Volume 2 — 1899.-1900.
Reading edition
Beltaine. An Occasional Publication. Edited by W. B. Yeats.
No. 1. May, 1899.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Plans and Methods, pp. 6-9. Some of these notes originally appeared as part of an essay The Irish Literary Theatre, in The Dublin Daily Express, January 14, 1899.
Two lyrics, reprinted from The Countess Cathleen.
The Theatre. Originally appeared in The Dome, April, 1899.
No. 2. February, 1900.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Plans and Methods, pp. 3-6.
‘Maive’ and certain Irish Beliefs, pp. 14-17.
Footnote on p. 21.
The Irish Literary Theatre, 1900, pp. 22-24. Originally appeared in The Dome, January, 1900.
No. 3. April, 1900.
This number contained only an essay by Mr. Yeats entitled ‘The Last Feast of the Fianna,’ ‘Maive,’ and ‘The Bending of the Bough’ in Dublin.
These three numbers were afterwards issued in one volume, with the wrappers and advertisements bound in, by the Unicorn Press in 1900.
1900.
A Treasury | of | Irish Poetry | in the | English Tongue | edited by | Stopford A. Brooke | and | T. W. Rolleston | London | Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place | 1900 | All rights reserved
Cr. 8vo, pp. xliv and 580. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats contributes notes on:—
Lionel Johnson, pp. 465-467. Originally appeared, under the title Mr. Lionel Johnson and certain Irish Poets, in The Dublin Daily Express, Aug. 27, 1898.
Nora Hopper, pp. 471-473. Originally appeared as part of an essay The Poems and Stories of Miss Nora Hopper, in The Dublin Daily Express, September 24, 1898.
Althea Gyles, p. 475.
A.E., pp. 485-487. Originally appeared under the title The Poetry of A.E., in The Dublin Daily Express, September 3, 1898.
The book also reprints the following poems:—
The Hosting of the Sidhe.
Michael Robartes remembers Forgotten Beauty.
The Rose of the World.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
When you are Old.
A Dream of a Blessed Spirit.
The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner.
The Two Trees.
The Island of Sleep. (A passage from The Wanderings of Oisin.)
1901.
Ideals in | Ireland | Edited by Lady Gregory | Written by “A.E.,” D. P. | Moran, George Moore, | Douglas Hyde, Standish | O’Grady, and W. B. Yeats | London: At the Unicorn | VII Cecil Court MDCCCCI
Cr. 8vo, pp. 108. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
The Literary Movement in Ireland, pp. 87-102. Originally appeared in The North American Review, December, 1899.
A Postscript, pp. 105-107.
Samhain Edited | for the Irish Literary Theatre | by W. B. Yeats. | Published in October 1901 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Windlestraws, pp. 3-10.
Footnote on p. 12.
1902.
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: | The Story of the Men of | The Red Branch of Ulster | Arranged and put into | English by Lady Gregory. | With a Preface by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street | 1902.
Large Cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 364. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Preface. (Dated March, 1902.) Pp. vii-xvii.
Note on the Conversation of Cuchulain and Emer, pp. 351-353.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in October 1902 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 32. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Notes, pp. 3-10.
Cathleen ni Hoolihan, pp. 24-31.
1903.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in September 1903 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 36. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Notes, pp. 3-8.
The Reform of the Theatre, pp. 9-12. Part of this essay originally appeared in The United Irishman, April 4, 1903.
1904.
Gods and Fighting Men: | The Story of the Tuatha de | Danaan and of the Fianna | of Ireland, arranged and | put into English by Lady | Gregory. With a preface | by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. | 1904
Large cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii and 480.
Mr. Yeats’s Preface includes pp. ix-xxiv.
Wayfarer’s Love | Contributions from Living Poets | edited by | The Duchess of Sutherland. | Cover design by Mr. Walter Crane. | “Let me take your hand for love and sing you a song, | said the other traveller—the journey is a hard journey, but | if we hold together in the morning and in the evening, | what matter if in the hours between there is sorrow.” | Old Tale. | Westminster | Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd. | 1904
Mr. Yeats contributes Old Memory, p. 37.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in December 1904 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 56. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
The Dramatic Movement, pp. 3-12.
First Principles, pp. 12-24.
The Play, the Player, and the Scene, pp. 24-33.
Footnote to ‘An Opinion,’ p. 55.
1905.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in November 1905 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | and by A. H. Bullen.
Mr. Yeats contributes Notes and Opinions, pp. 3-14.
The Well of the Saints. | By J. M. Synge. With an intro- | duction by W. B. Yeats. Be- | ing Volume Four of Plays | for an Irish Theatre | London: A. H. Bullen, 47, Great | Russell Street, W.C. 1905.
Cr. 8vo, pp. xviii and 92. Paper boards with cloth back.
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction, Mr. Synge and his Plays, dated Abbey Theatre, January 27, 1905, includes pp. v-xvii.
1906.
Poems | of | Spenser | Selected and with | an Introduction by | W. B. Yeats. | T. C. & E. C. Jack. | Edinburgh. [The whole forms part of a design by A. S. Hartrick.]
Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xlviii and 292. Cloth.
Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. xiii-xlvii.
Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in December 1906 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | Dublin.
Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
Notes, p. 3.
Literature and the Living Voice, pp. 4-14. Originally appeared in The Contemporary Review, October, 1906.
1906-7.
The Arrow. Edited by W. B. Yeats.
Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—
No. 1. October 20, 1906.
The Season’s Work.
A Note on The Mineral Workers.
Notes.
No. 2. November 24, 1906.
Notes.
Deirdre. (A note.)
The Shadowy Waters. (A note.)
No. 3. February 23, 1907.
The Controversy over ‘The Playboy.’
Passages reprinted from the ‘Samhain’ of 1905.
Opening Speech at the debate of February 4 at the Abbey Theatre.
No. 4. June 1, 1907.
Notes.
Note.
The selections for the following books issued by the Dun Emer Press, Dundrum, were made by Mr. Yeats, but the books contain no contributions by him:—
Twenty-one Poems by Lionel Johnson, 1904.
Some Essays and Passages by John Eglinton, 1905.
Sixteen Poems by William Allingham, 1905.
Twenty-one Poems by Katherine Tynan, 1907.