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- The Library Edition of the British Poets was the title given to a 48-volume edition of the works of British poets, published between 1853 and 1860 by James Nichol of Edinburgh, edited, with lives of the authors, critical dissertations and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan. All the poets included were dead by the date of publication, and nearly all were born before 1770. The English Romantic poets were thus omitted from the collection. Publication took place in issues of six volumes, each issue costing one guinea by subscription, as follows.
* 1853-1854Milton's Poetical Works (2 volumes)Thomson's Poetical WorksThe Poetical Works of George HerbertYoung's Night ThoughtsThe Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton
* 1854The Poetical Works of William Cowper (2 volumes)The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler (2 volumes)The Poetical Works of William ShenstoneThe Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer (complete text at Gutenberg)
* 1855The Poetical Works of John Dryden (2 volumes)The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles (2 volumes) (text of volume 1 at Gutenberg)The Poetical Works of Charles ChurchillThe Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (complete text at Gutenberg)
* 1856The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (2 volumes)The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (2 volumes) (text of volume 1 at Gutenberg) (text of volume 2 at Gutenberg)The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James GrahameThe Poetical Works of William Shakspeare and the Earl of Surrey
* 1857The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (3 volumes)The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside (complete text at Gutenberg)The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John DenhamThe Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems
* 1858Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (3 volumes)The Poetical Works of Matthew PriorThe Poetical Works of Sir Thomas WyattThe Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green
* 1859The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser (5 volumes)The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay's Fables; Somerville's Chase
* 1860Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets — volume I (complete text at Gutenberg)First PeriodThe following poets: John Gower; John Barbour; Andrew Wyntoun; Blind Harry; James I of Scotland; John the Chaplain—Thomas Occleve; John Lydgate; John Harding, John Kay; Robert Henryson; William Dunbar; Gavin Douglas; Hawes, Barclay; Skelton; Sir David Lyndsay; Thomas Tusser; Vaux, Edwards; George Gascoigne; Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset; John Harrington; Sir Philip Sidney; Robert Southwell; Thomas Watson; Thomas Turberville; Unknown.Second Period — From Spenser to DrydenThe following poets: Francis Beaumont; Sir Walter Raleigh; Joshua Sylvester; Richard Barnfield; Alexander Hume; Other Scottish poets; Samuel Daniel; Sir John Davies; Giles Fletcher; John Donne; Michael Drayton; Edward Fairfax; Sir Henry Wotton; Richard Corbet; Ben Jonson; Vere, Storrer; Thomas Randolph; Robert Burton; Thomas Carew; Sir John Suckling; William Cartwright; William Browne; William Alexander, Earl of Stirling; William Drummond; Phineas Fletcher.Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets — volume II (complete text at Gutenberg)Second Period — From Spenser to Dryden (continued)The following poets: William Habington; Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich; Richard Lovelace; Robert Herrick; Sir Richard Fanshawe; Abraham Cowley; George Wither; Sir William Davenant; Dr. Henry King; John Chalkhill; Catharine Phillips; Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle; Thomas Stanley; Andrew Marvell; Izaak Walton; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; The Earl of Roscommon; Charles Cotton; Dr. Henry More; William Chamberlayne; Henry Vaughan; Dr. Joseph Beaumont; Miscellaneous pieces, from Robert Heath and by various authors.Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets — volume III (complete text at Gutenberg)Third Period — From Dryden to CowperThe following poets: Sir Charles Sedley; John Pomfret; The Earl of Dorset; John Philips; Walsh, Gould; Sir Samuel Garth; Sir Richard Blackmore; Elijah Fenton; ; Thomas Tickell; ; , Vanbrugh; Richard Savage; Thomas Warton, the Elder; Jonathan Swift; Isaac Watts; Ambrose Philips; William Hamilton; Allan Ramsay; Dodsley, Brown; Isaac Hawkins Browne; William Oldys; Robert Lloyd; Henry Carey; David Mallett; James Merrick; Dr. James Grainger; Michael Bruce; Christopher Smart; Thomas Chatterton; Lord Lyttelton; John Cunningham; Robert Fergusson; Dr. Walter Harte; ; Francis Fawkes; John Langhorne; Sir William Blackstone; John Scott; Alexander Ross; Richard Glover; William Whitehead; William Julius Mickle; Lord Nugent; John Logan; Thomas Blacklock; Miss Elliot and Mrs. Cockburn; Sir William Jones; Samuel Bishop; Susanna Blamire; James Macpherson; William Mason; ; Joseph Warton; Miscellaneous.The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, by Thomas Tyrwhitt (3 volumes) (en)
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- The Library Edition of the British Poets was the title given to a 48-volume edition of the works of British poets, published between 1853 and 1860 by James Nichol of Edinburgh, edited, with lives of the authors, critical dissertations and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan. All the poets included were dead by the date of publication, and nearly all were born before 1770. The English Romantic poets were thus omitted from the collection. Publication took place in issues of six volumes, each issue costing one guinea by subscription, as follows. (en)
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