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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the originaldocument have been preserved.
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EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS
POETRY AND
THE DRAMA
THE OLD YELLOW BOOK
BEING A SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME TO
"THE RING AND THE BOOK"
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
CHARLES W. HODELL
THIS IS NO. 503 OF EVERYMAN'SLIBRARY. THE PUBLISHERS WILLBE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALLAPPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHEDAND PROJECTED VOLUMES, ARRANGEDUNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:
TRAVEL * SCIENCE * FICTION
THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY * CLASSICAL
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ESSAYS * ORATORY
POETRY & DRAMA
BIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE
ROMANCE
IN FOUR STYLES OF BINDING: CLOTH,FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP; LEATHER,ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP; LIBRARYBINDING IN CLOTH, & QUARTER PIGSKIN
London: J. M. DENT & SONS, Ltd.
New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
POETS
ARE THE
TRUMPETS
WHICH SING
TO BATTLE ...
POETS
ARE THE
UNACKNOWLEDGED
LEGISLATORS
OF THE
WORLD
SHELLEY
THE OLDYELLOWBOOK:
Source of
Robert Browning's
THE RING
& THE BOOK
London & Toronto
J. M. DENT & SONS
LTD. NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO
| First Issue of this Edition | 1911 |
| Reprinted | 1917 |
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
Some years before his death Browning promised toleave the Old Yellow Book, together with otherbooks and manuscripts, to Balliol College, Oxford,and his son carried out the promise soon afterthe poet's decease. The Carnegie Institution ofWashington, D. C., has reproduced the entire bookin photo-facsimile, with translation and editingby Charles W. Hodell. The Publishers gratefullyacknowledge the kindness and generosity of theInstitution in allowing the translation of theYellow Book to be reproduced in the presentvolume. They have also to acknowledge theirindebtedness to Professor Hodell for the courtesyhe has shown, and the great help he has given inediting these volumes. Hitherto the work hasbeen practically inaccessible to Britis