The First Printed Translations into English 13

The First Printed Translations into English 13

JULIANA. _Ed_. W. Strunk. Belles Lettres Series.

 

JULIANA, ST., Legend of. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.

 

THE CHRIST. _Ed_., Text and Tr. J. Gollancz, 1892.

 

ANDREAS, AND FATES OF THE APOSTLES. _Ed_. W. M. Baskervill, Albion

Series.

 

DESCENT INTO HELL. _Ed_. W. H. Hulme, with The Christ. Belles Lettres

Series.

 

DREAM OF THE ROOD, or, VISION OF THE CROSS. _Ed_. A. S. Cook, 1905.

 

PHŒNIX. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.

 

RIDDLES. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.

 

ELENE. Pt. of Codex Vercell. _Tr_. 1843-56.

 

GUTHLAC (Doubtful). Goodwin, C. W. _Ed_. The Anglo-Saxon Version of

the Life of St. Guthlac. _Tr_. 1848.

 

HARROWING OF HELL. Pt. of Codex Exon. _Tr_. 1842.

 

 

=CYRANO DE BERGERAC (SAVINIEN)=. _See_ =Bergerac=.

 

 

=D'ALEMBERT=. _See_ =ALEMBERT=.

 

 

=DANTE ALIGHIERI=. _b_. 1265, _d_. 1321. =Italian poet=.

 

THE DIVINA COMMEDIA, consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio, and

Paradiso. _Tr_. by Rev. Henry Boyd. 1802.

 

DIVINE COMEDY. INFERNO. A Literal Prose Translation by J. A. Carlyle,

1849.

 

THE INFERNO. _Tr_. by Chas. Rogers, 1782.

 

THE INFERNO OF DANTE. _Tr_. by Rev. Henry Cary. 1806.

 

THE VISION OF HELL, PURGATORY AND PARADISE OF DANTE. _Tr_. by Rev.

Henry Cary. 1814.

 

[VITA NUOVA.] CANZONIERE, including the Poems of the Vita Nuova and

the Convito, Italian and English. _Tr_. by Charles Lyall, 1835.

 

Dante utilized the epic of Virgil as the basis for his

poems. Influenced Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. 'House of Fame'

and 'Parliament of Fowles' by Chaucer show borrowings and

translations from D.

 

'Dante set modern Europe a great example, a model of sublimity

in literature; though he did indeed supply English writers

with many a thought and phrase, nevertheless his influence is

chiefly indirect'.

 

 

=DAUDET, ALPHonSE=. _b_. 1840, _d_. 1897. =French dramatist and

novelist=.

 

ARTISTS' WIVES. (1874.) _Tr_. 1889.

 

BELLE NIVERNAISE. (1887.) _Tr_. 1888.

 

EVANGELIST; or, PORT SALVATION. (1883). _Tr_. 2 v. 1885.

 

KINGS IN EXILE. (1879). _Tr_. 1896.

 

MY BROTHER JACK; or THE STORY OF WHAT-D'YE-CALL 'EM. Written by

himself. _Tr_. by L. Ford (1873), 1877.

 

THE NABOB. A story of Parisian life and Manners. _Tr_. by E.

Clarequin (1877). 1878.

 

THE NEW DON QUIXOTE; or, THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF TARTARIN OF

TARASCON, (1872).... _Tr_. by C. Roland, 1875.

 

NUMA ROUMESTAN; or, JOY ABROAD AND GRIEF AT HOME. (1881.) _Tr_.

1884-86.

 

ONE OF THE FORTY (L'IMMORTAL). (1888.) _Tr_. by Verrall, 1888.

 

PORT TARASCON. (1890). _Tr_. 1890.

 

RECOLLECTIONS OF A LITERARY MAN. _Tr_. by Ensor, 1889.

 

ROBERT HELMONT: Diary of a Recluse. (1871.) _Tr_. 1888.

 

ROSE AND NINETTE. _Tr_. 1892.

 

SAPPHO: a romance (1884). _Tr_. by J. and R. Maxwell, 1886.

 

TARTARIN IN THE ALPS. (1885). _Tr_. 1886.

 

THIRTY YEARS OF PARIS AND OF MY LITERARY LIFE. _Tr_. 1888.

 

WORKS. _Tr_. H. Frith, L. Ensor, E. Barlow, etc. 9 v. 1896.

 

 

=DELILLE, JACQUES=. _b_. 1738, _d_. 1813. =French poet and

academician=.

 

THE GARDENS; or THE ART OF LAYING OUT GROUNDS. _Tr_. 1789.

 

THE RURAL PHILOSOPHER; or FRENCH GEORGICS. _Tr_. by John Maunde, 1801.

 

 

=DEMOSTHENES=. _b_. 383, _d_. 322 B.C. =Greek orator=.

 

THE THREE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES, IN FAVOUR OF THE OLYNTHIANS. _Tr_.

by Thos. Wylson, 1570.

 

The influence of D., though considerable, is indirect through

Latin literature. 'All Roman orators were avowed students of

Greek methods'.

 

'That Demosthenes is the prince of orators everybody knows'.

 

 

=DENINA, CARLO G. M.= _b_. 1731, _d_. 1813. =Italian historian=.

 

AN ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF LITERATURE. _Tr_. by John Murdoch.

[1771.]

 

A DISSERTATION, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, ON THE ANCIENT REPUBLICS OF

ITALY. _Tr_. John Langhorne, 1773.

 

 

=DESCARTES, RENÉ=. _b_. 1596, _d_. 1650. =French philosopher and

mathematician=.

 

DESCARTES' EXCELLENT COMPENDIUM OF MUSICK: WITH ANIMADVERSIONS

THEREUPON. By a person of Honour (Lord Brounkes). 1653.

 

A DISCOURSE OF A METHOD FOR THE WELL GUIDING OF REASON AND THE

DISCOVERY OF TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES (Discours de la Méthode, 1637).

_Tr_. 1649.

 

LIFE OF R. DESCARTES, containing the History of His Philosophy and

works. _Tr_. 1693.

 

A NEW VOYAGE TO THE WORLD OF CARTESIUS. _Tr_. by Thos. Taylor, 1692.

 

THE PASSIONS OF THE SOULE, in three books. _Translated_, with

prefatory letters, 1650.

 

His works manifest original, daring and independent genius,

endowed with great force and subtlety of thought. Spinoza

derived from him his pantheism, and Berkeley his pure idealism.

His influence was almost universal in the seventeenth century.

Newton demonstrated his more simple physical principles.

 

 

=DIDEROT, DENIS=. _b_. 1713, _d_. 1784. _French philosopher and

savant_.

 

DORVAL, or THE TEST OF VIRTUE. A Comedy [in five acts and in prose].

_Tr_. 1767.

 

AN ESSAY ON BLINDNESS, etc. Interspersed with several anecdotes of

Sanderson, Milton, and others. _Tr_. [1750].

 

THE FAMILY PICTURE: a play (Père de Famille); with verses on

different subjects. By a Lady, 1781.

 

RAMEAU'S NEPHEW. [1805]. _Tr_. by S. M. Hill, 1897.

 

THOUGHTS ON ART AND STYLE. _Tr_. 1893.

 

A satire on Parisian society, as it was just before the

Revolution, in the form of a dialogue, which gives a view of

the world as seen through the eyes of a parasite.

 

His reputation is founded upon the 'Encyclopædia, ou

Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et Métiers'. This

was written in conjunction with d'Alembert.

 

 

=DIGBY MIRACLE PLAYS=. _Ed_. W. Sharpe, 1835.

 

 

=DIODORUS SICULUS=. B.C. 50. =Greek historian=.