From oral tradition.
From oral tradition.
PHILLIPS, AMBROSE.Tr.PERSIAN TALES. 3 v. 1714-15.
PERSIAN TALES: a new translation, by Edward Button, 1754.
PERSIUS(AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS). 50A.D.Latin satiric poet.
HIS SATIRES.Tr.into English [verse], by Barton Holyday, etc., 1616.
PETOFI, ALEX.b.1823-49.Hungarian author.
TRANSLATIONS FROM. By Sir J. Bowring, 1866.
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF P.Tr.H. Phillips, 1885.
PETRARCH(FRANCESCA PETRARCA).b.1304,d.1374.Italian poet.
COMPLAINTS. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the World's Vanities.Tr.by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PETRARCHES VISIONS, [being a translation ... of the Canzone 'Standomi un giorno solo, alla fenestra'].Tr.by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PHISICKE AGAINST FORTUNE.Tr.[by Thos. Twyne.] 1579.
SONNETS [30] AND [3] ODES.Tr.1777.
A THEATRE WHERIN BE REPRESENTED THE MISERIES ... THAT FOLLOW THE VOLUPTUOUS WORLDLINGS, etc. [With Epigrams.Tr.from the Sonnets of Petrarch]. 1569.
THE TRYUMPHES OF FRAUNCES PETRACKE.Tr.by Henry Parker Knight ... Lorde Morley, 1565.
The form of the sonnets of Petrarch as introduced into England by Wyatt and Surrey became very popular in the time of Elizabeth. The following are amongst the more important writers of sonnets influenced by P.: Sidney, 'Astrophel and Stella'; Dryden, 'Idea'; Constable, 'Diana'; Daniel, 'Delia'; Watson, 'Teares of Fansie'; Spenser, 'Amoretta'; Shakespeare, 'Sonnets'; and Milton, 'Sonnets'; Tottel's 'Miscellany' (which as a collection of the Elizabethan poets) is markedly influenced by P.
The form of the sonnets of Petrarch as introduced into England by Wyatt and Surrey became very popular in the time of Elizabeth. The following are amongst the more important writers of sonnets influenced by P.: Sidney, 'Astrophel and Stella'; Dryden, 'Idea'; Constable, 'Diana'; Daniel, 'Delia'; Watson, 'Teares of Fansie'; Spenser, 'Amoretta'; Shakespeare, 'Sonnets'; and Milton, 'Sonnets'; Tottel's 'Miscellany' (which as a collection of the Elizabethan poets) is markedly influenced by P.
PETRONIUS.c.50.Latin satirist.
THE SATYR OF TITUS PETRONIUS ARBITER.Tr.by Wm. Burnaby and another Hand, 1694.
THE SATYRICAL WORKS OF T. PETRONIUS, ARBITER IN PROSE AND VERSE ... made English by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Burnaby, Mr. Blount, Mr. Brown, etc.... To which is added The Charms of Liberty ... 1708.
PHAEDRUS.c.20.Latin fabulist.
FABLES. [Book 1.]Tr.1646.
FABLES.Tr.by J. Davidson, 1745.
FIFTY FABLES OF PHÆDRUS, in Latin, French and English.Tr.by D. Bellamy, 1734.
'Phaedrus put into verse the Greek fables—commonly fathered all alike on "Æsop"—which he could find current in his day. The collection is probably much the same as that of the Greek "Demetrius Phalereus" (300B.C.). From the point of view of both morals and language, the book served admirably for schoolboys, and it is at least one of the main sources of the fables which found their way into England, first with Alfred, and, later, in more force with Caxton's "Æsop"'.
'Phaedrus put into verse the Greek fables—commonly fathered all alike on "Æsop"—which he could find current in his day. The collection is probably much the same as that of the Greek "Demetrius Phalereus" (300B.C.). From the point of view of both morals and language, the book served admirably for schoolboys, and it is at least one of the main sources of the fables which found their way into England, first with Alfred, and, later, in more force with Caxton's "Æsop"'.
PILPAY(BÍDPÁÍ).Oriental fabulist.
[1] THE MORALL PHILOSOPHIE OF DONI—drawne out of Ancient Writers ...Tr.by Sir T. North, 1570.
THE INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING FABLES OF PILPAY made English (for the Duke of Gloucester), 1679.
[1] [This celebrated Arabian fable-book, 'Calilah i Dumnah' (q.v.) is better known in Europe as 'Pilpay's Fables'.]Several European fabulists, including Æsop, La Fontaine, have drawn largely from the fables of P.
[1] [This celebrated Arabian fable-book, 'Calilah i Dumnah' (q.v.) is better known in Europe as 'Pilpay's Fables'.]
Several European fabulists, including Æsop, La Fontaine, have drawn largely from the fables of P.
PINDAR.b.522,d.442B.C.Greek lyric poet.
ODES: Selected; with several other pieces in Prose and Verse by Gilbert West, 1749.
THE ODES OF PINDAR ...Tr.... including those of Mr. West. The whole completed by F. Lee, 1810.
PINDARIQUES. B. R. Fleming. (A translation of four of the Odes of Pindar, etc.). 1691.
Horace modelled his work on Pindar. Imitated by Cowley in 'Pindaric Odes', by Dryden in 'Song for St. Cecilia's Day', 'Alexander's Feast', by Pope, in 'Ode on St. Cecilia's Day', by Gray in 'Progress of Poesy', by Shelley in 'Ode to Liberty'.'Milton's "Ode on the Morning of the Nativity" is intended to be Pindaric'.
Horace modelled his work on Pindar. Imitated by Cowley in 'Pindaric Odes', by Dryden in 'Song for St. Cecilia's Day', 'Alexander's Feast', by Pope, in 'Ode on St. Cecilia's Day', by Gray in 'Progress of Poesy', by Shelley in 'Ode to Liberty'.
'Milton's "Ode on the Morning of the Nativity" is intended to be Pindaric'.
PINEAU DUCLOS(CHARLES).SeeDuclos.
PLATO.b.427,d.347B.C.Greek philosopher.
APOLOGY OF SOCRATES AND PHÆDO OF PLATO.Tr.1675.
AXIOCHUS: ON THE SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE.Tr.1592.
DIALOGUES.Tr.by Flower Sydenham, 1767-80.
ORATIONS OF PERICLES AND PLATO IN PRAISE OF THE ATHENIANS SLAIN IN BATTLE.Tr.by E. Bentham, 1759.
REPUBLIC OF PLATO.Tr.by W. Spens, 1763.
WORKS OF PLATO, abridg'd, with an account of his life, philosophy, morals and politics, together with a translation of his choicest dialogues. By M. Dacier.Tr.from the French, 1701.
The 'Republic' is the model for all ideal commonwealths, e.g. More's 'Utopia', Bacon's 'New Atlantis', etc. Berkeley's 'Alciphron' is based on the 'Dialogues'.The philosophy of P. influenced the poetry of Shelley, and Wordsworth's 'Intimations of Immortality'. His philosophy has affected all subsequent philosophers.
The 'Republic' is the model for all ideal commonwealths, e.g. More's 'Utopia', Bacon's 'New Atlantis', etc. Berkeley's 'Alciphron' is based on the 'Dialogues'.
The philosophy of P. influenced the poetry of Shelley, and Wordsworth's 'Intimations of Immortality'. His philosophy has affected all subsequent philosophers.
PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS.b.254,d.184B.C.Roman comedian.
COMEDIES. Amphitryon, Epidicus and Rudens.Tr.by [Laurence Echard]. 1694.
MENAECMI. A pleasant comœdie. Written in Englishe by W. W[arner], 1595.
Formed type of Italian comedy of Renaissance. Shakespeare's 'Comedy of Errors' is an adaptation from Plautus's 'Menaechmi'. Dryden's 'Amphitryon' is adapted from Plautus through Molière.'Sackville sought his comic models in Plautus'.
Formed type of Italian comedy of Renaissance. Shakespeare's 'Comedy of Errors' is an adaptation from Plautus's 'Menaechmi'. Dryden's 'Amphitryon' is adapted from Plautus through Molière.
'Sackville sought his comic models in Plautus'.
PLINY(GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS).The elder.b.23,d.79.Latin writer.
THE HISTORIE OF THE WORLD, commonly called the Natural Historie of Pliny.Tr.by P. Holland, 1601.
THE SECRETS AND WONDERS OF THE WORLD. A Booke ryght rare and Straunge, contayning many excellent properties given to Man, Beasts, Foules ... Trees and Plants.Tr.1585.
A SUMMARIE OF THE ANTIQUITIES ANDWONDERS OF THE WORLDE, abstracted out of the sixtene first bookes of Pliny.Tr.by J. R. [1565].
An important source of our knowledge of early science.'Doubtless Pliny's "Encyclopædia" is ultimately responsible for much of the confused natural history of the Middle Ages, and not only Chaucer, but also the sixteenth century Euphuists, with their egregious similitudes, are almost certainly in his debt'.
An important source of our knowledge of early science.
'Doubtless Pliny's "Encyclopædia" is ultimately responsible for much of the confused natural history of the Middle Ages, and not only Chaucer, but also the sixteenth century Euphuists, with their egregious similitudes, are almost certainly in his debt'.
PLINY, CAIUS.(CAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS.)The younger.b.61A.D.,Latin author and orator.
THE LETTERS OF PLINY THE CONSUL, with occasional remarks by Wm. Melmoth, 1746.
The 'Letters of Pliny' are the most precious relics of Roman epistolary correspondence that have come down to us.The model for the modern letters of Horace Walpole and Pope.
The 'Letters of Pliny' are the most precious relics of Roman epistolary correspondence that have come down to us.
The model for the modern letters of Horace Walpole and Pope.
PLUTARCH.b.50,d.120.Greek philosopher and moralist.The greatest biographer of antiquity.
THE EDUCATION or BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN.Tr.out of Plutarch. By Syr T. Eliot [1535].
THE GOVERNAÑCE OF GOOD HELTHE, by the most excellent phylosopher Plutarche [1530].
HOWE ONE MAY TAKE PROFITE OF HIS ENMYES,translatedout of Plutarche [by Sir T. Elyot] [1535].
THE LIVES OF THE MOST NOBLE GRECIANS AND ROMANS COMPARED TOGETHER BY PLUTARKE.Tr.[from the French of Amyot] by Thomas North, 1579.
THE PHILOSOPHIE, COMMONLY CALLED THE MORALS.Tr.by P. Holland, 1603.
A RIGHT NOBLE HISTORY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AND SOME OF THEIR LIVES. Written by ... P. etc., 1569.
Shakespeare used North's tr. of Plutarch's 'Lives' freely for his plots as is seen inCoriolanus,Julius Caesar. P. also initiated the biographical essay, of whom we have the best exponent in Macaulay. Has formed a model for all later writers.
Shakespeare used North's tr. of Plutarch's 'Lives' freely for his plots as is seen inCoriolanus,Julius Caesar. P. also initiated the biographical essay, of whom we have the best exponent in Macaulay. Has formed a model for all later writers.
POEMA MORALE.(Moral Ode.)
Ed.Text andTr.R. Morris, 'Old English Homilies', 1878.
POLISH ANTHOLOGIES: COLLECTIONS.
BOWRING, Sir JOHN.Tr.SPECIMENS OF THE POLISH POETS. 1827.
POLIZIANO, ANGELO(POLITIAN).b.1454,d.1494.Italian classical scholar and poet.
HISTORY OF HERODIAN.Tr.... by N. Smyth. [1550.]
ORFEO.
Hallam says, 'Politian was placed in the chair of Greek and Latin eloquence at Florence. It is beyond controversy that he stands at the head of that class in the fifteenth century'.
Hallam says, 'Politian was placed in the chair of Greek and Latin eloquence at Florence. It is beyond controversy that he stands at the head of that class in the fifteenth century'.
POLO, MARCO.b.1254,d.1324.Venetian traveller.
THE MOST NOBLE AND FAMOUS TRAVELS OF MARCUS PAULUS ... INTO THE EAST PARTES OF THE WORLD.Tr.[by J. P. Frampton]. 1579.
POLYBIUS.b.205,d.123B.C.Greek historian.
THE HYSTORIES OF ... POLYBIUS: DISCOURSING OF THE WARRES BETWIXT THE ROMANES AND THE CARTHAGINENSES. Englished by C. W.(atson) Whereunto is annexed an abstract compendiously coarsted out of the life and worthy acts, perpetrate by King Henry the fift. 1568.
PONSARD, F.b.1824,d.1867.French dramatist.
CHARLOTTE CORDAY (1850).
LUCRECE (1843).Tr.[Sir A. Rumbold] 1848.
A SON OF THE SOIL (Play).Tr.1850.
ULYSSES.Tr.H. B. Farnie. [1890.]
PONTOPIDDAN, H.Scandinavian writer.
THE APOTHECARY'S DAUGHTER.Tr.G. Nielsen, 1889.
THE PROMISED LAND.Tr.Mrs. E. Lucas, 1896.
EMANUEL; or, CHILDREN OF THE SOIL.Tr.Mrs. E. Lucas. [1896.]
PORTUGUESE ANTHOLOGIES.SeeSpanish.
PREVOST ABBÉ(ANTOINE FRANÇOIS PREVOST D'EXILES).b.1697,d.1763.French writer.
DEAN OF COLERAINE. A moral History....Tr.1752.
HISTORY OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND. 2 vols.Tr.1755.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MR. CLEVELAND, NATURAL SON OF OLIVER CROMWELL, Etc. A romance, (1733-40.) 1734.
MANON LESCAUT. (1733.)Tr.1841.
MEMOIRS OF A MAN OF QUALITY. (1728.) 1738.
PROPERTIUS(SEXTUS AURELIUS PROPERTIUS).b.48,d.14B.C.Roman elegiac poet.
PROPERTII MONOBIBLOS: or THAT BOOK OF THE ELEGIES OF PROPERTIUS ENTITLED CYNTHIA.Tr.1782.
PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER S.b.1799,d.1837.Russian poet.
THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER....Tr.... by J. F. Hanstein, 1859.
EUGENE ONEGIN: a novel in verse (1828).Tr.by Lieut-Col. Spalding, 1881.
MARIE: a Story of Russian Love.Tr.1877.
POEMS.Tr.by Ivan Panin, 1889.
PROSE TALES.Tr.by T. Keane, 1894.
THE QUEEN OF SPADES, AND OTHER STORIES, 1892.
RUSSIAN ROMANCES [consisting of Miscellaneous Tales].Tr.by Mrs. J. Telfer, 1875.
THE TALISMAN. [Tr.by G. Borrow], 1835.
QUEVEDO(QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS DE).b.1580,d.1645.Spanish author and satirist.
[1] BUSCON THE WITTY SPANIARD, WITH THE PROVIDENT KNIGHT (1626).Tr.by J. D. 1657.
HELL REFORMED; or A GLASSE OF FAVOURITES, IN A VISION.Tr.1641.
THE VISIONS OF QUEVEDO, made English by Sir R. L'Estrange. 1668.
NOVELS, faithfully englished; with the Marriage of Belphegor.Tr.1671.
QUEVEDO'S FORTUNE IN HER WITS.Tr.by Stevens, 1697.
QUEVEDO'S COMICAL WORKS.Tr.by Capt. Stevens, 1707.
'He is said to have resembled Voltaire in his talent for ridicule and his versatility. He suffered much political persecution'.[1] One of the 'picaresque or rogue' novels, of which 'Jack Wilton' by Nash was the first example in English. It was later followed by 'Moll Flanders' and 'Colonel Jack' by Defoe, the 'Joseph Andrews' of Fielding, the 'Roderick Random' and 'Peregrine Pickle' of Smollett. In the nineteenth century we find it imitated by Dumas in 'The Three Musketeers' and also in some of the later minor novelists.
'He is said to have resembled Voltaire in his talent for ridicule and his versatility. He suffered much political persecution'.
[1] One of the 'picaresque or rogue' novels, of which 'Jack Wilton' by Nash was the first example in English. It was later followed by 'Moll Flanders' and 'Colonel Jack' by Defoe, the 'Joseph Andrews' of Fielding, the 'Roderick Random' and 'Peregrine Pickle' of Smollett. In the nineteenth century we find it imitated by Dumas in 'The Three Musketeers' and also in some of the later minor novelists.
QUINTILIAN.b.35,d.100.Roman critic and teacher of rhetoric.
HIS INSTITUTES OF ELOQUENCE.... With notes critical and Explanatory. By Wm. Guthrie, 1756.
THE DECLAMATIONS OF QUINTILIAN. [Tr.by Mr. Warr.] 1686.
RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS.b.1483,d.1553.French satirist.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE WORKS OF MR. F. RABELAIS ... containing five books of the Lives, etc., of Gargantua and his Sonne Pantagruel.Tr.by Sir T. Urquhart. 2 parts (1532). 1653.
PANTAGRUEL'S PROGNOSTICATION, CERTAIN, TRUE AND INFALLIBLE.Tr.by Democritus Pseudomantis. [1620.]
THE WHOLE WORKS OF F. RABELAIS. Done out of French by Sir T. Urchard, Knight, Mr. Motteau, etc. 2 vols., 1708.
The precursor of Swift and Sterne, who imitated him.'Rabelais is like no one else, but he contains elements which recall the broader, comic side of Shakespeare, and others which anticipate the scathing railleries of Swift. Sterne, apart from his natural affinities with the earlier ecclesiastic, draws upon him liberally'.
The precursor of Swift and Sterne, who imitated him.
'Rabelais is like no one else, but he contains elements which recall the broader, comic side of Shakespeare, and others which anticipate the scathing railleries of Swift. Sterne, apart from his natural affinities with the earlier ecclesiastic, draws upon him liberally'.
RACINE, JEAN.b.1639,d.1699.French dramatic poet.
ACHILLES; or IPHIGENIE IN AULIS.Tr.by Mr. Boyer, 1700.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT. (1665.)Tr.[by Ozell], 1714.
ANDROMACHE. A tragedy. (1667.)Tr.1675.
ATHALIAH. A tragedy.Tr.by Wm. Duncombe, 1726.
BRITTANICUS. (1669.)Tr.[by Ozell], 1714.
THE DISTREST MOTHER. A tragedy. Written by Mr. Phillips, 1712.
ESTHER; or, FAITH TRIUMPHANT. (1689.)Tr.1715.
THE LITIGANTS.Tr.[by Ozell], 1715.
THE SULTANESS: a tragedy.Tr.by Mr. Johnson, 1717.
The dramas of Seneca served as type for tragedies of Racine, who vastly excelled him. The works of R. influenced the post-Restoration dramatists.
The dramas of Seneca served as type for tragedies of Racine, who vastly excelled him. The works of R. influenced the post-Restoration dramatists.
RANKE, LEOPOLD VON.b.1759,d.1886.German historian.
CIVIL WARS AND MONARCHY IN FRANCE IN SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.Tr.2 v., 1852.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE POPES OF ROME DURING THE 16th AND 17th CENTURIES. (1834-1837.)Tr.by S. Austin, 3 v. 1840.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND, PRINCIPALLY IN THE 17th CENTURY.Tr.by C. W. Boase, etc. 6 vols. 1875.
HISTORY OF SERVIA AND THE SERVIAN REVOLUTION.Tr.1847.
HISTORY OF THE LATIN AND TEUTONIC NATIONS. [1494-1514].Tr.by P. A. Ashworth, 1887.
HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY;Tr.by S. Austin, 1845-47.
OTTOMAN AND SPANISH EMPIRE IN SIXTEENTHAND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.Tr.1843.
RAUFCOILYEAR, ROLAND, OTUEL, etc.Ed.S. J. Herrtage. E.E.T.S., 1882.
REAL, CÉSARVICHARD, ABBÉ DE SAINT.b.1631,d.1692.
DON CARLOS.Tr.1722.
A CONSPIRACY OF THE SPANIARDS AGAINST THE STATE OF VENICE.Tr.1675.
REINCKE FUCHS.c.1150.SeeReynard the Fox.
RENAN, JOSEPH ERNEST.b.1823,d.1892.French historian and critic.
ANTICHRIST.Tr.with an Introduction by W. G. Hutchison [1899].
CALIBAN.Tr.E. G. Vickery, 1896.
FUTURE OF SCIENCE. (1890.)Tr.1891.
HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.Tr.C. B. Pitman and D. V. Bingham. 3 v. 1888-91.
LECTURES ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE INSTITUTIONS, THOUGHTS AND CULTURE OF ROME ON CHRISTIANITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.Tr.C. Beard, 1880.
LIFE OF JESUS.Tr.1867.
POETRY OF THE CELTIC RACES, AND OTHER STUDIES.Tr.W. G. Hutchison, 1896.
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY YOUTH.Tr.C. B. Pitman, and Revised by Madame Renan, 1883.
STUDIES OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND CRITICISM.Tr.O. B. Frothingham, 1864.
RETZ, JEAN FRANÇOIS PAUL DE GONDI, CARDINAL DE.b.1614,d.1679.French memoir writer.
MEMOIRES OF THE CARDINAL DE RETZ, CONTAINING THE PARTICULARS OF HIS OWN LIFE.... 4 v.Tr.1723.
REUTER, FRITZ.b.1810,d.1874.German poet.
IN THE YEAR 13: A TALE OF MECKLENBURG LIFE.Tr.C. L. Lewes. [1867.]
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST; or, DURING MY APPRENTICESHIP.Tr.1867.
REYNARD THE FOX.
THE HISTORYE OF REYNART THE FOXE, by me William Caxton, translated [from the Dutch] into Englyssh in th' Abbey of Westmestre. 1481.
This prolonged beast-fable, which enjoyed an immense vogue throughout Europe, provoked countless imitations.
This prolonged beast-fable, which enjoyed an immense vogue throughout Europe, provoked countless imitations.
RICHARD COUR DE LION, ROMANCE OF.
Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1509-28.
The character of Richard Coeur de Lion, as portrayed in the romance, is happily compared by Ten Brink to John Bull.
The character of Richard Coeur de Lion, as portrayed in the romance, is happily compared by Ten Brink to John Bull.
RICHARD DE BURY(R. Aungervyle, of Bury).b.1287,d.1345.
PHILOBIBLION. Eng.Tr.J. B. Inglis. 1832.
RICHARD OF DEVIZES.C.1191.
DE REBUS GESTUS RICARDI PRIMI.Tr.Chronicles of the Crusaders.Ed.J. Stevenson, 1838.
Tr.andEd.Dr. Giles, 1841.
RICHARD ROLLE.
THE PRICKE OF CONSCIENCE.Ed.Morris, 1863.
RICHTER, JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH.b.1763,d.1825.German writer.
FLOWER, FRUIT AND THORN PIECES; (1796-97); or, the married life, death, and wedding of the advocate of the poor (Firmian Stanislaws Siebenkäs).Tr.by E. H. Noel, 2 vols., 1844.
HESPERUS.Tr.in Carlyle'sTrs.from German, 1827.
LEVANA; a Treatise on Education (1807).Tr.1848.
TITAN.Tr.C. D. Brooks. 2 v. 1863.
WILD OATS (Walt and Dalt) (1804-5).Tr.by Eliza Lee, 1846.
ROBERT DE LA MENNAIS, H. F.SeeLamennais, F. R. de.
ROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNE.1260-1345.
HANDLYNG SYNNE (1303).Ed.Furnivall, Roxburghe Club, 1862. E.E.T.S., 1901.
ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER.C.1300.
RHYMED CHRONICLE.Ed.W. Aldis Wright. 2 v. Rolls Ser., 1887.
ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER'S CHRONICLE. 2 v.Tr.T. Hearne, 1724.
'Its value as an independent historical authority almost confined to incidents of Barons' Wars'.
'Its value as an independent historical authority almost confined to incidents of Barons' Wars'.
ROGER OF HOVEDEN.d.1201.English historian.
ANNALS OF ENGLISH HISTORY, comprising the History of England and of other countries of Europe fromA.D.732 toA.D.1201.Tr.by H. T. Riley, 2 v. 1853.
His 'History of England' is commended by Leland, Selden and others for its fidelity. It is mentioned here as one of the sources of our modern histories.
His 'History of England' is commended by Leland, Selden and others for its fidelity. It is mentioned here as one of the sources of our modern histories.
ROGER OF WENDOVER.d.1236.English chronicler.
FLOWERS OF HISTORY (Flores Historiarum). Comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons toA.D.1235 formerly ascribed to Matthew of Paris. 2 v.Tr.by J. A. Giles, 1849.
ROHAN, HENRI DE, DUKE DE ROHAN.b.1579,d.1638.French memoir writer.
MEMOIRS (1610 to 1629) OF THE DUKE OF ROHAN.Tr.G. Bridges, 1660.
A DECLARATION OF THE DUKE OF ROHAN ... CONTAINING THE JUSTNES OF REASONS AND MOTIVES WHICH HAVE OBLIGED HIM TO IMPLORE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE KING OF GREAT BRITAINE....Tr.1628.
A TREATISE OF THE INTEREST OF THE PRINCES AND STATES OF CHRISTENDOME....Tr.H. H[unt], 1641.
ROLAND, SONG OF.Tr.by J. O'Hagan, 1880.
A hero celebrated in romances of chivalry, was supposed to have been a nephew of Charlemagne. He was killed at the Battle of Roncesvalles, 778.
A hero celebrated in romances of chivalry, was supposed to have been a nephew of Charlemagne. He was killed at the Battle of Roncesvalles, 778.
THE SONG OF ROLAND, AS CHANTED BEFORE THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS....Tr.Mrs. Marsh, 1854.
ROLANDSLIED.12th century.German poem.
ROLAND: THE HISTORIE OF ORLANDO FURIOSO ONE OF THE TWELUE PIERES OF FRANCE, as it was plaid.... In prose and verse, by R. Greene, 1594.
ROLLIN, CHARLES.b.1661,d.1741.French historian.
HISTORY OF ROME (1738). 16 v.Tr.1739.
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS.... (1730-38). 12 v.Tr.1734-38.
NEW THOUGHTS CONCERNING EDUCATION.Tr.1735.
HISTORY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF THE ANTIENTS.Tr.1734.
METHOD OF TEACHING AND STUDYING THE BELLES LETTRES. 4 v. 1734.Tr.1740.
ROMANCE OF THE ROSE.By Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.
THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.Ed.by Dr. Max Kaluza. [From the Glasgow MS. Published by theChaucer Soc.The first 1704 lines are probably Chaucer's.] 1890.
[This was translated by Chaucer and some of his predecessors, and the MS. of part of it is in existence.]Chaucer and Gower borrowed freely from the 'Roman de la Rose'. This romance was familiar in both France and England before Chaucer's time. Wace and Benoît de Sainte-More written by Anglo-Normans.It was the reading of this work that influenced the first efforts of Chaucer. During the epoch which is called the Chaucerian, authors known and nameless used the stock of mediaeval France as freely and as monotonously as the French themselves.
[This was translated by Chaucer and some of his predecessors, and the MS. of part of it is in existence.]
Chaucer and Gower borrowed freely from the 'Roman de la Rose'. This romance was familiar in both France and England before Chaucer's time. Wace and Benoît de Sainte-More written by Anglo-Normans.
It was the reading of this work that influenced the first efforts of Chaucer. During the epoch which is called the Chaucerian, authors known and nameless used the stock of mediaeval France as freely and as monotonously as the French themselves.
RONSARD, PIERRE DE.b.1524,d.1585.Eminent French poet.
Some translations from Ronsard will be found in 'Ronsard and La Pléiade', by G. Wyndham, 1906.Ronsard and Du Bellay are the two most important names of the 'Pléiade'. The followers of R., through the Italian school introduced the 'classical' style of verse into England. 'The English poets also read Du Bellay, who finally established the sonnet and at the same time served as a pattern for English writers. One writer of the Ronsardist School, Du Bartas, was a writer of real religious conviction, and his "Semaine" or "Week of Creation", translated by Sylvester, gained no small currency in England'.
Some translations from Ronsard will be found in 'Ronsard and La Pléiade', by G. Wyndham, 1906.
Ronsard and Du Bellay are the two most important names of the 'Pléiade'. The followers of R., through the Italian school introduced the 'classical' style of verse into England. 'The English poets also read Du Bellay, who finally established the sonnet and at the same time served as a pattern for English writers. One writer of the Ronsardist School, Du Bartas, was a writer of real religious conviction, and his "Semaine" or "Week of Creation", translated by Sylvester, gained no small currency in England'.
ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES.b.1712,d.1778.Philosopher and eminent writer.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J. J. ROUSSEAU (Six books only) with the reverie of a solitary walker. (1766-).Tr.1783.
Complete Edition (12 books and letters).Tr.1790.
ELOISA: a series of original letters. (1760.)Tr.1761.
EMILIUS; or AN ESSAY ON EDUCATION. (1762.)Tr.by Mr. Nugent, 1763.
A DISCOURSE TO WHICH THE PRIZE WAS ADJUDGED BY THE ACADEMY OF DIJON ... on this question ... whether the re-establishment of Arts and Sciences has contributed to purify our morals (1749).Tr.by R. Wynne, 1752.
DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE INEQUALITY OF MANKIND. (1753.) 1762.
LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY.Tr.by Thos. Martyn. (1766.) 1785.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.Tr.1767.
PROJECT FOR PERPETUAL PEACE.Tr.1761.
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. (1762).Tr.1763.
VARIOUS WORKS. Letter to D'Alembert on the Effects of Theatrical Entertainments on mankind.Tr.1759.
R., whether in a novel or in his 'Confessions', is the first writer in modern Europe to expatiate upon inanimate nature in connexion with the feelings. Affected English poetry in the early nineteenth century.'How much of the "Nature Worship" of Wordsworth and his age may be due to this example can hardly be estimated, but the name of R. was a familiar one in England, and by him was sown much of the seed which our own revivalists watered'.'The works of Rousseau have exercised a direct and uncommon influence upon English literature, which it is hard to define. There is no doubt he is the "Father of modern democracy"' (Prof. Lowell).
R., whether in a novel or in his 'Confessions', is the first writer in modern Europe to expatiate upon inanimate nature in connexion with the feelings. Affected English poetry in the early nineteenth century.
'How much of the "Nature Worship" of Wordsworth and his age may be due to this example can hardly be estimated, but the name of R. was a familiar one in England, and by him was sown much of the seed which our own revivalists watered'.
'The works of Rousseau have exercised a direct and uncommon influence upon English literature, which it is hard to define. There is no doubt he is the "Father of modern democracy"' (Prof. Lowell).
RUNEBERG, J. L.b.1804,d.1877.Swedish poet.
LYRICAL SONGS AND EPIGRAMS.Tr.Magnusson and Palmer, 1878.
NADESCHDA.Tr.Marie A. Brown, 1889.
RUSSIAN ANTHOLOGIES: COLLECTIONS. Poetical, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Traditional Literature.
BAIN, ROBERT NISBET.Tr.COSSACK FAIRY TALES AND FOLK TALES. 1894.
CHODSKO, ALEX. FAIRY TALES OF THE SLAV PEASANTS AND HERDSMEN.Tr.and illustrated by E. J. Harding, 1896.
CURTIN, J.Tr.MYTHS AND FOLK TALES OF THE RUSSIANS, SLAVS AND MAGYARS. 1890.
BOWRING, SIR J.Tr.SPECIMENS OF RUSSIAN POETS. 1821.
POLEVOI, P. N. RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES.Tr.by R. N. Bain, 1893.
RALSTON, WM. R. S.Tr.RUSSIAN FOLK TALES. 1873.
RALSTON, W. R. S.Tr.SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. 1872.
WILSON, C. T.Tr.RUSSIAN LYRICS IN ENGLISH VERSE. 1887.
SADI(SHEIKH MUSLIH ADDIN).b.1184,d.1292.
THE GÛLISTÂN OF MUSLE-HADDEEN SHAIK SADY OF SHEERAZ.Tr.by Francis Gladwin, 1806.
THE PERSIAN AND ARABICK WORKS OF SADÉE.Ed.by J. H. Harrington, 1791-5.
SELECT FABLES FROM GÛLISTÂN, or THE RED OF ROSES.Tr.by S. Sulivan, 1774.
SAGAS.
'The Icelandic Sagas'—the prose histories of the fortunes of the great Icelandic houses—are the last, and also the finest, expression and record of the spirit and the ideas belonging properly to the Germanic race in its own right, and not derived from Rome or Christendom'.An immense imaginative literature is growing up around the Sagas. To mention only a few prominent writers who have received their inspiration from these sources, we have, Baring-Gould in 'Grettir the Outlaw' (1889), the works of Henty and Ballantyne, R. Leighton's 'Olaf the Glorious' (1894), Du Chaillu's 'Olaf the Viking' (1893), Kingsley's 'Hereward', etc., Longfellow, W. Morris in 'Sigurd' and 'Earthly Paradise', and Arnold's 'Balder Dead', etc., etc.
'The Icelandic Sagas'—the prose histories of the fortunes of the great Icelandic houses—are the last, and also the finest, expression and record of the spirit and the ideas belonging properly to the Germanic race in its own right, and not derived from Rome or Christendom'.
An immense imaginative literature is growing up around the Sagas. To mention only a few prominent writers who have received their inspiration from these sources, we have, Baring-Gould in 'Grettir the Outlaw' (1889), the works of Henty and Ballantyne, R. Leighton's 'Olaf the Glorious' (1894), Du Chaillu's 'Olaf the Viking' (1893), Kingsley's 'Hereward', etc., Longfellow, W. Morris in 'Sigurd' and 'Earthly Paradise', and Arnold's 'Balder Dead', etc., etc.
BANDED MEN, THE.Tr.by Wm. Morris and Eirikr Magnússon. Saga Library. 1890.
EDDA SAEMUNDAR.Tr.by B. Thorpe, 1866.
[Mallet's 'Northern Antiquities' contains a tr. of Edda Saemundar 1851.]
[Mallet's 'Northern Antiquities' contains a tr. of Edda Saemundar 1851.]
EDDA SAEMUNDAR. Selections from.Tr.by Wm. Morris, 1877.
[Some of the songs from the above aretr.by Morris in his 'Sigurd the Volsung' and 'Niblungs'.]
[Some of the songs from the above aretr.by Morris in his 'Sigurd the Volsung' and 'Niblungs'.]
EDDA STURLUSONART. [TheProse ofYounger Edda.]Tr.by Sir G. W. Dasent, 1842.
EGILS SKALLAGRIMSSON SAGA. [10th century.]Tr.by Rev. W. C. Green, 1893. [An Icelandic family history of the 9th and 10th centuries.]
Ranks high among the sagas of action and adventure. Gives a lively account of the first settlers in Iceland.
Ranks high among the sagas of action and adventure. Gives a lively account of the first settlers in Iceland.
EYRBYGGJA SAGA.Tr.by Sir W. Scott.Tr.inP. H. Mallet's Northern Antiquities, 1847.
Tr. also by Wm. Morris and [1] Eirikr Magnússon (1892), who describe it as 'a mixture of a saga, or dramatically told tale, and a chronicle record of events outside its aim and purpose'. Period, 884-1031; principal events between 986-98. Written between 1230-60, according to Vigfússon. 'Unquestionably the oldest of all the sagas of Iceland'.[1] Includes also atr.of Heiôarviga Saga, 'Story of the Heath-Slayings'.
Tr. also by Wm. Morris and [1] Eirikr Magnússon (1892), who describe it as 'a mixture of a saga, or dramatically told tale, and a chronicle record of events outside its aim and purpose'. Period, 884-1031; principal events between 986-98. Written between 1230-60, according to Vigfússon. 'Unquestionably the oldest of all the sagas of Iceland'.
[1] Includes also atr.of Heiôarviga Saga, 'Story of the Heath-Slayings'.
GISLI THE OUTLAW, STORY OF.Tr.by Sir G. W. Dasent, 1866.
GRETTIR SAGA.Tr.by Eirikr Magnússon and Wm. Morris. 1869.
HAMLET IN ICELAND.Tr.by I. Gollancz, 1898.
'Of importance chiefly on account of the use Shakespeare made of another version of the same story. The present version belongs to the 16th or the early 17th century, the major part of it having been derived from Saxo-Grammaticus, the Danish historiographer (late 12th century), and remodelled under the influence of popular folk tales, Carlovingian, and Arthurian romances, and the stories of Tamburlane'.
'Of importance chiefly on account of the use Shakespeare made of another version of the same story. The present version belongs to the 16th or the early 17th century, the major part of it having been derived from Saxo-Grammaticus, the Danish historiographer (late 12th century), and remodelled under the influence of popular folk tales, Carlovingian, and Arthurian romances, and the stories of Tamburlane'.
HEIMSKRINGLA, or CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY.Tr.from the Icelandic by S. Laing, 1842, newEd.by Anderson, 1889, 4 v.
See alsoin theSaga Libraryby MorrisandMagnússon, 4 v. 1892-1906.
[Consists chiefly of historical sagas, 12th cent. An abridgement is contained in Carlyle's 'Early Kings of Norway', 1875.]
[Consists chiefly of historical sagas, 12th cent. An abridgement is contained in Carlyle's 'Early Kings of Norway', 1875.]
HEN THORIR.Tr.by Wm. Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. 1890.Saga Library.
HOWARD THE HALT.Tr.by Wm. Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. 1890.Saga Library.
KORMAKS SAGA: The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald.Tr.by W. G. Collingwood and Stéfannson, 1902.
LANDNAMA BÓC. [Book of the Taking of the Land.]Tr.by Thomas Ellwood, 1894.
LAXDAELA SAGA. Probably first put together about 13th century.Tr.by Muriel A. C. Press [1900].
LILJA 'The Lily' [Religious poem of the 4th century.]Ed.andTr.by Eirikr Magnusson, 1870.
LUDBROC, DEATH SONG OF:Tr.with notes, 1887.
NIALS SAGA. The Story of Burnt Njal. 970-1014. 2 v.Tr.by Sir G. W. Dasent, 1861.
Southern Saga. Considered the greatest of the Sagas, whether in the national scope of its action, the beauty and distinction of the characters, or in the pathos and special grandeur of the narrative.
Southern Saga. Considered the greatest of the Sagas, whether in the national scope of its action, the beauty and distinction of the characters, or in the pathos and special grandeur of the narrative.
OLAF TRYGGVASON. The Saga of, who reigned over Norway,A.D.995 toA.D.1000.Tr.by J. Sephton, 1898.
Compiled about the middle of the 13th century.
Compiled about the middle of the 13th century.
OLD NORSE SAGAS.Tr.by E. S. Cappel, 1882.
ORKNEYINGA SAGA (History of the Men of Orkney).Ed.by J. Anderson.Tr.by J. A. Higaltalin, and G. Goudie, 1873.
ORKNEYINGA SAGA. Magnus Saga; with additions from Flatey's Book. [xiv. century].Ed.by G. Vigfusson, 1888.
STURLA THE LAWMAN'S LIVES OF KING HACON AND MAGNUS. [xiii. century], with Glossaries.Ed.by G. Vigfusson, 1888.
STURLA THE LAWMAN'S LIVES OF KING HACON AND MAGNUS, [xiii. century], with Glossaries, v. 3-4.Tr.by G. W. Dasent.
THOMAS SAGA. 2 v. withTr.notes and glossary,Ed. and Tr.by Eirikr Magnússon, 1875-84.
THORSTEIN VIKING'S SON.SeeViking Tales of the North.Tr.by R. B. Anderson, 1877.
THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES.Tr.by Eirikr Magnússon and Wm. Morris, 1875.
THROND OF GATE. THE TALE OF. Commonly called Færeyinga Saga.Tr.by F. York Powell.
Written probably about 1230.
Written probably about 1230.
VIGA GLUM SAGA, 970-990, with notes.Tr.by Sir Ed. Head, 1866. [Northern Saga.]
'One of the earliest sagas'.
'One of the earliest sagas'.
VIKING TALES OF THE NORTH.Tr.by R. B. Anderson, 1877.
[Tr.of the sagas of Thorstein Viking's son and Fridthiof the Bold; with G. W. Stevens'tr.of Tegnérs Fridthiofs saga.]
[Tr.of the sagas of Thorstein Viking's son and Fridthiof the Bold; with G. W. Stevens'tr.of Tegnérs Fridthiofs saga.]
VÖLSUNGA SAGA.Tr.by Eirikr Magnússon and Wm. Morris, 1876.
Sagas, Folk-Tales, etc., Anthologies, Collections.
ANDERSON, R. B.Tr.NORSE MYTHOLOGY the religion of our Forefathers, 1875.
[Contains all the myths of the Eddas systematized and interpreted with notes and vocabulary.]
[Contains all the myths of the Eddas systematized and interpreted with notes and vocabulary.]
ANDERSON, RASMUS B. THE FOLKLORE OF NORWAY. [1895.]
ARNASON, Jon.Ed.ICELANDIC LEGENDS.Tr.Powell and Magnússon. 2 ser. 1862-65.
ASBJORNSEN. POPULAR TALES FROM THE NORSE.Translatedby H. L.Brækstad. 1881. [Trs.from the "Norske Folkeeventyr" 1842. Collected by Asbjornsen and Mol.Tr.by G. W. Dasent, 1859.]
—— ROUND THE YULE LOG: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales. 1882.
[A re-translation, by Brækstad, of the collection originallytr.by Dasent in 1859.]
[A re-translation, by Brækstad, of the collection originallytr.by Dasent in 1859.]
—— TALES FROM THE FJELD. A record of popular tales from the Norse of P. C. Asbjörnsen, 1874.
[From the Norske Huldreeventyr of Folkesagn, 1845-8; and Folkventyr, 1871.]
[From the Norske Huldreeventyr of Folkesagn, 1845-8; and Folkventyr, 1871.]
BUCHANAN, R.Tr.BALLAD STORIES OF THE AFFECTIONS. 1866.
BUSHBY, MRS.Tr.THE DANES SKETCHED BY THEMSELVES. A Series of popular stories by the best Danish authors. 3 v. 1864.
CORPUS POETICUM BOREALE.Ed.by G. Vigfússon and F. York Powell, 2 v. 1883.
[An admirable text and translation of the whole body of ancient Icelandic legends and lays, to the 13th cent.]. 'An epoch-making book'.
[An admirable text and translation of the whole body of ancient Icelandic legends and lays, to the 13th cent.]. 'An epoch-making book'.
DASENT, SIR G.W. POPULAR TALES FROM THE NORSE [tr.of Asbjörnsen].Ed.1859.
See above underAsbjörnsen.
DASENT, Sir G. W. TALES FROM THE FJELD.Tr.1874.
EIVIND, R.Ed. and Tr.FINNISH LEGENDS, 1893.
[Tr. of thirty-eight stories from the 'Kalevala'.]
[Tr. of thirty-eight stories from the 'Kalevala'.]
GRIMM, JACOB. TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY.Tr.by J. S. Stallybras, 3 v. and suppl. 1-3, 1879-89.
[The great standard work on Teutonic (Germ., Scan., and English) mythology, first published in 1835.]
[The great standard work on Teutonic (Germ., Scan., and English) mythology, first published in 1835.]
MURRAY, E. C. GRENVILLE.Tr.NATIONAL SONGS AND LEGENDS OF ROUMANIA. 1859.
POWELL, F. Y.andG. MAGNUSSON.Tr.ICELANDIC LEGENDS.Ed.by Ion Arnasson. 1864-66.
PRIOR, R. C.Tr.ANCIENT DANISH BALLADS. 3. v. 1860.
RALSTON, W. R. S.Tr.SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. 1872.
RINK, HENRY.Tr.TALES AND TRADITIONS OF THE ESKIMO. 1875.
STEPHENS, G.andH. CAVALLIUS.Ed.OLD NORSE FAIRY TALES.Tr.1882.
THORPE, BENJ. NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY. 3 v. 1852.
VICARY, J. F.Tr.THE STORK'S NEST AND OTHER TALES.Tr.1886.
READINGS FROM THE DANE: SHORT STORIES.Tr.1886.
YULE-TIDE STORIES. Scandinavian and North German. 1853.
SAINT PIERRE, BERNARD DE.b.1737,d.1814.French writer.
THE INDIAN COTTAGE.Tr.by E. A. Kendal, 1791.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA; an Indian story. 2 v. 1789.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA.Tr.by H. M. Williams, 1796.
STUDIES OF NATURE.Tr.by H. Hunter, 1796.