The text and
arrangement
of the poems show that this
is a reprint of Bell's edition.
is a reprint of Bell's edition.
John Donne
N.
B.
_) he was a barrister at the Inner Temple, and
a friend of Selden. He took an active part in politics later,
and in 1668 was created Sir John Vaughan and appointed Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. ]
[Footnote 10: I am inclined to believe that Henry King, the
poet, and later Bishop of Chichester, assisted the printer.
The 1633 edition bears more evidence of competent editing
by one who knew and understood Donne's poems than any later
edition. See p. 255. ]
[Footnote 11: Professor Norton (Grolier Club edition, i,
p. xxxviii) states that the _Epistle Dedicatory_ and the
_Epigram_ by Jonson are omitted in this edition. This is an
error, perhaps due to the two pages having been torn out of
or omitted in the copy he consulted. They are in the Christ
Church, Oxford, copy which I have used. ]
[Footnote 12: In 1779 Donne's poems were included in Bell's
_Poets of Great Britain_. The poems were grouped in an
eccentric fashion and the text is a reprint of _1719_. In
1793 Donne's poems were reissued in a _Complete Edition of the
Poets of Great Britain_, published by Arthur Arch, London, and
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, under the editorship of Robert
Anderson.
The text and arrangement of the poems show that this
is a reprint of Bell's edition. The same is true of the text,
so far as I have checked it, in Chalmers's _English Poets_,
vol. v, 1810. But in the arrangement of the poems the editor
has recurred to the edition of 1669, and has reprinted some
poems from that source. Southey printed selections from
Donne's poems in his _Select Works of the British Poets from
Chaucer to Jonson_ (1831). The text is that of _1669_. In
1839 Dean Alford included some of Donne's poems in his very
incomplete edition of the _Works of Donne_. He printed these
from a copy of the 1633 edition.
There were two American editions of the poems before the
Grolier Club edition. Donne's poems were included in _The
Works of the British Poets with Lives of their Authors_, by
Ezekiel Sanford, Philadelphia, 1819. The text is based on the
edition of 1719. A complete and separate edition was published
at Boston in 1850. This has an eclectic text, but the editor
has relied principally on the editions after _1633_. Variants
are sparingly and somewhat inaccurately recorded.
In 1802 F. G.
a friend of Selden. He took an active part in politics later,
and in 1668 was created Sir John Vaughan and appointed Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. ]
[Footnote 10: I am inclined to believe that Henry King, the
poet, and later Bishop of Chichester, assisted the printer.
The 1633 edition bears more evidence of competent editing
by one who knew and understood Donne's poems than any later
edition. See p. 255. ]
[Footnote 11: Professor Norton (Grolier Club edition, i,
p. xxxviii) states that the _Epistle Dedicatory_ and the
_Epigram_ by Jonson are omitted in this edition. This is an
error, perhaps due to the two pages having been torn out of
or omitted in the copy he consulted. They are in the Christ
Church, Oxford, copy which I have used. ]
[Footnote 12: In 1779 Donne's poems were included in Bell's
_Poets of Great Britain_. The poems were grouped in an
eccentric fashion and the text is a reprint of _1719_. In
1793 Donne's poems were reissued in a _Complete Edition of the
Poets of Great Britain_, published by Arthur Arch, London, and
Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, under the editorship of Robert
Anderson.
The text and arrangement of the poems show that this
is a reprint of Bell's edition. The same is true of the text,
so far as I have checked it, in Chalmers's _English Poets_,
vol. v, 1810. But in the arrangement of the poems the editor
has recurred to the edition of 1669, and has reprinted some
poems from that source. Southey printed selections from
Donne's poems in his _Select Works of the British Poets from
Chaucer to Jonson_ (1831). The text is that of _1669_. In
1839 Dean Alford included some of Donne's poems in his very
incomplete edition of the _Works of Donne_. He printed these
from a copy of the 1633 edition.
There were two American editions of the poems before the
Grolier Club edition. Donne's poems were included in _The
Works of the British Poets with Lives of their Authors_, by
Ezekiel Sanford, Philadelphia, 1819. The text is based on the
edition of 1719. A complete and separate edition was published
at Boston in 1850. This has an eclectic text, but the editor
has relied principally on the editions after _1633_. Variants
are sparingly and somewhat inaccurately recorded.
In 1802 F. G.
