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Half-title, pp. 1, 2; Title (R. Barry & Son, Printers.), pp. 3, 4; Text (Fare Thee Well), pp. 5-7; (A Sketch, etc.), pp. 8The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 12.

12.

The Text is identical with that of the pamphlet.

VIII.

Fare Thee Well!/ And/ Other Poems./ By Lord Byron./ Edinburgh:/ Printed for John Robertson,/ 132, High Street./ 1816./

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Title, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-32. The Imprint (Walker and Greig, Printers) is at the foot of p. 32.

Note.-An editorial note (p. 24) states that the Ode "Oh, shame to thee" was first published in the Morning Chronicle, July 31, 1815, under the signature" Brutus." "It has been ascribed by many to the Author of the Pleasures of Hope." A second note (p. 30) apologizes for the inclusion of "Madame Lavalette " [first published in the Examiner, January 21, 1816], which "has appeared in some other Editions of these Poems."

The Giaour.

I.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance - one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes-/"To which Life nothing brighter nor darker can bring," For which joy hath no balm and affliction no sting." Moore./ London :/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./

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[89

Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication, "To Samuel Rogers, Esq.;" Text, pp. 1-41. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Whitefriars, London./) is in the centre of p. [42]. Note.-The First Edition of the Giaour (June 5, 1813) numbers 685 lines.

II.

The Giaour,/A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ ""One fatal remembrance-one sorrow that

throws/ Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes- "O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can fling,/ "For which joy hath no balm-and affliction no sting." Moore./ A New Edition, with some Additions./ London / Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8:

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Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication as above; Advt., "The tale," etc.; Text, pp. 1-47. The Imprint, as above (No. i.), is in the centre of p. [48].

Note.-The Second Edition of the Giaour, published at the end of June or the beginning of July, numbers 816 lines. Note the misprints in third line of the motto, "O'er which " for "To which," and "fling " for "bring." The first edition of the Song, A Selection of the Irish Melodies, 1807, i. 45, and other editions read "bring."

III.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the Second Edition]/ Moore./ Third Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London :/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./

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[8:

Half-title (R. Advt. of “Madame de Stael's Long Suppressed Work" [De L'Allemagne]); Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt., pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-53+ Advt. of "Books Lately Published by John Murray," pp. [54]-[56]. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London./) is at the foot of p. [56].

Note.-The Text numbers 950 lines. The numbers 5, 10, etc., are printed on the margin. The First and Second Editions are not numbered.

IV.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance-one sorrow that throws/ It's bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes-/ O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can fling,/ For which joy hath no balm-and affliction no sting."/ Moore./ From the Third London Edition./ Boston / Printed by John Eliot,/ No. 5, Court Street./ 1813.

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Pp. 72.

Note.-The Giaour was also published at Philadelphia in 1813, 53 pp. 24°

66

V.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in Second Edition]./ Moore./ Fifth Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London :/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, For John Murray, AlbemarleStreet./ 1813./ [8?

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Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66. Note.-The Text numbers 1215 lines. The concluding note, "The circumstance," etc., is enlarged (p. 66) by nine lines: "I do not know"-" Hall of Eblis." The Dedication is wanting in the copy of the Fifth Edition in the British Museum.

VI.

The Giaour,/etc./ Sixth Edition,/ etc./ 1813./

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Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66. Note.-The Text numbers 1215 lines. The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy.

VII.

The Giaour,/A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the First Edition, "bring" for "fling," etc.]/ Moore./ Seventh Edition, With some Additions./ London :/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, For John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1813./

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[8o

Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-75. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London./) is in the centre of p. [76].

Note.-The Text numbers 1334 lines. The Notes are printed at the end (pp. 65–75) of the volume.

VIII.

The Giaour,/ etc./ The Ninth Edition,/ etc./ 1814./ [89

Collation

Vide supra, No. vi.

Note. The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy.

IX.

The Giaour,/ etc./ The Tenth Edition,/ etc./ 1814./ [8

Collation

Vide supra, No. vi.

Note-Four pages of "Interesting Works Published in February, 1814, By John Murray, Bookseller of the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude," etc., are bound up with the Tenth Edition.

X.

The Giaour,/ etc./ The Eleventh Edition,/ etc./ 1814./

Collation

Vide supra, No. vi.

1814/50

Note. The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy.

The Giaour, etc./

XI.

The Twelfth Edition./ London :/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street :/ By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars./" 1814/

Collation

Vide supra, No. vi.

XII.

[8:

The Giaour,/ etc./ The Fourteenth Edition./ London :/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1815./ [8 Collation

Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Whitefriars, London.); Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-75. The Imprint, as above, is in the centre of p. [76].

Note.-Four pages of Advts., dated "Albemarle - Street, London, January, 1818," are bound up with the Fourteenth

Edition.

XIII.

The Giaour;/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ [Motto, four lines.] Moore./ London :/ Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,/ 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane./ 1825./ [120 Collation

Pp. 51. The Imprint (W. Dugdale, Printer, 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane) is at the foot of p. [52].

XIV.

The Giaour:/A/ Fragment of a Turkish Tale./ By/ Lord Byron./ London: John Murray, Albemarle Street./ Sold

also by Tilt and Bogue, Fleet Street:/ Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd: Dublin, John Cumming./ 1842./

Collation

Pp. 67. The Imprint (London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square./) is in the centre of p. [68].

XV.

The Giaour:/ A Fragment of a Turkish Tale,/ By Lord Byron./ [Motto, four lines.] Moore./ [1844.]

Collation

Pp. 40. The Imprint (H. G. Clarke and Co., 66, Old Bailey) is at the foot of p. 40.

Note.-Part of "Clarke's Home Library.”

Translations of The Giaour.

French.

Le Giaour, fragments d'un cante turc, poème traduit de l'anglais de lord Byron, par J. M. H. Bigeon, Paris, Ponthieu, Ledoyen, 1828.

[18:

[Quérard, 1846.]

German.

I.

Der Gauer, Bruchstück einer türkischen Erzählung, nach der 7. englischen Ausgabe im Deutschen metrisch bearbeitet. Berlin, F. Dümmler. 1819.

[120

[Centralblatt, etc., 1890, vol. vii. p. 456.]

II.

Der Gjaur. In deutsche Verse übersetzt v. Arthur v. Nordstern. Mit d. engl. Text zur Seite. Leipzig, Göschen. 1820.

[80 [Kayser, 1834.]

III.

Der Gjaur. Bruchstück e. türk.

Frei übers. v. Adf. Seubert. Leipzig. 1871-76. [16:

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Erzählg. v. Lord Byron.

[Kayser, 1877.]