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tity. 1784, 1792 (as General rules for the pronunciation of the
English language).
The British critic: a new review. May 1793–Oct 1826. Vols 1–42 ed
Nares and William Beloe.
A new and general biographical dictionary. 15 vols 1798–1810. In this
3rd edn vols 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 were ed Nares.
Essays and other occasional compositions. 2 vols 1810.
A glossary, or collection of words, phrases, names and allusions to
customs, proverbs etc which have been thought to require illustrations
in the works of English authors, particularly
Shakespeare and his contemporaries. 1822, 1825; rev J. O.
Halliwell and T. Wright 2 vols 1859, 1882, 1905. For an appreciation,
see A book of words, TLS 1 June 1922.
Nares also pbd sermons and theological and miscellaneous works.
Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas 1799–1848
Life of William Davison, secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth. 1823.
The history of the battle of Agincourt. 2 pts 1827, 1832.
History of the orders of knighthood of the British Empire. 4 vols
1841–2.
A history of the Royal Navy. 2 vols 1847.
Memoirs of the life and times of Sir Christopher Hatton. 1847.
Also antiquarian and heraldic works. Nicolas was a frequent contributor to
GM and Archaeologia.
Editions
The literary remains of Lady Jane Grey. 1825.
The poetical rhapsody of Francis Davison. 2 vols 1826.
Private memoirs of Sir Kenelm Digby. 1827.
The retrospective review: second ser. 1827–8. With H. Southern.
The letters of Joseph Ritson. 2 vols 1833. Includes memoir of Ritson
by Nicolas.
The complete angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. 2 vols
1836.
In addition to various antiquarian edns and reprints, Nicolas was responsible
for the Aldine edns of Burns, Chaucer, Collins, Cowper, Surrey and Wyatt,
Thomson and Kirke White.
Thomas Park 1759–1834
Sonnets and other small poems. 1797.
Cupid turned volunteer; in a series of prints designed by the
Princess Elizabeth, with poetical illustrations by Thomas Park.
1804.
Nugae modernae: morning thoughts and midnight musings in
prose and verse. 1818.
Park also contributed to several of the literary and antiquarian works of Sir S.
E. Brydges, G. Ellis, J. Nichols, J. Ritson, G. Steevens et al.
Editions and revisions
The works of the British poets, collated with the best editions. 42
vols 1805–8; suppl 6 vols 1809.
Heliconia: comprising a collection of English poetry of the
Elizabethan age 1575–1604. 3 vols 1815.
Facetiae: musarum deliciae. 1817. With E. Dubois.
Park also re-edited Sir John Harington, Nugae antiquae, 2 vols 1804;
Horace Walpole, A catalogue of royal and noble authors, 5 vols 1806;
The Harleian miscellany, 10 vols 1808–13; Thomas Percy, Reliques of
ancient English poetry, 3 vols 1812; Joseph Ritson, A select collection
of English songs, 3 vols 1813 (2nd edn). The BM possesses a number of his
annotated bks.
John Plant fl. 1863–83
Early English. Proc of the Manchester Literary Club 1873–4.
Plant pbd catalogues of the lib of the Manchester Geological Soc, the Salford
Free Museum and of the paintings in the Salford Royal Museum and Gallery
where he was curator.
Samuel Weller Singer 1783–1858
Researches into the history of playing cards, with illustrations of
the origin of printing and engraving on wood. 1816.
Remarks on the glossary to the antient metrical romance of Havelok
the Dane. In a letter addressed to Francis Douce 1829.
The text of Shakespeare vindicated from the interpolations and corruptions
advocated by J. P. Collier. 1853.
Editions
Shakespeare’s jest book. 3 pts 1814–15.
Diana: or the sonnets of H[enry] C[onstable]. 1818 (facs).
Anecdotes, observations and characters of books and men, by
Joseph Spence. 1820.
The British poets. 100 vols Chiswick 1822. Many of the preliminary
notices by Singer.
The dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 10 vols 1826, 4 edns by
1875.
Singer also issued edns and reprints of the poems of Chalkhill, Chapman,
Fairfax, Griffin, Herrick, Lodge, Lovelace, Marlowe and Marmion, as well as
Bacon’s Essays, Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey, Selden’s Table-talk, and some
French and Italian rarities, etc.
Walter William Skeat 1835–1912
George Perkins Marsh | Walter William Skeat
Editions
The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman. 4 pts 1867–85.
(EETS).
The Bruce, by John Barbour. EETS 4 pts 1870–89.
The Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian and Old Mercian
versions. 4 pts Cambridge 1871–87.
The poetical works of Thomas Chatterton. 1871, 1891.
Ælfric’s Lives of the Saints. 2 pts 1881–1900 (EETS).
Wulfila’s The gospel of Saint Mark. 1882.
Specimens of early English. 3 vols Oxford 1882. With R. Morris.
The Kingis quair. 1884, 1911 (Scottish Text Soc).
Twelve facsimiles of old English manuscripts. 1892.
The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer. 7 vols Oxford 1894–7.
The student’s Chaucer. Oxford 1895.
Skeat also edited many other early English texts, mainly for the Chaucer Soc,
EETS, Scottish Text Soc, and English Dialect Soc, which he founded.
Dictionaries and philological works
A Mœso-Gothic glossary. 1868.
Questions for examination in English literature: with an introduction
on the study of English. Cambridge 1873.
Glossaries of English dialects. 1876.
An etymological dictionary of the English language, arranged on an
historical basis. Oxford 1882, 1884 (corrected), 4 edns by 1910.
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language. Oxford
1882, 1886 (rev), 6 edns by 1936.
Principles of English etymology. First series, The native element.
Oxford 1887, 2nd edn 1892. A second series, The foreign element,
was pbd in 1891.
A concise dictionary of Middle English. 1888. With A. L. Mayhew.
A primer of English etymology. Oxford 1892, 6 edns by 1920.
A student’s pastime. Oxford 1896. Articles from N & Q , including
Skeat’s autobiography.
Notes on English etymology, chiefly reprinted from the transactions
of the Philological Society. Oxford 1901.
A primer of classical and English philology. Oxford 1905.
The science of etymology. Oxford 1912.
English dialects from the 8th century to the present day. Cambridge
1912.
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