Sheppard Lee. Written by Himself. . . . 1836. 2 vols.
Nick of the Woods, or the Jibbenainosay. A Tale of Kentucky. . . . Philadelphia. . . . 1837. 2 vols. New York, 1853, 1856, 1864, 1890, 1905. London, 1837 [ed. Ainsworth, W. H.], 1841, 1845, 1854, 1856, 1860, 1872, 1883, 1900. Halifax, 1855. German: Leipzig, 1838, Frankfort, 1841, Stuttgart, 1847, 1875. Dutch, Leyden, 1877. Polish, Chicago, 1905.
Peter Pilgrim, or, a Rambler's Recollections. . . . Philadelphia. . . . 1838. 2 vols. London, 1839.
The Adventures of Robin Day. . . . Philadelphia. . . . 1839. 2 vols. German, Leipzig, c. 1853-8.
A Belated Revenge. From the Papers of Ipsico Poe. . . . Philadelphia. . . . n. d. [1889]. [An unfinished novel, completed by Bird, F. M. It appeared in Lippincott's Magazine, Nov., 1889, and was issued as a volume by the mere addition of a title page.] For Bird's plays see the bibliography to Book II, Chap. II.
Quinn, A. H. Dramatic Works of Robert Montgomery Bird. In The [New York] Nation, 3 August, 1916. A monograph on Bird is being prepared by Mr. Clement Foust.
Hugh Henry Brackenridge
Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O Regan, his servant . . . Philadelphia. . . . M. DCC. XCII. 2 vols. Vol. II has the date M. DCC. XII., plainly a misprint for M. DCC. XCII. A third volume was published at Pittsburgh, 1793. The date on the title page is M. DCC. XIII., another misprint. A fourth volume appeared at Philadelphia, 1797. These four volumes make up what is known as Part I of Modern Chivalry. Part II was issued in two volumes at Philadelphia, 1804-5.
The bibliography of the later editions is difficult, as the book underwent many revisions and changes. The four volumes of Part I were arranged as two and published at Philadelphia, etc., 1804-7. Part II appeared, again in two volumes, at Philadelphia, etc., 1807. The complete work was issued in four volumes at Philadelphia, 1815. The first three volumes of this edition contained all that had been published previously, and the fourth volume was made up of entirely new material. This edition forms the basis of most subsequent editions. There was another complete edition of both parts, Pittsburgh, 1819, 2 vols. Part I also appeared as follows: Philadelphia, 1808 [only one half of Part I, that is, vol. I and vol. II of the original edition of 1792-93]; Wilmington, Delaware, 1815, 1825; Philadelphia, 1846 [with notes and a memoir by H. M. Brackenridge and the illustrations by Darley], 1851, [1853?], 1855, [1856?] [In the 1856 edition Part I was issued in 2 vols., one called Adventures of Captain Farrago, and the other, Adventures of Major O'Regan.] Part II appeared as follows: Pittsburgh, 1853 [only one half of Part II, that is, vol. I of the 1819 Pittsburgh edition of Part II]; Philadelphia, 1857 [only vol. II of Part II].
A monograph on Brackenridge is being prepared by Mr. M. M. Hoover, who has furnished the information on which this entry is based.
