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JOHN RUSSELL SMITH,

4, OLD COMPTON STREET, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.

LATIN, ANGLO-SAXON, and angLO-NORMAN LITERATURE.

1 RELIQUIÆ ANTIQUE. Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, illustating chiefly Early English Literature, and the English Language, edited by WRIGHT and HALLIWELL, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 28-reduced to £1. 48

Containing communications by Ellis, Madden, Hunter, Bruce, Turnbull, Laing, Nichols, &c. But very few copies remain. Odd numbers may be had to complete sets at 28. each.

It contains a large number of pieces in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Early English; it will be found of use to future Philologists, and to all who take an interest in the history of our language and literature.

2 EARLY MYSTERIES; and other Latin Poems of the

XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, edited from original MSS. in the British Museum, and the Libraries of Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, and Vienna, by THOS. WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A. 8vo. bds. 4s 6d

3 LATIN POEMS, commonly attributed to Walter de Mapes, Archdeacon of Oxford in the XIIIth century, edited by T. WRIGHT, pp. 420, small 4to. cloth, 10s 6d

(Camden Society.)

The Appendix contains some very curious Translations of the Poems (many now first printed), in Anglo-Norman, French, Scotch, and English, from the 13th to the 16th century.

4 AN ESSAY on the Origin, Progress, and Decline of Rhyming Latin Verse, with many specimens, by Sir ALEX. CROKE, post 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d-reduced to 38

5 POPULAR Treatises on Science, written during the Middle Ages in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English, 8vo. edited by THOS. WRIGHT, cloth, 4s 6d

(Historical Society of Science) Contents: An Anglo-Saxon Treatise on Astronomy of the TENTH CENTURY, now first published from a MS. in the British Museum, with a translation; Livre des Creatures, by Phillippe de Thaun; now first printed with a translation, (extremely valuable to the Philologist, as being the earliest specimens of the Anglo-Norman remaining, and explanatory of all the symbolical signs in early sculpture aud painting); the Bestiary of Phillippe de Thaun, with a translation; Fragment on Popular Science from the Early English Metrical Lives of the Saints, (the earliest piece of the kind in the English Language.)

6 THE Anglo-Saxon Version of the Holy Gospels, edited by B. THORPE, post 8vo. cloth, 9s 6d

7 AN INTRODUCTION to Anglo-Saxon Reading: comprising Elfric's Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory, with a copious Glossary, &c. by L. LANGLEY, F.L.S., 12mo. cloth, 2s 6d

8 THE Homilies of Elfric, with an English Translation by THORPE, 7 parts-Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, by KEMBLE-Anglo-Saxon Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn, by KEMBLE altogether 9 parts, 8vo. £2. 10s

(Elfric Society.) 9 COMPENDIOUS Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, by the Rev. JOSEPH BOSWORTH, D.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., &c. in the press 10 ANECDOTA Literaria: a Collection of Short Poems in English, Latin, and French, illustrative of the Literature and History of England in the XIIIth Century; and more especially of the Condition and Manners of the different Classes of Society, by T. WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A., &c. 8vo. cloth, only 250 printed, 78 6d

EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.

11 ESSAYS

on Subjects connected with the LITERATURE, POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS, and HISTORY of ENGLAND in the MIDDLE AGES, by THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A., 2 stout vols. post 8vo. elegantly printed, cloth, 168

Contents: Essay I. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. II. Anglo-Norman Poetry. 111. Chansons de Geste, or Historical Romances of the Middle Ages. IV. On Proverbs and Popular Sayings. V. On the AngloLatin Poets of the Twelfth Century. VI. Abelard and the Scholastic Philosophy. VII. On Dr. Grimm's German Mythology. VIII. On the National Fairy Mythology of England. IX. On the Popular Superstitions of Modern Greece. X. On Friar Rush, and the Frolicsome Elves. XI. On Dunlop's History of Fiction. XII. On the History and Transmission of Popular Stories. XIII. On the Poetry of History. XIV. Adventures of Hereward the Saxon. XV. The Story of Eustace the Monk. XVI. The History of Fulke Fitzwarine. XVII. On the Popular Cycle of Robin-Hood Ballads. XVIII. On the Conquest of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans. XIX. On Old English Political Songs. XX. On the Scottish Poet Dunbar.

12 DICTIONARY of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the XIVth Century, forming a Key to the Writings of our Ancient Poets, Dramatists, and other Authors, whose works abound with allusions of which explanations are not to be found in the ordinary books of reference, by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, F.R.S., F.S.A., &c. 8vo. Vol. 1. containing 480 pages, closely printed in double columns, £1. 1s

"This promises to be a most useful work. Mr. Halliwell is, we must acknowledge, as well qualified, by industry, ability, and previous

study, to be the editor, as any man living. We could indeed easily name a dozen persons, each of whom would be better qualified for particular departments, but not one who, including the whole range embraced by the title, would have the ability and energy to go through all the drudging duties of the office more satisfactorily. It is a work,however, that, in the first instance, must be imperfect. We hold, therefore, that every English scholar should have an interleaved copy, that he may contribute a something towards improving a second edition, The first number appears to have been carefully compiled; but we are not inclined to seek very curiously for faults in a work of such obvious difficulty, when, even if it be imperfect, it cannot fail to be useful."

Athenæum.

13 POLITICAL Songs of England, from the Reign of King John to that Edward II., edited and translated by T. WRIGHT, Small 4to. pp. 426-cloth, 8s 6d

(Camden Society.) 14 SPECIMENS of Lyric Poetry, of the Reign of Edward I., edited by T. WRIGHT, post 8vo. 4s 6d (Percy Society.) 15 LIFE and Martyrdom of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, from the Series of Legends by Robert of Gloucester; now first printed and edited by W. H. BLACK, post 8vo. 5s

(ib.) 16 ST. BRANDRAN; a Medieval Legend of the Sea, in English Verse and Prose, edited by T. WRIGHT, post 8vo.

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(ib.) 17 THE Harrowing of Hell, a Miracle Play, written in the Reign of Edward II., now first published from the Original in the British Museum, with a Modern Reading, Introduction, and Notes, by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., &c. 8vo. sewed, 28

This curious piece is supposed to be the earliest specimen of dramatic composition in the English language; vide Hallam's Literature of Europe, Vol. I.; Strutt's Manners and Customs, Vol. II.; Warton's English Poetry; Sharon Turner's England; Collier's History of English Dramatic Poetry, Vol. II. p. 213. All these writers refer to the Manuscript.

18 LUDUS COVENTRIÆ. A Collection of Mysteries formerly represented at Coventry, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, edited, with Notes and Glossary, by J. O. HALLIWELL, thick vol. 8vo. cloth, 12s (Shakespeare Society.) 19 THE CHESTER PLAYS. A Collection of Mysteries founded upon Scriptural Subjects, and formerly represented by the Trades of Chester at Whitsuntide, edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Vol. I., 8vo. cloth, 98

(ib.) 20 OWL and the NIGHTINGALE, a Poem of the 13th Century, attributed to NICHOLAS de GUILDFORD; with some shorter Poems from the same MSS., edited by T. WRIGHT, post 8vo. 28 6d (Percy Society.)

21 A SELECTION from the Minor Poems of Dan JOHN LYDGATE, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. pp. 284,

98

(ib.)

22 ALLITERATIVE POEM on the Deposition of King Richard II., with a Glossary.-Ric. Maydistone de Concordia inter. Rich. II. et Civitatem, London, edited by T. WRIGHT, Small 4to. cloth, 98 (Camden Society)

23 THE EARLY History of Freemasonry in England, illustrated by an English Poem of the XIVth Century, with Notes, by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. SECOND EDITION, with a facsimile of the original MS. in the British Museum, cloth, 28 6d

"The interest which the curious poem of which this publication is chiefly composed has excited, is proved by the fact of its having been translated into German, and of its having reached a second edition, which is not common with such pubiications. Mr. Halliwell has carefully revised the new edition, and increased its utility by the addition of a complete and correct glossary."-Literary Gazette.

24 TORRENT OF PORTUGAL, an English Metrical Romance, now first published, from an unique MS. of the XVth century, preserved in the Chetham Library at Manchester, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, &c. post 8vo. cloth, uniform with Ritson, Weber, and Ellis's publications, 5s "This is a valuable and interesting addition to our list of early English metrical romances, and an indispensable companion to the collections of Ritson, Weber, and Ellis."-Literary Gazette.

"A literary curiosity, and one both welcome and serviceable to the lover of black-letter lore. Though the obsoleteness of the style may occasion sad stumbling to a modern reader, yet the class to which it rightly belongs will value it accordingly; both because it is curious in its details, and possesses philological importance. To the general reader it presents one feature of interest, viz. the reference to Wayland Smith, whom Sir W. Scott has invested with so much interest." Metropolitan Magazine. 25 THREE Early English Metrical Romances, (the Anturs of Arthur at the Tarnewathelan; Sir Armadace; and the Avowing of King Arthur, Sir Gawan, Sir Kaye, and Sir Bawdewyn of Bretan,) with Glossary, &c. by J. ROBSON, small 4to. cloth, 6s (Camden Society.) 26 THE THORNTON ROMANCES. The Early English Metrical Romances of Perceval, Isumbras, Eglamour, and Degrevant, selected from MSS. at Lincoln and Cambridge, by J. O. HALLIWELL, small 4to. pp. 380, cloth, 10s (ib.) 27 ROMANCE of the Emperor Octavian, now first published from MSS. at Lincoln and Cambridge, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. 28 6d (Percy Society) 28 NUGE POETICE; Select Pieces of Old English Popular Poetry, illustrating the Manners and Arts of the XVth Century, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. only 100 copies printed, cloth, 5s

Contents:-Colyn's Blowbol's Testament; the Debate of the Carpenter's Tools; the Merchant and his Son; the Maid and the Magpie; Elegy on Lobe, Henry VIIIth's Fool; Romance of Robert of Sicily, and five other curious pieces of the same kind.

29 ROMANCE of Syr Tryamoure, from a MS. at Cambridge, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. 28 6d

(Percy Society.) 30 THE "BOKE OF CURTASYE;" an English Poem illustrative of the Domestic Manners of our forefathers, edited, from a MS. of the fifteenth century in the British Museum, by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. 2s 6d

(ib.) 31 THE NURSERY RHYMES of England, collected chiefly from Oral Tradition, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, the 4th edition, enlarged, with 38 Designs by W. B. Scott, Director of the School of Design, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 12mo. in very rich illuminated cloth, gilt leaves, 4s 6d

"Illustrations! And here they are; clever pictures, which the threeyear olds understand before their A, B, C, and which the fifty-three year olds like almost as well as the threes."-Literary Gazette.

"We are persuaded that the very rudest of these jingles, tales, and rhymes, possess a strong imagination-nourishing power; and that in infancy and early childhood a sprinkling of ancient nursery lore is worth whole cartloads of the wise saws and modern instances which are now as duly and carefully concocted by experienced literateurs, into instructive tales for the spelling public, as are works of entertainment for the reading public. The work is worthy of the attention of the popular antiquary."-Tait's Mag.

The public are cautioned against other works with imitative titles, which have been published since the second edition of the above, and which are mostly pirated from it. Mr. Halliwell's is the largest collection of these old ditties ever formed, with explanatory notes, &c. &c.

32 AN ESSAY on the Archæology of our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes, by H. B. KER, 2 vols. 12mo. new, cloth, 4s (pub. at 12s)

A work which has met with great abuse among the reviewers, but those who are fond of philological pursuits will read it now it is to be had at so very moderate a price, and it really contains a good deal of gossiping matter. The author's attempt is to explain everything from the Dutch, which he believes was the same language as the AngloSaxon.

34 A PARAPHRASE

33 POEMS of John Audelay, a Specimen of the Shropshire Dialect in the XVth Century, edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, post 8vo. 38 6d (Percy Soc.) on the Seven Penitential Psalms, in English Verse, by THOMAS BRAMPTON, 1414, together with the Psalter of St. Bernard, edited by W. H. BLACK, post 8vo. 4s 6d

(ib.)

35 APOLOGY for Lollard Doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe, now first printed, and edited by Dr. J. H. TODD, small 4to. pp. 269, cloth, 78 6d (Camden Soc.)

36 SPECIMENS of Old Christmas Carols, chiefly taken from MSS. sources, edited by T. WRIGHT, post 8vo. 3s

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(Percy Soc.)

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