The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats. Volume 8 of 8. Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography

Concerning Saints and Artists.

The Subject Matter of Drama.

The Two Kinds of Asceticism.

In the Serpent’s Mouth.

The Black and the White Arrows.

His Mistress’s Eyebrows.

The Tresses of the Hair.

These seven chapters appeared, under the general title My Thoughts and my Second Thoughts, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, November, 1906.

A Tower on the Apennine.

The Thinking of the Body.

Religious Belief necessary to symbolic Art.

The Holy Places.

These four chapters appeared, under the general title Discoveries, in The Shanachie, Autumn, 1907.

Edition limited to 200 copies.

1908

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats. Imprinted at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-on-Avon, MCMVIII.

Eight volumes. Demy 8vo. Quarter vellum back with grey linen sides. With portraits by John S. Sargent, R.A., Signor Mancini, Charles Shannon and J. B. Yeats.

VOLUME I

CONTENTS.

The Wind Among the Reeds.

The Old Age of Queen Maeve.

Baile and Aillinn.

In the Seven Woods.

Ballads and Lyrics.

The Rose.

The Wanderings of Oisin.

Notes.

A few poems have been moved from The Wind Among the Reeds to Ballads and Lyrics and The Rose. Two poems are added to In the Seven Woods. These are: —

The Hollow Wood. Originally appeared in The Twisting of the Rope in Stories of Red Hanrahan, 1904.

O do not love too long. Originally appeared in The Acorn, October, 1905.

VOLUME II

The King’s Threshold.

On Baile’s Strand.

Deirdre.

The Shadowy Waters.

Appendix I: Acting Version of ‘The Shadowy Waters.’

Appendix II: A different version of Deirdre’s entrance.

Appendix III: The Legendary and Mythological Foundation of the Plays.

Appendix IV: The Dates and Places of Performance of Plays.

VOLUME III

The Countess Cathleen.

The Land of Heart’s Desire.

The Unicorn from the Stars. By Lady Gregory and W. B. Yeats.

Appendix: The Countess Cathleen.

Notes.

Music by Florence Farr and others.

VOLUME IV

The Hour-Glass.

Cathleen ni Houlihan.

The Golden Helmet.

The Irish Dramatic Movement. Under this title are printed the greater part of Mr. Yeats’s contributions to Samhain, 1901-1906, and to The Arrow, 1906-1907, and two essays, An Irish National Theatre and The Theatre, the Pulpit, and the Newspapers, which originally appeared in The United Irishman, October 10 and 17, 1903.

Appendix I: ‘The Hour-Glass.’

Appendix II: ‘Cathleen ni Hoolihan.’

Appendix III: ‘The Golden Helmet.’

Appendix IV: Dates and Places of the First Performance of New Plays produced by the National Theatre Society and its predecessors.

VOLUME V

The Celtic Twilight.

Stories of Red Hanrahan.

VOLUME VI

Ideas of Good and Evil.

VOLUME VII

The Secret Rose.

[The Red Hanrahan stories are here omitted from The Secret Rose as the later versions of them appear in Volume V. Two other stories which appeared in the volume of 1897 are also omitted.]

Rosa Alchemica.

The Tables of the Law.

The Adoration of the Magi.

John Sherman. With a new Preface.

Dhoya.

VOLUME VIII

Discoveries.

Edmund Spenser. Originally appeared as the introduction to Poems of Spenser, 1906.

Poetry and Tradition.

Modern Irish Poetry. Originally appeared as the introduction to A Book of Irish Verse, 1895.

Lady Gregory’s Cuchulain of Muirthemne. Originally appeared as the preface to Cuchulain of Muirthemne, 1902.

Lady Gregory’s Gods and Fighting Men. Originally appeared as the preface to Gods and Fighting Men, 1904.

Mr. Synge and his Plays. Originally appeared as the introduction to The Well of the Saints, 1905.

Lionel Johnson. For original appearance see A Treasury of Irish Poetry, 1900.

The Pathway. Originally appeared, under the title The Way of Wisdom, in The Speaker, April 14, 1900.

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)

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.

PART III.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS

[This part gives a chronological list of Mr. Yeats’s contributions to periodicals, including those that afterwards have been gathered into books. It seemed better to risk a certain amount of repetition in noting the later history of the collected writings than to set folk astray with a misleading list of titles.]

1885

The Island of Statues. An Arcadian Faery Tale. In Two Acts. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ April-July. Reprinted under the title Island of Statues in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

Love and Death. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ May.

The Seeker. A Dramatic Poem. In Two Scenes. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ September. Reprinted, under the title The Seeker in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

An Epilogue. To The Island of Statues and The Seeker. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ October. Reprinted under the title Song of the Last Arcadian in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889. Also under the title The Song of the Happy Shepherd in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

1886

In a Drawing Room. (Unsigned.) ‘The Dublin University Review,’ January. Reprinted, as the sixth and second of Quatrains and Aphorisms in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

Life. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ February. Five quatrains of which the first is reprinted as the first of Quatrains and Aphorisms in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

The Two Titans. A Political Poem. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ March.

On Mr. Nettleship’s Picture at the Royal Hibernian Academy. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ April. Reprinted in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

Mosada. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ June. Reprinted in pamphlet form, 1886. Also in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

Remembrance. ‘The Irish Monthly,’ July.

Miserrimus. ‘The Dublin University Review,’ October. Reprinted in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889. Also, under the title The Sad Shepherd in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

From the Book of Kauri the Indian – Section V. On the Nature of God. (Unsigned.) ‘The Dublin University Review,’ October. Reprinted, under the title Kanva, the Indian, on God in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889. Also, under the title The Indian upon God in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.