Half-t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; t.i.tle (R. _Printed by c.o.x, Son, and Baylis, Gt. Queen Street, London_.), pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp.
v.-vii.; Text (1052 lines), pp. 1-82; Postscript, pp. 83-85 + "Books published by James Cawthorn," etc., pp. [87], [88]. The Imprint (_Printed by c.o.x, Son, and Baylis, Great Queen Street, Lincoln"s-Inn-Fields_./) is at the foot of p. 85.
_Note_.--On the t.i.tle-page of another copy of this edition there is a period instead of a comma after "James Cawthorn." The word "Satire" on the t.i.tle, and the words "Scotch Reviewers" on the Half-t.i.tle, are in Gothic characters.
VII.
[Fifth Edition.] [8.
[For t.i.tle-page, _vide supra_, Fourth Edition, 1811, No. vi. No special t.i.tle-page for a Fifth Edition was printed.]
_Collation_--
Text, pp. 1-83. [Signature B, p. [1]; C, p. 17; D, p. 33; E, p. 49; F, p. 65; G, p. 81.] There is no Imprint on pp. [1], 83, or on p. [84]. The Text numbers 1070 lines.
_Note_ (1).--The Half-t.i.tle prefixed to the t.i.tle-page of the Fourth Edition of 1811, which precedes the Museum copy of the Fifth Edition, bears the MS. signature, "R.C. Dallas," and a blank leaf the following note: "This is one of the very few copies preserved of the suppressed edition, which would have been the Fifth. No t.i.tle-page was printed--the one prefixed was taken from the preceding edition."
_Note_ (2)--Mr. S. Leicester Warren (Lord de Tabley) records the following MS. notes inscribed in a copy of the Fifth Edition, which had formerly belonged to James Boswell, jun., and was then in the possession of Mr. J.R.P. Kirby, of Bloomsbury Street:--
A. A note on the abortive duel between Jeffrey and Moore is dated November 4, 1811.
B. A note on the fly-leaf in the handwriting of James Boswell, jun.--
"This copy purports on the t.i.tle-page to be the fourth edition, but is in truth the fifth. Having pointed out to Murray, the bookseller, a variation between the copy of the fifth edition and this, he borrowed it from me, that he might show it to Lord Byron to have the circ.u.mstance explained; that his lordship told him he had printed the fifth edition, but, before its publication, having repented of the work altogether, he determined to destroy the whole impression. But the printer, as he observed, must have retained at least this one copy, and, by putting a false t.i.tle-page, had sold it as the fourth edition," etc.--_Notes and Queries_, 1887, Series V. vol. vii. pp. 203, 204.
Mr. Murray"s copy of the Fifth Edition contains, on the fly-leaves at the beginning of the volume, MS. versions of (1) _The Curse of Minerva_, pp. [i.]-[xi.]; (2) The Answer to Fitzgerald"s Epigram, written at the "Alfred," on _English Bards, etc._, p. [xv.]; and on p. xvi. the following MS. t.i.tle-page:--
English Bards/ and Scotch Reviewers; a/ Satire/ By Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ Shakspere./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet "tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon"d critics too./ Pope./ Fifth Edition,/ Unpublished; with considerable additions./ London:/ Printed for James Cawthorne,/ c.o.c.kspur Street./ 1812./
At the end of the volume a MS. version of "Lines on the Removing Lady Jersey"s Portrait from the Gallery of Beauties," is on pp. [85], [86], and a MS. version of "On a Recent Discovery, 1813," on p. [89].
P. xiv. is headed by the following MS. note: "Lord Byron has two copies of this work, R.C. Dallas, Esq., has likewise two copies, and Mr. Leigh Hunt one."
VIII.
_English Bards, etc.; a Satire_. 1st Amer. from 3rd London Ed.
Philadelphia. 1811. [8.
[Cat. of Boston Athenaeum Library, 1874.]
IX.
_English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire_. By Lord Byron.
Charleston: Moxford, Wellington & Co., 1811. [8.
X.
_English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_. Boston. 1814. [12.
_Collation_--
Pp. 72.
XI.
English Bards/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ By Lord Byron./ From the last London Edition./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ Shakspeare./ Such shameless bards we have; and yet "tis true/ There are as mad, abandon"d critics too./ Pope./ New York:/ Published by A.T. Goodrich & Co., 124 Broad-/Way, Corner of Cedar-Street./ _I. Seymour, print._/ 1817;./ [12.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Preface to the Third Edition, pp. iii., iv.; Text, pp. 5-54.
_Note_.--The text numbers 1050 lines, but lacks the Postscript. The misprint "ingenious" for "ingenuous youth," in footnote (p. 7) to line 56, which belongs to the Fourth Edition of 1811, and was corrected by Byron for the Fifth Edition, occurs in this edition.
XII.
English Bards, And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ Ode to the Land of the Gaul.--Sketch/ From Private Life.--Windsor/ Poetics, Etc./ By/ The Right Honorable/ Lord Byron./ Second Edition./ Paris:/ Published by Galignani/ At the French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish/ Library, No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1818./ [12.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf; Second Half-t.i.tle, pp. 1, 2; Preface, pp. 3-5; Text, pp. 7-70; Postscript, pp. 71-73; Ode, etc., pp. 75-84.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1052 lines. This edition follows the Fourth Edition of 1811. The misprint "ingenious" for "ingenuous" is in a footnote, p. 10. A Third Edition, identical with the Second, was issued in 1819.
XIII.
English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ With Notes and Preface,/ By/ Lord Byron./ Brussels,/ Published at the English Repository of Arts, No. 602,/ Rue de L"Imperatrice./ Printed by Demanet, Rue des Bogards./ 1819./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf; Half-t.i.tle with Mottoes, pp. 1, 2; Preface, pp.
[3]-[5]; Text, pp. 7-62; Postscript, pp. 63, 64.
_Note_.--The Front. is "Lord Byron," "_lith. par Toland_." The Text numbers 1052 lines. This edition follows the Fourth Edition of 1811. The misprint "ingenious" is at the foot of p. 10.
XIV.
English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ By/ The Right Honorable/ Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ _Shakspeare_./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet "tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon"d Critics too./ _Pope_./ Geneva:/ Published by P.G. Ledouble,/ No. 24, Rue de la Cite./ 1820./ [12.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle (R. Advt. of Joseph Forsyth"s Remarks on Antiquities, etc., and Imprint, _Printed by Sestie Fils_.); t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Preface, pp. 3-5; Text, pp. 1-66; Postscript, pp. 67, 68.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1052 lines. This edition follows the Fourth Edition of 1811.
XV.
English Bards,/ and/ Scotch Reviewers./ A Satire./ By Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, Mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ _Shakespeare_./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet, "tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon"d Critics too./ _Pope_./ London:/ Benbow, Printer and Publisher, Byron"s Head,/ Castle-Street, Leicester-Square./ 1823,/ [12.