Author:Richard Garnett

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Richard Garnett
(1835–1906)

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C.B.; English scholar, librarian, biographer and poet; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum; Editor-in-Chief The Universal Anthology: a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediaeval and modern...

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "R. G."

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "R. G."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "R.G."

Works

Relics of Shelley (1862)
Life of Thomas Carlyle (1887) (external scan)
Life of John Milton (1890) (external scan)
A chaplet from the Greek anthology (1892) (external scan)
"The Love-Story of Luigi Tansillo" in The Yellow Book, 1 (1894), pp. 235–249
William Blake, painter and poet (1895)
The age of Dryden (1895) (external scan)
Dante, Petrarch, Camoens: CXXIV Sonnets (1896) (external scan)
Richmond on the Thames (1896) (external scan)
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1898) (external scan)
(as editor) International Library of Famous Literature (1900)
A history of Italian literature (1904, c1898) (transcription project) (external scan)
Essays in librarianship and bibliography (1899)
Essays of an ex-librarian (1901) (external scan)
"On the "De Missione Legatorum Iaponensium" Macao, 1590" in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, S2-II (6), pp. 172–182
Rome and the Temporal Power, contribution to Volume 1 of The Cambridge Modern History (1902)
English Literature: an Illustrated Record in 4 vols. (1903)
- Volume I. From The Beginnings To The Age Of Henry VII (start transcription) (external scan)
- Volume II. From the age of Henry VIII to the age of Milton, by R. Garnett and Edmund Gosse (start transcription)
- Volume III. From Milton to Johnson, by E. Gosse (transcription project)
- Volume IV. From the age of Johnson to the age of Tennyson, by E. Gosse. (start transcription)
William Shakespeare, pedagogue & poacher; a drama (1905)
De flagello myrteo : thoughts and fancies on love (1905) (external scan)
The philological essays of the late Rev. Richard Garnett (external scan)

Poetry

Primula: A Book of Lyrics (1858)
Poems (1893) (external scan)
"Of One in Russia" in The Yellow Book, 4 (1895), p. 155
"The Sword of Cæsar Borgia" in The Yellow Book, 5 (1895), p. 258
"Justice" in The Yellow Book, 6 (1895), p. 177
"Passion" in The Yellow Book, 7 (1895), p. 149
"Sonnets from the Portuguese" in The Yellow Book, 13 (1897), pp. 51–53
The queen, and other poems (1901) (external scan)

Short stories

The Demon Pope
Madam Lucifer
"The Merchant Knight" translation of Gonsalo Fernandez Trancoso in The Venture, 1903.

Contributions to the DNB

DNB01

Contributions to EB9

"Anthology," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 2) (1878)
"Augustan History," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 3) (1878)
"Bábi," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 3) (1878)
"Byzantine Historians," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 4) (1878)
"Niebuhr, Barthold Georg," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 17) (1884)
"Taylor, Sir Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
"Thirlwall, Connop," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
"Tieck, Ludwig," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
"Trench, Richard Chenevix," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)

Contributions to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

"Anthology," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Apotheosis," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Burton, John Hill," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Cardan, Girolamo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Irving, Washington," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Kraszewski, Joseph Ignatius," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Leopardi, Giacomo, Count," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Lucan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Max Müller, Friedrich," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Newman, Francis William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Newton, Sir Charles Thomas," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Panizzi, Sir Anthony," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Peacock, Thomas Love," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Sarpi, Paolo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Satire," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Swift, Jonathan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Wakefield, Edward Gibbon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Garnett

"Garnett, Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
"Garnett, Richard," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Garnett, Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
"Garnett, Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Obituary: Richard Garnett," in The Times (1906)
"Dr. Garnett's Library," in The Times (1906)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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