Books > The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews >

Excerpts

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Articles and Reviews by W. B. Yeats

1. "The Poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson -- I," The Irish Fireside, 9 October 1886

2. "The Poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson -- II," The Dublin University Review, November 1886

3. "The Poetry of R. D. Joyce," The Irish Fireside, 27 November and 4 December 1886

4. "Clarence Mangan (1803-1849)," The Irish Fireside, 12 March 1887

5. A fragment of "Finn MacCool" from The Gael, 23 April 1887

6. "The Celtic Romances in Miss Tynan's New Book" (review of Shamrocks), The Gael, 11 June 1887

7. "Miss Tynan's New Book" (review of Shamrocks), The Irish Fireside, 9 July 1887

8. "The Prose and Poetry of Wilfred Blunt"
(review of Love Songs of Proteus), United Ireland, 28 January 1888

9. "Irish Fairies, Ghosts, Witches, etc.," Lucifer, 15 January 1889

10. "Irish Wonders" (review of D. R. McAnally's book), The Scots Observer, 30 March 1889

11. "John Todhunter," The Magazine of Poetry (Buffalo), April 1889 86

12. "William Carleton" (review of Red-Haired Man's Wife), The Scots Observer, 19 October 1889

13. "Popular Ballad Poetry of Ireland," The Leisure Hour, November 1889

14. "Bardic Ireland" (review of S. Bryant's Celtic Ireland), The Scots Observer, 4 January 1890

15. "Tales from the Twilight" (review of Lady Wilde's Ancient Cures), The Scots Observer, 1 March 1890

16. "Irish Fairies," The Leisure Hour, October 1890

17. "Irish Folk Tales" (review of D. Hyde's Beside the Fire), The National Observer, 28 February 1891

18. "Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling" (review of G. E. Leland's book), The National Observer, 18 April 1891

19. "Plays by an Irish Poet" (review of J. Todhunter's A Sicilian Idyll), United Ireland, 11 July 1891

20. "Clarence Mangan's Love Affair," United Ireland, 22 August 1891

21. "A Reckless Century. Irish Rakes and Duellists," United Ireland, 12 September 1891

22. "Oscar Wilde's Last Book" (review of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime), United Ireland, 26 September 1891

23. "The Young Ireland League," United Ireland, 3 October 1891

24. "A Poet We Have Neglected" (review of W. Allingham's collected poems), United Ireland, 12 December 1891

25. "Poems by Miss Tynan" (review of Ballads and Lyrics), Evening Herald (Dublin), 2 January 1892

26. "The New 'Speranza'" (article on Maud Gonne), United Ireland, 16 January 1892

27. "Dr. Todhunter's Irish Poems" (review of The Banshee), United Ireland, 23 January 1892

28. "Clovis Hugues on Ireland," United Ireland, 30 January 1892

29. "Sight and Song" (review of M. Field's book), The Bookman, July 1892

30. "Some New Irish Books" (review of books by G. Savage-Armstrong, W. Larminie, and R. J. Reilly), United Ireland, 23 July 1892

31. "Dublin Scholasticism and Trinity College," United Ireland, 30 July 1892

32. "A New Poet" (review of E. J. Ellis's Fate in Arcadia), The Bookman, September 1892

33. "'Noetry' and Poetry" (review of G. Savage-Armstrong's collected poems), The Bookman, September 1892

34. "Invoking the Irish Fairies," The Irish Theosophist, October 1892

35. "Hopes and Fears for Irish Literature," United Ireland, 15 October 1892

36. "The Death of Oenone" (review of Tennyson's poems), The Bookman, December 1892

37. "The Vision of MacConglinne" (review of K. Meyer's edition), The Bookman, February 1893

38. "The Wandering Jew" (review of R. Buchanan's poem), The Bookman, April 1893

39. "A Bundle of Poets" (review of A. H. Hallam's poems, etc.), The Speaker, 22 July 1893

40. "The Writings of William Blake" (review of L. Housman's selection), The Bookman, August 1893

41. "The Message of the Folk-lorist" (article, and review of T. F. Dyer's The Ghost World), The Speaker, 19 August 1893

42. "Two Minor Lyrists" (review of poems by J. D. Hosken and Fenil Haig [F. M. Ford]), The Speaker, 26 August 1893

43. "Old Gaelic Love Songs" (review of D. Hyde's Love Songs of Connacht), The Bookman, October 1893

44. "The Ainu" (review of B. D. Howard's Life with Trans-Siberian Savages), The Speaker, 7 October 1893

45. "Reflections and Refractions" (review of C. Weekes's poems), The Academy, 4 November 1893

46. "Seen in Three Days" (review of E. J. Ellis's poem), The Bookman, February 1894

47. "A Symbolical Drama in Paris" (review of Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's Axël), The Bookman, April 1894

48. "The Evangel of Folk-lore" (review of W. Larminie's West Irish Folk Tales), The Bookman, June 1894

49. "A New Poet" (review of AE's Homeward, Songs by the Way), The Bookman, August 1894

50. "Some Irish National Books" (review of books by M. MacDermott, E. M. Lynch, and C. O'Kelly), The Bookman, August 1894

51. "An Imaged World" (review of E. Garnett's prose poems), The Speaker, 8 September 1894

52. "The Stone and the Elixir" (review of F. E. Garrett's translation of H. Ibsen's Brand), The Bookman, October 1894

53. "Battles Long Ago" (review of S. O'Grady's The Coming of Cuculain), The Bookman, February 1895

54. "An Excellent Talker" (review of O. Wilde's A Woman of No Importance), The Bookman, March 1895

55. "Dublin Mystics" (review of AE's Homeward, Songs by the Way, 2nd ed., and J. Eglinton's Two Essays on the Remnant), The Bookman, May 1895

56. "The Story of Early Gaelic Literature" (review of D. Hyde's history), The Bookman, June 1895

57. "Irish National Literature, I: From Callanan to Carleton," The Bookman, July 1895

58. "The Three Sorrows of Story-telling" (review of D. Hyde's translation), The Bookman, July 1895

59. "Irish National Literature, II: Contemporary Prose Writers," The Bookman, August 1895

60. "That Subtle Shade" (review of A. Symons's London Nights), The Bookman, August 1895

61. "Irish National Literature, III: Contemporary Irish Poets," The Bookman, September 1895

62. "Irish National Literature, IV: A List of the Best Irish Books," The Bookman, October 1895

63. "The Life of Patrick Sarsfield" (review of J. Todhunter's biography), The Bookman, November 1895

64. "The Chain of Gold" (review of S. O'Grady's book), The Bookman, November 1895

65. "William Carleton" (review of Carleton's autobiography), The Bookman, March 1896

66. "William Blake" (review of R. Garnett's book), The Bookman, April 1896

67. "An Irish Patriot" (review of Lady Ferguson's biography of Sir Samuel Ferguson), The Bookman, May 1896

68. "The New Irish Library" (review of books by R. A. King, J. F. Taylor, and C. G. Duffy), The Bookman, June 1896

69. "William Carleton" (review of Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry), The Bookman (New York), August 1896

70. "Greek Folk Poesy" (review of L. Garnett's collection), The Bookman, October 1896

71. "The Well at the World's End" (review of W. Morris's romance), The Bookman, November 1896

72. "Miss Fiona Macleod as a Poet" (review of Macleod's [William Sharp's] From the Hills of Dream), The Bookman, December 1896

73. "Young Ireland" (review of C. G. Duffy's book), The Bookman, January 1897

74. "Mr. John O'Leary" (review of O'Leary's Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism), The Bookman, February 1897

75. "Mr. Arthur Symons' New Book" (review of Amoris Victima), The Bookman, April 1897

76. "Miss Fiona Macleod" (review of Macleod's [William Sharp's] Spiritual Tales, Tragic Romances and Barbaric Tales), The Sketch, 28 April 1897

77. "The Treasure of the Humble" (review of Maeterlinck's book), The Bookman, July 1897

78. "Mr. Standish O'Grady's Flight of the Eagle," The Bookman, August 1897

79. "Bards of the Gael and the Gall" (review of G. Sigerson's book), The Illustrated London News, 14 August 1897

80. "Aglavaine and Sélysette" (review of Maeterlinck's play), The Bookman, September 1897

81. "The Tribes of Danu," The New Review, November 1897

82. "Three Irish Poets" (article on AE, Nora Hopper, and Lionel Johnson), The Irish Homestead, December 1897

83. "The Prisoners of the Gods," The Nineteenth Century, January 1898

84. "Mr. Lionel Johnson's Poems" (review of Ireland, with Other Poems), The Bookman, February 1898

85. "Mr. Rhys' Welsh Ballads," The Bookman, April 1898

86. "The Broken Gates of Death," The Fortnightly Review, April 1898

87. "Le Mouvement Celtique: Fiona Macleod" (article with a review of The Laughter of Peterkin), L'Irlande Libre, 1 April 1898

88. "AE's Poems" (review of The Earth Breath), The Sketch, 6 April 1898

89. "Le Mouvement Celtique: II. M. John O'Leary," L'Irlande Libre, 1 June 1898

90. "Celtic Beliefs About the Soul" (review of Meyer's translation of The Voyage of Bran), The Bookman, September 1898

91. "John Eglinton and Spiritual Art," The Daily Express (Dublin), 29 October 1898, reprinted in Literary Ideals in Ireland, 1899

92. "A Symbolic Artist and the Coming of Symbolic Art," The Dome, December 1898

93. "High Crosses of Ireland," The Daily Express (Dublin), 28 January 1899

94. "Notes on Traditions and Superstitions," Folk-lore, March 1899

95. "The Irish Literary Theatre," Literature, 6 May 1899

96. "The Dominion of Dreams" (review of Macleod's book), The Bookman, July 1899

97. "Ireland Bewitched," The Contemporary Review, September 1899

98. "The Literary Movement in Ireland," The North American Review, December 1899, reprinted in Ideals in Ireland, 1901

Copy Texts, Emendations, and Notes

Copy Texts Used in This Edition

Emendations to the Copy Texts

Notes

Index