IX.
Hours of Idleness,/ A Series/ Of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By a n.o.ble Author./ Virginibus puerisque Canto./ Horace./ He whistled as he went for want of thought./ Dryden./ London:/ Benbow, Printer and Publisher, Castle Street,/ Leicester Square. 1822./ [12.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, pp. i., ii.; Preface, pp. iii.-viii. + Cont. + Text, pp. 9-183.
_Note_.--A reissue of _Hours of Idleness_, Newark, 1807.
X.
Hours of Idleness:/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By George Gordon, Lord Byron./ A Minor./ Paris:/ Published by A. and W.
Galignani,/ At the French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish Library, No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1822./ [12.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle (R. _Printed by A. Belin_), one leaf; t.i.tle, one leaf; Cont.; Text (including Second Half-t.i.tle and Dedication), pp. 1-152 + _Critique_, etc., pp. [153]-168.
_Note_.--A reissue of the Newark edition of 1808, but a distinct edition from those published by Galignani in 1819, 1820.
XI.
Hours of Idleness,/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By Lord Byron./ Virginibus puerisque canto.--Horace./ He whistled as he went, for want of thought.--Dryden./ A New Edition./ Glasgow.--Printed by J. Starke./ 1825./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf; Preface, pp. i.-iii. (R. Cont.); Text, pp. 1-84.
_Note_.--This edition, a reissue of _Hours of Idleness_, Newark, 1807, was bound in a paper wrapper with ornamental border, uniform with "_English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_--price sixpence."
XII.
Fugitive Pieces/ and/ Reminiscences/ of/ Lord Byron:/ Containing an entire new Edition of/ The Hebrew Melodies,/ With the Addition of/ Several never before Published;/ The whole ill.u.s.trated with/ Critical, Historical, Theatrical, Political, and Theological/ Remarks, Notes, Anecdotes, Interesting Conversations,/ And Observations, made by that Ill.u.s.trious Poet;/ Together with his Lordship"s Autograph;/ also some/ Original Poetry, Letters and Recollections/ of/ Lady Caroline Lamb./ By I. Nathan,/ Author of an Essay on the History and Theory of Music,/ The Hebrew Melodies, etc., etc./ "Pascitur in vivis Livor, post Fata quiescit:"/ "Tune (_sic_) suus, ex merito, quemque tuetur Honos." Ovid./ London:/ Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co./ Ave Maria Lane./ 1829./ [8.
_Collation_--
Pp. x.x.xvi. + 196. The Imprint (_Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane, Eastcheap_.) is at the foot of p. 191.
_Note_.--The Fugitive Pieces include the two selections from _Parisina_ included in _Hebrew Melodies_ No. i., and three "original pieces of Lord Byron, which have never before appeared in print;" viz. "I speak not--I trace not," etc., "In the valley of waters," and "They say that hope is happiness."
_Poems_.
Poems./ By Lord Byron./ Second Edition/ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street;/ By W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St.
James"s,/ 1816./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; t.i.tle, one leaf, iii., iv.; Advt., pp. v., vi.; Cont., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 9-39 + Notes, p. [40].
The Imprint (_London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co./ Cleveland-row, St.
James"s./_) is at the foot of p. [40].
_Contents_--
To ---- ("When all around," etc.) p. 9 Bright be the place p. 13 When we two parted p. 14 Stanzas for Music ("There"s not a joy," etc.) p. 16 Stanzas for Music ("There be none," etc.) p. 19 Fare Thee Well p. 21 Ode (We do not curse," etc.) p. 25 From the French p. 31 On the Star, etc. p. 34 Napoleon"s Farewell p. 37 To Samuel Rogers, Esq. p. 39 Notes p. 40
_Note_.--The motto from Coleridge"s _Christabel_ ("Alas! they had been friends in youth") (14 lines) is on p. 20.
_Poems on His Domestic Circ.u.mstances_.
I.
Poems/ on His/ Domestic/ Circ.u.mstances./ I. Fare Thee Well!/ II. A Sketch From Private Life./ By Lord Byron./ With the/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ And other Poems./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street./ 1816./ Price One Shilling./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-31 + Note ("The first two Poems were last produced.--The other/ five follow in the order wherein they were written."/ April, 1816.), p. [32]. The Imprint (_Hay and Turner, Printers, Newcastle Street, Strand_.) is at the foot of p. [40].
_Contents_--
Fare Thee Well p. 5 A Sketch, etc. p. 9 Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.) p. 15 Fare Well to France p. 20 Madame Lavalette p. 22 Waterloo p. 24 On the Star, etc. p. 29
_Note_.--The Half-t.i.tle is missing in the Museum copy. The Note prefixed to "Waterloo" in the _Morning Chronicle_ (March 15, 1816) is reprinted, together with the heading, "Said to be done into English Verse by R.
S****, P.L. P.R. Master of the Royal Spanish Inqn.--etc., etc., etc."
II.
Poems/ on His/ Domestic Circ.u.mstances,/ etc./ With The/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ And Four Other Poems./ Second Edition./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ And Sold by J.M. Richardson, No.
23, Cornhill;/ J. Blacklock, Royal Exchange; G. Hebert, 36,/ Poultry; Simpkin and Marshall,/ Stationers"/ Court; W. Reynolds, 137, Oxford Street; and by/ All other Booksellers./ 1816./ [8.
_Collation_--
Gen. Half-t.i.tle (New/ Poems,/ By/ Lord Byron./) (R. _Hay & Turner, Printers, Newcastle-Street, Strand_.), pp. 1, 2; t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-31. The Note and Imprint, as above, are on p. [32].
III.
Poems,/ etc./ By Lord Byron./ With the/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ etc., etc./ Sixth Edition./ Containing Eight Poems./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc., etc. 1816./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle (Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-31. The Note (altered to "The other Six follow," etc.) and the Imprint, as above, are on p. [32].
_Note_.--The additional poem is the _Adieu to Malta_ on pp. 12-14. The lines _Fare Thee Well_, which are printed in the First and Second Editions in stanzas, are in the Sixth Edition printed continuously.
IV.
Poems,/ etc./ By Lord Byron./ With His/ Memoirs and Portrait./ Eighth Edition./ Containing/ Nine Poems./ Fare Thee Well!/ A Sketch From Private Life./ On the Star of "The Legion of Honour."/ Adieu to Malta./ The/ Curse of Minerva./ Waterloo./ And Three Others./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc./ 1816./ [8.