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undertook to do, and impediments only encouraged him. One result of this resolute nature is to be found in the long list of his published works which we give to-day. Considered merely as a monument of unflinching toil, it would be honorable to the memory of any man; but it is so much more. It is a catalogue of books, the production of a single hand, all worth reading, and many of them of first-rate ability; of unquestionable and permanent value, dealing as they do with human life both in its inward and outward experiences, and full, as some of them are, of "the best thoughts in the best language." This is Coleridge's definition of poetry; and tried by the test, Mr. Taylor's metrical work fulfills its conditions. 

We hear literary men, in this country, and we suppose that it is so everywhere else, complaining that they cannot get along, that they cannot find work to do, that publishers will not buy their books, or that the public will not read them. We commend to them, for study and example, the sturdy character of the distinguished writer whom we have lost too soon. He certainly had obstacles enough to surmount, especially in the beginning. If ever a man fought his way up, he did. He received no honor, he achieved no success, he won no reward to which he was not fully entitled. He was to be put down neither by hard luck, nor by disappointment, nor by faint praise, nor by unjust criticism. He undertook no task to which he did not bring his whole power; and he understood well enough (to borrow Goethe's words) that "nothing would come to him in his sleep." Long practice gave him dexterity, and made expression easy to him. The time had arrived when he might fairly hope to do important things much better than he had ever done them before. He appeared to have achieved the best wealth of a man of letters—free and unhindered opportunity. Fate refused him the chance of showing us how nobly he would have improved it. When all seemed to have been made somewhat easy for him, when many hard lessons had been learned and much invaluable material had been gathered, he was called away be an inexorable summons. Those who knew him best will best understand that the loss is not altogether theirs. Had he lived only a few years longer, the rich catalogue which we have taken a sad pleasure in compiling would have been much richer. In the latter numbers there would have been mellowness and maturity, and the fruit of much deeper thought and of much longer observation. But happy the author who can leave behind him so much, and of such a quality. All is honest and cleanly, as well as veracious and beautiful. There is no book to burn, and there is no line to blot!

A collective edition of the poems issued by Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1865, and of the novels by Putnam & Son, New-York, 1871. Since 1872 Mr. Taylor had been collecting materials and making studies for a combined biography of Goethe and Schiller.


BAYARD TAYLOR'S LITERARY WORK.

A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE.

1. "Ximena; or, The Battle of the Sierra Morena," and other Poems, Phila., 1844.
2. "Views Afoot; or, Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff;" with a Preface by N.P. Willis. New-York, 1846, last ed., 1869. London, 1869. Ten years after its publication this work had reached its 20th American edition.
3. "Rhymes of Travel, and California Ballads." New-York, 1848, 2d ed., 1849.
4. "Eldorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire;" comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama, etc. New-York, 1850. London, 1850. 18th American ed., New-York, 1862; new ed., 1869. [Allibone notices that of this work, 10,000 copies of the first edition were sold in twelve days, and in England 30,000 copies of various forms and editions were sold within a few years.]
5. "The American Legend;" a Poem delivered before the Phi Beat Kappa Society of Harvard University in 1850. 1850.
6. "Book of Romances, Lyrics and Songs." Boston, 1851.
7. "A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscape from Egypt to the Negro Kingdom of the White Nile." New-York, 1854. London, 1854. 11th American edition. New-York, 1862. New edition, 1869. Was translated into German and published at Leipsic.
8. "The Lands of the Saracens; or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain." 1854. London, 1855. 20th American edition. New-York, 1862. New edition, 1869.
9. "A Visit to India, China and Japan in the year 1853." New-York, 1855. London, 1855. 16th American edition. New-York, 1862. New edition, 1869. Nos. 7, 8 and 9 contain the results of the author's travels in 1851-'53.
10. "Poems of the Orient." Boston, 1855. 5th edition before 1861. New edition, 1862.
11. "Poems and Ballads." New-York, 1854. Contains portrait of the author by Thomas Buchanan Read.
12. "Poems of Home and Travel." Boston, 1855; 1862.
13. "Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures; Sweden, Denmark and Lapland." London, 1857. New-York, 1858; 1869. London, 1869. These were letters originally contributed to THE TRIBUNE. The title-pages of the London and New-York editions differ. Translated into German and Swedish.
14. "Travels in Greece and Russia, with an Excursion to Crete, 1859." London, 1859. New-York, 1869. The portion relating to Greece alone was translated into German by Mrs. Taylor, and published at Leipsic.
15. "At Home and Abroad; a Sketch Book of Life, Scenery and Men." New-York, 1859; 1869; second series, 1862. London, 1862.
16. "The Poet's Journal," Boston and London, 1862. Characterized as a "a poetical domestic autobiography."
17. "Hannan Thurston; a Story of American Life." New-York, 1863; fourteenth thousand, 1864. London, 1863, 1864, In Russian, St. Petersburg, 1864. In German, translated by the author's wife, Mrs. Marie Taylor, daughter of Professor Hansen, the eminent astronomer. Hamburg, 1864.
18. "John Godfrey's Fortunes. Related by himself." A story of American Life. New-York, 1864. 9th 1,000, 1865. London, 1864. In German, 1865. Translated by Mrs. Taylor.
19. "The Story of Kennett; a Tale of American Life." New-York, 1866. London, 1866. Translated into German by Mrs. Taylor, and published at Gotha.
20. "The Picture of St. John;" A Poem. Boston. 1866.
21. "Colorado; A Summer Trip." New-York, 1867. London, 1867.
22. "Frithief's Saga;" from the Swedish of Esias Teguer, Bishop of Wexio; by the Rev. W. L. Blackley. Edited by Bayard Taylor. New-York, 1867.
23. "The Golden Wedding;" Joseph Taylor, Rebecca W. Taylor, October 15, 1868. Privately printed; 200 copies. Philadelphia, 1868. [Contains a short Address by Mr. Taylor, and a Masque composed for the occasion. Also, a Poem by Mr. Stoddard, and another by Mr. Boker.]
24. "By-Ways of Europe;" 1869. London, 1869.
25. "Auerbach's Villa on the Rhine." Author's edition, with a Biographical Sketch by Bayard Taylor, and Portrait. New-York, 1869.
26. "The Ballard of Abraham Lincoln," with illustrations, by Sol Eytinge, jr. Boston, 1869.
27. "Illustrated Library of Travel, Exploration and Adventure." Edited by Mr. Taylor. New-York, 1872-'74.
28. Goethe's "Faust," Parts I and II. Translated into English verse, with a reproduction of the original metres. Boston, 1870-'71. [Acknowledged by competent critics to be the best English translation, and to rank with the best works of the class in the language.]
29. "Joseph and his Friends." New-York, 1870. Translated into German, and published at Berlin.
30. "The Masque of the Gods." Boston, 1872.
31. "Beauty and the Beast" and "Tales of Home." New-York, 1872.
32. "Lars: A Pastoral of Norway." 1873.
33. "Egypt and Iceland in the Year 1874," with an Account of a Visit to Fayoum. New-York, 1874.
34. "The Prophet." A Tragedy. Boston, 1874.
35. "School History of Germany." New-York, 1874. Translated into German by Mrs. Taylor. Stuttgart, 1875.
36. "Home Pastorals, Ballads and Lyrics." Boston, 1875.
37. "The National Ode." Read at Philadelphia, July 4, 1876. Heliotype fac-simile of the author's MS. Boston, 1876.
38. "Boys of Other Countries." Stories for American Boys. New-York, 1876. Translated into German by Mrs. Taylor. Stuttgart, 1879. [This was Mr. Taylor's only book for young people, and contained his last work in prose.]
39. "The Echo Club, and other Literary Diversions." Boston, 1876.
40. "Bismarck. His Authentic Biography."

By George Hezekiel. "Historical Introduction." by Bayard Taylor. New-York, 1878.
41. "Prince Deukalion." Boston, 1878.
NOTE.—Uniform editions of this author's books of travel have been published by George P. Putnam in 5 vols., 1855; in 6 vols., 1858; in 8 vols., 1859; in two editions, the Caxton and the Popular, each in 10 vols., in 1862 and in 1869. Mr. Taylor prepared and arranged a "Cyclopedia of Modern Travel," Cincinnati, 1857. He also contributed notes on Loo Choo and Japan to the "Narrative of Perry's Expedition," and to "Voices of the Press," New-York, 1850; and Introduction to the "Life, Travel and Books of Alexander Humboldt," New-York, 1860. He was a constant contributor to the magazines and reviews, and for many years held the highest place in the popular esteem as a lecturer.