The poetical works of Matthew Arnold/Bibliography

by Matthew Arnold

BIBLIOGRAPHY

OF

MATTHEW ARNOLD'S POETRY.

 

 

1840.

Alaric at Rome. | A prize poem, | recited in Rugby School, | June xii, MDCCCXL. | [Arms of the School.] | Rugby: Combe & Crossley. | MDCCCXL. 8vo. 11 pp.

1843.

Cromwell. | A prize poem, | recited in the Theatre, Oxford, | June 28, 1843. | By | Matthew Arnold, | Balliol College. | [Arms of Oxford.] | Oxford: | Printed and published by J. Vincent. | MDCCCXLIII. 12mo. 15 pp.

1846.

Oxford Prize Poems. The edition of Oxford Prize Poems, dated 1846, includes Cromwell (pp. 393-404). It is not stated anywhere in the volume that the poem is by Matthew Arnold.

Oxford Prize Poems. | Being | a Collection | of such | English Poems | as have | at various times obtained Prizes | in the | University of Oxford. | [Arms of Oxford.] | Printed for J. H. Parker, J. Vincent, | and H. Slatter. | MDCCCXLVI. Crown 8vo. iv + 427 pp.

1849.

The | Strayed Reveller, | and | Other Poems. | By A. | London: | B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street. | 1849. Small 8vo. viii + 128 pp.

1852.

Empedocles on Etna, | and | Other Poems. | By A. | London: | B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street. | 1852. Small 8vo. viii + 236 pp.

1853.

Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | A New Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLIII. Foolscap 8vo. xxxvi + 248 pp. [Afterwards known as First Series.]

1854.

Poems. | Second Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLIV. [Preface: v-viii pp. Preface to Ed. I., ix-xxxv.] Five poems omitted: Thekla's Answer, Richmond Hill, Power of Youth, A Modern Sappho, and Sonnet written in Emerson's Essays; one poem, A Farewell, added; also greater part of Note to Sohrab and Rustum, pp. 51-59.

1855.

Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | Second Series. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLV. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 210 pp.

1857.

Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | Third Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. | 1857. [One new poem added, To Marguerite; the poem thus named in two previous editions under Switzerland being charged to Isolation.]

1858.

Merope. | A Tragedy. | By | Matthew Arnold. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. | MDCCCLVIII. Foolscap 8vo. lii + 138 pp. [Preface dated London: December, 1857.]

1863.

Cromwell. | Second Edition. | Oxford: | T. & G. Shrimpton, Broad Street. | MDCCCLXIII. Crown 8vo. 15 pp.

1867.

Saint Brandan. | By | Matthew Arnold. | London: | E. W. & A. Skipwith. | 1867. Foolscap 8vo. 11 pp. [Appeared first in Fraser's Magazine, July, 1860.]

New Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXVII. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 244 pp.

1868.

New Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Second Edition. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXVIII. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 246 pp. [The last poem, Obermann Once More, has additional stanzas and notes.]

1869.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The First Volume | Narrative and Elegiac Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXIX. [All rights reserved.] 1869.

1869.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The Second Volume | Dramatic and Lyric Poems. | (Etc., as above.) Crown 8vo. Vol. I., viii + 276 pp.; Vol. II., viii + 267 pp. ["First Collected Edition."]

1877.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The First Volume | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | New and Complete Edition. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXXVII.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The Second Volume | Lyric, Dramatic, and Elegiac Poems. | (Etc., as above.) Crown 8vo. Vol. I., viii + 272 pp.; Vol. II., viii + 312 pp.

1878.

Selected Poems | of | Matthew Arnold. | [Illustration.] | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1878. Small 8vo. viii + 235 pp. [Golden Treasury Series.] Also large paper, crown 8vo, 250 copies. The selection made by the author.

1881.

Geist's Grave | by [ Matthew Arnold. | London: | Printed only for a few Friends. | 1881. Small 8vo. 11 pp. [Appeared first in the Fortnightly Review, January, 1881.]

Poems. New Edition.

This edition of the Poems agrees in the main, both in contents and in appearance, with its immediate predecessor, dated 1877. The following alterations, however, have to be noted: The date on the title page reads 'MDCCCLXXXI'; the pagination of Vol. I. is viii, 278; of Vol. II., viii, 320; A Tomb among the Mountains is omitted; The Church of Brou and A Dream are reprinted from earlier volumes; three new poems added: New Rome, The Lord's Messengers, Geist's Grave.

1883.

The | Matthew Arnold Birthday Book. | Arranged by his Daughter | Eleanor Arnold. | With a Portrait. | London: | Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, | 1883. Small 4to. [Cabinet photograph of Matthew Arnold seated with his dog in his arms, reproduced by Woodbury type process and subscribed in facsimile Matthew Arnold, 1883.]

1885.

Poems. Library Edition. Three volumes.

Vol. I.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885.

Vol. II.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Lyric and Elegiac Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885.

Vol. III.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Dramatic and Later Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885.

Crown 8vo. Vol. I., x + 272 pp.; Vol. II., x + 256 pp.; Vol. III., viii + 209 pp.

1888.

Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | [Vol. II., "Lyric and Elegiac |Poems"; Vol. III., "Dramatic and Later Poems."] | London | Macmillan and Co. | and New York. | 1888.

1890.

Poetical Works | of | Matthew Arnold. | London | Macmillan and Co. | and New York. | 1890. [All rights |reserved.] Crown 8vo. xiv + 510 pp. Portrait of author from photograph by Sarony, New York.

1891.

Cromwell. | Third Edition. | Oxford: | A. Thomas Shrimpton & Son, Broad Street. | 1891.

Contributions to Periodical Publications, etc.

Memorial Verses. Fraser's Magazine, June, 1850, Vol. XLI., No. 246, p. 630. Signed "A." Dated April 27, 1850. |Reprinted in Empedocles on Etna: 1852.

Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse. Fraser's Magazine, April, 1855, Vol. LI., No. 304, pp. 437-440. Reprinted |in New Poems: 1867.

Haworth Churchyard. Fraser's Magazine, May, 1855, Vol. LI., No. 305, pp. 527-530. Signed "A." Dated April, |1855. Reprinted in Poems: 1877.

Saint Brandan. Fraser's Magazine, July, 1860. Vol. LXII., No. 367, pp. 133, 134. Reprinted in New Poems: |1867.

Men of Genius. The Cornhill Magazine, July, 1860, Vol. II., No. 7, p. 33. Reprinted in Poems: 1855, under the title of "The Lord's Messengers."

A Southern Night. The Victoria Regia (a volume of original contributions in poetry and prose, edited by Adelaide A. Procter), 1861, pp. 177-183. Reprinted in New Poems: 1867.

Thyrsis. Macmillan's Magazine, April, 1866, Vol. XIII., No. 78, pp. 449-454. Reprinted in New Poems: 1867.

New Rome. The Cornhill Magazine, June, 1873, Vol. XXVII., No. 162, p. 687. Reprinted in Poems: 1885.

The New Sirens. A Palinode. (With a Prefatory Note.) Macmillan's Magazine, December, 1876, Vol. XXXV., No. 206, pp. 132-138. Previously published in The Strayed Reveller: 1849. Reprinted in Poems: 1877.

S. S. "Lusitania." (A Sonnet.) The Nineteenth Century, January, 1879, Vol. V., No. 23, p. 1. Reprinted for the first time in the present edition.

Geist's Grave. The Fortnightly Review, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX., N. S., No. 159, pp. 1-3. Reprinted in Poems: 1881.

Westminster Abbey. The Nineteenth Century, January, 1882, Vol. XI., No. 59, pp. 1-8. Reprinted in Poems: 1885.

Poor Matthias. Macmillan's Magazine, December, 1882, Vol. XLVII., No. 278, pp. 81-85. Reprinted in Poems: 1885.

Kaiser Dead. The Fortnightly Review, July, 1887, Vol. XLII., N. S., No. 247, pp. 1-3. Reprinted in Poetical Works: 1890.

Horatian Echo. The Century Guild Hobby Horse, July, 1887, No. 7, pp. 81, 82. Reprinted in Poetical Works: 1890.