890.
_An Epitaph_, p. 88. Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, December 12, 1891.
The | Poets [in red] | and the | Poetry [in red] | of the | Century [in
red] | Charles Kingsley | to | James Thomson | Edited by [in red] |
Alfred H. Miles [in red] | Hutchinson & Co. | 25, Paternoster Square,
London
Post 8vo, pp. xx and 652. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats contributes a note on William Allingham, pp. 209-212.
The | Poets [in red] | and the | Poetry [in red] | of the | Century
[in red] | Joanna Baillie | to | Mathilde Blind | Edited by [in red]
| Alfred H. Miles [in red] | Hutchinson & Co. 25, Paternoster Square,
London
Post 8vo, pp. xvi and 640. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats contributes a note on Ellen O’Leary, pp. 449-452.
1893.
The Works | of | William Blake | Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical |
Edited with Lithographs of the Illustrated | “Prophetic Books,” and
a Memoir | and Interpretation | by | Edwin John Ellis | Author of
“Fate in Arcadia,” &c. | and | William Butler Yeats | Author of “The
Wanderings of Oisin,” “The Countess Kathleen,” &c. | “Bring me to the
test | And I the matter will reword, which madness | Would gambol from”
| Hamlet | In Three Vols. | Vol. I. [II. III.] | London | Bernard
Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly | 1893 | [All Rights Reserved]
Three volumes. Royal 8vo. Cloth.
The Poems | of | William Blake [in red] | Edited by | W. B. Yeats. |
(Press mark of Lawrence and Bullen)
London: | New York:
in] Lawrence and Bullen [red | in] Charles Scribner’s Sons [red
16 Henrietta Street, W.C. | 743 & 745 Broadway
1893. | 1893.
18mo, pp. liv and 252. Cloth. A volume of _The Muses’ Library_.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Introduction_, pp. xv-liv.
_Notes_, pp. 235-251.
1894.
The Second Book | of | The Rhymers’ Club | London: Elkin Mathews & John
Lane | New York: Dodd, Mead & Company | 1894 | All rights reserved
Royal 16mo, pp. xvi and 136. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_The Rose in my Heart_, p. 11. Originally appeared in
_The National Observer_, November 12, 1892.
_The Folk of the Air_, pp. 37-39. Originally appeared,
under the title _The Stolen Bride_, in _The Bookman_,
November, 1893.
_The Fiddler of Dooney_, pp. 68-69. Originally appeared
in _The Bookman_, December, 1892.
_A Mystical Prayer to the Masters of the
Elements—Finvarra, Feacra, and Caolte_, pp. 91-92.
Originally appeared, under the title _A Mystical
Prayer to the Masters of the Elements, Michael,
Gabriel, and Raphael_, in _The Bookman_, October,
1892.
_The Cap and Bells_, pp. 108-109. Originally appeared,
under the title _Cap and Bell_, in _The National
Observer_, March 17, 1894.
_The Song of the Old Mother_, p. 126. Originally
appeared in _The Bookman_, April, 1894.
1895.
A Book of | Irish Verse | Selected from modern writers | with an
introduction | and notes | by W. B. Yeats | Methuen & Co | 36 Essex
Street, W.C. | London | 1895.
Cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii and 260. Linen.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Introduction._ (Dated August 5, 1894.) Pp. xi-xxvii.
_Acknowledgment_, p. xxviii.
_Notes_, pp. 250-257.
1900. Revised edition.
This contains a new Preface, dated August 15, 1899, and the
introduction much revised and now entitled _Modern Irish Poetry_. The
selection of poetry is also revised.
1898.
A Book of Images | Drawn by W. T. | Horton & Intro-|duced by W. B.
Yeats| London at the Unicorn | Press VII Cecil Court St. | Martin’s
Lane MDCCCXCVIII
Fcap. 4to, pp. 62. Cloth. Number II. of _The Unicorn Quartos_.
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. 7-16.
1899.
Literary | Ideals in | Ireland. | By John Eglinton; | W. B. Yeats | A.
E.; | W. Larminie. | Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London. | And at the
Daily Express Office, Dublin.
Long 8vo, pp. ii and 88. Paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_A Note on National Drama_, pp. 17-20. Originally
appeared, as part of an essay under the title _The
Poems and Stories of Miss Nora Hopper_, in _The
Dublin Daily Express_, September 24, 1898.
_John Eglinton and Spiritual Art_, pp. 31-37.
Originally appeared in _The Dublin Daily Express_,
October 29, 1898.
_The Autumn of the Flesh_, pp. 69-75. Originally
appeared in _The Dublin Daily Express_, December 3,
1898.
1899.-1900.
Beltaine. An Occasional Publication. Edited by W. B. Yeats.
No. 1. May, 1899.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Plans and Methods_, pp. 6-9. Some of these notes
originally appeared as part of an essay _The Irish
Literary Theatre_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_,
January 14, 1899.
Two lyrics, reprinted from _The Countess Cathleen_.
_The Theatre._ Originally appeared in _The Dome_,
April, 1899.
No. 2. February, 1900.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Plans and Methods_, pp. 3-6.
_‘Maive’ and certain Irish Beliefs_, pp. 14-17.
_Footnote_ on p. 21.
_The Irish Literary Theatre_, 1900, pp. 22-24.
Originally appeared in _The Dome_, January, 1900.
No. 3. April, 1900.
This number contained only an essay by Mr. Yeats entitled _‘The Last
Feast of the Fianna,’ ‘Maive,’ and ‘The Bending of the Bough’ in
Dublin_.
These three numbers were afterwards issued in one volume, with the
wrappers and advertisements bound in, by the Unicorn Press in 1900.
1900.
A Treasury | of | Irish Poetry | in the | English Tongue | edited by |
Stopford A. Brooke | and | T. W. Rolleston | London | Smith, Elder, &
Co., 15 Waterloo Place | 1900 | All rights reserved
Cr. 8vo, pp. xliv and 580. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats contributes notes on:—
_Lionel Johnson_, pp. 465-467. Originally appeared,
under the title _Mr. Lionel Johnson and certain Irish
Poets_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_, Aug. 27, 1898.
_Nora Hopper_, pp. 471-473. Originally appeared as
part of an essay _The Poems and Stories of Miss Nora
Hopper_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_, September 24,
1898.
_Althea Gyles_, p. 475.
_A.E._, pp. 485-487. Originally appeared under the
title _The Poetry of A.E._, in _The Dublin Daily
Express_, September 3, 1898.
The book also reprints the following poems:—
_The Hosting of the Sidhe._
_Michael Robartes remembers Forgotten Beauty._
_The Rose of the World._
_The Lake Isle of Innisfree._
_When you are Old._
_A Dream of a Blessed Spirit._
_The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner._
_The Two Trees._
_The Island of Sleep._ (A passage from _The Wanderings
of Oisin_.)
1901.
Ideals in | Ireland | Edited by Lady Gregory | Written by “A.E.,” D. P.
| Moran, George Moore, | Douglas Hyde, Standish | O’Grady, and W. B.
Yeats | London: At the Unicorn | VII Cecil Court MDCCCCI
Cr. 8vo, pp. 108. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_The Literary Movement in Ireland_, pp. 87-102.
Originally appeared in _The North American Review_,
December, 1899.
_A Postscript_, pp. 105-107.
Samhain Edited | for the Irish Literary Theatre | by W. B. Yeats. |
Published in October 1901 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher
Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Windlestraws_, pp. 3-10.
_Footnote_ on p. 12.
1902.
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: | The Story of the Men of | The Red Branch
of Ulster | Arranged and put into | English by Lady Gregory. | With a
Preface by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street | 1902.
Large Cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 364. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Preface._ (Dated March, 1902.) Pp. vii-xvii.
_Note on the Conversation of Cuchulain and Emer_, pp.
351-353.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in
October 1902 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 32. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Notes_, pp. 3-10.
_Cathleen ni Hoolihan_, pp. 24-31.
1903.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in
September 1903 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 36. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Notes_, pp. 3-8.
_The Reform of the Theatre_, pp. 9-12. Part of this
essay originally appeared in _The United Irishman_,
April 4, 1903.
1904.
Gods and Fighting Men: | The Story of the Tuatha de | Danaan and of the
Fianna | of Ireland, arranged and | put into English by Lady | Gregory.
With a preface | by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle
Street, W. | 1904
Large cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii and 480.
Mr. Yeats’s Preface includes pp. ix-xxiv.
Wayfarer’s Love | Contributions from Living Poets | edited by | The
Duchess of Sutherland. | Cover design by Mr. Walter Crane. | “Let
me take your hand for love and sing you a song, | said the other
traveller—the journey is a hard journey, but | if we hold together in
the morning and in the evening, | what matter if in the hours between
there is sorrow.” | Old Tale. | Westminster | Archibald Constable &
Co., Ltd. | 1904
Mr. Yeats contributes _Old Memory_, p. 37.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in
December 1904 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 56. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_The Dramatic Movement_, pp. 3-12.
_First Principles_, pp. 12-24.
_The Play, the Player, and the Scene_, pp. 24-33.
_Footnote to ‘An Opinion,’_ p. 55.
1905.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in
November 1905 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | and by A. H. Bullen.
Mr. Yeats contributes _Notes and Opinions_, pp. 3-14.
The Well of the Saints. | By J. M. Synge. With an intro- | duction by
W. B. Yeats. Be- | ing Volume Four of Plays | for an Irish Theatre |
London: A. H. Bullen, 47, Great | Russell Street, W.C. 1905.
Cr. 8vo, pp. xviii and 92. Paper boards with cloth back.
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction, _Mr. Synge and his Plays_, dated Abbey
Theatre, January 27, 1905, includes pp. v-xvii.
1906.
Poems | of | Spenser | Selected and with | an Introduction by | W. B.
Yeats. | T. C. & E. C. Jack. | Edinburgh. [The whole forms part of a
design by A. S. Hartrick.]
Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xlviii and 292. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. xiii-xlvii.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in
December 1906 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | Dublin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
_Notes_, p. 3.
_Literature and the Living Voice_, pp. 4-14. Originally
appeared in _The Contemporary Review_, October, 1906.
1906-7.
The Arrow. Edited by W. B. Yeats.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
No. 1. October 20, 1906.
_The Season’s Work._
_A Note on The Mineral Workers._
_Notes._
No. 2. November 24, 1906.
_Notes._
_Deirdre._ (A note.)
_The Shadowy Waters._ (A note.)
No. 3. February 23, 1907.
_The Controversy over ‘The Playboy.’_
_Passages reprinted from the ‘Samhain’ of 1905._
_Opening Speech at the debate of February 4 at the
Abbey Theatre._
No. 4. June 1, 1907.
_Notes._
NOTE.
The selections for the following books issued by the Dun Emer Press,
Dundrum, were made by Mr. Yeats, but the books contain no contributions
by him:—
Twenty-one _Poems_ by Lionel Johnson, 1904.
_Some Essays and Passages_ by John Eglinton, 1905.
Sixteen _Poems_ by William Allingham, 1905.
Twenty-one _Poems_ by Katherine Tynan, 1907.