Mill, The, on the Floss. 2 vols. (1859.)

This was originally written as "Sister Maggie," and amusing revelations have been made as to the choice of a Title, Mr. Lewes preferring to have it called "The House of Tulliver; or, Life on the Floss." The Authoress wavered in favour of "The Tullivers; or, Life on the Floss," and finally Blackwood gave the casting vote for its present name, notwithstanding "that the Mill is not on the "Floss, being on its small tributary, and that the Title is of rather laborious utter"ance." Messrs. Harper paid £300 for the right to print it in America, and Tauchnitz 100 to print it in Germany.

· This was first published in the "Cornhill Magazine," and the Authoress received £7000 for it. The strain of writing this novel affected George Eliot very much, and she said that "the writing 'Romola' ploughed into her more than any "of her other books."

Scenes of Clerical Life. 2 vols.

... These Scenes consist of three Stories :

Sad Fortunes, The, of the Reverend Amos Barton (1856)
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story (1857) ·

Janet's Repentance (1857)

Amos Barton was George Eliot's first essay in Fiction. It was sent to Messrs. Blackwood by Mr. Lewes, with every encomium of praise. It was accepted by the firm, who sent the anonymous writer fifty guineas by way of payment for the publication of it in the " Maga." The first part appeared in the number for January, 1856.

Silas Marner. (1861.)

·.· This is bound up with "The Lifted Veil" and "Brother Jacob." Spanish Gypsy, The. I vol. (1868.)

This Poem was written in 1864-65, the subject being suggested to the Authoress by a picture of the Annunciation in the Scuola di San Rocco at Venice, said to be by Titian. It was rewritten and amplified, after a visit to Spain, in 1867. The Authoress has left a long Memorandum among her papers showing how one thought led on to another till the motif of the poem was clear. It was severely criticised in the reviews. The use of irregular measures such as twelve syllables in blank-verse lines is justified on a very womanly theory: "I think I never men"tioned to you that the occasional use of irregular verses and especially verses "of twelve syllables has been a principle with me."

Theophrastus Such, Impressions of. (1879.)

Eliot, John.-Strength out of WEAKNESS. See Society for Promoting the Gospel (S. P. G.).

Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869).—ELGIN, THE, AND PHIGALEIAN [564] Marbles of the Classical Ages, in the British Museum.

London: M. A. Nattali. 1846. 2 vols. 18mo. Half morocco, top edges gilt. Index, Vol. II. pp. 236–266.

. The extremely valuable Collection known as the "Elgin Marbles" was gathered together by the Earl of Elgin between the years 1800 and 1816, when they were acquired by the English Nation at a cost of £35,000, a sum probably not representing one-half the mere outlay incurred by the Earl and those who had associated themselves with him in obtaining the casts and afterwards (when they found the ill-usage the marbles were receiving from the Natives) the Marbles themselves.

Lord Elgin was the 7th Earl of that title (1766-1841), and formed the resolution to obtain these marbles while acting (1799-1802) as Envoy Extraordinary at the Porte. At the end of Vol. II. after the Index are given Lists of the 386 Elgin and 41 Phigaleian Marbles, showing where each is specifically described in this Work.

The Phigaleian marbles are a series in alto-relievo representing the Combat of the Centaurs and Lapitha and that of the Greeks or rather the Athenians and Amazons. They were discovered in 1812, in the ruins of a temple situated at a short distance from Paulizza, believed to have been the ancient town of Phigaleia in Arcadia, and were purchased by the English Nation in 1814 for £15,000, increased by exchange, etc. to £19,000. The work has numerous illustrations.

Ellis, Sir Henry.-ORIGINAL LETTERS illustrative of English His[565] tory; including numerous royal letters: from autographs in the British Museum, and one or two other Collections. With Notes and Illustrations. First Series. Second Edition. London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard. 1825. 3 vols. 8vo. Panelled calf, edges gilt. Binding by Bickers and Son.

... A Series of 411 letters compiled chiefly from Manuscripts in the British Museum (of which Sir Henry Ellis was Sub-Librarian from 1805 and Chief-Librarian from 1827 to 1856) and the State Paper Office. The letters are preceded by valuable notes indicating their historical bearings, and this as well as the two subsequent Series of "Original Letters" has proved of great service to historical writers. Each volume has an illustration, viz: Vol. I. Henry VIII. and his Jester, Will Somers, by J. Thomson, from the King's own Psalter. Vol. II. Facsimile of the Carte blanche sent to the Parliament by Charles II. (when Prince) to save his Father's Life. Vol. III. (at end) Burghley's "plan" for the arrangement of seats, etc., on the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The period covered by the letters ranges from about 1418 in the reign of Henry V. to a letter written by the Chevalier de St. George to his Consort, the Princess Clementina, in 1726.

Ellis, Sir Henry.-ORIGINAL LETTERS. Second Series. 1827. [566] 4 vols.

... A Series of 538 letters with fuller Notes than in the first Series, and ranging from the reign of King Henry IV. (circa 1400) to the 18th century. The letters of the reign

of Henry IV. were (when published) with one exception new to History, and related to Owen Glyndowr's Rebellion. The series ends with a letter from Edmund Burke dated February 12, 1795.

The Illustrations in this Series are: Vol. I. Facsimile of the Coronation Oath of Henry VIII. with the interlineations and alterations made by himself: Vol. II. Calais in 1546: Vol. III. Queen Elizabeth in 1585, by T. A. Dean, after Nicholas Hilliard : and Vol. IV. A Short-hand cypher of Charles I. with the Key and his signature and seal.

It is to be regretted that Series I. and II. are without Indexes.

Ellis, Sir Henry.-ORIGINAL LETTERS. Third Series. 1846. 4 [567] vols. Index, 2 col. Vol. IV. pp. 399–414.

.. This Series of 560 letters opens with specimens of Early Correspondence in England prior to the time when the English language was used for that purpose, comprising the period from William the Conqueror to Henry V.

The Illustrations in these Volumes consist of Portraits of Edward IV., Richard III., Henry VIII., æt. 53, and Charles I. and the Duke of Gloucester.

Each of the 11 volumes, composing the three series, opens with a detailed list of its own letters.

Ellis, Sir Henry.-POPULAR ANTIQUITIES of Great Britain. See Brand, John.

Ellis, Sir Henry.-TOWNLEY GALLERY, THE, of Classic Sculpture, [568] in the British Museum. London: M. A. Nattali. 1836 and 1846. 2 vols. 18mo. Half morocco, top edges gilt. Index, Vol. II. pp. 319-379.

Vol. I. is "The Library of Entertaining Knowledge" Edition, published by Charles Knight & Co.

Charles Townley (1737-1805) resided many years at Rome, where he made a large collection of statuary, medals, and other remains of ancient art, now in the British Museum. They were purchased by the English Government in two lots for £20,000 and £8200, and an additional edifice was built for their accommodation, and the Collection was opened to the public in 1808.

The Townley Mansion was marked for destruction in the disgraceful anti-Catholic Lord George Gordon riots of 1780, but Mr. Townley temporarily removed the greater portion of his treasures to a safer place.

The work is embellished with numerous illustrations, and after the Index are given references to the Pages in which Accounts will be found of the respective marbles, according to the numbers in the Museum Catalogue.

Elwes, Alfred.-PINTO'S HOW I crossed Africa. See Pinto, Major. Emanuel, Harry.-DIAMONDS and Precious Stones: their History, [569] Value, and distinguishing characteristics. With simple.

tests for their identification. Second Edition: with a new

table of the present value of diamonds. London: John Camden Hotten. 1867. 12mo. Half morocco, top edges gilt. Index, 2 col. pp. 261-266.

·.· This little Book is full of information, and, after the Prefatory matter (pp. iii.– xvii.) and Contents (pp. xix.-xxii.), has 219 pages of Text, followed by Tables (a) of the distinguishing characteristics of gems; (b) Names of Stones, in English, French, German, and Italian; (c) Precious Stones arranged according to their colours: followed by (pp. 233-260) a " Bibliography of Precious Stones, or, a List of the Principal Works "that have appeared relating to diamonds, and other gems, comprising nearly every “known treatise upon the subject." The work is embellished with many engravings incorporated with, and five Plates separate from, the Text.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882).—CORRESPONDENCE with Carlyle. See Norton, Charles Eliot.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.-HUNDRED GREATEST MEN (General Introduction). See Wood, Dr. Wallace.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.-PARNASSUS. Edited by Ralph Waldo [570] Emerson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1875. 8vo. Half russia, top edges gilt. Index of Authors, pp. xxv.-xlii. Index of first lines, pp. 525–534.

.. George Willis Cooke, in his Life, Writings, and Philosophy of Emerson, has noticed this book very fully. He says: It has no worthless selections, almost everything it contains bearing the stamp of genius and worth. Yet Emerson's personality is seen in its many intellectual and serious poems and in the small number of its purely religious selections. With two or three exceptions, he copies none of those devotional poems which have attracted devout souls. His poetical sympathies are shown in the fact that one-third of the selections are from the seventeenth century. Shakespeare is more largely drawn on than any other, no less than 88 selections being made from him. The names of George Herbert, Herrick, Ben Jonson, and Milton frequently appear. Wordsworth appears 43 times and stands next to Shakespeare; while Burns, Byron, Scott, Tennyson, and Chaucer make up the list of favourites. Many little known pieces are included and some whose merit is other than poetical. . . . It is not popular in character, omitting many public favourites, and introducing very much which can never be acceptable to the general reader.

The Preface is full of interest for its comments on many of the poems and poets appearing in these selections.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.-THREE SPEECHES (Carlyle, Burns, and Scott). See Massachusetts Historical Society.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.-WORKS: Selection of the Works of [571] Emerson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, and Fields, Osgood & Co. 1869-72. 8 vols. 12mo. Half calf, marbled edges.

... The Works included in this Selection are:

Conduct, The, of Life. (See Vol. VI. of Complete Works.)

English Traits. (See Vol. V. of Complete Works.)

Essays First Series (with Portrait). (See the twelve Essays forming Vol. II. of Complete Works.)

Essays: Second Series. (See the eight Essays and "Lecture at Amory Hall," forming Vol. III. of Complete Works.)

May-Day, and other Pieces. (See Part II. of Vol. IX. of Complete Works.)

This was Emerson's last Volume of Poems. It was published in 1867. Some of his "Poems" and "other Pieces" were omitted in later Editions by himself, but the majority have been restored in the "Complete Works." Miscellanies; embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures. (See Vol. I. of Complete Works.)

.. These were originally published in a collected form in 1849. That on "Nature" created much attention when previously published, anonymously, in 1836.

Poems (with Portrait). (See Part I. of Vol. IX. of Complete Works.)
Representative Men: Seven Lectures. (See Vol. IV. of Complete Works.)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.-WORKS (with Portraits). Riverside [572] Edition of Emerson's Complete Works. Edited by J. E. Cabot. Cambridge: Riverside Press. 1883. II vols. 8vo. Half morocco, top edges gilt.

... This is No. 270 of a New and Revised Edition, limited to 500 copies, brought out by Mr. Cabot, Emerson's literary Executor, in consultation with the children of the deceased Poet and Essayist. There are two Portraits of Emerson in Volumes I and 9 respectively.

The first eight Volumes are as Mr. Emerson left them; some of the later Volumes contain lectures hitherto unprinted.

The Contents of the Volumes (briefly) are :—

Vol.

I. Nature: Addresses: and Lectures.

... There are, besides "Nature," four Addresses and five Lectures.

II. Twelve Essays. (First Series.)

.. These were first published in 1841.

III. Eight Essays. (Second Series.) And a Lecture.

... These were first published in 1844.