Early English Text Society (Bookshelf)
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The Early English Text Society is a society founded in 1864 to publish early English manuscripts; Old English, Middle English, and a few early Modern English. They continue to publish new volumes in the series; see their website at [1]. There are two series in the time period available to Project Gutenberg: the original series, which was the first publication of the manuscripts, which included roughly 160 volumes by 1923, and the extra series, which was works others had already published, which had roughly 120 volumes by 1920.
Original Series
- 1. Early English Alliterative Poems, ed. Rev. Dr. R. Morris.
- 2. Arthur, ab. 1440, ed. F. J. Furnivall, M.A. 1864
- 4. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight, ab. 1380, ed. Rev. Dr. R. Morris. 1864
- 5. Hume's Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue, ab. 1617, ed. H. B. Wheatley. 1865
- 6. Lancelot of the Laik, ab. 1500, ed. Rev. W. W. Skeat. 1865
- 9. Thynne on Speght's ed. of Chaucer (Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes (sett downe before tyme and nowe)), A.D. 1599, ed. Dr. G. Kingsley and Dr. F. J. Furnivall. 1865
- 12. Wright's Chaste Wife, ab. 1482, ed. F. J. Furnivall, M.A. 1865
- 14. King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady, ed. J. Rawson Lumby
- 16. The Book of Quinte Essence, ab. 1460-70, ed. F. J. Furnivall. 1866
- 32. Early English Meals and Manners: the Boke of Norture of John Russell, the Bokes of Keruynge, Curtasye, and Demeanor, the Babees Book, Urbanitas, &c., ed. F. J. Furnivall. 1868
- 141. Earth upon Earth, all the known texts, ed., with an Introduction, by Miss Hilda Murray, M.A. 1911
Extra Series
- 3. Caxton's Book of Curtesye, in Three Versions. Ed. F. J. Furnivall. 1868
- 4. Havelok the Dane. Re-edited by the Rev. W. W. Skeat, M.A. 1868
- 51. Torrent of Portyngale, 1887
- 79. Caxton's Dialogues, English and French, c. 1483, ed. Henry Bradley, M.A. 1900
- 118. The Earliest Arithmetics in English, ed. by R. Steele, B.A.
