LITERATURE. 



No. 74. SOMMER, H. OSKAR. The Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances. 

 Edited from MSS. in the British Museum. Quarto. In seven vol- 

 umes. Price per volume, $5.00. 



Vol. I: Lestoire del Saint Graal, 296 pages. 

 Vol. II: Lestoire de Merlin, 466 pages. 



Vol. Ill: Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac. Part I, 430 pages. 

 Vol. IV: Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac. Part II, 399 pages. 

 Vol. V: Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac. Part III, 474 pages. 



Vol. VI : Les Adventures ou La Queste del Saint Graal. La Mort le Roy Artus. 

 Vol. VII: Le Livre d'Artus. MS. No. 337, Bibliotheque Nationale. 370 pages. 

 Index of Names and Places to above volumes, 85 pages. 



This publication will be of especial importance to the student of mediaeval liter- 

 ature, particularly to all interested in the study of the mass of fiction centering 

 around the immortal King Arthur of Great Britain. It represents the first attempt 

 to produce a complete printed text of the whole of the Vulgate Cycle comprising 

 the early history of the Holy Grail; the prose-rendering of Robert de Borron's 

 Merlin and the Book of Arthur; the huge compilation of adventures known as the 

 Book of Syr Lancelot of the Lake; the Quest of the Holy Grail; and the Death 

 of Arthur. 



The text is a faithful reproduction of one of the six manuscripts known con- 

 taining the entire Vulgate Cycle, viz., the Add. MS. 1029210294 of the British 

 Museum. It has been collated, supplemented, and corrected by help of other manu- 

 scripts representing only certain sections of the cycle in the same library and in some 

 special cases by the help of manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale, of Paris. 

 The lines are numbered and reference numbers to other manuscripts and printed 

 editions are added throughout. Ample side-notes in English are supplied. 



In his Introduction Dr. Sommer briefly outlines the results of his studies on the 

 genesis of the Vulgate Cycle. His views differ in many essential points from those 

 hitherto accepted as probable or correct. 



No. 89. HODELL, CHARLES W. The Old Yellow Book: Source of Browning's "The 

 Ring and the Book." Octavo, ccLxii-j-345 pages, 4 plates. Published 

 1908. Price $7.00. (Out of print.) 



A complete photo-reproduction of "The Old Yellow Book," the source of Brown- 

 ing's "The Ring and the Book," with translation, essay, and notes by Prof. Charles 

 W. Hodell, of the Woman's College of Baltimore, Maryland. The volume is a 

 large octavo, the reproduction occupying 262 pages, and the preface, translation, 

 essay, notes, and index 345 pages additional. The work is printed on paper of very 

 high quality, and contains portraits of Browning and of Guido Franceschini, the 

 coat of arms of the Franceschini family, and a facsimile of the death record of 

 Pompilia. 



No. 89. Reprint of above, with a few additional notes. Published 1916. Price 

 $3.50; in half leather $5.00. 



The first edition having been exhausted, and the plates being available for a 

 reprint, the second edition has been printed and is now ready for sale ; it is thus 

 possible to offer these books at half the price first asked, although the standard 

 of the first edition has been maintained. Dr. Hodell has added a few notes in 

 the second edition; otherwise the two editions are alike. 



No. 171. LANCASTER, H. C. Pierre Du Ryer, Dramatist.. Octavo, v+182 pages, 



1 plate. Published 1912. Price $1.25. 



Pierre Du Ryer wrote at the time when the drama of modern France was first 

 gaining national significance. The group of authors to which he belonged estab- 

 lished the French classic drama as a distinct literary form, composed many tragi- 

 comedies, both classic and romantic, originated for their country the comedy of 

 manners, and did much to develop the technique of dramatic composition and repre- 



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