Compleat Angler (The), 1653.
Life of Donne, 1640.
Life of Herbert, 1670.
Life of Hooker, 1665.
Life of Sanderson, 1678.
Life of Wotton, 1651.
=Warner= (Susan), born at New York, 1818-
Melbourne House, 1864.
Hills of the Shatemuc, 1856.
Old Helmet (The), 1863.
Queechy, 1851.
Wide, Wide World (The), 1849.
=Warren= (Samuel), born in Denbighshire, North Wales, 1807-1877.
Diary of a Late Physician, 1830.
Ten Thousand a Year, 1839-1841.
=Watts= (Isaac), born at Southampton, 1674-1748.
Divine Songs, 1726.
Hymns, 1707.
Moral Songs, 1730.
=Webster= (Noah), born at Hartford, Conn., 1758-1843.
Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
=Wesley= (Rev. Charles), born at Epworth, in Lincolnshire, 1708-1788.
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749.
Hymns for Ascension Day, 1753.
Hymns for the Nativity, 1750.
Hymns for the Resurrection, 1754.
Hymns for the Watch Night, 1780.
Hymns for the Year, 1756.
Works, 1829-31.
=Wesley= (Rev. John), born at Epworth, in Lincolnshire, 1703-1791.
Account of the People called “Methodists,” 1749.
Ecclesiastical History, 1781.
History of England from the Death of George II., 1776.
Letters, 1816.
=Whately= (Richard), archbishop of Dublin, born in London, 1787-1863.
Elements of Logic, 1826.
Elements of Rhetoric, 1828.
English Synonyms, 1851.
Errors of Romanism, 1830.
Historic Doubts, 1819.
History of Religious Worship, 1847.
Introductory Lectures on Political Economy, 1831.
=White= (Rev. Gilbert), born at Selborne, in Hampshire, 1720-1793.
Natural History of Selborne, 1789.
Naturalist’s Calendar (The), 1795.
=White= (Henry Kirke), born at Nottingham, 1785-1806.
Clifton Grove, and other Poems, 1803.
Poems, 1804.
Remains, 1807.
=White= (Richard Grant), born in New York, 1822-1885.
Authorship of the Three Parts of Henry VI., 1859.
Handbook of Christian Art, 1853.
Life and Genius of Shakespere, 1865.
National Hymns, 1861.
New Gospel of Peace (The), 1863-66.
Poetry of the Civil War, 1866.
Shakespere’s Scholar, 1854.
Words and their Uses, 1870.
=Whitman= (Walt), 1819-
Poems, such as “Leaves of Grass,” “Drum Taps,” etc., 1878.
=Whittier= (John Greenleaf), born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1807-
Among the Hills, and other Poems, 1868.
Ballads, 1838.
Ballads of New England, 1870.
Centennial Hymn (A), 1876.
Chapel of the Hermits, and other Poems, 1853.
Child Life, 1871.
Collected Poems, 1850.
Home Ballads, and other Poems, 1859.
In War Time, and other Poems, 1863.
Lays of my Home, and other Poems, 1843.
Leaves from Margaret Smith’s Journal, 1836.
Legends of New England, 1831.
Literary Recreations, 1854.
Maud Müller, 1865.
Miriam, and other Poems, 1870.
Moll Pitcher, 1833.
National Lyrics, 1865-66.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches, 1850.
Panorama (The), and other Poems, 1856.
Pennsylvania Pilgrims (The), and other Poems, 1872.
Sabbath Verse (A), 1853.
Snow-bound, a Water Idyll, 1866.
Songs of Labor, and other Poems, 1851.
Stranger in Lowell (The), 1845.
Supernaturalism in New England, 1847.
Tent on the Beach, and other Poems, 1867.
Vision of Echard, etc. (The), 1878.
Voices of Freedom, 1836.
=Willis= (Nathaniel Parker), born in Maine, 1807-1867.
Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil, 1845.
Famous Persons and Places, 1854.
Fun Jottings, 1853.
Health Trip to the Tropics, 1852.
Hurrygraphs, 1851.
Inklings of Adventure, 1839.
Letters from under a Bridge, 1840.
Life Here and There, 1850.
Loiterings of Travels, 1839.
Memoranda of Jenny Lind, 1851.
Paul Fane, 1856.
Pencillings by the Way, 1835.
People I have met, 1850.
Poems, 1828-31.
Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean, 1853.
=Wills= (William Gorman), of Kilkenny, in Ireland, 1828-
⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III.
=Wilson= (John), born at Paisley, in Scotland, 1785-1854.
Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, 1822.
Noctes Ambrosianæ, 1822-36.
Poems and Dramatic Works, 1825.
Recreations of Christopher North, 1842.
=Wood= (Mrs. Henry), born at Worcester, 1820-1887.
Adam Grainger, 1876.
Anne Hereford, 1868.
Bessy Rane, 1870.
Channings (The), 1862.
Court Netherleigh, 1881.
Dene Hollow, 1871.
East Lynne, 1861.
Edina, 1876.
Elster’s Folly, 1866.
Foggy Night at Offord (A), 1862.
George Canterbury’s Will, 1870.
Johnny Ludlow, in the _Argosy_.
Lady Adelaide.
Life Secret (A), 1867.
Lord Oakburn’s Daughters, 1864.
Master of Greylands, 1873.
Mildred Arkell, 1865.
Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles, 1862.
Oswald Cray, 1864.
Orville College.
Parkwater.
Pomeroy Abbey, 1878.
Red Court Farm.
Roland Yorke, 1869.
St. Martin’s Eve, 1866.
Shadow of Ashlydyat (The), 1863.
Told in the Twilight, 1875.
Trevlyn Hold, 1864.
Verner’s Pride, 1863.
William Allair, 1863.
Within the Maze, 1872.
=Wood= (Rev. John George), born in London, 1828-1889.
Bible Animals.
Common Objects of the Country.
Common Objects of the Microscope.
Common Objects of the Sea Shore, 1857.
Common Beetles of England.
Common Moths of England.
Common Shells of England.
Field Naturalist’s Handbook (The), 1880.
Homes without Hands.
Insects Abroad, 1874.
Insects at Home.
Man and Beast, 1873.
My Feathered Friends.
Natural History of Man.
Natural History Ramble, 1879.
Our Garden Friends and Foes.
Popular Natural History.
=Woolman= (John), born in New Jersey, 1720-1773.
Journal of his Life and Travels, 1776.
=Woolsey= (Theodore Dwight), born at New York, 1801-1889.
Introduction to International Law, 1860.
=Worcester= (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865.
Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language, 1846.
=Wordsworth= (William), born at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, 1770-1850.
Borderers (The), 1842.
Descriptive Sketches in Verse, 1793.
Excursion, 1814.
Idiot Boy (The), 1819.
Lyrical Ballads, 1798.
Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803, 1814.
Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820.
Odes, 1803-6.
Peter Bell, 1819.
Prelude, 1850.
Sonnets to Liberty, 1802-16.
Waggoner (The), 1819.
White Doe of Rhylstone, 1815.
Yarrow revisited, and other Poems, 1835.
=Wycherly= (William), born at Clive, in Shropshire, 1640-1715.
Poems, 1704.
Works, 1712.
Works, 1728.
⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III.
=Yates= (Edmund Hodgson), 1831-
After Office Hours, 1861.
Black Sheep, 1866-67.
Broken to Harness, 1864-65.
Business of Pleasure, 1865.
Cast Away, 1872.
Dr. Wainwright’s Patient, 1871.
For Better for Worse, 1876.
Forlorn Hope, 1867.
Impending Sword (The), 1874.
Kissing the Rod, 1865.
Land at Last, 1866.
Life of Charles Mathews the Elder, 1860.
Memoir of Albert Smith, 1860.
Mirth and Metre, 1854.
My Haunts and their Frequenters, 1854.
Nobody’s Fortune, 1871.
Pages in Waiting, 1865.
Righted Wrong (A), 1871.
Rock Ahead (A), 1868.
Running the Gauntlet, 1867.
Silent Witness, 1875.
Two by Tricks, 1874.
Two Merry Men, 1854.
Waiting Rain, 1872.
Wrecked in Port, 1869.
Yellow Flag (The), 1872.
=Yonge= (Charles Duke), 1812-
History of England, 1857.
History of France under the Bourbons, 1866.
History of the British Navy, 1864.
History of the English Revolution, 1874.
Life of the Duke of Wellington, 1860.
Parallel Lives: Epaminondas and Gustavus Adolphus, Philip and
Frederick the Great, 1858.
Three Centuries of Modern History, 1872.
=Yonge= (Charlotte Mary), born at Otterbourne, in Hampshire, 1823-
Catharine of Aragon, 1881.
Chaplet of Pearls (The), 1868.
Christian Names, their History and Derivation.
Clever Woman of the Family (The), 1865.
Daisy Chain (The), 1856.
Dove in the Eagle’s Nest (The), 1866.
Dynevor Terrace, 1857.
Heart’s-ease, 1854.
Heir of Redclyffe, 1853.
Lady Hester, 1873.
Lances of Lynwood (The).
Landmarks of History.
Life of Bishop Patteson, 1873.
Little Duke (The).
Magnum Bonum, 1880.
Three Brides (The), 1876.
Trial (The), 1764.
Young Stepmother (The), 1864.
=Young= (Rev. Edward), born at Upham in Hampshire, 1684-1765.
Night Thoughts, 1742-46.
⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III.
APPENDIX II.
DATES OF FOREIGN POEMS AND NOVELS.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
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Alex. = _Alexandrine metre._
b.v. = _Blank verse._
bks. = _Books._
d.m. = _Divers metres._
Ep. = _Epic._
Ep., H.M. = _Epic in heroic metre._
Ep., Hex. = _Epic in hexameter verse._
Es. = _Essay or Essays._
H.M. = _Heroic metre._
H.M., b.v. = _Heroic metre in blank verse._
H.M., rh. = _Heroic metre in rhyme._
Hex. = _Hexameter verse._
Nov. = _[Prose] novel._
p. = _Poetry._
pr. = _Prose._
pr. and v. = _Prose and verse._
pr. Ep. = _Prose epic._
rh. = _Rhyme._
Rom. = _Romance._
Rom. p. = _Romance in poetry._
Sp. m. = _Spencerian metre._
ter. rh. = _Ternary rhymes._
v. = _Verse._
8 syl. v. = _Octosyllabic verse._
=Æsop=, Fables, about B.C. 570. _Greek_ pr.
AMADIS OF GAUL, begun by Vasco de Lobeira, 14th cent.; finished by
sundry hands, 15th cent. _Old French_ pr.
=Arabian Nights=, first published in Paris, by Antony Galland, 1704-17.
The best are Indian; the sentimental love tales are Persian; the
witty, comical ones are Arabic. _Arabic_ pr. tales. Lane’s
translation, 1841.
ARGONAUTS (_The_), by Appolonius Rhodius, about B.C. 200 (4 bks.).
_Greek_ Ep., Hex. Translated into English by Fawkes, 1780; and into
English verse by Green, 1780; W. Preston, 1803. H.M., rh.
CHINESE TALES, by Gueulette, 1723. _French_ pr.
=Chrestien de Troyes=, the Chevalier au Lion, Chevalier de l’Epée, Sir
Lancelot du Lac, in metrical French (before 1200).
CHRONICLES of Albericus Trium Fontium, 1242. _Latin_ pr.
CID (_The_), 1040-1099. The Spanish _Chronicle of the Cid_, 13th cent.,
first printed in 1541, and a second by Medina del Campo, in 1552. The
Spanish _Poem of the Cid_ dates from 1207, and 102 ballads on the Cid
in Spanish were published in 1615. Southey published an excellent
English Chronicle in 1808. Lockhart has rendered eight of them into
English ballads; and George Dennis has strung together, in prose and
verse, a connected tale of the great Spanish hero, 1845. (The Cid, in
Spanish romance, occupies the same position as Arthur in English
story, Charlemagne in French and Theodorick in German.)
CONTES DE FEES, by Claude Perrault, 1697. _French_ pr. fairy tales.
CREATION, or _La Première Semaine_, by Du Bartas, about 1570. _French_
Ep., H.M. English version by Joshua Sylvester, 1605.
DECAMERON, by Boccaccio, 1350. _Italian_ pr. tales. An English version
by G. Standfast, and by many others. DIABLE BOITEUX, by Lesage, 1707.
_French_ pr. tale. W. Coombe wrote an English imitation, called _The
Devil upon Two Sticks_, 1790.
DIVINA COMMEDIA, by Dantê: _Inferno_, 1300; _Purgatory_, 1308;
_Paradise_, 1311. _Italian_ Ep. poems. English translations by Boyd,
1785; Gary, 1814, b.v.; Wright, 1833, triple rh.; Caley, 1851-55, ter.
rh.; Pollock, 1854, b.v.; Dayman, 1865; Rossetti, 1865; Longfellow,
1870; Norton, 1892; etc.
DON QUIXOTE, by Cervantes, pt. i., 1605; ii., 1615. _Spanish_ Nov.
English versions by Shelton, 1612-20; Motteux, 1719; Jarvis, 1742;
Smollett, 1755; Wilmot, 1774; Duffield, 1881; etc. All in pr.
Dramatized by Durfey, 1694-96.
FABLES, by Lafontaine, 1668. _French_; d.m.
FAIRY TALES, by la comtesse D’Aunoy, 1682. _French_ pr.
GARGANTUA, by Rabelais, 1533. _French_ Nov. English version by Urquhart
and Motteux, 1653.
GIL BLAS, by Lesage, bks, i.-iii., 1715; iv.-vi., 1724; vii.-xii., 1735.
_French_ Nov. English version by Smollett, 1761; Procter, 1774; Smart,
1807; etc. All in pr.
GOBLIN STORIES, by the brothers Grimm, 1812. _German_ pr.
=Goethe=, 1749-1832 (_German_). Achilliad (The), about 1800.
Farbenlehre, 1810. Hermann and Dorothea, 1797. Poem. Metamorphosis of
Plants, 1790. Es. Werther, 1774. Rom. Wilhelm Meister, 1794. Rom. (For
dramatic pieces, see APPENDIX III.)
GULISTAN (_Garden of Roses_), by Saadi, 13th cent. _Persian_ p.
HENRIADE, by Voltaire, 1724 (10 chants). _French_ Ep.; rh.
=Herbelot= (_D’_), Bibliothèque Orientale, an Oriental Miscellany, 1697.
_French_ pr.
HITÔPADÊSA, an epitome of the Pancha Tantra, 5th cent. B.C. _Hindû_.
=Homer=, Iliad (24 bks.), composed in the prime of his life, about B.C.
962. _Greek_ Ep. Hex. Odyssey (24 bks.), composed in maturer age,
about B.C. 927. _Greek_ Ep., Hex. These poems were first reduced to
writing by Pisistratos, of Athens, B.C. 531. English versions by
Chapman, _Il._ 1598, _Od._ 1614; Bryant, _Il._ 1870, _Od._ 1871. The
following have translated the _Iliad_ only: Hall, 1581; Tickell, bk.
i. 1715; Macpherson, 1773; Morrice, 1809; Brandreth, 1846; Barter,
1854; Newman, 1856; Wright, 1859; Selwyn, 1865; Green, 1865; Simcox,
1865; Dart, 1865; Herschel, 1866; Lord Derby, 1867; Merivale, 1869;
Cordery, 1870; Newman, 1871. The following have translated the
_Odyssey_ alone: Cary, 1823; Hayman, 1866; Musgrave, 1869; Edginton,
1869; Wither, 1869; Merry, 1871.
JERUSALEM DELIVERED, by Tasso, 1575. _Italian_ Ep. English version by
Carew, 1594; Fairfax, 1600; Hoole, 1762.
=Lokman=, Fables, contemporary with David and Solomon. _Arabian_; d.m.
LUSIADS (_The_), by Camoens, 1572 (in 10 bks.). _Portuguese_
Ep. English versions, “The Lusiad,” by Fanshawe, 1655; Mickle, H.M.,
rh., 1775; “The Lusiads,” by Aubertin, 1878; R. F. Burton, 1880.
MESSIAH, by Klopstock, bks. i.-iii., 1748; iv.-xv., 1771. _German_ Ep.,
Hex. English version in pr. by Collyer, 1763; Raffles, 1815. In v. by
Egestorff, 1821.
METAMORPHOSES, Ovid (in 15 bks.). _Latin_; about A.D. 6. Hex. English
version by Golding, 1565; Sandys, 1626; Dr. Garth, assisted by Dryden,
Congreve, Rowe and several others, 1716. H.M., rh.
MORAL TALES, by Marmontel, 1761. _French_ pr.
NIEBELUNGEN LIED, 1210 (in 39 adventures). From Snorro Sturleson’s
_Edda_. _Old German_ Ep. Transplanted into Germany by the
minnesingers. English version by Lettsom, 1850.
ORIENTAL TALES, by comte de Caylus, 1740. _French_ pr.
ORLANDO FURIOSO, by Ariosto, 1516. _Italian_ Rom., p. English version
by Harrington, 1591; Croker, 1755; W. S. Rose, 1823; and an abridged
version by Hoole, H.M., rh., 1783.
ORLANDO INNAMORATO, by Bojardo, 1495 (in 3 bks., unfinished). _Italian_
Rom.; p. Three more books were added, in 1531, by Agostini; and the
whole was remodelled by Berni. Translated by Tofte, 1598. PANCHA
TANTRA, a collection of Hindû fables, 6th cent. B.C. _Hindû._
PANTAGRUEL, Rabelais, 1545. _French_ Nov. English version by Urquhart
and Motteux, 1653.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA, by St. Pierre, 1788. _French_ tale; pr.
=Phædrus=, fables, about A.D. 25, chiefly from Æsop. _Latin_ v. In
English v. by C. Smart, 1765.
PHARSALIA (_The_), by Lucan, about A.D. 60 (in 10 bks.). Latin Ep.;
Hex. English version by C. Marlowe; Gorge, 1614; May, 1627; Rowe,
1729; and a literal translation by Riley, in Bohn’s series.
=Pilpay=, Fables, compiled from the _Pancha Tantra_ and other sources,
4th cent. B.C. _Indian_.
=Pliny=, Natural History, about A.D. 77. _Latin_ pr. English version by
Dr. Holland, 1601; Bostock, 1828; Riley, in Bohn’s series, 1855-57.
=Plutarch=, Parallel Lives, about A.D. 110-13. _Greek_ pr. English
version by North, 1579; Langhorne, 1771; another by Dryden and others,
re-edited by Clough. All in pr.
REYNARD THE FOX, 1498. _German_ pr., by Heinrich von Alkmaar. An English
version printed by Caxton, 1481. ROMANCE OF THE ROSE, by Guillaume de
Lorris, 13th cent. Continuation by Jean de Meung, 14th. cent. _French_
Rom. p. English poetic version by Chaucer, in 8 syl. v., about 1360.
TELEMACHUS, by Fénelon, 1700 (in 24 bks.). _French_ pr. Ep. English
version by Dr. Hawkesworth, 1810; pr.
THEBAID, by Statius, about A.D. 86 (in 12 bks.). _Latin_ Ep., Hex. An
English version by Lewis, 1767. Parts by Pope; Stephens, 1648;
Howard, H.M., rh., etc.
UNDINE, by De la Motte Fouqué, 1813. An English version was published
by Routledge and Sons, 1875.
=Victor Hugo=, 1802-1885. (_French_ poet and novelist). Autumn Leaves,
1832; p. Last Days of a Condemned Criminal, 1829. (For dramatic
pieces, see APPENDIX III.)
=Virgil=, Æneid (in 12 bks.), B.C. 27-20. _Latin_ Ep., Hex. English
version by Gawin, 1513; Lord Surrey 1553; Phaer and Twyne, 1558-73;
Stanihurst, 1583; Ogilby, 1649; Dryden, H.M., rh., 1697; Dr. Trapp,
b.v., 1731; Pitt and Warton, 1740; Kennedy, 1849; Singleton, “in
rhythm,” 1855-59; Conington, 1866; Morris, 1876; Cranch, 1872; etc. In
literal pr. by Davidson, 1743; Wheeler, 1852; etc.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN APPENDIX III.
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A. = _Afterpiece._
Alleg.Pl. = _Allegorical play._
B. = _Burlesque._
B.C. = _Burlesque comedy._
B.O. = _Burlesque opera._
B.T. = _Burlesque tragedy._
Bd. = _Ballad._
Bd.F. = _Ballad farce._
Bd.O. = _Ballad opera._
Bl. = _Ballet._
Blta. = _Burletta._
C. = _Comedy._
C.Bf. = _Comédie bouffe._
C.D. = _Comic drama._
C.H. = _Comédie historique._
C.O. = _Comic opera._
Cdta. = _Comedietta or comedetta._
Cl.C. = _Classical comedy._
Cl.Cdta. = _Classical comedietta._
Cl.D. = _Classical drama._
Cl.Pl. = _Classical play._
Cl.T. = _Classical tragedy._
Ct.E. = _Court entertainment._
Ct.S. = _Court show._
D. = _Drama._
D.Dia. = _Dramatic dialogue._
D.E. = _Dramatic entertainment._
D.Fab. = _Dramatic fable._
D.H. = _Drama historique._
D.Mon. = _Dramatic monologue._
D.N. = _Dramatic novel._
D.O. = _Dramatic opera._
D.Pc. = _Dramatic piece._
D.Pm. = _Dramatic poem._
D.R. = _Dramatic romance._
D.S. = _Dramatic satire._
D.Sk. = _Dramatic skit._
Dom.D. = _Domestic drama._
E. = _Entertainment._
Ex. = _Extravaganza._
F. = _Farce._
F.C. = _Farce comedy._
Fy.C. = _Fairy comedy._
Fy.P. = _Fairy pastoral._
G.E.Mel.S. = _Grand Eastern melodramatic spectacle._
G.O.R. = _Grand operatic romance._
H.C. = _Historic comedy._
H.D. = _Historic drama._
H.O. = _Historic opera._
H.Pc. = _Historic piece._
H.Pl. = _Historic play._
H.R. = _Historic romance._
H.T. = _Historic tragedy._
Hc.Pl. = _Heroic play._
Int. = _Interlude._
I.D. = _Irish drama._
L.D. = _Lyrical drama._
L.Pl. = _Lyrical play._
LowC. = _Low comedy._
M. = _Masque._
Mel. = _Melodrama._
Mel.O. = _Melodramatic opera._
Mel.R. = _Melodramatic romance._
Met.D. = _Metrical drama._
Mir.Pl. = _Miracle play._
Mo. = _Morality._
MockPl. = _Mock play._
MockT. = _Mock tragedy._
Mu.C. = _Musical comedy._
Mu.D. = _Musical drama._
Mu.E. = _Musical entertainment._
Mu.F. = _Musical farce._
Mu.Int. = _Musical interlude._
Mu.Pl. = _Musical play._
Mu.Sp. = _Musical spectacle._
Mu.Tr. = _Musical trifle._
Mys. = _Mystery._
Myt.C. = _Mythological comedy._
Myt.D. = _Mythological drama._
N.Blta. = _Nautical burletta._
N.C.O. = _Nautical comic opera._
N.C.Opta. = _Nautical comic operetta._
N.D. = _Nautical drama._
N.O. = _Nautical opera._
N.Pl. = _Nautical play._
O. = _Opera._
O.Bf. = _Opera bouffe._
O.Blta. = _Operatic burletta._
O.C. = _Opera comique._
O.D. = _Operatic drama._
O.E. = _Operatic entertainment._
O.Ex. = _Operatic extravaganza._
O.F. = _Operatic farce._
Op.C. = _Operatic comedy_.
Opta. = _Operetta_.
Or. = _Oratorio_.
P. = _Pastoral_.
P.C. = _Pastoral comedy_.
P.O. = _Pastoral opera_.
P.T. = _Pastoral tragedy_.
P.T.C. = _Pastoral tragi-comedy_.
Pl. = _Play_.
Pn. = _Pantomime_.
Pn.Bl. = _Pantomimic ballet_.
Po.D. = _Poetic drama_.
Pol.D. = _Political drama_.
Pr.C. = _Prize comedy_.
Pr.T. = _Prize tragedy_.
Pt.C. = _Petit comedy_.
Pt.Pc. = _Petit piece_.
R.D. = _Romantic drama_.
R.T. = _Romantic tragedy_.
Rel.Pl. = _Religious play_.
S.D. = _Sacred drama_.
S.T. = _Sacred tragedy_.
Sat.C. = _Satiric comedy_.
Sat.D. = _Satiric drama_.
Sen.D. = _Sensational drama_.
Ser. = _Serenata_.
Sol. = _Solemnity_.
Sp.T. = _Spasmodic tragedy_.
T. = _Tragedy_.
T.C. = _Tragi-comedy_.
T.C.P. = _Tragi-comic pastoral_.
T.L. = _Tragedie lyrique_.
T.O. = _Tragedy-opera_.
V. = _Vaudeville_.
* = _Unknown_.
Etc. = _With some other author or authors_.
Notwithstanding the length of this list, there are some dramatic
pieces very difficult to classify.
APPENDIX III.
AUTHORS AND DATES OF DRAMAS AND OPERAS.
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_If any discrepancy is observed between the dates given in this list
and those in the body of the book, the dates here given are to be
preferred. It must be borne in mind that the date of some plays is
purely conjectural, and can be assigned only approximately; and in not
a few instances authorities differ._
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