The First Printed Translations into English 16

The First Printed Translations into English 16

'This work, which is a translation of "Le Théâtre d'Honneur et

de Chevalerie", comprises the most valuable treatise we have in

English upon the foreign orders of knighthood; there are also

discussions upon ceremonies, combats, precedence, etc., equally

worthy the attention of the antiquary and historian'.--Sir M.

M. Sykes.

 

 

=FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE.= _b._ 1651, _d._ 1715.

=French prelate and author.=

 

THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS. (Télémaque, 1699.) _Tr._ 1703.

 

DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD DEDUCED FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF

NATURE (Traité sur l'Existence de Dieu.) _Tr._ 1754.

 

DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. (Dialogues des Morts.) _Tr._ 1757.

 

DIALOGUES CONCERNING ELOQUENCE IN GENERAL. (Dialogues sur

l'Eloquence.) _Tr._ with quotations and notes by W. Stevenson. 1722.

 

LIVES OF THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS ... illustrated with notes and

preceded by a life of F. by John Cormack. 1803.

 

TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS. (De l'Education des Filles.)

_Tr._ and adapted to English Readers, with an original Chapter on

Religious Studies. By T. F. Dibdin, 1805.

 

 

=FERUMBRAS.= _See_ =Sir Ferumbras=.

 

 

=FEUILLET, OCTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1890. =French litterateur.=

 

A WOMAN'S DIARY AND THE LITTLE COUNTESS. _Tr._ 1881.

 

JOURNAL OF A WOMAN. _Tr._ [1885].

 

CAMORS; or, LIFE UNDER THE NEW EMPIRE. _Tr._ 1868.

 

THE DISGUISED NOBLEMAN. _Tr._ 1860.

 

HONOUR BEFORE WEALTH. A drama. _Tr._ [1850.]

 

A PARISIAN ROMANCE. A Play. _Tr._ 1883.

 

ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN. _Tr._ 1888.

 

 

=FEYJOO, REV. FATHER B. J.= _b._ 1676, _d._ 1764. =Spanish critic and

moralist.=

 

ESSAYS OR DISCOURSES (29). _Tr._ from the Spanish by ... (John

Brett), 1777.

 

AN ESSAY ON THE LEARNING, GENIUS, AND ABILITIES OF THE FAIR SEX....

_Tr._ 1774.

 

THE HONOUR AND ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURE. _Tr._ 1764.

 

RULES FOR PRESERVING HEALTH. _Tr._ [1800].

 

 

=FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB.= _b._ 1762, _d._ 1814. =German Philosopher.=

 

THE DESTINATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by Mrs. P. Sinnett, 1846.

 

THE POPULAR WORKS OF J. G. F. _Tr._ ['The Vocation of the Scholar,'

'The Nature of the Scholar,' 'The Vocation of Man,' 'Characteristics

of the Present Age,' 'The Way towards the Blessed Life', Etc.]. With

a memoir of the author by W. Smith. 1848-49.

 

THE VOCATION OF MAN. _Tr._ by W. Smith, 1844.

 

 

=FIRDUSI= _or_ =FERDUSI= (=ABU KASIM MANSUR=). _b._ 940, _d._ 1020.

=Persian poet.=

 

THE POEMS OF FERDOSI. _Tr._ from the Persian by Joseph Champion, 1785.

 

SHAH NÁMA. _Tr._ and abridged by J. Atkinson, 1832.

 

Sir William Jones styles the 'Shah-námeh' 'a glorious monument

of Eastern genius and learning, which ... will contest the

merit of invention of Homer himself.'

 

 

=FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1880. =French novelist.=

 

BOUVARD AND PECUCHET. (1880.) _Tr._ 1896.

 

MADAME BOVARY. (Mœurs de province, 1857.) _Tr._ 1886.

 

SALAMMBÔ (1862). _Tr._ by M. French Sheldon [with an Introduction by

E. King]. 1886.

 

THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY. _Tr._ D. F. Hannigan, 1895.

 

 

=FLORIZ AND BLAUNCHEFLUR.= _Cir._ 1250. Ed. J. R. Lumby, E.E.T.S.,

1866.

 

Ed. Hartshorne. Laing, Abbotsford Club, 1857.

 

 

=FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNÆUS.= 2nd century. =Roman historian.=

 

ROMAN HISTORIES. _Tr._ [Edmund Bolton], 1618.

 

 

=FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOUYER DE.= _b._ 1657, _d._ 1757. =French

litterateur, mathematician and philosopher.=

 

CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ [W. Gardiner]. 1715.

 

HISTORY OF ORACLES. _Tr._ 1688.

 

NEW DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ 1692.

 

NORTHERN WORTHIES; or THE LIVES OF PETER THE GREAT.... _Tr._ 1730.

 

A PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ Mr. Glanvil, 1695.

 

THE THEORY OR SYSTEM OF SEVERAL NEW INHABITED WORLDS.... _Tr._ Mrs.

Behn, 1700.

 

DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ J. Hughes, 1754.

 

THE PRIZE OF WISDOM. _Tr._ 1713.

 

 

=FORTUNATUS.= 15th century. =German folk tales.=

 

FORTUNATUS. THE RIGHT PLEASANT AND VARIABLE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF

FORTUNATUS. Now first of all published in English by T. C. [Thomas

Churchyard]. 1612.

 

'One of the best "people's" books (Volksbücher) ever written'.

Thomas Dekker founded his 'Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus'

(1600) upon this work.

 

 

=FOSCOLO, N. UGO.= _b._ 1777, _d._ 1827. =Italian poet.=

 

ESSAY ON THE LOVE, THE POETRY AND CHARACTER OF PETRARCH, comprising

numerous translations by the Author's Friends, Lady Barberina Dacre,

and others. 1823.

 

NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS ILLUSTRATING THE VICISSITUDES AND THE CESSION

OF PARGA, AND THE IONIAN ISLANDS. _Tr._ 1820.

 

 

=FOUQUÉ, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH KARL, BARON DE LA MOTTE.= _b._ 1777, _d._

1843. =German poet and romance-writer.=

 

AN ESSAY OF THREE TALES, i.e. The Cypress Crown, etc. _Tr._ 1820.

 

THE MAGIC RING. _Tr._ 1825.

 

MINSTREL LOVE. _Tr._ by G. Soane, 1821.

 

RED MANTLE. _Tr._ 1845.

 

SINTRAM AND HIS COMPANIONS. _Tr._ [by J. C. Hare]. 1820.

 

UNDINE; a romance. _Tr._ 1818.

 

 

=FOUR SONS OF AYMON=. 1490-91. By Caxton. Known and tr. as Renaud de

Montauban, see p. 36. _Ed._ [Miss] O. Richardson. 2 pts. E.E.T.S.

1884.

 

 

=FOX AND THE WOLF.= _Ed._ T. Wright and Halliwell in their Reliqueae

Antiquae, v. 1, 1841.

 

This is the first English poem connected with the animal saga.

 

Probably written during reign of Edward I and based on the

Roman du Reynard.

 

 

=FRANCE, ANATOLE.= _b._ 1844. =French poet, novelist and critic.=

 

COMPLETE WORKS. _Ed._ F. Chapman. 1908.

 

1. THE RED LILY. _Tr._ W. Stephens, 1908.

 

2. MOTHER OF PEARL. _Tr._ T. Chapman, 1908.

 

3. GARDEN OF EPICURUS. _Tr._ A. Allinson, 1908.

 

4. CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD. _Tr._ L. Hearn, 1891.

 

 

=FRANZOS, KARL EMIL.= _b._ 1848. =Austrian Jewish novelist.=

 

THE JEWS OF BARNOW. _Tr._ M. W. Macdowall, 1882.

 

THE CHIEF JUSTICE. _Tr._ M. Corbet, 1890.

 

FOR THE RIGHT. _Tr._ 1887.