# The poetical works of Matthew Arnold/Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF
MATTHEW ARNOLD'S POETRY.
| 1840. | Alaric at Rome. | A prize poem, | recited in Rugby School, | June xii, MDCCCXL. | [Arms of the School.] | Rugby: Combe & Crossley. | MDCCCXL. 8vo. 11 pp. |
| 1843. | Cromwell. | A prize poem, | recited in the Theatre, Oxford, | June 28, 1843. | By | Matthew Arnold, | Balliol College. | [Arms of Oxford.] | Oxford: | Printed and published by J. Vincent. | MDCCCXLIII. 12mo. 15 pp. |
| 1846. | Oxford Prize Poems. The edition of Oxford Prize Poems, dated 1846, includes Cromwell (pp. 393-404). It is not stated anywhere in the volume that the poem is by Matthew Arnold. |
| | Oxford Prize Poems. | Being | a Collection | of such | English Poems | as have | at various times obtained Prizes | in the | University of Oxford. | [Arms of Oxford.] | Printed for J. H. Parker, J. Vincent, | and H. Slatter. | MDCCCXLVI. Crown 8vo. iv + 427 pp. |
| 1849. | The | Strayed Reveller, | and | Other Poems. | By A. | London: | B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street. | 1849. Small 8vo. viii + 128 pp. |
| 1852. | Empedocles on Etna, | and | Other Poems. | By A. | London: | B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street. | 1852. Small 8vo. viii + 236 pp. ​ |
| 1853. | Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | A New Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLIII. Foolscap 8vo. xxxvi + 248 pp. [Afterwards known as First Series.] |
| 1854. | Poems. | Second Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLIV. [Preface: v-viii pp. Preface to Ed. I., ix-xxxv.] Five poems omitted: Thekla's Answer, Richmond Hill, Power of Youth, A Modern Sappho, and Sonnet written in Emerson's Essays; one poem, A Farewell, added; also greater part of Note to Sohrab and Rustum, pp. 51-59. |
| 1855. | Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | Second Series. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. | MDCCCLV. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 210 pp. |
| 1857. | Poems. | By | Matthew Arnold. | Third Edition. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. | 1857. [One new poem added, To Marguerite; the poem thus named in two previous editions under Switzerland being charged to Isolation.] |
| 1858. | Merope. | A Tragedy. | By | Matthew Arnold. | London: | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. | MDCCCLVIII. Foolscap 8vo. lii + 138 pp. [Preface dated London: December, 1857.] |
| 1863. | Cromwell. | Second Edition. | Oxford: | T. & G. Shrimpton, Broad Street. | MDCCCLXIII. Crown 8vo. 15 pp. |
| 1867. | Saint Brandan. | By | Matthew Arnold. | London: | E. W. & A. Skipwith. | 1867. Foolscap 8vo. 11 pp. [Appeared first in Fraser's Magazine, July, 1860.] |
| | New Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXVII. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 244 pp. |
| 1868. | New Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Second Edition. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXVIII. Foolscap 8vo. viii + 246 pp. [The last poem, Obermann Once More, has additional stanzas and notes.] |
| 1869. | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The First Volume | Narrative and Elegiac Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXIX. [All rights reserved.] 1869. ​ |
| 1869. | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The Second Volume | Dramatic and Lyric Poems. | (Etc., as above.) Crown 8vo. Vol. I., viii + 276 pp.; Vol. II., viii + 267 pp. ["First Collected Edition."] |
| 1877. | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The First Volume | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | New and Complete Edition. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | MDCCCLXXVII. |
| | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | The Second Volume | Lyric, Dramatic, and Elegiac Poems. | (Etc., as above.) Crown 8vo. Vol. I., viii + 272 pp.; Vol. II., viii + 312 pp. |
| 1878. | Selected Poems | of | Matthew Arnold. | [Illustration.] | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1878. Small 8vo. viii + 235 pp. [Golden Treasury Series.] Also large paper, crown 8vo, 250 copies. The selection made by the author. |
| 1881. | Geist's Grave | by [ Matthew Arnold. | London: | Printed only for a few Friends. | 1881. Small 8vo. 11 pp. [Appeared first in the Fortnightly Review, January, 1881.] |
| | Poems. New Edition. |
| | This edition of the Poems agrees in the main, both in contents and in appearance, with its immediate predecessor, dated 1877. The following alterations, however, have to be noted: The date on the title page reads 'MDCCCLXXXI'; the pagination of Vol. I. is viii, 278; of Vol. II., viii, 320; A Tomb among the Mountains is omitted; The Church of Brou and A Dream are reprinted from earlier volumes; three new poems added: New Rome, The Lord's Messengers, Geist's Grave. |
| 1883. | The | Matthew Arnold Birthday Book. | Arranged by his Daughter | Eleanor Arnold. | With a Portrait. | London: | Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, | 1883. Small 4to. [Cabinet photograph of Matthew Arnold seated with his dog in his arms, reproduced by Woodbury type process and subscribed in facsimile Matthew Arnold, 1883.] ​ |
| 1885. | Poems. Library Edition. Three volumes. |
| Vol. I. ||
| | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885. |
| Vol. II. ||
| | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Lyric and Elegiac Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885. |
| Vol. III. ||
| | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Dramatic and Later Poems. | London: | Macmillan and Co. | 1885. |
| | Crown 8vo. Vol. I., x + 272 pp.; Vol. II., x + 256 pp.; Vol. III., viii + 209 pp. |
| 1888. | Poems | by | Matthew Arnold. | Early Poems, Narrative Poems, | and Sonnets. | [Vol. II., "Lyric and Elegiac |Poems"; Vol. III., "Dramatic and Later Poems."] | London | Macmillan and Co. | and New York. | 1888. |
| 1890. | Poetical Works | of | Matthew Arnold. | London | Macmillan and Co. | and New York. | 1890. [All rights |reserved.] Crown 8vo. xiv + 510 pp. Portrait of author from photograph by Sarony, New York. |
| 1891. | Cromwell. | Third Edition. | Oxford: | A. Thomas Shrimpton & Son, Broad Street. | 1891. |
| Contributions to Periodical Publications, etc. ||
| Memorial Verses. Fraser's Magazine, June, 1850, Vol. XLI., No. 246, p. 630. Signed "A." Dated April 27, 1850. |Reprinted in Empedocles on Etna: 1852. | |
| Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse. Fraser's Magazine, April, 1855, Vol. LI., No. 304, pp. 437-440. Reprinted |in New Poems: 1867. | |
| Haworth Churchyard. Fraser's Magazine, May, 1855, Vol. LI., No. 305, pp. 527-530. Signed "A." Dated April, |1855. Reprinted in Poems: 1877. | |
| Saint Brandan. Fraser's Magazine, July, 1860. Vol. LXII., No. 367, pp. 133, 134. Reprinted in New Poems: |1867. ​ | |
| Men of Genius. The Cornhill Magazine, July, 1860, Vol. II., No. 7, p. 33. Reprinted in Poems: 1855, under the title of "The Lord's Messengers." ||
| A Southern Night. The Victoria Regia (a volume of original contributions in poetry and prose, edited by Adelaide A. Procter), 1861, pp. 177-183. Reprinted in New Poems: 1867. ||
| Thyrsis. Macmillan's Magazine, April, 1866, Vol. XIII., No. 78, pp. 449-454. Reprinted in New Poems: 1867. ||
| New Rome. The Cornhill Magazine, June, 1873, Vol. XXVII., No. 162, p. 687. Reprinted in Poems: 1885. ||
| The New Sirens. A Palinode. (With a Prefatory Note.) Macmillan's Magazine, December, 1876, Vol. XXXV., No. 206, pp. 132-138. Previously published in The Strayed Reveller: 1849. Reprinted in Poems: 1877. ||
| S. S. "Lusitania." (A Sonnet.) The Nineteenth Century, January, 1879, Vol. V., No. 23, p. 1. Reprinted for the first time in the present edition. ||
| Geist's Grave. The Fortnightly Review, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX., N. S., No. 159, pp. 1-3. Reprinted in Poems: 1881. ||
| Westminster Abbey. The Nineteenth Century, January, 1882, Vol. XI., No. 59, pp. 1-8. Reprinted in Poems: 1885. ||
| Poor Matthias. Macmillan's Magazine, December, 1882, Vol. XLVII., No. 278, pp. 81-85. Reprinted in Poems: 1885. ||
| Kaiser Dead. The Fortnightly Review, July, 1887, Vol. XLII., N. S., No. 247, pp. 1-3. Reprinted in Poetical Works: 1890. ||
| Horatian Echo. The Century Guild Hobby Horse, July, 1887, No. 7, pp. 81, 82. Reprinted in Poetical Works: 1890. ||