(A
virulent
attack on Steevens's edition.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
F.
Heroic Gaelic Ballads collected in Scotland from 1512 to
1871. Arranged by Campbell, J. F. 1872.
Meyer, K. Cath Finntrága, or the Battle of Ventry. Ed. by Meyer, K.
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a
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The Highlander. An heroic poem in six cantos. 1758.
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(2) Historical Works
An Introduction to the history of Great Britain and Ireland. 1771.
The History of Great Britain from the Restoration to the Accession of the
House of Hanover. 2 vols. 1775.
Original papers, containing the secret history of Great Britain from the
Restoration to the Accession of the House of Hanover. To which are
prefixed extracts from the life of James II as written by himself. 2 vols.
1775.
The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America. 1776.
A short history of the Opposition during the last session of Parliament. 1779.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Heuer, 0. Eine unbekannte Ossianübersetzung Goethes. In Jahrbuch des
Freien Deutschen Hochstifts. 1908.
Macbain, A. Macpherson's Ossian. Celtic Magazine. Feb. -April 1887.
Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland appointed to
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Saunders, T. B. The Life and Letters of James Macpherson. 1894.
Scott, Sir W. Review of Laing's edition of Ossian in Edinburgh Review.
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Shaw, W. An Enquiry into the authenticity of the Pooms ascribed to
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Smart, J. S. James Macpherson. An episode in literature. 1905.
[A very clear account of the whole business. ]
Stern, L. Chr. Die ossianischen Heldenlieder. Zeitschrift für vergleichende
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Paul Henri Mallet (1730-1807)
L’Introduction à l'Histoire de Dannemarc. 2 vols. Copenhagen, 1755-6.
Gibbon, E. An Examination of Mallet's Introduction. Miscellaneous
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Goldsmith, 0. Volume 11 of Mallet's Introduction reviewed in Monthly
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Thomas James Mathias (17542—1835)
Runic Odes imitated from the Norse tongue in the manner of Mr Gray.
1781.
Thomas Percy
Hau Kiou Choaan, or the Pleasing History. A translation from the Chinese.
To which are added (1) the Argument or story of a Chinese play; (2) a
collection of Chinese proverbs; and (3) fragments of Chinese poetry;
with notes. 4 vols. 1761.
Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. 2 vols. 1762.
Five pieces of Runic poetry translated from the Islandic language. 1763.
The Song of Solomon newly translated from the original Hebrew; with a
commentary and annotations. 1764.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. 3 vols. 1765. 2nd edn,
1767; 3rd edn,
1775; 4th edn, by his nephew, Percy, T. 1794; 5th edn, 1812; ed. Willmott,
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issued 1891.
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think Mr Ritson imbibed this spirit from the works which he studied.
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classics see the list in the Dict. of Nat. Biog.
:
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(2) Historical Works
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The History of Great Britain from the Restoration to the Accession of the
House of Hanover. 2 vols. 1775.
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Restoration to the Accession of the House of Hanover. To which are
prefixed extracts from the life of James II as written by himself. 2 vols.
1775.
The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America. 1776.
A short history of the Opposition during the last session of Parliament. 1779.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Heuer, 0. Eine unbekannte Ossianübersetzung Goethes. In Jahrbuch des
Freien Deutschen Hochstifts. 1908.
Macbain, A. Macpherson's Ossian. Celtic Magazine. Feb. -April 1887.
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Thomas James Mathias (17542—1835)
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To which are added (1) the Argument or story of a Chinese play; (2) a
collection of Chinese proverbs; and (3) fragments of Chinese poetry;
with notes. 4 vols. 1761.
Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. 2 vols. 1762.
Five pieces of Runic poetry translated from the Islandic language. 1763.
The Song of Solomon newly translated from the original Hebrew; with a
commentary and annotations. 1764.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. 3 vols. 1765. 2nd edn,
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incurred the editor's resentment in a double capacity-as a dignitary
of the Church, and a successful publisher of ancient poetry. We do not
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491
think Mr Ritson imbibed this spirit from the works which he studied.
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would have given the reverend Bishop the lie direct on account of a
disputed reading in the old song of Maggie Lauder! '
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See, also, under Chatterton, sec. 3, ante. As to Tyrwhitt's editions of the
classics see the list in the Dict. of Nat. Biog.
:
9
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