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certifies that this copy of "Bibliographical Notes on
One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature"
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French hand-made paper, and three on vellum, during
the year nineteen hundred and three.
  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE (2) SIR THOMAS MALORY (1430?-1470?) WILLIAM LANGLAND (1330?-1400?) RAPHAEL HOLINSHED or HOLLINGSHEAD (d. 1580?) WILLIAM BALDWIN (fl. 1547), THOMAS SACKVILLE, FIRST EARL OF DORSET (1536-1608), AND OTHERS HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY (1517?-1547), AND OTHERS THOMAS NORTON (1532-1584) AND THOMAS SACKVILLE, FIRST EARL OF DORSET (1536-1608) FRANCIS BACON, BARON VERULAM (1561-1626) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593) FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) AND JOHN FLETCHER (1579-1625) EDWARD HYDE FIRST EARL OF CLARENDON (1609-1674) JOSEPH BUTLER BISHOP OF DURHAM (1692-1752) THOMAS PERCY BISHOP OF DROMORE (1729-1811) SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE (1723-1780) TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (1721-1771) RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN (1751-1816) WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834) GEORGE GORDON BYRON, SIXTH BARON (1788-1824) SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822) JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851) WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (1775 1864) RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT (1796-1859) HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861) JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891) WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863) THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, FIRST BARON MACAULAY (1800-1859) ALFRED TENNYSON, FIRST BARON TENNYSON (1809-1892) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896) JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY (1814-1877) GEORGE ELIOT MARY ANN or MARIAN CROSS (1819-1880) CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882) JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, CARDINAL (1801-1890) JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892) INDEX TO AUTHORS AND TITLES (2) This is a collection bibliographical notes on old books. In the older books there are many instances of the long 's', printed as ſ, and used mostly in the middle of words. A final 's' was printed as 's', as it is now. A final double-'s' was usually printed as 'ſs'. An exception is on Page 41: 'Odyſſ'. "Finis duodecim libri Hom. Odyſſ. Opus nouem dierum," Occasionally, 'ſſ' in the middle of a word, was printed as 'ſs'. The letter 'w' was often printed as 'vv', and 'W' as 'VV'. 'J/j' was often printed as 'I/i', and 'I/i' as 'J/j'. Thus 'The Rich Jew of Malta' would be 'The Rich Ievv of Malta'; also: 'Paradiſe loſt' (Paradise lost), 'The Pilgrims Progreſs' (The Pilgrims Progress), 'Odyſses' (Odysses), etc. 'v' was often printed as 'u', and 'u' as 'v' thus, "God ſaue the Queene" for "God save the Queen". Also: "vntill this preſent tyme" for "until this present time". In the earlier books, people wrote what they heard. All spelling variants, if they make sense, and are not obvious printing errors, have been retained. Spelling rules did not exist until the later part of the 19th century. Some words and names (e.g. Church-yard/Churchyard) are hyphenated on some pages, unhyphenated on others. All have been retained. Punctuation is not necessarily consistent, is not always present, and sometimes occurs where we would not expect it (e.g. 'the price of .ii. Shyllynges the piece'; '.xiii Articles'; 'and before the yere ,M,iiiiC, and .ix', etc.). A colon (:) was sometimes used instead of a full stop. Apostrophes were sometimes conspicuous by their absence (e.g. 'Le Morte Darthur' for 'Le Morte D'Arthur'), and opened brackets were not always closed. There are some instances of quotations enclosed in double quotes nested inside quotations similarly enclosed in double quotes, leading to the occasional paragraph ending in ."" This would appear to have been the printing style of the time, and has been retained. The Author has included a list of corrections on Page 221, at the end of the book and before the Index. The rest of the Transcriber's Note is at the end of the book. |