Chaucer Society's Publications: Second Series. SECOND SERIES. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1868 is, 1. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part I. This work includes an amalgamation of Prof. F. J. Child's two Papers on the use of the final -e by Chaucer (in T. Wright's ed. of The Canterbury Tales) and by Gower (in Dr Pauli's ed. of the Confessio Amantis). 2. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part I.: 1. Prof. Ebert's Review of Sandras's Etude sur Chaucer, translated by J. W. van Rees Hoets, M.A.; 2. A 13th-century Latin Treatise on the Chilindre (of the Shipman's Tale), edited by Mr E. Brock. 3. A Temporary Preface to the Society's Six-Text edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part I, attempting to show the right Order of the Tales, and the Days and Stages of the Pilgrimage, &c. &c., by F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1869 is, 4. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part II. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1870 is, 5. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part III. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1871 is, 6. Trial-Forewords to my Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems for the Chaucer Society (with a try to set Chaucer's Works in their right order of Time), by Fredk. J. Furnivall. Part I. (This Part brings-out, for the first time, Chaucer's long early but hopeless love.) Of the Second Series, the issue for 1872 is, 7. Originals and Analogues of some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part I. 1. The original of the Man of Law's Tale of Constance, from the French Chronicle of Nicholas Trivet, Arundel MS 56, ab. 1340 A.D., collated with the later copy, ab. 1400, in the National Library at Stockholm; copied and edited, with a translation, by Mr Edmund Brock. 2. The Tale of "Merelaus the Emperor," from the Early-English version of the Gesta Romanorum in Harl. MS 7333; and 3. Part of Matthew Paris's Vita Offe Primi, both stories illustrating incidents in the Man of Law's Tale. 4. Two French Fabliaux like the Reeve's Tale. 5. Two Latin Stories like the Friar's Tale. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1873 is, 8. Albertano of Brescia's Liber Consilii et Consolationis, A.D. 1246 (the Latin source of the French original of Chaucer's Melibe), edited from the MSS, by Dr Thor Sundby. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.: 3. John of Hoveden's Practica Chilindri, edited from the MS, with a translation, by Mr E. Brock. 4. Chaucer's use of the final -e, by Joseph Payne, Esq. 5. Mrs E. Barrett-Browning on Chaucer: being those parts of her review of the Book of the Poets, 1842, which relate to him; here reprinted by leave of Mr Robert Browning. 6. Professor Bernhard Ten-Brink's critical edition of Chaucer's Compleynte to Pite. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1875 is, 10. Originals and Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part II. 6. Alphonsus of Lincoln, a Story like the Prioress's Tale. 7. How Reynard caught Chanticleer, the source of the Nun's-Priest's Tale. 8. Two Italian Stories, and a Latin one, like the Pardoner's Tale. 9. The Tale of the Priest's Bladder, a story like the Summoner's Tale, being 'Li dis de le Vescie a Prestre,' par Jakes de Basiw. 10. Petrarch's Latin Tale of Griseldis (with Boccaccio's Story from which it was re-told), the original of the Clerk's Tale. 11. Five Versions of a Pear-tree Story like that in the Merchant's Tale. 12. Four Versions of The Life of Saint Cecilia, the original of the Second Nun's Tale. 11. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part IV. 12. Life-Records of Chaucer, Part I, The Robberies of Chaucer by Richard Brerelay and others at Westminster, and at Hatcham, Surrey, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1390, with some Account of the Robbers, from the Enrolments in the Public Record Office, by Walford D. Selby, Esq., of the Public Record Office. Chaucer Society's Publications: Second Series. SECOND SERIES. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1868 is, 1. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part I. This work includes an amalgamation of Prof. F. J. Child's two Papers on the use of the final -e by Chaucer (in T. Wright's ed. of The Canterbury Tales) and by Gower (in Dr Pauli's ed. of the Confessio Amantis). 2. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part I.: 1. Prof. Ebert's Review of Sandras's Etude sur Chaucer, translated by J. W. van Rees Hoets, M.A.; 2. A 13th-century Latin Treatise on the Chilindre (of the Shipman's Tale), edited by Mr E. Brock. 3. A Temporary Preface to the Society's Six-Text edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part I, attempting to show the right Order of the Tales, and the Days and Stages of the Pilgrimage, &c. &c., by F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1869 is, 4. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part II. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1870 is, 5. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part III. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1871 is, 6. Trial-Forewords to my Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems for the Chaucer Society (with a try to set Chaucer's Works in their right order of Time), by Fredk. J. Furnivall. Part I. (This Part brings-out, for the first time, Chaucer's long early but hopeless love.) Of the Second Series, the issue for 1872 is, 7. Originals and Analogues of some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part I. 1. The original of the Man of Law's Tale of Constance, from the French Chronicle of Nicholas Trivet, Arundel MS 56, ab. 1340 A.D., collated with the later copy, ab. 1400, in the National Library at Stockholm; copied and edited, with a translation, by Mr Edmund Brock. 2. The Tale of Merelaus the Emperor," from the Early-English version of the Gesta Romanorum in Harl. MS 7333; and 3. Part of Matthew Paris's Vita Offe Primi, both stories illustrating incidents in the Man of Law's Tale. 4. Two French Fabliaux like the Reeve's Tale. 5. Two Latin Stories like the Friar's Tale. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1873 is, 8. Albertano of Brescia's Liber Consilii et Consolationis, A.D. 1246 (the Latin source of the French original of Chaucer's Melibe), edited from the MSS, by Dr Thor Sundby. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.: 3. John of Hoveden's Practica Chilindri, edited from the MS, with a translation, by Mr E. Brock. 4. Chaucer's use of the final -e, by Joseph Payne, Esq. 5. Mrs E. Barrett-Browning on Chancer: being those parts of her review of the Book of the Poets, 1842, which relate to him; here reprinted by leave of Mr Robert Browning. 6. Professor Bernhard Ten-Brink's critical edition of Chaucer's Compleynte to Pite. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1875 is, 10. Originals and Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part II. 6. Alphonsus of Lincoln, a Story like the Prioress's Tale. 7. How Reynard caught Chanticleer, the source of the Nun's-Priest's Tale. 8. Two Italian Stories, and a Latin one, like the Pardoner's Tale. 9. The Tale of the Priest's Bladder, a story like the Summoner's Tale, being 'Li dis de le Vescie a Prestre,' par Jakes de Basiw. 10. Petrarch's Latin Tale of Griseldis (with Boccaccio's Story from which it was re-told), the original of the Clerk's Tale. 11. Five Versions of a Pear-tree Story like that in the Merchant's Tale. 12. Four Versions of The Life of Saint Cecilia, the original of the Second Nun's Tale. 11. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part IV. 12. Life-Records of Chaucer, Part I, The Robberies of Chaucer by Richard Brerelay and others at Westminster, and at Hatcham, Surrey, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1390, with some Account of the Robbers, from the Enrolments in the Public Record Office, by Walford D. Selby, Esq., of the Public Record Office. The issue for 1879, in the First Series, is, LVIII. A Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part III, completing the Parallel-Text, and containing, 11. The Legend of Good Women from 5 MSS and Thynne's print; 12. Truth from 6 MSS; 13. The Compleynt of Venus from 6 MSS; 14. The Envoy to Scogan from 3 MSS; 15. Marriage, or The Envoy to Bukton, from 1 MS and Notary's and Thynne's prints; 16. Gentilesse from 6 MSS; 17. Proverbs from 3 MSS; 18. Stedfastness from 6 MSS; 19. Fortune from 6 MSS; 20. Chaucer to his empty Purse, from 6 MSS. The issue for 1880, in the First Series, will probably be, LIX. Supplementary Parallel-Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part II:-1a. The Parlament of Foules from 3 MSS; 2. The A B C from 6 MSS; 3. Anelida and Arcite from 6 MSS; 4. The Legend of Good Women, in whole or part from 4 MSS; 5. The Complaint of Mars from 3 MSS; 6. Truth from 6 MSS; 7. The Compleynt of Venus from 3 MSS; 8. Gentilesse from 3 MSS; 9. Lack of Stedfastness from Thynne's print and 2 MSS; 10. Fortune from 2 MSS and Caxton's print. LX. Odd-Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part II, containing, 3. The A B C, from 2 MSS; 4. The House of Fame, from the Pepys MS, &c.; 5. The Legend of Good Women from 3 MSS; 6. The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse from I MS; 7. The Complaint to Pity from 2 MSS; 8. The Parlament of Fowles from 1 MS; 9. Truth from 3 MSS; 10. Envoy to Scogan from 1 MS; 11. Purse from 1 MS. LXI. A One-Text Print of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part II, containing, VI. Mother of God; VII. Anelida; VIII. The Former Age; IX. Adam Scrivener; X. The House of Fame; XI. Legende; XII. Truth; XIII. Venus; XIV. Scogan; XV. Marriage; XVI. Gentilesse; XVII. Proverbs; XVIII. Stedfastness; XIX. Fortune; XX, Purse. LXII to LXVII. 6 Appendixes to the 6 MSS of the Six-Text, with Woodcuts of 6 Tellers of Tales and of 6 emblematical Figures from the Camb. Univ. MS. Gg. 4. 27, &c. The Hengwrt MS, Part VI, will contain The Canon'sYeoman's Tale, from the Lichfield Cathedral MS. For 1882, Prof. Hiram Corson has made an Index to the Subjects and Names of The Canterbury Tales. He has also agreed to edit the Society's Chaucer Concordance. Miss Isabel Marshall and Miss Lela Porter are making a Ryme-Index to Chaucer's Minor Poems. To their Subjects and Names, Prof. H. Corson is making an Index. For 1881, or 1882, Boece, and Part I of the Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Troilus are nearly ready for the First Series. Among the Texts and Essays, &'c., preparing for the Chaucer Society are :— Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part V (to be ready in 1881 or 1882). Autotype Specimens of the chief Chaucer Manuscripts, by F. J. Furnivall, Pt III. The Tale of Beryn, Part II. Introduction and Glossary, by Messrs Furnivall and W. G. Stone. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part V: 13. Chaucer's Parson's Tale compared with Frère Lorens's Somme des Vices et des Vertus, by Herr H. Simon. 14. Metrical Tests applied to Chaucer, by Sidney J. Herrtage, B.A., &c. Prof. Bernhard Ten-Brink's "CHAUCER: Studies on the History of his Developement, and the Chronology of his Writings," Part I, translated by Miss Ottilie Blind, and revisd by the Author. Chaucer's Road to Canterbury, with Ogilby's Plan of it, 1675, and William Smith's Plan of the City of Canterbury in 1588; by the Rev. W. A. Scott Robertson, M.A., Hon. Sec. of the Kent Archæological Institute. Part II of Mr W. M. Rossetti's Comparison of Chaucer's Troylus and Cryseyde with Boccaccio's Filostrato. Life-Records of Chaucer, Part III, The Household book of Isabella, wife of Prince Lionel, third son of Edward III, in which the name of GEOFFREY CHAUCER first occurs; edited from the unique MS in the Brit. Museum, by Edward A. Bond, Esq., Keeper of the MSS. Part IV, Other Enrolments and Documents from the Public Record Office, the City of London Town-Clerk's Office, &c., edited by Walford D. Selby, Esq., and F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. 'A detaild Comparison of Chaucer's Knight's Tale with the Teseide of Boccaccio,' by HENRY WARD, Esq., of the MS Department of the British Museum. The third French work will be either Guillaume de Machault's Remède de Fortune and Dit de la Fontaine Amoureuse (to compare with Chaucer's Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse), or Jean de Meun's Livre de Melibée et de Prudence (from Albertano of Brescia's Liber Consolationis, A.D. 1246), or Guillaume de Machault's Dit du Lyon, the possible original of Chaucer's lost Book of the Leo, edited from the MSS, for the first time, by Professor PAUL MEYER. This will be followd by such originals of Chaucer's other works as are known, but are not of easy access to subscribers. |