Alfred Elwes

Alfred Elwes

Infobox Writer
name = Alfred Elwes


caption = Alfred Elwes.
birthdate = 1819
birthplace = Woolwich, Kent, England
deathdate = death year and age|1888|1819
occupation = writer and philologist
nationality = United Kingdom
period = 1845–1888

Alfred Elwes (1819-1888) was a nineteenth century British author of children's literature, academic, philologist, and occasional translator of French, Italian and Portuguese literature into English. He is perhaps best remembered for his translation of the medieval Arthurian romance "Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende; a Tale of the Times of King Arthur".

Life and career

Elwes was born at Woolwich, Kent. In his education Elwes attained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He studied at Leiden in Holland.

Subsequently Elwes was Professor of English at Leghorn, Tuscany. His earliest known work, "Il Nuovo Vergani" (1845), a grammar in Italian for the study of English, was probably written and published during his tenure in this position, as was, no doubt, his earliest known translation, "A new and complete Italian grammar by Vergani" (1846), which would have performed the same office in English for the study of Italian.

Later, after returning to England, Elwes served as President of the British Literary Society, and in 1870 he held the position of Official Translator of Modern Languages in London.

Literary works

Elwes' interests in Continental languages and travel are reflected in most of his works. He both wrote and translated travel literature, and much of his children's fiction details the lives or adventures of young protagonists in European locales.

In addition to his works published in book form, Elwes contributed prose and verse to various periodicals.

Elwes was the compiler of a number of English/Romance dictionaries, as well as Romance language grammars for the use of students learning the languages, all reissued in various editions into the twentieth century.

Bibliography

Juvenile fiction

Animal stories

* "My Own Book of Beasts" (1853)
* "The Adventures of a Bear and a Great Bear Too" (1853)
* "The Adventures of a Dog and a Good Dog Too" (1854) ( [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20741 Project Gutenberg e-text] )
* "The Adventures of a Cat and a Fine Cat Too!" (1857) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=EAUGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=alfred+elwes+subject:%22Cats%22 Google e-text] )
* "Funny Dogs with Funny Tales" (1857) (with Robert B. Brough, James Hannay, Edmund F. Blanchard and illustrator Harrison Weir)
* "Adventures of a Bear, Cat, and Dog" (1860; omnibus of his previous animal adventures books)

Other

* "Giulio Branchi: the Story of a Tuscan, related by Himself" (1857)
* "Paul Blake, or, The Story of a Boy's Perils in the Islands of Corsica and Monte-Christo" (1858)
* "Frank and Andrea, or, Forest life in the Island of Sardinia" (1859)
* "Ralph Seabrooke, or, The Adventures of a Young Artist in Piedmont and Tuscany" (1860)
* "Guy Rivers, or, A Boy's Struggles in the Great World" (1861) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=_m0OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "Luke Ashleigh; or, School-life in Holland" (1863)
* "Minna Raymond; a tale that might have been true" (1864) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=XtQjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "The Legend of the Mount; or, The Days of Chivalry" (1866)
* "Swift and Sure; or, The Career of Two Brothers" (1872)
* "Perils Afloat and Brigands Ashore" (1886)

Nonfiction

History

* "Ocean and her Rulers; a Narrative of the Nations which have from the Earliest Ages held Dominion over the Sea, comprising a Brief History of Navigation, from the Remotest Periods up to the Present Time" (1853)

Travel

* "The Richmonds' Tour Through Europe" (1851)
* "Through Spain by Rail in 1872" (1873) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=X3ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] ) ( [http://www.archive.org/details/throughspainbyra00elwerich Internet Archive e-text] )

Philological reference works

* "Il Nuovo Vergani" [a grammar in Italian for the study of English] (1845)
* "A grammar of the Italian language" (1852) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=hXsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "A grammar of the Spanish language, in a simple and practical form" (1852) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=jHsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "Dictionnaire français-anglais: French-English dictionary" (1852-1855) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=QF0SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "Dizionario italiano, inglese, francese; A concise dictionary of the Italian, English, & French languages" (1853)
* "A dictionary of the Spanish and English and English and Spanish languages" (1854)
* "Mr. Henry's Spanish Course" (edited, 1866)
* "A dictionary of the Portuguese language" (1876) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=xocCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )
* "A triglot dictionary of the Italian, English, and French languages as written and spoken" (1879)
* "A dictionary of the Portuguese language in two parts" (1888)
* "A grammar of the Portuguese language in a simple and practical form" (1888)
* "A dictionary of the Spanish language in two parts" (1888)

Translated works

* "A new and complete Italian grammar by Vergani", by Angelo Vergani) (1846)
* "Stories of an Old Maid related to her nephews and nieces", by Mme. Émile de Girardin (1851)
* "Food for gossip! a comedy in three acts" ("Oste e non oste") (1855 - acted, but possibly not published)
* "", by Mary Lafon (1856) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=8tfUL6iQQwcC&printsec=titlepage#PPP6,M1/ Google e-text] )
* "How I crossed Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, through unknown countries; Discovery of the Great Zambesi Affluents, &c.", by Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1881)
* "From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca; Description of a Journey into Central and West Africa, comprising narratives, adventures, and important surveys of the sources of the rivers ... and a detailed account of the territories of Quiteca N'bungo, Sosso, Futa, and Yacca : Expedition organized in the years 1877-1880", by Hermenegildo Capelo and Roberto Ivens (1882) ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=0CkUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3&dq=inauthor:Alfred+inauthor:Elwes/ Google e-text] )

References

* Allibone, S. Austin. "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century". London, Trübner & Co., 1871, vol. III, p. 2781 (a digression under the entry for Joseph Wilson).
* Kirk, John Foster. "A Supplement to Allibone’s Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors". Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, c1891, p. 555.
* "The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine". London, Houlston and Wright, 1868, p. 386.


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