:€\)t€\)mtix S<strong>of</strong>ictu.Editor in Chief :—'R.i:\\ Pr<strong>of</strong>essor "W. "W. Skeat, Litt.D., 2, SalisburyVillas, Cambridge.Eon. Sec.—W. A. Dalzikl. Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N.To do honour to Chai'ckr, and to let the lovers and students <strong>of</strong> bini see bow far tbebest unprinted Manuscripts <strong>of</strong> lus works dill'erd from tbe printed texts, tbis Societywas founded in 1SG8. Tbere were tben, and are still, many questions <strong>of</strong> metre, pronunciation,ortbograpby, and etymology yet to be settled, for whicb more prints <strong>of</strong>Manuscripts were and are wanted; and it is hardly too much to say that every line<strong>of</strong> Chaucer contains points that need reconsideration. Tbe founder (I)r Furnivall)began with 'T/te Canterhury Tales, and lias given <strong>of</strong> them (in parallel columns inRoyal -Ito) six <strong>of</strong> the best theret<strong>of</strong>ore unprinted Manuscripts known. Inasmuch asthe parallel arrangement necessitated the alteration <strong>of</strong> the places <strong>of</strong> certain tales insome <strong>of</strong> tbe MSS, a print <strong>of</strong> each MS has been issued separately, following the order<strong>of</strong> its (original, Tbe lirst six MSS ])rintcd have been : tbe Ellesmere (by leave <strong>of</strong> tbeEarl <strong>of</strong> Ellesmere) ; tbe Hongwrt (by leave <strong>of</strong> W. W. ¥j. Wynne, Esq.) ; the Camb.Univ. Libr., MS Gg. 4. 27; the Corpus, Oxford; the Petworth (by leave <strong>of</strong> LordLeconfield) ;and the Lansdowne 8ol (Brit. Mus.). The Harleian 7334 has foUowd,and the Cambridge Dd., completed by Egerton 2726 (tbe Haistwell MS.) Specimens<strong>of</strong> all accessible J\[SS <strong>of</strong> ilie 7a/
Chancer Societifs P^ublications : First Series.XX. The Man <strong>of</strong> Law's Tale, from the Lansdowue MS. Part III.(eacli with woodcufs <strong>of</strong> fourteen drawings <strong>of</strong> Tellers <strong>of</strong> Tales in theEllesniere MS.)XXI. A Parallel-Text edition <strong>of</strong> Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I :— 1. 'The Dethe<strong>of</strong> Blaunche the l)uchesse,' from Thynne's ed. <strong>of</strong> 1532, the Fairfax ^IS 16,and Tanner iSIS 346; 2. ' t]ie Compleynt to Tite,' 3. 'the l\nio)»e>if <strong>of</strong>FoHlesS and 4- ''the Compleynt <strong>of</strong> Mars,' each from six MSS.XXII. Supplementary Parallel-Texts <strong>of</strong> Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part I, containing1. 'The Parlament <strong>of</strong> Foules,' from three MSS. [Reprinted in LIX,First Series.]XXIII. OddTexts<strong>of</strong> Chaucer's Minor Poems, Parti, containiiii;- 1. two MS fragments<strong>of</strong> The Parlament ' '<strong>of</strong> Foules ; 2. the two ditlering versions <strong>of</strong> The Pnjlogue'to the Legende <strong>of</strong> Good "Women,' arranged so as to show their ditterences3. an Appendix <strong>of</strong> Poems attributed to- Chaucer, i. 'The Balade <strong>of</strong> Piteeby Chauciers ; ' ii. 'The Cronycle made by Chaucer,' both from MSS writtenby Shirley, Chaucer's contemporary.XXIV. A One-Text Print <strong>of</strong> Chaucer's Minor Poems, being the best Text from theParallel-Text Edition, Part I, containing, I. The Dethe <strong>of</strong> Blaunche theDuchesse, II. The Comploynt to Pite, III. The Parlament <strong>of</strong> Foules, IV.The Compleynt <strong>of</strong> Mars, V. The ABC, with its original from De DeGuileville'sTelerinncje de In Vie humahie (edited from the best Paris MSS by !M.Paul Meyer).The issue for 1872, in the First Series, is,XXV. Chaucer's Tale <strong>of</strong> Melibe. the Monk's, Nun's-Priest's, Doctor's, Pardoner's.Wife <strong>of</strong> Bath's, Friar's, and Summonev's Tales, in 6 parallel Texts from theMSS above named, with the remaining 13 coloured drawings <strong>of</strong> Tellers <strong>of</strong>Tales, after the originals in the Ellesniere MS, and with Specimens <strong>of</strong> theVariations <strong>of</strong> 30 MSS in the Doctor-Pardoner Link. (Six-Text, Part IV.)XXVI. The Wife's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, from the Ellesniere MS, with9 woodcuts <strong>of</strong> Tale-Tellers. (Part IV.)X X. VII. The Wife's, Friar's, Summoner's, Monk's, and Nun's-Priest's Tales, fromthe Hengwrt MS, with 23 woodcuts <strong>of</strong> the Tellers <strong>of</strong> the Tales. (Part III.)XXVIII. The Wife's, Friar's, and Summoner's Tales, from the Cambridge MS,with. 9 woodcuts <strong>of</strong> Tale-Tellers. (Part IV.)XXIX. A Ti-eatise on the Astrolabe, addressed to his son Lowys, in 1391 a.d., byGeotiVey Chaucer, edited by the Rev. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Walter AV. 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'sTales.Tlie issue for 1874, in the First Series, is,The Six-Text, Part VI, containing the Squire's and Franklin's TalesXXXI.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, Ellesniere MS, ParfV.XXXIII. 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'sSecond Nun's Tales, Cambridge MS, Part V.XXXIV. Squire's, Wife <strong>of</strong> Bath's, Friar's, Summoner's, Clerk's, Merchant's,Franklin's Tales, Corpus MS, Part IV.XXXV. Squire's, Merchant's, Wife <strong>of</strong> Bath's, Friar's, Summoner's, Clerk's, Franklin's,Second Nun's Tales, Petworth MS, Part IV.XXXVI. Squire's, Wife <strong>of</strong> 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, andManciple's Tales, with the Blank-Parson LinkXXXVIII. Second Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, Manciple's Tales, Ellesniere MS,Part VIXXXIX. Manciple's, Man <strong>of</strong> Law's, Squire's, Merchant's, Franklin's, SecondNun's, Clerk's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Shipman's, Prioress's Tales, SirThopas, Melibeus Tales, Hengwrt MS, Part IV.XL. Second Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, Manciple's Tales, Cambridge MS, Part VI.XLI. Second Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Shipman's, Prioress'sTales, Sir Thopas, Melibeus, Monk's, Nun's-Priest's, Manciple's Tales,Corpus MS, Part V.XLI I. Second \Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, Doctor's, Pardoner's Tales, Sir Thopas,Melibeus, Monk's, Nun'.s-Priest's, Manciple's Tales, Petworth MS. Part V.XLIII. Second Nun's, Canon's-Yeoman's, Doctor's, Pardoner's, Shipman's, Prioress'sTales, Sir Thopas, Melibeus, Monk's, Nun'.s-Priest's, Manciple's Tales,Lansdowne MS, Part V.
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