before been adequately recorded. It may safely be claimed that The Building of The Idylls is a contribution to modern Bibliography of the highest importance. A word is called for in explanation of the section entitled A Contribution to the Bibliography of the Writings of Algernon Charles Swinburne. The time for a Complete Bibliography of the works of Mr. Swinburne has not yet arrived; may it be long in coming! But among the students and collectors of modern poetical literature are many who follow closely and keenly all that is written by the author of Poems and Ballads and Atalanta in Calydon. Many of the poems and essays of Mr. Swinburne have been printed in short numbers and in pamphlet form. Some of these separate prints are of extraordinary scarcity, and many collectors have never had the opportunity of examining them. One at least of these, Siena, has been reproduced in an unauthorized manner, and copies of this spurious reproduction have frequently been bought and sold as examples of the genuine original issue. A surprisingly large number of Mr. Swinburne's contributions to periodical literature have never yet been collected, and lie buried in old volumes of newspapers and magazines. For the Collector, to enable him to detect the genuine from the spurious; for the Student to guide him to the less-known and scattered of Mr. Swinburne's writings, this "Bibliographical List" has been compiled. The Editors again desire to express their indebtedness to Mr. Buxton Forman, Mr. Walter B. Slater, Mr. Clement Shorter, and other friends, for kind help generously given. They also repeat that they will gladly welcome any suggestions, corrections, or contributions of suitable material. LONDON, October 20th, 1896. CONTENTS. (ii.) Letter from the Rev. F. D. Maurice to Dr. F. J. Furnivall (iii.) Extract from a Letter from John Ruskin to Dr. F. J. (iv.) Letter from the Rev. F. D. Maurice to John Ruskin (v.) Extract from a Letter (in two parts) from John Ruskin to the (vi.) Letter from the Rev. F. D. Maurice to John Ruskin (vii.) Letter from John Ruskin to Dr. F. J. Furnivall (viii.) Dr. F. J. Furnivall's conclusion to the Sheepfold correspond- |