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Collection of State Songs, Poems, &c. published since the Rebellion, &c. 12mo. Lond. 1716
Benson's (Joseph) Battle of Flodden Field, &c. an Heroic Poem, in nine fits or parts, collect-
ed from ancient MSS. With David Herd's autograph. 12mo.
ib. 1774
A copy of the first printed edition of this Poem, (Lond. 1664. 12mo.) supposed to be unique, was presented by
Sir W. S. to the Marquis of Stafford. See Bridgewater Catalogue, by J. P. Collier. Lond. 1837. 4to. p. 123.
Lettische Gedichte. 1te u. 2te Sammlung, von Gustav von Bergman, Pastor von Ruien in
Livonia. 2 vols. 12mo. Printed by the Editor. Ruien, 1807.-Palzmareeschu Dseesmu
Krahjums, von. T. D. Wahr von Palzmarien in Livonia. 1 vol. 12mo. (1807.) With MS.
English translations of many of the Poems, by Dr. John Bowring, whose Account of the
Collection (derived from this copy) was given in the Foreign Quarterly Review, vol. viii. p. 61.

SHELF XVI.

Percy's (Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Dromore,) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry; consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, &c. 4th edit. 3 vols. cr. 8vo.. Lond. 1794 See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. pp. 44-48, et passim; PROSE WORKS, vol. xvii. pp. 119-22; LIFE, vol. i. pp. 38-9. Evans's (Thomas) Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected and reprinted from rare copies and MSS. with notes. 4 vols. cr. 8vo. ib. 1784

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 68; Introduction to Kenilworth.

new edit. Revised and considerably enlarged by the Editor's son, R. H. Evans.

4 vols.

cr. 8vo.

ib. 1810

ib. 1813

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See Review of this Collection in PROSE WORKS, vol. xvii. p. 119. Cunningham's (Allan) Songs, chiefly in the rural language of Scotland. 8vo. Blacklock, (Rev. Thomas) Collection of Original Poems by, and other Scotch Gentlemen. 2 vols. 12mo. Edin. 1760

See Introduction to Rob Roy. Note.

Collier's (J. P.) Poetical Decameron: or Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 2 vols. sm. 8vo. Lond. 1820 Hatfield's (Sib. Eliz.) Wanderer of Scandinavia, or Sweden Delivered, in five Cantos, &c. 2 vols. cr. 8vo. Truro, 1826 Mennis (Sir John) and Smith's (Dr. James) Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae: or the Muses Recreation, &c. 1656, and Wit Restor'd, &c. 1658.-Also Wit's Recreations, &c. 1640, &c. To which are now added, Memoirs of Sir John Mennis and Dr. James Smith. face. 2 vols. sm. 8vo.

Herder's (J. G. von) Volkslieder. 2 vols. cr. 8vo.

With Pre

Lond. 1817

Leipz. 1778-9

SHELF XVII.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. iv. p. 65.

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, modernized by several hands, published by Mr. Ogle. (With Life by Urry.) 3 vols. 8vo.

Lond. 1741

Pinkerton's (John) Select Scotish Ballads. 2 vols. cr. 8vo.

See POETICAL WORKS, Vol. i. pp. 72-75.

Lond. 1783

Ancient Scottish Poems, never before in print, but now published from the MS. Collections of Maitland and Bannatyne, &c. 1420-1586. With large notes and glossary, &c. (by Gawin Douglas, Dunbar, and others.) 2 vols. cr. 8vo.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i.-iv. passim; PROSE WORKS, vol. vii. p. 85.

Edin. 1786

The Bruce, or History of King Robert I. by John Barbour. First genuine edition, from a MS. of 1489. With notes and glossary. 3 vols. cr. 8vo. ib. 1790

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See POETICAL WORKS, vol. x. p. 350; LIFE, vol. ii. p. 47.

Scotish Poems, reprinted from scarce editions, (by Gawin Douglas, Sir D. Lindsay, &c. 3 vols. cr. 8vo. ib. 1792 Lindesay's (Sir David) Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estatis, in commendation of virtue, and vituperation of vice, a play.

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ib. 1802

Edited by J. Sibbald. 8vo. See PROSE WORKS, Vol. vi. p. 272. Dalyell's (Sir John G.) Scotish Poems of the 16th Century. (With historical and biographical sketches, and a glossary.) 2 vols. 12mo.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 80, et passim ; Note to The Abbot, &c.

ib. 1801

Sibbald's (J.) Chronicle of Scottish Poetry, from the 13th Century to the Union of the Crowns. With Glossary. 4 vols. 8vo.

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ib. 1802 See Review of this by Sir W. S. in Edinburgh Review, 1803; POETICAL WORKS, vol. vii. p. 251. Higgins, (John) and Buckhurst, (Lord) Mirour for Magistrates, wherein may bee seene, by examples passed in this realme, with how greevous plagues Vices are punished in great Princes and Magistrates, and how fraile and unstable worldly prosperity is found, where Fortune seemeth most highly to favour. Newly imprinted, &c. with the addition of divers Tragedies, enlarged. Lond. Henry Marsh, 1587.-Blenerhasset, (Thomas) The Second Part of the Mirrour for Magistrates, &c. ib. R. Webster, 1578. B. L. 4to.

See POETICAL WORKS, Vol. vi. note 2 R.

The Vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde tyme imprinted by Roberte Crowlye, &c.

B. L. 4to.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. iv. p. 147.

Lond. 1550

Richardson's (G. F.) Poetic Hours; consisting of Poems, original and translated, &c. sm. 8vo. Lond. 1825

Thomson's (W.),Orpheus Caledonius; or Collection of Scots Songs set to Musick. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1733

SHELF XVIII.

Stanley's (Sir William) Garland; containing his Twenty-one years' Travels through most parts of the world, &c. 8vo.

repr. Leeds, 1814

Jolly Huntsman's Garland. (Written about 1670-80.) Reprinted by Sir Cuthbert Sharp. With MS letter from the editor.

1670-8

8vo.

1823

Bee's (Jacob) Diary, 1682-1706. With wood-cuts.-Chronicon Mirabile, &c. (Extracts from the Parochial Registers of Durham, &c.) With poetical Prologue. "Cudberte Sharpe, his Boke."

8vo.

Ritson's (Joseph) Select Collection of English Songs. 3 vols. cr. 8vo.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 75-6.

Lond. 1783

Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the text and notes of the last Edition of Shakspeare. (With the cancelled leaves.) 8vo.

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See POETICAL WORKS, vol. vii. p. 285.

Ancient Songs, from Henry III. to the Revolution.

cr. 8vo.

. ib. 1783

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. ii. p. 357; vol. iii. p. 181; vol. vii. p. 269.
Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, from authentic MSS. and old printed Copies.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. pp. 75-9; PROSE WORKS, Vol. vi. pp. 143, 155, &c.
English Anthology. 3 vols. er. 8vo.

Scotish Songs.

2 vols. 12mo.

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ib. 1792

cr. 8vo. ib. 1791

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ib. 1793

(With the Airs, an Historical Essay on Scotish Song, and Notes.) ib. 1794

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See POETICAL WORKS, vol. iii. p. 318; vol. x. pp. 240, 304-7. Robin Hood: a Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads now extant, relative to that celebrated outlaw, &c. (With Notes and Glossary.) 2 vols. cr. 8vo. ib. 1795

See POETICAL WORKS, Vol. viii. pp. 341, 244.

Minot's (Laurence) Poems on Interesting Events in the Reign of King Edward III. Written in 1352. With Preface, Dissertations, Notes, and Glossary. cr. 8vo. ib. 1795 Ancient Engleish Metrical Romancës. 3 vols. cr. 8vo.

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See Review of this in PROSE WORKS, vol. xvii. pp. 17-30; LIFE, vol. vi. p. 259. Bibliographia Poetica: a Catalogue of Engleish Poets of the 12th, 13th, and 16th Centurys, with a short account of their works. cr. 8vo. Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food as a Moral Duty. 8vo. Practical Points, or Maxims in Conveyancing, &c. 8vo. Northern Garlands, 4 parts.-Select Scotish Poems, part 1. containing Susan by Huchown of the Awle Ryale, and Peblis to the Play. cr. 8vo. ib. 1810

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Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. Published by his nephew Joseph Frank. 8vo. ib. 1811

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Ritson's (Jos.) Select Collection of English Songs, &c. 2d edit. 2d edit. With additional Songs and occasional Notes by Thomas Park. 3 vols. cr. 8vo. ib. 1813

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 76.

Aikin's (John, and Anna Laetitia) Miscellanous Pieces in Prose. Lond. 1773.-Poems by Anna Laetitia Aikin, (afterwards Mrs. Barbauld,) 1772. ib. 1772-3

8vo.

Aikin's (Dr. John) Vocal Poetry, a Select Collection of English Songs.-Prefixed, an Essay on Song-Writing, entirely re-written by the Author. cr. 8vo. Lond. 1810 Essays on Song-Writing, (reprinted from the Edition of 1774,) with a Collection of English Songs, &c. New edition, with additions, corrections, and Supplement, by R. H. Evans. cr. 8vo. ib. 1810

See Review of these two Editions in PROSE WORKS, vol. xvii. pp. 133-136.

Scott's (Alexander) Poems. From a MS. written in 1568. (With Introductory Notice and Notes by David Laing.) 8vo.

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Edin. 1821 Watson's (James) Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, both ancient and modern. In 3 parts cr. 8vo. ib. 1706-9-11 See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 41; vol. ii. p. 326. Choice Collection of Scots Poems, ancient and modern, &c. 12mo. Finlay's (John) Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, chiefly ancient; with Explanatory Notes and Glossary, &c. 2 vols. cr. 8vo.

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ib. 1766

ib. 1808

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. pp. 82-3; vol. viii. p. 242. Wallace, or the Vale of Ellerslie, and other Poems. 2d edit. cr. 8vo. Glasg. 1804 Bell's (John, jun.) Rhymes of Northern Bards; being a Curious Collection of old and new Songs and Poems, peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. 8vo. Newcastle, J. Bell, 1812

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new edit. ib. 1815

Vocal Miscellany; a Collection of above 400 celebrated Songs, &c. With the names of the
Tunes prefixed to each. 3d edit. 2 vols. 12mo.
Lond. 1738
Stanley's (Thomas) Anacreon, Bion, and Moschus, with other Translations, 1651.
With Preface, &c. by Sir E. Brydges. cr. 8vo.
Chapman's (George) Hymns of Homer, the Batrachomyomachia, and two original Poetical
Hymns. With Preface by S. W. Singer. 12mo.
Chiswick, 1818

The Gaberlunzieman, an old Scotch Ballad. With Explanatory Notes. 12mo. Götting. 1775
Symson's (Rev. Andrew) Tripatriarchicon, or, the Lives of the three Patriarchs, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, &c. digested into English Verse. (With the Author's Elegies on Arch-
bishop Sharp, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. bound up at the end.) With MS. note by Sir
W. S. 8vo.
Edin. printed by the Author, 1705

See Introduction to Bride of Lammermoor.
Bobbin's (Tim) Miscellaneous Works, containing his
of the Flying Dragon, &c. and Amusements, prose

View of the Lancashire Dialect: Poem
and verse.
12mo.

Manchester, printed for the Author, 1775
Ray's (John) Collection of English Proverbs, digested into a convenient Method, &c. Where-
unto are added, Local Proverbs, &c. &c. and Scottish Proverbs. 2d edit. 12mo. Camb. 1678
Mackintosh's (Donald) Collection of Gaelic Proverbs, and Familiar Phrases, with an English
Translation, &c. 12mo.
Edin. 1785

Montgomery's (Alex.) Poems, with Biographical Notices by Dr. David Irving. 8vo. ib. 1821
Pilgrim of the Hebrides, a Lay of the North Countrie. By the Author of Three Days at
Killarney. sm. 8vo.
Lond. 1830

SHELF XX.

With cha

Sangs of the Lowlands of Scotland, carefully compared with the original editions. racteristic Designs by the late David Allan. 4to. Edin. A. Foulis, 1798 Motherwell, (William) Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern. With an Historical Introduction and Notes. 4to.

See POETICAL WORKS, vol. i. p. 5-8. & 88.

Glasg. 1827

Maidment, (James) Three Books of Scottish Pasquils. With Prefatory Notices to each. Edin. 1827-8

sm. 4to.

See Introduction to Bride of Lammermoor.

Templaria. Papers relating to the History &c. of the Scotish Knights Templar, and Knights of St. John.. (3 parts.) 8m. 4to.

ib. 1828

Abstract of the Charters and other Papers recorded in the Chartulary of Torphichen, 1581-1596. sm. 4to.

ib. 1830

Gillies's (R. P.) Oswald, a Metrical Tale, in 4 Cantos. 4to.

ib. 1817

ib. 1817

(With MS. Letter

Glasg. 1823

Fragment suggested by a bright gleam of Sunshine, Nov. 17, 1817, two days before the Funeral of the Princess Charlotte of Wales; and Poetical Fragments. 4to. Atkinson's (Thomas) Sextuple Alliance, and the Dying Wish, Poems. from the Author.) 4to. Colvill's (Rev. Rob.) Occasional Poems. 2d edit. (Containing the Caledonian Heroine, the Albion Princess, the Field of Flowdon, the Feast of Holyrood, the Cyrnean Hero, the Fate of Julia; all published separately.) 4to. Philanthes, a Monody. Inscribed to Miss D-y H-y, &c. 4to. Edmar and Elwinna, or the Waer Warlock, an old Ballad, &c. Lockhart's (J. G.) Ancient Spanish Ballads, Historical and Romantic. Translated by

4to.

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4to.

Lond. 1771

1752

Edin. 1793

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Wilson's (Charles) Tales translated from the Irish. Huband's (W.) Notices on the Art of Etching on Copper. With an Introductory Discourse on Judgment in the Fine Arts. With Etchings and MS. Letter from the Author. 4to. privately printed. Dublin, 1823 Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana; or a Select Collection of Curious Tracts illustrative of the Literature, Manners, and Biography of the English Nation. 4to. Lond. Triphook, 1816-21. containing reprints of the following pieces:

1. Particulars of Life of David Riccio, with portrait.

2. Quarrel between Arthur Hall and Melchisedeck Mallorie, &c. (Duplicate. See Tracts, p. 139.)

3. Account of the Christmas Prince, as exhibited, &c. at Oxford in 1607.

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8. Brathwaite's (Robert) Rules and Orders for the Government of the House of an Earle, with portrait.

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