2 831 The Chaucer Society. ah Editor in Chief:-Dr. F. J. FURNIVALL St George's Square, Primrose Hill, N.W. Hon. Sec.-W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N. THE CHAUCER SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS. To do honour to CHAUCER, and to let the lovers and students of him see how far the best unprinted Manuscripts of his works differd from the printed texts, this Society was founded in 1868. There were then, and are still, many questions of metre, pronunciation, orthography, and etymology yet to be settled, for which more prints of Manuscripts were and are wanted; and it is hardly too much to say that every line of Chaucer contains points that need reconsideration. The founder (Dr Furnivall) began with The Canterbury Tales, and has given of them (in parallel columns in Royal 4to) six of the best theretofore unprinted Manuscripts known. Inasmuch as the parallel arrangement necessitated the alteration of the places of certain tales in some of the MSS, a print of each MS has been issued separately, following the order of its original. The first six MSS printed have been: the Ellesmere (by leave of the Earl of Ellesmere); the Hengwrt (by leave of W. W. E. Wynne, Esq.); the Camb. Univ. Libr., MS Gg. 4. 27; the Corpus, Oxford; the Petworth (by leave of Lord Leconfield); and the Lansdowne 851 (Brit. Mus.). The Harleian 7334 has followd. Specimens of all accessible MSS of the Tales are now in course of issue, edited by Prof. Zupitza, Ph.D. Of Chaucer's Minor Poems,-the MSS of which are generally later than the best MSS of the Canterbury Tales, all the available MSS have been printed, so as to secure all the existing evidence for the true text. The Troilus Parallel-Text from the 3 best MSS has been issued, (the Campsall MS also separately,) and a 4th MS text of it with the englist Boccaccio Comparison. To secure the fidelity and uniform treatment of the texts, Dr F. J. Furnivall has read and will read all-save some of the Specimens with their MSS. Autotypes of most of the best Chaucer MSS have been publisht. Dr. E. Flügel is editing the Society's Chaucer Concordance, to be completed in 1900 A.D., the Quincentenary of the Poet's death, when the Chaucer Society will wind up. The Society's publications are issued in two Series, of which the first contains the different texts of Chaucer's works; and the Second, such originals of and essays on these as can be procured, with other illustrative treatises, and Supplementary Tales. Messrs Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Charing Cross Road, London, W.C., are the Society's publishers, Messrs R. Clay & Sons, Ld, London and Bungay, its printers, and the Alliance Bank, Bartholomew Lane, London, E.C., its bankers. The yearly subscription, which constitutes Membership, is 2 guineas, due on every 1st January, beginning with Jan. 1, 1868. More Members are wanted. All the Society's Publications can still be had. Those of the first year and some others have been reprinted. Prof. Child, of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the Society's Honorary Secretary for America. Members' names and subscriptions may be sent to the Publishers, or to the, Honorary Secretary, W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N. FIRST SERIES. The Society's issue for 1868, in the First Series, is, I. The Prologue and Knight's Tale, of the Canterbury Tales, in 6 parallel Texts (from the 6 MSS named below), together with Tables, showing the Groups of the Tales, and their varying order in 38 MSS of the Tales, and in 5 old printed editions, and also Specimens from several MSS of the "Moveable Prologues" of the Canterbury Tales, The Shipman's Prologue, and Franklin's Prologue,-when moved from their right places, and of the Substitutes for them. (The Six-Text, Part I.) II-VII. II. The Prologue and Knight's Tale from the Ellesmere MS, Part I; III. Hengwrt MS, 154, Pt I; IV. Cambridge MS Gg. 4. 27, Pt I; V. Corpus MS, Oxford, Pt I; VI. Petworth MS, Pt I; VII. Lansdowne MS, 851, Pt I. (separate issues of the Texts forming Part I of the Six-Text edition.) The issue for 1869, in the First Series, is, VIII-XIII. VIII. The Miller's, Reeve's, and Cook's Tales: Ellesmere MS, Part II; IX. Hengwrt MS, Pt II; X. Cambridge MS, Pt II; XI. Corpus MS, (separate issues of the Texts forming the Six-Text, Part II, No. XIV.) Chaucer Society's Publications: First Series. The issue for 1870, in the First Series, is, 3 XIV. The Miller's, Reeve's, and Cook's Tales, with an Appendix of the Spurious Tale of Gamelyn, in 6 parallel Texts. (Six-Text, Part II.) The issue for 1871, in the First Series, is, XV. The Man of Law's, Shipman's, and Prioress's Tales, with Chaucer's own Tale of Sir Thopas, in 6 parallel Texts from the MSS above named, and 10 coloured drawings of Tellers of Tales, after the originals in the Ellesmere MS. (Six-Text, Part III.) XVI. The Man of Law's Tale, from the Ellesmere MS. Part III. Cambridge MS. Part III. "Corpus MS. Part III. XIX. The Shipman's, Prioress's, and Man of Law's Tales, from the Petworth MS. Part III. XX. The Man of Law's Tale, from the Lansdowne MS. Part III. (each with woodcuts of fourteen drawings of Tellers of Tales in the Ellesmere MS.) XXI. A Parallel-Text edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I:-1. 'The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse,' from Thynne's ed. of 1532, the Fairfax MS 16, and Tanner MS 346; 2. the Compleynt to Pite,' 3. the Parlament of Foules,' and 4. the Compleynt of Mars,' each from six MSS. XXII. Supplementary Parallel-Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I, containing 1. The Parlament of Foules,' from three MSS. [Reprinted in LIX, First Series.] XXIII. Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I, containing 1. two MS fragments of 'The Parlament of Foules; ' 2. the two differing versions of 'The Prologue to the Legende of Good Women,' arranged so as to show their differences; 3. an Appendix of Poems attributed to Chaucer, I. 'The Balade of Pitee by Chauciers;' II. 'The Cronycle made by Chaucer,' both from MSS written by Shirley, Chaucer's contemporary. XXIV. A One-Text Print of Chaucer's Minor Poems, being the best Text from the Parallel-Text Edition, Part I, containing, I. The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse, II. The Compleynt to Pite, III. The Parlament of Foules, IV. The Compleynt of Mars, V. The ABC, with its original from De DeGuileville's Pèlerinage de la Vie humaine (edited from the best Paris MSS by M. Paul Meyer). The issue for 1872, in the First Series, is, XXV. Chaucer's Tale of Melibe, the Monk's, Nun's-Priest's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Wife of Bath's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, in 6 parallel Texts from the MSS above named, with the remaining 13 coloured drawings of Tellers of Tales, after the originals in the Ellesmere MS, and with Specimens of the Variations of 30 MSS in the Doctor-Pardoner Link. (Six-Text, Part IV.) XXVI. The Wife's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, from the Ellesmere MS, with 9 woodcuts of Tale-Tellers. (Part IV.) XXVII. The Wife's, Friar's, Summoner's, Monk's, and Nun's-Priest's Tales, from the Hengwrt MS, with 23 woodcuts of the Tellers of the Tales. (Part III) XXVIII. The Wife's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, from the Cambridge MS, with 9 woodcuts of Tale-Tellers. (Part IV.) XXIX. A Treatise on the Astrolabe, addressed to his son Lowys, in 1391 A.D., by Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by the Rev. Prof. Walter W. Skeat, M.A. The issue for 1873, in the First Series, is, XXX. The Six-Text Canterbury Tales, Part V, containing the Clerk's and Merchant's Tales. The issue for 1874, in the First Series, is, XXXI. The Six-Text, Part VI, containing the Squire's and Franklin's Tales. XXXII. The Clerk's, Merchant's, Squire's, Franklin's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Shipman's, Prioress's Tales, Sir Thopas, Melibeus, Monk's, Nun's-Priest's, Second Nun's Tales, Ellesmere MS, Part V. XXXIII. The Clerk's, Merchant's, Squire's, Franklin's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Shirman's, Prioress's Tales, Sir Thopas, Melibeus, Monk's, Nun's-Priest's, Second Nun's Tales, Cambridge MS, Part V. XXXIV. Squire's, Wife of Bath's, Friar's, Summoner's, Clerk's, Merchant's, Franklin's Tales, Corpus MS, Part IV. XXXV. Squire's, Merchant's, Wife of Bath's, Friar's, Summoner's, Clerk's, Franklin's, Second Nun's Tales, Petworth MS, Part IV. XXXVI. Squire's, Wife of Bath's, Friar's, Summoner's, Clerk's, Merchant's, Franklin's Tales, Lansdowne MS, Part IV. The issue for 1875, in the First Series, is, XXXVII. The Six-Text, Part VII, the Second Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, and Manciple's Tales, with the Blank-Parson Link. |