The Complete Works of Lord Byron, reprinted from the last London edition, containing besides the notes and illustrations by Moore, Walter Scott [and others] ... considerable additions and original notes, with a most complete index; to which is prefixed a life, by Henry Lytton Bulwer [With a...

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON. miNTED BY H. lUllir.E, 55, HUE STE-Y*\li. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, REPRINTED FROiM THE LAST LONDON EDITION, CONTAINING BESIDES THE Tlotcs anfc illustrations BY MOORE, WALTER SCOTT, CAMPBELL, JEFFREY, EGERTON BRYDGES, WILSON, HOBHOUSE, DALLAS, HUNT, MILMAN, LOCUHART, BOWLES, HEBER, MEDWIN, GAMEA, CROLY, UGO FOSCOLO, ELLIS, KENNEDY, PARRY, STANHOPE, GALT, NATHAN, LADY BLESSINGTON MRS. SHELLEY, ETC. CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS AND ORIGINAL NOTES, WITH A MOST COMPLETE INDEX; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A LIFE, BY HENRY LYTTON BULWER. aar ©sjs PARIS PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI AND C°., IT. 18. RUE VIVIENNE. 1842. atujri'tt&rmrnt. The Publishers, in adding this splendid Volume to the gre.it Standard Works of English Literature, feel it but justice to themselves to state that it is the most complete and perfect edition of the Works of Lord Byron ever submitted to the attention of the Public.

By the kindness of several of the noble Poet's friends, which Messrs. Galignanibeg leave here most gratefully to acknowledge, they have been personally favoured with numerous pieces, stanzas, and fragments, the product of his pen, never before published, and with a variety of interesting and curious notes, now also given to the public for the lirst time; to which are added a series of important criticalannotations, which they have been enabled to collect from other authentic sources. The genuine admirer of Byron will estimate the value of these augmentations by the simple fact that they comprise many hundred lines of the Poet's composition, which are not, it is unnecessary to add, to be found in any other Edition extant, not excepting the last published in London in seventeen volumes. That nothing may be wanting to render the present volume worthy the fame of the author, a Sketch of his Life is prefixed, from the pen of Henry Lytton Bulwer, whose name is a sufficient guarantee for the manner in which this portion of the work is executed.

The general order of the London Edition .above alluded to has been strictly copied, except that the Miscellaneous Poems, for the greater convenience of the reader, have been placed together at the end of the volume, where they will be found each under its respective date. With this exception, which it is trusted will be found a desirable improvement, the works are arranged thoughout the Volume in chronological order, with the time, place, and circumstances — the history, as it were — of each composition adjoined, presenting a species of autobiography as true as it is curious and interesting — a mirror in which the Poet's mind is reflected under every aspect — in its grandeur and its weakness, in its gaiety and gloom — now radiant with hope and happiness, now darkening under the sense of unmerited wrong, and — still harder to be borne By haughty souls, to human honour tied — The sharp convulsive pang of agonizing pride.