APPENDIX B. II. BOOKS OF REFERENCE, CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, ETC.
Reading edition
An alphabetical list of the books most useful in a study of this subject. Standard references of obvious value, e.g. the Dictionary of National Biography, Boswell’s Johnson, Chalmers’s English Poets, Lane’s Arabian Nights, etc., are, with a few exceptions, omitted.
1. Arabian Nights.
(a) Burton, Sir Richard F. A Plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now entitled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the nights (in 10 vols.), Benares, 1885. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only. Cf. especially in Vol. X., Burton’s Terminal Essay, and W. F. Kirby’s Bibliography of the Thousand and One Nights and their imitations.
(b) Payne, John. The Book of the thousand nights and one night ... done into English prose and verse ... by John Payne. New York, 1884. 9 vols. (Villon Society Publications; Vols. III.–IX., published in London.) Cf. especially essay at end 295of Vol. IX. on the Book of the Thousand Nights and one Night: its history and character.
(c) Payne, John. Alaeddin and the Enchanted lamp; Zein ul Asnam and the King of the Jinn: Two stories done into English from the recently discovered Arabic text, by John Payne, London, 1889.
2. Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, ... herausgegeben v. Alois Brandl u. Heinrich Morf ... Braunschweig [especially the volumes since 1902].
3. Armeno, M. Christoforo.
(a) Peregrinaggio di tre giovanni figliuoli del Re di Serendippo. Per opera di M. Christoforo Armeno dalla Persiana nell’ Italiana lingua trasportato, Venetia, 1557.
(b) Die Reise der Söhne Giaffers aus dem Italienischen des Christoforo Armeno übersetzt durch Johann Wetzel 1583, herausgegeben von Hermann Fischer und Johann Bolte, Tübingen, 1895.
4. Beckford, William.
(a) Vathek, an Arabian Tale, edited by R. Garnett, London, 1893.
(b) Vathek, réimprimé sur l’original français avec la préface [de 1876] de Stéphane Mallarmé, Paris ... 1893.
5. Bédier, Joseph. Les Fabliaux. Études de littérature populaire et d’histoire littéraire du moyen âge.... Paris, 1895, 2e éd.
6. Beers, H. A. History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century. New York, 1899.
2967. Beljame, A. Le public et les hommes de lettres en Angleterre au dixhuitième siècle, 1660–1774; Paris, 1897, 2e éd.
8. Beloe, William. Miscellanies: consisting of Poems, Classical Extracts, and Oriental Apologues, by Wm. Beloe, F.S.A., Translator of Herodotus, Aulus Gellius, etc., London, 1795. 3 vols.
9. Bidpai. The Fables of Pilpay.
(a) The Fables of Pilpay [translated from the French translation of Gilbert Gaulmin and Dāwūd Said, by Joseph Harris, and remodelled by the Rev. J. Mitford]. London, *1818.
(b) The Earliest English Version of the Fables of Bidpai, The Morall Philosophie of Doni by Sir T. North, edited by Joseph Jacobs, London, 1888.
(c) Kalilah and Dimnah; or the Fables of Bidpai: being an account of their literary history, with an English translation of the later Syriac version of the same, and notes by J. G. N. Keith-Falconer, Cambridge [England], 1885.
(d) Knatchbull, W. Kalila and Dimna or the Fables of Bidpai, translated from the Arabic, Oxford, 1819.
10. British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, passim.
11. Brunetière, Ferdinand. Études critiques sur l’histoire de la littérature française, huitième série, Paris, 1907. [Contains a review of Pierre Martino: L’Orient dans la littérature française au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1906.]
12. Le Cabinet des Fées; ou Collection Choisie des Contes des Fées, et Autres Contes Merveilleux [edited 297by C. J. Mayer], 41 Tom. (This collection originally consisted of but 37 vols. Four additional volumes were published at Geneva with two title-pages, on the second of which is the date 1793, making the numbers of volumes all together 41.) Paris et Geneva, 1785–1789. This collection contains Abdalla (Adventures d’); Aulnoy (Comtesse d’); Bidpai et Lokman; Caylus (Comte de); Contes des genies; Contes turcs; Gueulette [sic]; Hamilton (A. comte d’); Mille (Les) et un jours, contes persans; Mille (Les) et une nuit, contes Arabes; ... suite (Dom Chavis et M. Cazotte); Nourjahad; Perrault (Charles).
13. Campbell, Killis.
(a) Study of the Romance of the Seven Sages, etc. in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 1899, Vol. XIV., 1 (n.s. VII., 1), edited by J. W. Bright, Baltimore, 1899.
(b) The Seven Sages of Rome edited from the manuscripts with introduction, notes, and glossary, in the Albion Series, Ginn & Co., Boston, New York, Chicago, London, 1907.
14. Chambers, Sir William. Dissertation on Oriental Gardening. London, 1772.
15. Charlanne, Louis. L’influence française en Angleterre au XVIIe siècle. Paris, 1906.
16. Chauvin, Victor. Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes ou relatifs aux arabes, publiés dans l’Europe chrétienne de 1810 à 1885, par Victor Chauvin, professeur à l’université de Liége: ouvrage auquel l’Académie des Inscriptions a accordé en partage le prix Delalande-Guerineau. 298Liége et Leipzig, 1892–1905 [9 vols, in 3, 1 tab.]. Contents: 1, Préface, Table de Schnurrer, Les proverbes; 2, Kalilah; 3, Louqmâne et les Fabulistes, Barlaam, Antar et les romans de chevalerie; 4–7, Les Mille et Une Nuits; 8, Syntipas; 9, Pierre Alphonse....
17. Clarétie, Leo. Le roman en France au début du 18me siècle; Lesage, romancier, d’après de nouveaux documents. Paris, 1890.
18. Clouston, W. A.
(a) Flowers from a Persian Garden, and other papers. London, 1890.
(b) Group of Eastern romances and stories from the Persian, Tamil and Urdu: with introduction, notes, and appendix. Privately printed, Glasgow, 1889.
(c) Literary Coincidences ... and Other Papers. Glasgow, 1892.
(d) Popular Tales and Fictions, their migrations and transformations. Edinburgh and London, 1887, 2 vols.
19. Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas. Les Héros de roman ... edited by T. F. Crane, Boston, 1902.
20. Dickinson, G. L. Letters from a Chinese Official, being an Eastern View of Western Civilization, New York, 1903. McClure, Phillips & Co. Cf. William Jennings Bryan’s Letters to a Chinese Official. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1906.
21. Drake, Nathan, M.D.
(a) Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, 299Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, etc. London, 1805, 3 vols.
(b) Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer and Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers, which in Imitation of the Writings of Addison and Steele have been published ... [to] 1809. London, 1809, 2 vols.
22. Drujon, F. Les Livres à clef. Paris, 1888, 2 vols.
23. Dunlop, John Colin. History of Prose Fiction. New edition revised ... by Henry Wilson. (Bohn’s Standard Library), London, 1896, 2 vols.
24. Fürst, Rudolph. Die Vorläufer der Modernen Novelle im 18ten Jahrhundert, Halle a. S., 1897.
25. Gladwin, Francis. The Persian Moonshee.... Calcutta [Persian and English], 1795; another edition, London, 1801.
26. Goldsmith, Oliver. The Citizen of the World, edited by A. Dobson, London, 1893, 2 vols.
27. Gueullette, T. S. and Caylus, Comte de.
(a) Chinese Tales, or the marvellous adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam, translated from the French of Thomas Simon Gueullette. Oriental Tales, translated from the French of the Comte de Caylus. London, 1817.
(b) The Transmigration of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam, edited by L. D. Smithers, 1894.
(c) The Thousand and one quarters of an hour. (Tartarian Tales) edited by L. C. Smithers, London, 1893. Nichols & Company.
28. (a) Haoui-heu-Chuen. The Fortunate Union, a
300Romance from the Chinese original with notes and illustrations by J. F. Davis. London, 1829.
(b) Hau-Kiou Chooan; or the pleasing History a translation [by J. Wilkinson] from the Chinese ... to which are added; I. The Argument or story of a Chinese Play; II. A Collection of Chinese Proverbs; and III. Fragments of Chinese Poetry, with notes [edited by Thomas Percy], 4 vols., R. and J. Dodsley, London, 1761.
29. D’Herbelot de Molainville, B. Bibliothèque orientale ou Dictionnaire universel, contenant généralement tout ce qui regarde la connaissance des peuples de l’Orient, leurs histoires et traditions véritables ou fabuleuses, leurs religions, sectes et politique, etc., Paris, 1697. [Finished after 1695 by A. Galland.]
30. Hettner, Hermann. Literaturgeschichte des 18ten Jahrhunderts. Braunschweig, 1893.
31. Hitopadesa. Fables and proverbs from the Sanskrit, being the Hitopadesa, translated by Charles Wilkins [in 1787, with a preface on “Pilpay”], with an introduction by Henry Morley, London, 1888.
32. Hole, Richard. Remarks on the Arabian Nights Entertainments, in which the origin of Sinbad’s voyages ... is particularly considered. London, 1797.
33. Hoops, Johannes. Present Problems of English Literary History, in Congress of Arts and Science, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, edited by Howard J. Rogers ... Boston and New York, 1906, Vol. III., p. 415.
30134. Hoppner, J. Oriental Tales translated into English Verse. London, 1805.
35. Hunt, J. H. Leigh. Classic Tales, Serious and lively. With critical essays on the merits and reputations of the authors. London, 1806–1807, 5 vols. [contains selections from Hawkesworth, Johnson, Goldsmith, Marmontel, Voltaire].
36. Inatulla. Persian Tales.
(a) Ināyat Allāh. Tales (the Baar Danesh) tr. from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi [by A. Dow], London, 1768, 2 vols.
(b) Bahar-danush, or Garden of knowledge, an oriental romance, tr. from the Persic by Jonathan Scott. Shrewsbury, 1799, 3 vols. in 2.
37. Johnson, Samuel. Rasselas, edited by G. B. Hill, Oxford, 1887.
38. Jones, Sir William. Works.... London, 1807, 13 vols. Cf. also Chalmers’s English Poets, London, 1810, Vol. XVIII., pp. 453–508.
39. Kalidasa. The Story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontala, tr. from the Mahabharata, a Poem in the Sanskreet Language, By Charles Wilkins, Esq. London, 1795 [originally published in Dalrymple’s Oriental Repertory, London, 1793; another edition, 1808, published by East India Company].
40. Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology, London, 1833, 2 vols.
41. Knolles, Richard. Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that nation, ... London, 1603. Cf. Sir Paul Ricaut ...: The History of the 302Turkish Empire From the Year 1623 to the Year 1677.... London ... 1680.
42. Koerting, Heinrich Karl Otto. Geschichte des französischen Romans im XVIIten Jahrhundert, 2te durch ein Vorwort ... vermehrte Ausgabe, Oppeln, 1891 [2 vols, in 1].
43. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, A. L. A.
(a) Essai sur les fables indiennes et sur leur introduction en Europe, suivi du Roman des sept sages de Rome, en prose publié pour la première fois d’après un manuscrit de la Bibliothèque royale. Paris, 1838.
(b) Les Mille et un Jours ... Traduits ... par Pétis de Lacroix ... nouvelle édition ... Paris, 1843. [Cf. especially Introduction by editor.]
44. Marmontel, J. F.
(a) Memoirs of Jean François Marmontel. With an essay by William D. Howells. In two volumes, Boston ... 1878.
(b) Marmontel’s Moral Tales Selected with a revised translation, biographical introduction, and notes by Geo. Saintsbury.... London, 1895.
45. Martino, Pierre. L’Orient dans la littérature française au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 1906.
46. Menendez y Pelayo, D. M. Origenes de la Novela. Tomo I. Tratado historico sobre la primitiva novela española.... Madrid, 1905, in Nueva Biblioteca de Autores Españoles.
47. Moore, Thomas. The Epicurean, a Tale with ... illustrations by J. M. W. Turner. London, 1839.
30348. Murtadi. Murtadhā ibn al-Khafif. The Egyptian History, treating of the Pyramids, the inundations of the Nile and other prodigies ... written ... in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi ... rendered into French ... by M. Vattier ... and thence ... into English by J. Davies, London, 1672 [contains Charoba].
49. The Novelists Magazine. London, 1780–1781, in 23 vols. [contains many oriental tales].
50. Ouseley, Sir William (1771–1842).
(a) Bakhtyar nameh, or story of Prince Bakhtyar and the ten viziers, a series of Persian tales from a manuscript in the collection of Sir William Ouseley [text in Persian and English], London, 1801.
(b) Bakhtyār nāma; a Persian romance tr. from a manuscript text by Sir W. Ouseley, edited with introduction and notes by W. A. Clouston. [Larkhall, Lanarkshire], 1883.
(c) Oriental collections, consisting of original essays and dissertations, translations, and miscellaneous papers, illustrating the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia. London, 1797–1798, 2 vols.
51. [Percy, Thomas, editor]. Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the Chinese, London, 1762, 2 vols.
52. Pétit de Julleville, L. [editor]. Histoire de la langue et la littérature française des origines à 1900, Paris, 1899.
53. Phelps, W. L. Beginnings of the English Romantic Movement; a study in eighteenth-century literature. Boston, 1893.
30454. Raleigh, Walter. The English Novel.... Fifth edition.... New York, 1904.
55. Redding, Cyrus. Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill.... London, 1859, 2 vols.
56. Richardson, John. Dissertation on languages, literatures ... of Eastern nations, appended to Dictionary of Persian, Arabic and English ... new edition by Chas. Wilkins.... 1806.
57. Rigault, A. H. Histoire de la querelle des anciens et des modernes.... Paris, 1856, 4 vols.
58. Saintsbury, George. Essays on French Novelists.... London, 1891 [especially on A. Hamilton].
59. Sayous, P. A. Histoire de la littérature française à l’étranger depuis le commencement du XVIIe siècle. Paris, 1853 [2 vols.].
60. Schofield, W. H. English Literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer. New York and London, 1906.
61. Scott, Jonathan (1754–1829). Tales, anecdotes and letters translated from the Arabic and Persian. Shrewsbury, 1800.
62. Seele, Wilhelm. Voltaire’s Roman Zadig ou la Destinée. Eine Quellen-Forschung.... Leipzig, Reudnitz, 1891.
63. Seeley, J. R. The Expansion of England. Boston and London, 1901.
64. Stephen, Sir Leslie. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century, Ford Lectures, 1903.... New York and London, 1904. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century.... London, 3051876, 2 vols.; Third edition, New York, 1902, 2 vols. Hours in a Library.... Second Series, London, 1876.
65. Tootinameh (Tūti-Namah or Tales of a parrot).
(a) Tootinameh ... or Tales of a parrot, in the Persian language with an English translation. Calcutta, 1792.
(b) Tales of a Parrot done into English from a Persian manuscript entitled Tooti-Nameh, by [B. Gerrans] a teacher of the Persic, Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldaic, Greek, Latin, Italian, French and English languages. London, 1792.
(c) The Tooti-Nameh ... with an English translation [by F. Gladwin] ... Calcutta [printed], London, 1801.
66. Varnhagen, Hermann.
(a) Ein indisches Märchen auf seiner Wanderung durch die asiatischen und europäischen Litteraturen.... Berlin, 1882.
(b) Longfellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn und ihre Quellen.... Berlin, 1884.
67. Warren, F. M. History of the Novel Previous to the Seventeenth Century. New York, 1895.
68. Weber, Henry William (1783–1818). Tales of the East, comprising the most Popular Romances of Oriental Origin and the best Imitations by European Authors, with new translations and additional tales, never before published [with a useful preface by H. W. W.], Edinburgh, 1812, 3 vols. Vol. I. (I.) Arabian Nights. (II.) New Arabian Nights. Vol. 306II. (III.) The Persian Tales. (IV.) The Persian Tales of Inatulla. (V.) The Oriental Tales by Caylus. (VI.) Nourjahad (by Mrs. Sheridan). Vol. III. (VII.) The Turkish Tales. (VIII.) The Tartarian Tales (by S. Gueullette). (IX.) The Chinese Tales (by S. Gueullette) (X.) The Mogul Tales (by S. Gueullette). (XI.) Tales of the Genii (by “Sir Chas. Morell,” i.e. Ridley). (XII.) History of Abdallah the Son of Hanif.
69. Weston, Stephen.
(a) Fan-hy-cheu, a tale, in Chinese and English, [taken from a collection of Novels entitled the Heart Blue or Heart true History] with notes and a short grammar of the Chinese language. London, 1814.
(b) Persian Recreations; or New tales, with explanatory notes on the original text and curious details of two ambassadors to James I. and George III.... new edition, London, 1812.
70. Whittuck, Charles. The Good Man of the XVIII. Century, a monograph on XVIII. century didactic literature. London, 1901.
71. Warton, Thomas. History of English Poetry ... [contains a dissertation on the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe], new edition, London, 1824, 4 vols.
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