A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow

A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow

The object of the present Bibliography is to give a concise account, accompanied by accurate collations, of the original editions of the Books and Pamphlets of George Borrow, together with a list of his many contributions to Magazines and other Publications. It will doubtless be observed that no inconsiderable portion of the Bibliography deals with the attractive series of Pamphlets containing Ballads, Poems, and other works by Borrow which were printed for Private Circulation during the course of last year. Some account of the origin of these pamphlets, and some information regarding the material of which they are composed, may not be considered as inopportune or inappropriate.J. and C. Adlard, Printers, / Bartholomew Close." Vols. IV and VI bear, at the foot of pages 600 and 576 respectively, the following imprint: "D. Sidney & Co., Printers / Northumberland-street, Strand." Vol. V bears, at the foot of p. 684, the following imprint: "Whiting and Branston, / Beaufort House, Strand." Both Dr. Knapp and Mr. Clement Shorter have recorded full particulars of the genesis of the Celebrated Trials. Mr. Shorter devotes a considerable portion of Chapter xi of George Borrow and his Circle to the subject, and furnishes an analysis of the contents of each of the six volumes. Celebrated Trials is, of course, the Newgate Lives and Trials of Lavengro, in which book Borrow contrived to make a considerable amount of entertaining narrative out of his early struggles and failures. There is a Copy of the First Edition of Celebrated Tria

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