Chapter IX: Part II

BOOKS EDITED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY W. B. YEATS.

1888.

Poems and Ballads | of | Young Ireland | 1888 | “We’re one at heart if you be Ireland’s friend, | Though leagues asunder our opinions tend; | There are but two great parties in the end.”| Allingham. | Dublin | M. H. Gill and Son | O’Connell Street | 1888

Fcap. 8vo, pp. viii and 80. White buckram.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_The Stolen Child_, pp. 12-14.

_King Goll_ (_Third Century_), pp. 43-46. Originally
appeared in _The Leisure Hour_, September, 1887.

_The Meditation of the Old Fisherman_, p. 59.
Originally appeared in _The Irish Monthly_, October,
1886.

_Love Song._ _From the Gaelic_, p. 80.

Fairy and Folk Tales | of the Irish Peasantry: | Edited and Selected by | W. B. Yeats. London: | Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane. | New York: Thomas Whittaker | Toronto: W. J. Gage and Co. | 1888

Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 326. Cloth. A volume of _The Camelot Series_ (afterwards _The Scott Library_).

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Introduction_, pp. ix-xviii.

_The Trooping Fairies_, pp. 1-3.

_Notes_ on pp. 16, 33, 38.

_Changelings_, p. 47.

_The Stolen Child_, pp. 59-60. Reprinted from _Poems
and Ballads of Young Ireland_, 1888.

_The Merrow_, p. 61.

_The Solitary Fairies_, pp. 80-81.

_The Pooka_, p. 94.

_The Banshee_, p. 108.

_Ghosts_, pp. 128-129.

_Witches, Fairy Doctors_, pp. 146-149.

_Note_ on p. 150.

_Tir-na-n-Og_, p. 200.

_Saints, Priests_, p. 214.

_The Priest of Coloony_, pp. 220-221.

_Giants_, p. 260.

_Notes_, pp. 319-326.

1893. Illustrated Edition.

Irish | Fairy and Folk Tales | Selected and Edited | with introduction | by W. B. Yeats. | Twelve Illustrations by James Torrance. | London: Walter Scott, Ltd. | 24 Warwick Lane.

Cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 326. Cloth.

1889.

Stories from Carleton: | With an introduction | by W. B. Yeats. | London: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane. | New York and Toronto: | W. J. Gage & Co.

Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 302. Cloth. A volume of _The Camelot Classics_ (afterwards _The Scott Library_).

Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. ix-xvii.

1890.

Representative | Irish Tales | Compiled, with an Introduction and Notes | by | W. B. Yeats | First [Second] Series | (Ornament) | New York and London | G. P. Putnam’s Sons | The Knickerbocker Press [Entire title printed on a yellow ground and enclosed within a red line border.]

32mo. Vol. I., pp. vi and 340. Vol. II., pp. iv and 356. Decorated boards with cloth backs.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

VOLUME I.

_Dedication._ “There was a green branch hung with many
a bell.” Pp. iii-iv.

_Introduction_, pp. 1-17.

_Maria Edgeworth_, pp. 19-24.

_John and Michael Banim_, pp. 141-150.

_William Carleton_, pp. 191-196.

VOLUME II.

_Samuel Lover_, pp. 1-3.

_William Maginn_, pp. 91-92.

_T. Crofton Croker_, pp. 129-130.

_Gerald Griffin_, pp. 161-164.

_Charles Lever_, pp. 205-209.

_Charles Kickham_, pp. 243-245.

_Miss Rosa Mulholland_, p. 281.

_Note_, p. 331.

1892.

Irish | Fairy Tales | edited | with an introduction | by | W. B. Yeats | author of ‘The Wanderings of Oisin,’ etc. | Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats | London | T. Fisher Unwin | 1892

Fcap. 8vo, pp. viii and 236. Cloth. A volume of _The Children’s Library_.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

Poem. ‘_Where my books go._’ (Dated London, Jan.,
1892.) P. v.

_Introduction. ‘An Irish Story-teller.’_ (Dated
Clondalkin, July, 1891.) Pp. 1-7.

_Note_ on pp. 8-9.

_Appendix. Classification of Irish Fairies._ (Dated Co.
Down, June, 1891.) Pp. 223-233.

_Authorities of Irish Folklore_, pp. 234-236.

The Book | of the | Rhymers’ Club | (Press mark) | London | Elkin Mathews | At the Sign of the Bodley Head | in Vigo Street | 1892 | All rights reserved

Royal 16mo, pp. xvi and 94. Paper boards.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_A Man who dreamed of Fairyland_, pp. 7-9. Originally
appeared in _The National Observer_, February 7, 1891.

_Father Gilligan_, pp. 38-40. Originally appeared in
_The Scots Observer_, July 5, 1890.

_Dedication of ‘Irish Tales,’_ pp. 54-55. Originally
appeared in _Representative Irish Tales_, 1890.

_A Fairy Song_, p. 71. Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, September 12, 1891.

_The Lake Isle of Innisfree_, p. 84. Originally
appeared in _The National Observer_, Dec. 13, 1890.

_An Epitaph_, p. 88. Originally appeared in _The
National Observer_, December 12, 1891.

The | Poets [in red] | and the | Poetry [in red] | of the | Century [in red] | Charles Kingsley | to | James Thomson | Edited by [in red] | Alfred H. Miles [in red] | Hutchinson & Co. | 25, Paternoster Square, London

Post 8vo, pp. xx and 652. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats contributes a note on William Allingham, pp. 209-212.

The | Poets [in red] | and the | Poetry [in red] | of the | Century [in red] | Joanna Baillie | to | Mathilde Blind | Edited by [in red] | Alfred H. Miles [in red] | Hutchinson & Co. 25, Paternoster Square, London

Post 8vo, pp. xvi and 640. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats contributes a note on Ellen O’Leary, pp. 449-452.

1893.

The Works | of | William Blake | Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical | Edited with Lithographs of the Illustrated | “Prophetic Books,” and a Memoir | and Interpretation | by | Edwin John Ellis | Author of “Fate in Arcadia,” &c. | and | William Butler Yeats | Author of “The Wanderings of Oisin,” “The Countess Kathleen,” &c. | “Bring me to the test | And I the matter will reword, which madness | Would gambol from” | Hamlet | In Three Vols. | Vol. I. [II. III.] | London | Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly | 1893 | [All Rights Reserved]

Three volumes. Royal 8vo. Cloth.

The Poems | of | William Blake [in red] | Edited by | W. B. Yeats. | (Press mark of Lawrence and Bullen)

London: | New York:
in] Lawrence and Bullen [red | in] Charles Scribner’s Sons [red
16 Henrietta Street, W.C. | 743 & 745 Broadway
1893. | 1893.

18mo, pp. liv and 252. Cloth. A volume of _The Muses’ Library_.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Introduction_, pp. xv-liv.

_Notes_, pp. 235-251.

1894.

The Second Book | of | The Rhymers’ Club | London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane | New York: Dodd, Mead & Company | 1894 | All rights reserved

Royal 16mo, pp. xvi and 136. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_The Rose in my Heart_, p. 11. Originally appeared in
_The National Observer_, November 12, 1892.

_The Folk of the Air_, pp. 37-39. Originally appeared,
under the title _The Stolen Bride_, in _The Bookman_,
November, 1893.

_The Fiddler of Dooney_, pp. 68-69. Originally appeared
in _The Bookman_, December, 1892.

_A Mystical Prayer to the Masters of the
Elements—Finvarra, Feacra, and Caolte_, pp. 91-92.
Originally appeared, under the title _A Mystical
Prayer to the Masters of the Elements, Michael,
Gabriel, and Raphael_, in _The Bookman_, October,
1892.

_The Cap and Bells_, pp. 108-109. Originally appeared,
under the title _Cap and Bell_, in _The National
Observer_, March 17, 1894.

_The Song of the Old Mother_, p. 126. Originally
appeared in _The Bookman_, April, 1894.

1895.

A Book of | Irish Verse | Selected from modern writers | with an introduction | and notes | by W. B. Yeats | Methuen & Co | 36 Essex Street, W.C. | London | 1895.

Cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii and 260. Linen.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Introduction._ (Dated August 5, 1894.) Pp. xi-xxvii.

_Acknowledgment_, p. xxviii.

_Notes_, pp. 250-257.

1900. Revised edition.

This contains a new Preface, dated August 15, 1899, and the introduction much revised and now entitled _Modern Irish Poetry_. The selection of poetry is also revised.

1898.

A Book of Images | Drawn by W. T. | Horton & Intro-|duced by W. B. Yeats| London at the Unicorn | Press VII Cecil Court St. | Martin’s Lane MDCCCXCVIII

Fcap. 4to, pp. 62. Cloth. Number II. of _The Unicorn Quartos_.

Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. 7-16.

1899.

Literary | Ideals in | Ireland. | By John Eglinton; | W. B. Yeats | A. E.; | W. Larminie. | Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London. | And at the Daily Express Office, Dublin.

Long 8vo, pp. ii and 88. Paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_A Note on National Drama_, pp. 17-20. Originally
appeared, as part of an essay under the title _The
Poems and Stories of Miss Nora Hopper_, in _The
Dublin Daily Express_, September 24, 1898.

_John Eglinton and Spiritual Art_, pp. 31-37.
Originally appeared in _The Dublin Daily Express_,
October 29, 1898.

_The Autumn of the Flesh_, pp. 69-75. Originally
appeared in _The Dublin Daily Express_, December 3,
1898.

1899.-1900.

Beltaine. An Occasional Publication. Edited by W. B. Yeats.

No. 1. May, 1899.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Plans and Methods_, pp. 6-9. Some of these notes
originally appeared as part of an essay _The Irish
Literary Theatre_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_,
January 14, 1899.

Two lyrics, reprinted from _The Countess Cathleen_.

_The Theatre._ Originally appeared in _The Dome_,
April, 1899.

No. 2. February, 1900.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Plans and Methods_, pp. 3-6.

_‘Maive’ and certain Irish Beliefs_, pp. 14-17.

_Footnote_ on p. 21.

_The Irish Literary Theatre_, 1900, pp. 22-24.
Originally appeared in _The Dome_, January, 1900.

No. 3. April, 1900.

This number contained only an essay by Mr. Yeats entitled _‘The Last Feast of the Fianna,’ ‘Maive,’ and ‘The Bending of the Bough’ in Dublin_.

These three numbers were afterwards issued in one volume, with the wrappers and advertisements bound in, by the Unicorn Press in 1900.

1900.

A Treasury | of | Irish Poetry | in the | English Tongue | edited by | Stopford A. Brooke | and | T. W. Rolleston | London | Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place | 1900 | All rights reserved

Cr. 8vo, pp. xliv and 580. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats contributes notes on:—

_Lionel Johnson_, pp. 465-467. Originally appeared,
under the title _Mr. Lionel Johnson and certain Irish
Poets_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_, Aug. 27, 1898.

_Nora Hopper_, pp. 471-473. Originally appeared as
part of an essay _The Poems and Stories of Miss Nora
Hopper_, in _The Dublin Daily Express_, September 24,
1898.

_Althea Gyles_, p. 475.

_A.E._, pp. 485-487. Originally appeared under the
title _The Poetry of A.E._, in _The Dublin Daily
Express_, September 3, 1898.

The book also reprints the following poems:—

_The Hosting of the Sidhe._

_Michael Robartes remembers Forgotten Beauty._

_The Rose of the World._

_The Lake Isle of Innisfree._

_When you are Old._

_A Dream of a Blessed Spirit._

_The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner._

_The Two Trees._

_The Island of Sleep._ (A passage from _The Wanderings
of Oisin_.)

1901.

Ideals in | Ireland | Edited by Lady Gregory | Written by “A.E.,” D. P. | Moran, George Moore, | Douglas Hyde, Standish | O’Grady, and W. B. Yeats | London: At the Unicorn | VII Cecil Court MDCCCCI

Cr. 8vo, pp. 108. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_The Literary Movement in Ireland_, pp. 87-102.
Originally appeared in _The North American Review_,
December, 1899.

_A Postscript_, pp. 105-107.

Samhain Edited | for the Irish Literary Theatre | by W. B. Yeats. | Published in October 1901 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher Unwin.

Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Windlestraws_, pp. 3-10.

_Footnote_ on p. 12.

1902.

Cuchulain of Muirthemne: | The Story of the Men of | The Red Branch of Ulster | Arranged and put into | English by Lady Gregory. | With a Preface by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street | 1902.

Large Cr. 8vo, pp. xx and 364. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Preface._ (Dated March, 1902.) Pp. vii-xvii.

_Note on the Conversation of Cuchulain and Emer_, pp.
351-353.

Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in October 1902 by | Sealy Bryers & Walker and | by T. Fisher Unwin.

Fcap. 4to, pp. 32. Brown paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Notes_, pp. 3-10.

_Cathleen ni Hoolihan_, pp. 24-31.

1903.

Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in September 1903 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.

Fcap. 4to, pp. 36. Brown paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Notes_, pp. 3-8.

_The Reform of the Theatre_, pp. 9-12. Part of this
essay originally appeared in _The United Irishman_,
April 4, 1903.

1904.

Gods and Fighting Men: | The Story of the Tuatha de | Danaan and of the Fianna | of Ireland, arranged and | put into English by Lady | Gregory. With a preface | by W. B. Yeats | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. | 1904

Large cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii and 480.

Mr. Yeats’s Preface includes pp. ix-xxiv.

Wayfarer’s Love | Contributions from Living Poets | edited by | The Duchess of Sutherland. | Cover design by Mr. Walter Crane. | “Let me take your hand for love and sing you a song, | said the other traveller—the journey is a hard journey, but | if we hold together in the morning and in the evening, | what matter if in the hours between there is sorrow.” | Old Tale. | Westminster | Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd. | 1904

Mr. Yeats contributes _Old Memory_, p. 37.

Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in December 1904 | by Sealy Bryers & Walker | and by T. Fisher Unwin.

Fcap. 4to, pp. 56. Brown paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_The Dramatic Movement_, pp. 3-12.

_First Principles_, pp. 12-24.

_The Play, the Player, and the Scene_, pp. 24-33.

_Footnote to ‘An Opinion,’_ p. 55.

1905.

Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in November 1905 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | and by A. H. Bullen.

Mr. Yeats contributes _Notes and Opinions_, pp. 3-14.

The Well of the Saints. | By J. M. Synge. With an intro- | duction by W. B. Yeats. Be- | ing Volume Four of Plays | for an Irish Theatre | London: A. H. Bullen, 47, Great | Russell Street, W.C. 1905.

Cr. 8vo, pp. xviii and 92. Paper boards with cloth back.

Mr. Yeats’s Introduction, _Mr. Synge and his Plays_, dated Abbey Theatre, January 27, 1905, includes pp. v-xvii.

1906.

Poems | of | Spenser | Selected and with | an Introduction by | W. B. Yeats. | T. C. & E. C. Jack. | Edinburgh. [The whole forms part of a design by A. S. Hartrick.]

Sm. cr. 8vo, pp. xlviii and 292. Cloth.

Mr. Yeats’s Introduction includes pp. xiii-xlvii.

Samhain: An occasional | review edited by W. B. Yeats. | Published in December 1906 | by Maunsel & Co., Ltd., | Dublin.

Fcap. 4to, pp. 40. Brown paper covers.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

_Notes_, p. 3.

_Literature and the Living Voice_, pp. 4-14. Originally
appeared in _The Contemporary Review_, October, 1906.

1906-7.

The Arrow. Edited by W. B. Yeats.

Mr. Yeats’s contributions are:—

No. 1. October 20, 1906.

_The Season’s Work._

_A Note on The Mineral Workers._

_Notes._

No. 2. November 24, 1906.

_Notes._

_Deirdre._ (A note.)

_The Shadowy Waters._ (A note.)

No. 3. February 23, 1907.

_The Controversy over ‘The Playboy.’_

_Passages reprinted from the ‘Samhain’ of 1905._

_Opening Speech at the debate of February 4 at the
Abbey Theatre._

No. 4. June 1, 1907.

_Notes._

NOTE.

The selections for the following books issued by the Dun Emer Press, Dundrum, were made by Mr. Yeats, but the books contain no contributions by him:—

Twenty-one _Poems_ by Lionel Johnson, 1904.

_Some Essays and Passages_ by John Eglinton, 1905.

Sixteen _Poems_ by William Allingham, 1905.

Twenty-one _Poems_ by Katherine Tynan, 1907.