" The
Dedication
is wanting in the copy of the
Fifth Edition in the British Museum.
Fifth Edition in the British Museum.
Byron
_Collation_--
Pp. [1]-3. P. [4] is blank. A copy of this pamphlet in the British
Museum is marked as "Privately printed for Lord Byron," and measures 237
x 173. The watermark is "J. GREEN, 1815. "
_Note_. --The Text numbers 60 lines. Lines 1-24 are on p. [1]; lines
25-56 on p. 2; and lines 57-60 on p. 3. In line 28 "may" is printed
"? ay. " _Fare Thee Well_ was first published in _The Champion_, Sunday,
April 14, 1816.
III.
_Fare Thee Well_. Second Version, consisting of Sixty Lines, dated
Monday, "April 7, 1816. " [250 x 190.
_Collation_--
Pp. 1-3.
IV.
_A Sketch from Private Life_, consisting of 104 lines, dated March 30th,
1816. [250 x 190.
_Collation_--
Pp. [1]-4.
V.
_A Sketch, etc. _ Another copy, dated March 30, 1816, and endorsed,
"Correct with most particular care, and print off 50 copies, and keep
standing. 1816, April 2. "
VI.
_Fare Thee Well_! --A Sketch, etc. --Napoleon's Farewell. --On the Star of
the Legion of Honour. --An Ode. By Lord Byron. London: _Printed for
Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row_, 1816. [8? .
_Collation_--
Pp. 27.
_Note_. --"Original blue paper cover. "--_Catalogue of Rowfant Library_,
1886, p. 146.
VII.
Fare Thee Well,/ A Poem. / A Sketch/ From Private Life,/ A Poem,/ By Lord
Byron. / Bristol:/ Printed for Barry & Son, High-Street. / 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, pp. 1, 2; Title (R. _Barry & Son, Printers_. ), pp. 3, 4;
Text (_Fare Thee Well_), pp. 5-7; (A Sketch, etc. ), pp. 8-12. The
Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 12.
The Text is identical with that of the pamphlet.
VIII.
Fare Thee Well! / And/ Other Poems. / By Lord Byron. / Edinburgh:/ Printed
for John Robertson,/ 132, High Street. / 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-32. The Imprint (_Walker and
Greig, Printers_) is at the foot of p. 32.
_Contents_--
Fare Thee Well p. 3
A Sketch p. 7
Napoleon's Farewell p. 13
On the Star of "The Legion of Honour" p. 15
Ode from the French p. 18
Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc. ) p. 25
Madame Lavalette p. 30
_Note_. --An editorial note (p. 24) states that the Ode "Oh, shame to
thee" was first published in the _Morning Chronicle_, July 31, 1815,
under the signature "Brutus. " "It has been ascribed by many to the
Author of the _Pleasures of Hope_. " A second note (p. 30) apologizes for
the inclusion of "Madame Lavalette" [first published in the _Examiner_,
January 21, 1816], which "has appeared in some other Editions of these
Poems. "
_The Giaour. _
I.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o'er our
joys and our woes--/ "To which Life nothing brighter nor darker can
bring,/ "For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting. "/ Moore. /
London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray,
Albemarle-Street. / 1813. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication, "To Samuel Rogers,
Esq. ;" Text, pp. 1-41. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/
Whitefriars, London_. /) is in the centre of p. [42].
_Note_. --The First Edition of the _Giaour_ (June 5, 1813) numbers 685
lines.
II.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o'er our
joys and our woes-- / "O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can
fling,/ "For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting. " / Moore. /
A New Edition, with some Additions. / London:/ _Printed by T. Davison,
Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street. / 1813. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication as above; Advt. , "The
tale," etc. ; Text, pp. 1-47. The Imprint, as above (No. i. ), is in the
centre of p. [48].
_Note_. --The Second Edition of the _Giaour_, published at the end of
June or the beginning of July, numbers 816 lines. Note the misprints in
third line of the motto, "O'er which" for "To which," and "fling" for
"bring. " The first edition of the Song, _A Selection of the Irish
Melodies_, 1807, i. 45, and other editions read "bring. "
III.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the Second Edition]. /
Moore. / Third Edition,/ With Considerable Additions. / London:/ _Printed
by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street. / 1813. /
[8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title (R. Advt. of "Madame de Stael's Long Suppressed Work" [_De
L'Allemagne_]); Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt. , pp. 1, 2; Text, pp.
3-53 + Advt. of "Books Lately Published by John Murray," pp. [54]-[56].
The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London_. /) is at
the foot of p. [56].
_Note_. --The Text numbers 950 lines. The numbers 5, 10, etc. , are
printed on the margin. The First and Second Editions are not numbered.
IV.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ It's bleak shade alike o'er our
joys and our woes--/ O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can
fling,/ For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting. "/ Moore. /
From the Third London Edition. / Boston:/ Printed by John Eliot,/ No. 5,
Court Street. / 1813.
_Collation_--
Pp. 72.
_Note_. --The _Giaour_ was also published at Philadelphia in 1813, 53 pp.
24? .
V.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in Second Edition]. / Moore. /
Fifth Edition,/ With Considerable Additions. / London:/ _Printed by T.
Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle Street. / 1813. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt. ; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_. --The Text numbers 1215 lines. The concluding note, "The
circumstance," etc. , is enlarged (p. 66) by nine lines: "I do not
know"--"Hall of Eblis.
" The Dedication is wanting in the copy of the
Fifth Edition in the British Museum.
VI.
The Giaour,/ etc. / Sixth Edition,/ etc. / 1813. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt. ; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_. --The Text numbers 1215 lines. The Half-title is missing in the
Museum copy.
VII.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / By Lord Byron. / "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the First Edition, "bring"
for "fling," etc. ]. / Moore. / Seventh Edition, With some Additions. /
London:/ _Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray,
Albemarle Street. / 1813. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt. ; Text, pp.
1-75. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street_,/ Whitefriars, London. /)
is in the centre of p. [76].
_Note_. --The Text numbers 1334 lines. The Notes are printed at the end
(pp. 65-75) of the volume.
VIII.
The Giaour,/ etc. / The Ninth Edition,/ etc. / 1814. / [8? .
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, No. vi.
_Note_. --The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy.
IX.
The Giaour,/ etc. / The Tenth Edition,/ etc. / 1814. / [8? .
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, No. vi.
_Note_. --Four pages of "Interesting Works Published in February, 1814,
By John Murray, Bookseller of the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude,"
etc. , are bound up with the Tenth Edition.
X.
The Giaour,/ etc. / The Eleventh Edition,/ etc. / 1814. / [8? .
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, No. vi.
_Note_. --The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy.
XI.
The Giaour,/ etc. / The Twelfth Edition. / London:/ Printed for John
Murray, Albemarle-Street:/ _By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_. / 1814. /
[8? .
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, No. vi.
XII.
The Giaour,/ etc. / The Fourteenth Edition. / London:/ Printed for John
Murray, Albemarle-Street. / 1815. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. _T. Davison, Lombard-Street_,/
_Whitefriars, London_,/); Dedication; Advt. ; Text, pp. 1-75. The
Imprint, as above, is in the centre of p. [76].
_Note_. --Four pages of Advts. , dated "Albemarle--Street, London,
January, 1818," are bound up with the Fourteenth Edition.
XIII.
The Giaour;/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale. / [Motto, four lines. ]
Moore. / London:/ Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,/ _23, Russell
Court, Drury Lane_. / 1825. / [12? .
_Collation_--
Pp. 51. The Imprint (_W. Dugdale, Printer, 23, Russell Court, Drury
Lane_) is at the foot of p. [52].
XIV.
The Giaour:/ A/ Fragment of a Turkish Tale. / By/ Lord Byron. / London:
John Murray, Albemarle Street. / Sold also by/ Tilt and Bogue, Fleet
Street:/ Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd: Dublin, John Gumming. / 1842. / [12? .
_Collation_--
Pp. 67. The Imprint (_London:/ Printed by A. Spottiswoode,/
New-Street-Square_. /) is in the centre of p. [68].
XV.
The Giaour:/ A Fragment of a Turkish Tale,/ By Lord Byron. / [Motto, four
lines. ] Moore. / [1844. ] [8? .
_Collation_--
Pp. 40. The Imprint (_H. G. Clarke and Co. , 66, Old Bailey_) is at the
foot of p. 40.
_Note_. --Part of "Clarke's Home Library. "
_Translations of The Giaour_.
_French_.
_Le Giaour_, fragments d'un cante turc, poeme traduit de l'anglais de
lord Byron, par J. M. H. Bigeon, Paris, Ponthieu, Ledoyen, 1828. [18? .
[Querard, 1846. ]
_German_.
I.
_Der Gauer_, Bruchstuck einer turkischen Erzahlung, nach der 7.
englischen Ausgabe im Deutschen metrisch bearbeitet. Berlin, F. Dummler.
1819. [12? .
[_Centralblalt, etc. _, 1890, vol. vii. p. 456. ]
II.
_Der Gjaur_. In deutsche Verse ubersetzt v. Arthur v. Nordstern. Mit d.
engl. Text zur Seite. Leipzig, Goschen. 1820. [8? .
[Kayser, 1834. ]
III.
_Der Gjaur_. Bruchstuck e. turk. Erzahlg. v. Lord Byron. Frei ubers. v.
Adf. Seubert. Leipzig. 1871-76. [16? .
[Kayser, 1877. ]
_Collation_--
Pp. 48.
_Note_. --No. 669 of the _Universal-Bibliothek_.
_Italian_.
I.
_Il Giaurro_, frammento di novella turca; recato dall' ingl. in versi
ital. da Pellegrino Rossi. Genova e Parigi, Paschoud, 1817. [12?
