The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics / A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature

by William James Harris

SIGHTLESS, THE. Tr. with Pelleas and Melisanda [tr. 1893]. 1895.

SISTER BEATRICE, AND ARDIANE AND BARBE BLEUE. Tr. by B. Miall, 1901.

TREASURE OF THE HUMBLE. Tr. by A. Sutro, 1897.

WISDOM AND DESTINY. Tr. by A. Sutro, 1898.

'On the appearance of "The Princess Maleine" in 1890, the author, hitherto known only to a small circle of amateurs, at once sprang into fame on the continent.... As a brooding poet, a mystic, and a contemplative spectator of the comedy of death, whose work is couched, almost by a sort of accident, in dramatic form, Maeterlinck will probably find a place in literature'.

MAFFEI, FRANCISCO SCIPIONE. b. 1675, d. 1755. Italian scholar and author.

[1] COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AMPHITHEATRES ... AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF VERONA. 'Verona Illustra'. Tr. by A. Gordon, 1730.

MEROPE: a tragedy (1713). Tr. by Mr. Ayre, 1740.

[1] His principal work. Noted for its profound research, sound criticism and elegant style.

MAHABHARATA AND RÁMÁYANA. The two great epic poems of ancient India. Many episodes as the Bhagavad-Gítá have been separately edited and translated.