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The article focuses on engraving of Edmund Spenser's tomb, which usually appears as a frontispiece to the volume and faces the title-page that is bound immediately after sig. A1. Topics include considered that in the place of the usual frontispiece, this copy has George Vertue 1727 engraved portrait of Spenser, which has been cropped to fit the volume.

The article reports that Bobby Fong described ‘five fugitive poems' that had circulated during Wilde's lifetime but were not well known because they had not been included in the 1908 Collected Edition. Topics include considered poem was published and attributed to Wilde in the New York Tribune on 23 January 1882 at which time Wilde was in the USA at the start of an almost year-long lecture tour.

The article reports that during the last two decades or so Wirral has emerged as the favored location for the site of the battle of Brunanburh fought in 937 C.E. Topics include examines support for the identification, however, remains far from being universally accepted and several other locations have been advanced and it is perhaps fair to say that the case for Wirral rests primarily on philological grounds.

This article presents information about several Book "Occasional Papers of the Shipston-On-Stour and District Local History Society." edited by Sylvia M. Gardner. The book contains a brief foreword from which people learn that the Society was in the nineteenth year of its existence in 1984, when the volume was published. New series starting in this last quarter of the twentieth century have to face financial difficulties unknown before librarians and others who wish to have information about this series may obtain further information from H.O. Parry of the Society, at 32 Callaway's Road, Shipston-on-Stour.

The article discusses the possible sources of the 1940 wartime speech delivered by then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill which included the phrase "ye men of valour." It addressed topics such as the religious text which reportedly served as reference for the phrase, the translation of a medieval chant which may have influenced the verses of the speech, and the publication of various revisions of the speech.

The article discusses issues associated with the publication of Allen Walker Read's 1935 book "Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy in Western North America: A Glossarial Study of the Low Element in the English Vocabulary," by Obelisk Press. Topics explored include the way the book featured profanity and obscenity written on national park toilet walls, the prohibition on publications that show obscenity, and the risqué memoirs and fiction previously published by Obelisk.

The article discusses the revision of the date of the nineteenth-century letter sent by American poet Emily Dickinson to "Springfield Republican" newspaper editor Samuel Bowles. Topics explored include the gratitude demonstrated by Dickinson to the previous visit made by Bowles, the recorded activities in Bowles in 1875 which may have complicated the initial dating of the letter, and the speculations regarding the relationship between Dickinson and Bowles.

The article focuses on the role of Edmund Burke. His role as editor and principal writer of a Dublin weekly paper "The Reformer" (1748), long accepted as his earliest published work, has never been seriously con tested. A.P.I. Samuels argues that parts of some numbers are not by Burke, but his view that Burke edited and wrote most of the paper has been taken as correct. That view is contradicted in unpublished letters by Michael Kearney (1733-1814) and his brother John Kearney (1741-1813). In Kearney's memory Burke was but one of three writers for "The Reformer."

A literary criticism of the novels "Taras Bulba," by Nikolai Gogol and "Veranilda," by George Gissing is presented. It examines the influence of Gogol on Gissing's "Veranilda," Gissing's reading and writing practices, Gogol's reception among 19th-century English readers, and the theme of Gogol's "Taras Bulba."

The article presents a documentary evidence surrounding the prosecution of Sir Samuel Tuke, a royalist officer during the Civil Wars, an author and confidant of Charles II, from 1653 to 1654. Topics discussed include details of a duel challenge made by Tuke against military captain and knight Robert Starismore that led to the death of the latter, Tuke's motive for making the challenge, and the role of Princess Mary in solving the legal conflict between Tuke and Starismore's widow Mary Bust.

A biography of Jane Ashley, sister of Middle Temple's library founder Robert Ashley, is presented. It mentions the archival sources that provide details of Jane's life. It offers information on her family background, her marriage with Francis Langley, her connection to Paris Garden, lawsuits involving Jane and her husband, her imprisonment and her death.

Focuses on several articles on John Hardyng's poem, 'Chronicle, which have appeared since 1980, describing a positive renaissance in the field. Suggestion from A.S.G. Edwards that the second version of Hardyng's 'Chronicle,' does not exist in anything like a stable form; Importance of the codicology of each manuscript of the second version of the poem.

The author presents a criticism of the play "The House of Aspen" by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. He mentions the manuscript of the play at the National Library of Scotland, the dating of the manuscript, and the influence of German drama on the play.

The article explores the identity of the man named Thomas Tickell who authored the 18th century poem "To a lady before marriage." Topics discussed include printing of the said poem in the December 1761 issue of "Gentleman's Magazine," the submission of the poem by Mary Stevenson for publication, and the distinction between Thomas Tickell, uncle of Stevenson, and the poet Thomas Tickell.

The article proposes new identifications of historical counterparts for two figures in William Baldwin's novel "Beware the Cat," such as John Young, to whom the prefatory letter is addressed, and primary narrator Gregory Streamer. Topics include the anti-Catholic nature of the novel, the characteristics of John Young that made him a fitting addressee for Baldwin fictional persona G.B.'s dedicatory epistle, and a description of the fictional Streamer.

The article focuses on a list of 100 new attributions of authorship of anonymous, pseudonymous or incompletely signed letters, poems, articles, reviews, obituaries, drawings and staff notes appearing in the "Gentleman's Magazine (GM)" during the years 1818-1820 under the editorial direction of John Nichols and his son John Bowyer Nichols. Topics include contributors who dominated the list, short titles used in the text, and information concerning Sir John Holman of Banbury, England.

The article describes some unnoted textual witnesses that have been overlooked by author Josephine Guy in her attempted reconstruction of the 1883 performance text of Oscar Wilde's first play "Vera; or, The Nihilist." Topics include the importance of emendations to the play reprinted in Stuart Mason's "Bibliography of Oscar Wilde," the minor transcription errors made by Mason, and the assertion that there is no evidence in the textual witnesses documented by Guy.

The article presents literary criticism of the book "The Dunciad" by Alexander Pope. Particular focus is given to five young men referenced in the text who were the sons of British peers and who had acquired a love of opera while undertaking educational tours of Europe. These include William Cowper, Simon Harcourt, Robert Raymond, George Parker, and John King. Details on their travels are presented.

The article explores the allusion featured in the novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," by Irish novelist James Joyce. Topics discussed include the remarks made by protagonist Stephen Dedalus about the wall being built by a person named Balbus, the annotation made by author Jeri Johnson about the connection of Latin lessons to the allusion, and the appearance of the name Balbus in Cicero's book "Letters to Atticus."

The article explores the way American poet Ezra Pound acknowledged half-watt lighting technology in his 1920 poem "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley." Topics discussed include the poetics and terminologies presented by Pound, the recorded use of half-watt lamps in the U.S. and Great Britain in the mid-1910s, and the interest of Pound in photography which involves the use of similar lighting.

The article discusses the creation of a biography and genealogy of Scottish physician John Arbuthnot by British literary biographer George Aitken. Topics explored include the reputation of Aitken in the area of genealogy, the challenges in obtaining the family pedigree of Arbuthnot, and the biographical inquiries made by Aitken which led to favorable reviews of his 1892 book "The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot."

This section presents a list of attributions of authorship of anonymous letters, poems, and drawings published in the "Gentleman's Magazine" from 1815 to 1817, including authors such as John Carter, Mark Holman Shephard, and William Jerdan.

The article discusses printings of the book "The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton," by Thomas Nashe. The author comments that the book was originally printed by printer Thomas Scarlet for publisher Cuthbert Burby but notes the conclusion of scholar Ronald B. McKerrow that another printer had assisted in the second printing of the book. Printer John Danter had contributed to the second edition with Scarlet following Nashe's and Burby's dissatisfaction with misprints in the first edition of the book. The author notes the different types of paper used for the printing of the book as indicated by watermarks. McKerrow's analysis of the second edition revealed that Scarlet was responsible for the majority of errors in it.

The article explores the fragment of a late medieval English folding almanac, analysed by historian Hilary Carey and academic J. P. Gumbert. Topics discussed include the acknowledgment of its textual contents in the 1963 book "A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin," the presence of schematic diagrams of the Vein Man and Zodiac Man on the parchment, and the accessibility of the fragment through the medieval manuscript collection of Cambridge University Library.

The article explores the identity of Robert Parke, translator of the 1588 version of Juan González de Mendoza's book "Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del Gran reyno de la China." Topics discussed include the printing of the first English translation of said book about early Chinese history, the quality and accuracy of Parke's translation, and the possibility that Parke may be identified as cloth merchant Robert Parker.

The article focuses on the contributions of clergyman, antiquary and historian Reverend John Brickdale Blakeway to the "Gentleman's Magazine" from 1787 to 1813. Topics discussed include the significance of his Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French and Italian language mastery to his antiquarian studies, role of an 1802 letter written by Blakeway to author Richard Gough in the identification of the contributions, and reason behind the failure to find his drawing of the standing cup of king Edward II.

The article explores the documents made available for research by the General Directorate of State Archives in Turkey on Lord Byron's visit to the grand mosques in Istanbul. Topics discussed include Lord Byron's description of the historical buildings in Istanbul in a letter written for his mother, Robert Adair's petition for Sultan Mahmud II's permission to admit the Ambassador and his guests into the mosques, and the Ambassador's departure from Turkey after obtaining the permission.