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of Modern and Original Songs. 12mo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, David Bass, 1806.

The Northern Minstrel or Gateshead Songster; being a choice collection of the most approved modern Songs; including also a number of Originals from the Manuscripts of the respective authors. Sm. 12mo. Gateshead upon Tyne, J. Marshall.

Published in four parts, in 1806-7. It includes several Songs in the Tyne dialect.

The Northumbrian Minstrel; a Choice Collection of Songs. 3 nos, 12mo. Alnwick, W. Davison, 1811.

Rhymes of Northern Bards; being a curious Collection of old and new Songs and Poems peculiar to the counties of Newcastle-uponTyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Edited by JOHN BELL, Junr. 12mo, pp. 328. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1812.

Alnwick Vocal Miscellany; a Selection of the most esteemed Songs. 12mo. Alnwick, W. Davison, 1816.

The Budget; or Newcastle Songster for 1816. 12mo. Newcastle, J. Marshall, 1816.

The Gateshead Cabinet, being a small collection of Songs. By T. R. V. 12mo, pp. 14. Newcastle, 1816.

A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, chiefly in the Newcastle dialect. By WILLIAM MIDFORD. To which are added a few Local Songs, by various authors. 12mo, pp. 70. Newcastle, 1818.

A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect, and illustrative of the language and manners of the common people on the banks of the Tyne and neighbourhood. By Messrs THOMPSON, SHIELD, MIDFORD, and others. [Second edition.] 12mo, pp. 72. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. Marshall, 1819.

3rd edition; 1820.

4th edition; 1823.

A Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive, chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect. By T. THOMPSON, J. SHIELD, W. MIDFORD, H. ROBSON, and others. Pp. 228. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; pr. by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-market, 1827.

A Collection of Original Newcastle Songs... not before published in any Collection. 12mo, pp. 16. Newcastle upon Tyne, J. Marshall, 1819.

A New Song entitled Street Piracy, or Lantern Justice; to which are added, the Dying Reflections of Poor Snap. 8vo. Newcastle, John Booth, 1822.

Newcastle Tracts.-Account of the Proceedings in Newcastle and Gateshead at the Coronation of Geo. III. and Queen Charlotte, Sept. 1761, and Geo. IV., 1821. Newcastle, 1822-Trial of Watson v. Carr, for Assault and Imprisonment at Newcastle. Ib., 1823-Stanzas on the New Line of Road from Potticar Lane to Leyburn Hole, with Account of Memorable Events which have occurred on Gateshead Hill. Ib., 1825-Account of the Statute of Charles II. on Tyne

Bridge, with the Pasquinade on its Removal, and Reply. Ib., 1826 -La Belle Assemblee, or the Tinmouth Bathers, a Poem, inscribed to the Ladies of Newcastle, by G. K. Ib., 1828-Verses on the E. of Northumberland Restoring Alnwick Castle, and Elegy on the Quakers' Burial Ground at Cullurcoats. Ib., 1829—Accounts of the Rebellions in 1715-16 and '46, as far as relates to the Counties of Northumberland and Newcastle and Berwick. Ib., 1831-Account of the Dreadful Explosion at Wallsend Colliery, in Northumberland and Durham. Ib., 1835. Collected in 1 vol, 8vo, boards.

This appeared in a bookseller's catalogue; but it probably contains very little that is dialectal.-W. W. S.

A Collection of Songs on the intended Branch Custom House at North Shields. 12mo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. Marshall [1822 ?] A Complete Collection of original Newcastle Coronation Songs, comprising all that have been written on the Coronation of George IV. 12mo, pp. 16. Newcastle, 1822.

A Complete Collection of original Newcastle Coronation Songs, comprising all that have been written on the Coronation of Geo. IV., and on the intended removal of the Custom House. 12mo, pp. 76. Newcastle, 1822.

A Collection of original Local Songs and other pieces. By Wм. OLIVER. 12mo, pp. 24. Ib., 1824.

-An enlarged edition in 8vo, pp. 70. Ib., 1829.

The Tyne Side Minstrel; being a Collection of original Local Songs, arranged to popular airs. 12mo, pp. 72. Gateshead, 1824.

The Tyne Side Songster; a choice Collection of Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive Songs, in the Newcastle dialect. 18mo, pp. 108. Alnwick [1826.]

-A Collection of Comic and Descriptive Songs, chiefly in the Newcastle dialect. 12mo. Alnwick, W. Davison, n. d.

The Tyne Songster; a choice Collection of Songs in the Newcastle dialect. 12mo, pp. 72. North Shields, 1827.

The Tyne Songster; a choice selection of Songs in the Newcastle
Dialect. 12mo. Newcastle, W. and T. Fordyce, 1840.

The Songs of the Tyne; being a choice Collection of Popular Local
Songs, comic, satirical, and descriptive, chiefly in the Newcastle
Dialect. 10 nos, 12mo. Newcastle upon Tyne, John Ross, n. d.
Songs of the Tyne, a collection of Local Melodies. By JOSHUA
BAGNALL. 12mo. Gateshead, R. Rankin.

The Tyneside Minstrel; being a collection of Original Local Songs arranged to popular airs. 12mo, pp. 72. Gateshead, W. Stephenson,

1824.

A Collection of Original
GILCHRIST. Sm. 8vo.

Songs, Local and Sentimental. By ROBERT
Newcastle upon Tyne, W. A. Mitchell, 1824.

Stanzas on the Intended new line of Road from Potticar Lane to
Leyburn Hole, &c. 12mo, pp. 16. Newcastle, J. Sykes, 1825. (The

County of York. Published for the Surtees Society. 8vo, pp. 187. Durham: 1857.

Published also by Whitaker, of London, in the same year. old words, and a Glossary of 8 pages, double columns.

Contains many

Some Observations made by MR FRANCIS BROKESBY, concerning the Dialect and various pronunciation of Words in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

In Ray's English Words, pp. 170-3; in the Edition of 1691. (Reprinted for the E. D. S. in the Introduction to Gloss. B. 15, pp. 7, 8.)

Early English Pronunciation.

By ALEXANDER J. ELLIS, F.R.S. Published for the Philological, Early English Text, and Chaucer Societies. In Part IV., dated London, 1874, pp. 1400-1405, there is a Halifax Version of the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Palæotype, with explanatory notes by C. C. ROBINSON.

In part V. of this work, which will appear in 1876, and will be devoted to a study of English dialectal speech, and especially pronunciation, throughout the country, comparative examples will be given of all existing Yorkshire phases, more than 20 in number, principally prepared by C. C. ROBINSON, and all printed in strictly phonetic Palæotype. These specimens of Yorkshire phases, reprinted in Glossic, with a prepared Essay on the Yorkshire Dialects, will form the basis of a separate publication, with Appendices containing Reprints, &c., of the best compositions illustrative of Yorkshire dialect; A Collection of Idiomatic Words and Phrases peculiar to the County; A restricted Collection of Yorkshire Proverbial Sayings; and Remarks on the West-Riding version of the "Song of Solomon," as rendered in the Barnsley dialect.

T' Yorkshur Alminac, written accoarding tea nater, e plain English, without Grammar, or onny mak o' beak larning. By NATHANIEL NETTLENASE. 12mo, pp. 72. Leeds: 1861.

The publication ended with the issue of a following year's number. In the Dialect of the North Riding, and written by the publisher, Mr David Green, then of Leeds.

Old Harry's a rare Strong Chap. Street broadside.

In what is meant for the Dialect of the central rural population. There are several versions of this song, with occasionally a different heading-as, ‘A Country Lad's visit to Leeds,' and, with this title, some have fifty years ago.'

West Riding Otley to Tadcaster.

T' Country Chap, or T' Yorkshar Plewboy. A Poem, in his own Dialect. (By MR WM TODD.) 18mo, pp. 22. Heckmondwike: 1856. In the Dialect of the rural west.

The Factory System, or Frank Hawthorn's Visit to his Cousin, Jemmy Cropper, of Leeds. 12mo, pp. 12. Leeds: 1831.

A dialogue, introducing the Dialect of the rural west, and that of Leeds, but in a loose, faulty manner.

The Yorkshire Comet. 1844.

A monthly publication, in the Dialect of the rural west. It was printed at Otley, but discontinued after the issue of the seventh number. Mr Halliwell gives copious extracts from its pages in the Introduction to his Glossary.

A Glossary of Words used in the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire; including a Collection of Words heard in Lower Nidderdale. To which

London,

in three fyttes; with Introduction and Glossary. Sm. 8vo. Saunders & Otley, 1855. Proverbial Folk Lore of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 4to. Richmond (in Com. Ebor), J. Bell, 1855.

The Popular Rhymes, Sayings, and Proverbs, of the County of Berwick, with illustrative notes. By GEORGE HENDERSON, Surgeon. 12mo. Newcastle on Tyne, W. S. Crow, 1856.

Geordy Brown's Budget of Laughables, containing a Collection of original comic songs, medleys, and recitations, in the Newcastle Dialect. By R. P. SUTHERLAND. Very small. London, Webb, Millington, & Co., 1857.

Folk-Lore or a Collection of Local Rhymes, Proverbs, Sayings, Prophecies, Slogans, &c. relating to Northumberland, Newcastle-onTyne and Berwick-on-Tweed. Sm. 8vo. Richmond in Com. Ebor. J. Bell, 1858.

The Song of Solomon in the Newcastle Dialect. By JOHN GEORGE FORSTER. 16mo. [London, 1858.]

Only 250 copies printed for H. H. Prince L. Lucien Bonaparte.

The Song of Solomon in the Newcastle Dialect. By JOSEPH PHILIP ROBSON. Author of 'Bards of the Tyne,' etc., etc. [London, 1859.] Only 250 copies printed for H. H. Prince L. Lucien Bonaparte.

The Book of Ruth, in the Northumberland Dialect. By J. P. ROBSON. London, 1860.

Only 250 copies printed for H. H. Prince L. Lucien Bonaparte.

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The Song of Solomon in the Northumberland Dialect. By JOSEPH PHILIP ROBSON; author of Tyneside Songs,' etc., etc. London [1860].

Only 250 copies printed for H. H. Prince L. Lucien Bonaparte.

The Song of Solomon, versified from the English Translation of James of England, into the Dialect of the Colliers of Northumberland, but principally those dwelling on the banks of the Tyne. By J. P. ROBSON. 4to. [London,] 1860.

Northumberland and the Border. By WALTER WHITE. 8vo, pp. xii and 472. London, 1859.

Chater's Illustrated Comic Tyneside Almanac for 1862. . . . written in the Northumberland Dialect egzackly hoo the Newcassel Foaks tawk. By J. P. ROBSON, . . . an' uthor clivvor cheps a' owthor belangin Newcassel, G'yetsid, or sumways else. 12mo. Newcastle upon Tyne, J. W. Chater, 1862.

the same, for 1863.

-the same, for 1866.

The Keelmin's Comic Annewal for 1869, gi'es ye the best bits o' wit an' wisdim be the clivvorest cheps aboot Tyneside. by J. L. MARCKE an' C. H. Ross. 12mo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. W. Chater. Northumberland and its Neighbour Lands. Illustrated by engravings from Richardson, Carmichael, &c. By S. S. JONES. 4to.

Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect; to which is added a Glossary of such of the Yorkshire Words as are not likely to be understood. The Seventh edition, with considerable additions and amendments. 12mo, pp. 36. York: 1811.

The usual reprint of rural specimens. There is a whole page engraving, illustrating the poem of Awd Daisy.' An eighth edition is noted in Mr Smith's bibliographical list.

The Yorkshire Garland, containing the celebrated old songs of Yorke, Yorke, for me monie,' and the Pattern of True Love, or Bowe's Tragedy. To which are added specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect, selected from 'The Register Office;' Richard and Betty at Hickleton Fair,' The Ripon Bellman,' &c. 18mo, pp. 34. Northallerton :

1825.

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With a Frontispiece, illustrating Awd Daisy.'

Yorkshire Garland. To which are added Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. With a Glossary. 12mo. Northallerton: 1826.

Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect, by way of Dialogue, &c. With a Glossary, and the Life of William Nevison. 18mo, pp. 24. London : 1828.

Reprint of rural stock specimens.

The Yorkshire Dialect, exemplified in various Dialogues, Tales, and Songs, applicable to the county. With a Glossary. 18mo, pp. 24. London (W. Cole).

Reprint of rural stock specimens.

Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. 12mo, pp. 24. Knaresbro:

1833.

Reprint of rural stock specimens.

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Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect, selected from the Register "Office,' Richard and Betty at Hickleton Fair,' &c. With Glossary. 12mo, pp. 24. Knaresbro: 1843.

Reprint of rural stock specimens.

A Specimen of the Yorkshire Dialect in the History of Awd Isaac. 12mo. Beverley: 1844.

Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. With a Glossary. 12mo. 6th ed. Knaresbrough: 1848.

A 3rd and 5th ed. of specimens, previously noted, were not the work of the same printer.

Oad Isaac. 12mo. Leeds: 1846.

Aud Isaac: a Poem in the Yorkshire Dialect, composed of facts and similitudes. With a Glossary on the last page. 12mo, pp. 18. London: 1855.

Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect, in various Dialogues, Tales, and Songs. With a Glossary (1 page, treble columns). 12mo, pp. 34. Otley [n. d.].

Recent. There are two very old publishers at Otley-Walker, and the late firm of Webb and Millington (now a joint-stock company). This is the Walker edition of the specimens, as the next Otley ed. noted is the Webb and Mi'lington. For Frontispiece (on a double page) are five coloured engravings of

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