Shelfmark
Lb.5.39 - Lb.5.46
Author
Title
Collected essays, papers, &c. of Robert Bridges.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1927-1936.
Physical description
30 v. in 10 : music ; 20 cm.
Note
Nos. 5-30 edited by M.M. Bridges.
Note
"The general purpose of the series ... is to deal ... with the problem of our English spelling."--Pref., v.1.
Note
"The author's intention is to use these pamphlets as material for presenting some simplifications in spelling together with such symbols as are required for the differentiation of our vowels."--Advertising leaf laid into some copies.
Note
All vols with a half-title.
Note
Loose publisher's note in vol [6].
Note
Uses phonetic symbols, to a limited degree.
Note
Paper watermarked: "Basingwerk parchment".
Note
Publisher's blue cloth quarter-binding with blue paper boards and with title label on spine; all vols have glassine wrappers.
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Vol. 1] 1. The influence of the audience on Shakespeare's drama. -- [vol. 2] 2. Humdrum & Harum- Scarum : a lecture on free verse. 3. Poetic diction. -- [vol. 3] 4. A critical introduction to Keats. -- [vol. 4] 5. George Darley. -- [vol. 5] 6. The poems of Mary Coleridge. 7. Lord De Tableys poems. -- [vol. 6] 8. Dante in English literature. 9. The poems of Emily Bronte. 10. Dryden on Milton. -- [vol. 7] 11. Studies in poetry. 12. Springs of Helicon. 13. Wordsworth & Kipling. 14. Word-books. 15. Letter on English prosody & note on Neo-miltonics. -- [vol. 8] 16. The Bible. 17. Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress. 18. Sir Thomas Browne. 19. George Santayana. 20. The glamour of grammar. -- [vol. 9] 21. The musical setting of poetry. 22. Some principles of hymn-singing. 23. About hymns. 24. English chanting. 25. Chanting. 26. Preface to Psalms noted in speech rhythm : illustrated by one psalm. -- [vol. 10] 27. An address to the Swindon W.E.A. 28. The necessity of poetry. 29. Poetry. 30. An account of the casualty department.
Provenance
Loose ms. inscription in vol 8: "To my Tutor, With the thanks due from a most grateful pupil, accumulated during his five years at Eton, from, Andrew Younger, December '27".
Copy-specific note
ECL set incomplete: wanting volumes 3-4 as bound.
Subject
English poetry.
Subject
English literature.
Subject
Spelling reform.
Subject
English language Phonetics.
Subject
Hymns, English.
Added entry--name
Younger, Andrew inscriber.
Added entry--name
Milford, Humphrey Sumner, 1877 - 1952 Sir, publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B19738