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CONTENTS.

Memoir of Victor Marie Hugo

EARLY POEMS.

Moses on the Nile—Dublin University Magazine     Envy and Avarice—American Keepsake

ODES.—1818-28.

King Louis XVII—Dublin University Magazine     The Feast of Freedom—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)     Genius—Mrs. Torre Hulme     The Girl of Otaheite—Clement Scott     Nero's Incendiary Song—H.J. Williams     Regret—Fraser's Magazine     The Morning of Life
     Beloved Name—Caroline Bowles (Mrs. Southey)     The Portrait of a Child—Dublin University Magazine

BALLADES.—1823-28.

The Grandmother—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)     The Giant in Glee—Foreign Quart. Rev. (adapted)     The Cymbaleer's Bride—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)     Battle of the Norsemen and the Gaels
     Madelaine
     The Fay and the Peri—Asiatic Journal

LES ORIENTALES.—1829

The Scourge of Heaven—I.N. Fazakerley     Pirates' Song
     The Turkish Captive—W.D., Tait's Edisiburgh Mag.     Moonlight on the Bosphorus—John L. O'Sullivan     The Veil—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)     The Favorite Sultana
     The Pasha and the Dervish
     The Lost Battle—W.D., Bentley's Miscel., 1839
     The Greek Boy
     Zara, the Bather—John L. O'Sullivan     Expectation—John L. O'Sullivan      The Lover's Wish—V., Eton Observer     The Sacking of the City—John L. O'Sullivan     Noormahal the Fair
     The Djinns—John L. O'Sullivan     The Obdurate Beauty—John L. O'Sullivan     Don Rodrigo
     Cornflowers—H.L. Williams     Mazeppa—H.L. Williams     The Danube in Wrath—Fraser's Magazine     Old Ocean—R.C. Ellwood     My Napoleon—H.L. Williams

LES FEUILLES D'AUTOMNE.—1831.

The Patience of the People—G.W.M. Reynolds     Dictated before the Rhone Glacier—Author of "Critical Essays"     The Poet's Love for Liveliness—Fraser's Magazine     Infantile Influence—Henry Highton, M.A.     The Watching Angel—Foreign Quarterly Review     Sunset—Toru Dutt     The Universal Prayer—Henry Highton, M.A.     The Universal Prayer—C., Tait's Magazine

LES CHANTS DU CRÉPUSCULE.—1849.

Prelude to "The Songs of Twilight"—G.W.M. Reynolds     The Land of Fable—G.W.M. Rrynolds     The Three Glorious Days—Elizabeth Collins     Tribute to the Vanquished—Fraser's Magazine     Angel or Demon—Fraser's Magazine     The Eruption of Vesuvius—Fraser's Magazine     Marriage and Feasts—G.W.M. Reynolds     The Morrow of Grandeur—Fraser's Magazine     The Eaglet Mourned—Fraser's Magazine     Invocation—G.W.M. Reynolds     Outside the Ball-room—G.W.M. Reynolds     Prayer for France—J.S. Macrae     To Canaris, the Greek Patriot—G.W.M. Reynolds     Poland—G.W.M. Reynolds     Insult not the Fallen—W.C.K. Wilde     Morning—W.M. Hardinge     Song of Love—Toru Dutt     Sweet Charmer—H.B. Farnie     More Strong than Time—A. Lang     Roses and Butterflies—W.C. Westbrook     A Simile—Fanny Kemble-Butler     The Poet to his Wife

LES VOIX INTÉRIEURES.—1840.

The Blinded Bourbons—Fraser's Magazine     To Albert Dürer—Mrs. Newton Crosland     To his Muse—Fraser's Magazine     The Cow—Toru Dutt     Mothers—Dublin University Magazine     To some Birds Flown away—Mrs. Newton Crosland     My Thoughts of Ye—Dublin University Magazine     The Beacon in the Storm
     Love's Treacherous Pool
     The Rose and the Grave—A. Lang

LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.

Holyrood Palace—Fraser's Magazine     The Humble Home—Author of "Critical Essays"     The Eighteenth Century—Author of "Critical Essays"     Still be a Child—Dublin University Magazine     The Pool and the Soul—R.F. Hodgson     Ye Mariners who Spread your Sails—Author of "Critical Essays"     On a Flemish Window-Pane—Fraser's Magazine     The Preceptor—E.E. Frewer     Gastibelza—H.L. Williams     Guitar Song—Evelyn Jerrold     Come when I Sleep—Wm. W. Tomlinson     Early Love Revisited—Author of "Critical Essays"     Sweet Memory of Love—Author of "Critical Essays"     The Marble Faun—William Young     A Love for Winged Things
     Baby's Seaside Grave

LES CHÂTIMENTS.—1853.

Indignation!
     Imperial Revels—H.L.W.     Poor Little Children
     Apostrophe to Nature
     Napoleon "The Little"
     Fact or Fable—H.L.W.     A Lament—Edwin Arnold, C.S.I.     No Assassination
     The Despatch of the Doom
     The Seaman's Song
     The Retreat from Moscow—Toru Dutt     The Ocean's Song—Toru Dutt     The Trumpets of the Mind—Toru Dutt     After the Coup d'État—Toru Dutt     Patria
     The Universal Republic

LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.

The Vale to You, to Me the Heights—H.L.W     Childhood—Nelson R. Tyerman     Satire on the Earth
     How Butterflies are Born—A. Lang     Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself?—C.H. Kenny     Inscription for a Crucifix
     Death, in Life
     The Dying Child to its Mother—Bp. Alexander     Epitaph—Nelson R. Tyerman     St. John—Nelson R. Tyerman     The Poet's Simple Faith—Prof. E. Dowden     I am Content

LA LÉGENDE DES SIÈCLES.

Cain—Dublin University Magazine     Boaz Asleep—Bp. Alexander     Song of the German Lanzknecht—H.L.W.     King Canute—R. Garnett     King Canute—Dublin University Magazine     The Boy-King's Prayer—Dublin University Magazine     Eviradnus—Mrs. Newton Crosland     The Soudan, the Sphinxes, the Cup, the Lamp—Bp. Alexander     A Queen Five Summers Old—Bp. Alexander     Sea Adventurers' Song
     The Swiss Mercenaries—Bp. Alexander     The Cup on the Battle-Field—Toru Dutt     How Good are the Poor—Bp. Alexander

LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY.

Mentana—Edwin Arnold, C.S.I.

LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.

Love of the Woodland
     Shooting Stars

L'ANNÉE TERRIBLE.

To Little Jeanne—Marwaod Tucker     To a Sick Child during the Siege of Paris—Lucy H. Hooper     The Carrier Pigeon
     Toys and Tragedy
     Mourning—Marwood Tucker     The Lesson of the Patriot Dead—H.L.W.     The Boy on the Barricade—H.L.W.     To His Orphan Grandchildren—Marwood Tucker     To the Cannon "Victor Hugo"

L'ART D'ÊTRE GRANDPÈRE.

The Children of the Poor—Dublin University Magazine     The Epic of the Lion—Edwin Arnold, C.S.I.

LES QUATRE VENTS DE L'ESPRIT.

On Hearing the Princess Royal Sing—Nelson R. Tyerman     My Happiest Dream
     An Old-Time Lay
     Jersey
     Then, most, I Smile
     The Exile's Desire
     The Refugee's Haven

VARIOUS PIECES.

To the Napoleon Column—Author of "Critical Essays"     Charity—Dublin University Magazine     Sweet Sister—Mrs. B. Somers     The Pity of the Angels
     The Sower—Toru Dutt     Oh, Why not be Happy?—Leopold Wray     Freedom and the World
     Serenade—Henry F. Chorley     An Autumnal Simile
     To Cruel Ocean
     Esmeralda in Prison
     Lover's Song—Ernest Oswald Coe     A Fleeting Glimpse of a Village—Fraser's Magazine     Lord Rochester's Song
     The Beggar's Quatrain—H.L.C., London Society     The Quiet Rural Church
     A Storm Simile

DRAMATIC PIECES.

The Father's Curse—Fredk. L. Slous     Paternal Love—Fanny Kemble-Butler     The Degenerate Gallants—Lord F. Leveson Gower     The Old and the Young Bridegroom—Charles Sherry     The Spanish Lady's Love—C. Moir     The Lover's Sacrifice—Lord F. Leveson Gower     The Old Man's Love—C. Moir     The Roll of the De Silva Race—Lord F. Leveson Gower     The Lover's Colloquy—Lord F. Leveson Gower     Cromwell and the Crown—Leitch Ritchie     Milton's Appeal to Cromwell
     First Love—Fanny Kemble-Butler     The First Black Flag—Democratic Review     The Son in Old Age—Foreign Quarterly Review     The Emperor's Return—Athenaum