English Novel, The. By the present writer. London (Dent), 1913.
French Literature, A Short History of. By the present writer. Oxford, 1882, and often reprinted.
Greek Romances, The. Most convenient editions of originals—Didot's Erotici Graeci, Paris, 1856, or Teubner's, ed. Herscher, Leipzig, 1858. English translations in Bohn's Library. For those who prefer books about things to the things themselves, there is a very good English monograph by Wolff (Columbia University Series, New York).
Hymn of St. Eulalia. Quoted in most histories of French literature, e.g. that entered above, pp. 4, 5.
Life of St. Alexis. Ed. G. Paris and L. Pannier. Paris, 1872-87.
Chapter II
Alexander Legends ("Matter of Rome"). The most important editions of romances concerning Alexander are Michelant's of the great poem from which, according to the most general theory, the "Alexandrine" or twelve-syllabled verse takes its name (Stuttgart, 1846), and M. Paul Meyer's Alexandre le Grand dans la Littérature Française au moyen âge (2 vols., Paris, 1886), a monograph of the very first order, with plentiful reproduction of texts.
Arthurian Legend, The. No complete bibliography of this is possible here—a note of some fulness will be found in the writer's Short History (see above on Chapter I.). The most important books for an English reader who wishes to supplement Malory are M. Paulin Paris's abstract of the whole, Les Romans de la Table Ronde (5 vols., Paris, 1869-77), a very charming set of handy volumes, beautifully printed and illustrated; and, now at last, Dr. Sommer's stately edition of the "Vulgate" texts, completed recently, I believe (Carnegie Institution, Washington, U.S.A.).
Chansons de Gestes. The first sentence of the last entry applies here with greater fulness. The editions of Roland are very numerous; and those of other chansons, though there are not often two or more of the same, run to scores of volumes. The most important books about them are M. Léon Gautier's Les Épopées Françaises (4 vols., Paris, 1892) and M. Bédier's Les Légendes Épiques (4 vols., Paris, 1908-13).
Sainte-More, B. de. Roman de Troie. Ed. Joly. Rouen, 1870. Edited a second time in the series of the Société des Anciens Textes Français.