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A more comprehensive list including publications of poems, articles and essays in magazines, items edited, introductions, reviews
and other contributions, etc., can be accessed here, in pdf format. This has been prepared by Jeff Cooper,
an expert on the publications of John Drinkwater, and he has very kindly given permission for it to be made available here. It is not
available anywhere else. Please note, this list is still in draft, and the copyright is owned by Jeff Cooper. Details of how to contact
him are in the document.
Known pseudonyms of John Drinkwater as an actor: John Darnley, E. Wilmot Terris
Title (in alphabetical order) | Date | Publisher |
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Abraham Lincoln: a play | 1918 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Abraham Lincoln | 1919 | Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston |
All About Me: Poems for a Child (illustrator H.M. Brock) | 1928 | Collins, London; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York |
An Anthology of English Verse | 1924 | Collins, London |
An Autobiography | 1931-32 | Ernest Benn, London |
Bird in Hand: a play in three acts | 1927 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
A Book for Bookmen: Being Edited Manuscripts and Marginalia With Essays on Several Occasions (edited by J.D.) | 1926 | Dulau, London |
Charles James Fox | 1928 | Ernest Benn, London |
Claud Lovat Fraser, with representative examples of his work reproduced in collotype and line (co-author Albert Rutherston) | 1923 | Heinemann, London |
Collected Plays of John Drinkwater Vol. 1 | 1925 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Collected Plays of John Drinkwater Vol. 2 | 1925 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater, Volume I | 1923 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater, Volume II | 1923-37 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Cromwell: a character study | 1927 | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
Cophetua: A Play in One Act | 1911 | David Nutt, London |
Cotswold Characters | 1921 | Yale University Press, New Haven |
Cromwell and Other Poems | 1913 | Cornish Brothers, Birmingham |
Death of Leander and other poems | 1906 | Cornish Brothers, Birmingham |
Discovery, Being the Second Book of an Autobiography: 1897-1913 | 1931-32 | Ernest Benn, London |
The Dramatic Works of St. John Hankin (with intro by J.D.) | 1912 | M. Secker, London |
The Eighteen-seventies: essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature; edited by John Drinkwater | 1929 | Cambridge University Press; The MacMillan Co. |
The Eighteen-sixties: essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature; edited by John Drinkwater | 1932 | Cambridge University Press; The MacMillan Co. |
England To America, by Margaret Prescott Montague (with contribution by J.D.) | 1920 | Doubleday, Page and Company, New York |
An English Medley (choruses set to music: music by Rutland Boughton) | 1911 | Bournville Works, Birmingham (printed to celebrate its performance by Bournville works employees at the Summer Meeting 1911) |
English poetry: an Unfinished History | 1938 | Methuen, London |
From the German: verses written from the German Poets | 1924 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Garibaldi: a chronicle play of Italian freedom in ten scenes | 1936 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
The Gentle Art of Theatre-going | 1927 | Robert Holden, London |
Inheritance | 1931 | Ernest Benn, London |
John Hampden's England | 1933 | Thornton Butterworth, London |
The Life and Adventures of Carl Laemmle | 1931 | William Heinemann, London |
Lincoln: The World Emancipator | 1920 | Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York |
Love lyrics from five centuries, Selected by George G. Harrap; with an introd. by John Drinkwater; and pictures by Baron Arild Rosenkrantz | 1932 | London |
Loyalties | 1918 | Beaumont Press, London |
The Lyric | 1915 | Martin Secker, London |
The Lyric | 1921 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Lyrical and other poems | 1908 | Samurai Press, Cranleigh |
A Man's House: a Play in Three Acts | 1934 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Mary Stuart, a Play | 1921, 1922 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
More About Me, poems for a child | 1929 | Collins, London |
Mr Charles, King of England | 1926 | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
The Muse in Council, being essays on poets and poetry | 1925 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York |
Oliver Cromwell: a play | 1921 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Olton pools | 1917 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
The Only Legend: a Masque of the Scarlet Pierrot (Music by James Brier) | 1913 | (printed privately, London?) |
Other Poems | Oct. 1908 | Samurai Press, Cranleigh (300 copies, hand-printed) |
The Outline of Literature (ed. J.D.) | 1924 | London |
Patriotism in Literature | 1924 | Williams & Norgate, London |
Pawns: Three Poetic Plays | 1919 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Pawns and Cophetua: Four Poetic Plays | 1922 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Pepys, His Life and Character | 1930 | William Heinemann, London |
Persephone | 1926 | W.E.Rudge, New York |
The Pied Piper (music by F.W. Sylvester) | 1912 | Bournville Works, Birmingham (to celebrate its performance by Bournville works employees at the Summer Meeting 1912) |
The Pilgrim of Eternity: Byron, a Conflict | 1925 | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
Poems: 1903 | 1903 | C. Combridge, Birmingham |
Poems, 1908-1914 | 1918 | Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; Sidgwick & Jackson, London (1919) |
Poems of Love and Earth | 1912 | David Nutt, London |
Poems of Men and Hours | 1911 | David Nutt, London |
The poems of Sidney Godolphin, edited by William Dighton; with a preface by John Drinkwater | 1931 | The Clarendon Press, John Johnson, Oxford |
Poems: with a selection of letters and essays, introd. by John Drinkwater | 1922 | London |
Poetry and dogma | 1931 | (the Arthur Skemp Memorial Lecture, 1931) |
Preludes 1921-1922 | 1922 | Morland Press, London |
Prose Papers | 1917 | E. Mathews, London |
Puss in Boots: a play in five scenes | 1911 | David Nutt, London |
Rebellion: a play in three acts | 1914 | David Nutt, London |
Robert Burns: a play (or ballad opera, music by F. Austin) | 1925 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Robert E. Lee: A Play | 1923 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Robinson of England (J.H. Dowd, illustrator) | 1937 | Methuen, London |
Seeds of Time | 1921 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Selected Poems of John Drinkwater | 1922 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Shakespeare | 1933 | Duckworth, London |
Some Contributions to the English Anthology, with special reference to the seventeenth century | 1922 | Oxford University Press |
The Storm: A Play in One Act | 1915 | printed privately |
Summer harvest: poems 1924-1933 | 1933 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
Swinburne, an Estimate | 1913 | Dent & Sons, London & Toronto; E.P.Dutt & Co., New York |
Swords and Ploughshares | 1915 | Sidgwick & Jackson, London |
This Troubled World | 1933 | Oxford University Press |
Tides | 1917 | Beaumont Press, London |
Twentieth Century Poetry | 1929 | Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York |
Twenty poems by Robert Stephen Hawker; with an introduction by John Drinkwater | 1925 | Basil Blackwell, Oxford |
Victorian Poetry | 1923 | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
The Way of Poetry: An Anthology for Younger Readers | 1921 | Collins, London & Glasgow |
William Morris: a Critical Study | 1912 | Martin Secker, London |
Poems by John Drinkwater also appeared in New Numbers; all five volumes of Edward Marsh's anthology 'Georgian Poetry', 1912-22; the Oxford Book of Victorian Verse; 'Selections from Modern Poets', 1921 and 1924, ed. J.C. Squire; as well as many anthologies up until about the 1970s.
Some of John Drinkwater's works were reprinted during the late 20th C. Before the end of 2007, this presumably took place
with the permission of the copyright holders. However, as copyright on his works lapsed on January 1st, 2008 (seventy
years after the end of the year of his death, under the terms of the current legislation, the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988), a few publishers have taken the opportunity to either reprint some of his works in facsimile or to
gather some of his more popular material together. This is a partial list, although it is likely as complete as online
research will permit.
Where the publication is not a straight reprint or facsimile but in all likelihood a new collection of pieces, this is
indicated by an asterisk beside the title.
Title | Date | Publisher |
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Abraham Lincoln, a play | 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Abraham Lincoln, a play | 2009 | Bibliolife, Llc, USA |
A Book for Bookmen: Being Edited Manuscripts and Marginalia With Essays on Several Occasions (edited by J.D.) | 1968 | Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, N.Y. |
Cotswold Characters | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Cromwell and Other Poems | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Lincoln: The World Emancipator | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Loyalties | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
The Lyric | 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
The Lyric (an essay) | 2006 | IndyPublish.com |
Mary Stuart, a Play | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
The Outline of literature Vol.2, edited by John Drinkwater; revised by Horace Shipp | 1950 | George Newnes, London |
The Outline of Literature, Vols. 1-3 (ed. J.D.) | 2005 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Pawns: Three Poetic Plays | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Poems, 1908-1914 | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Poems of Love and Earth | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Poems of Men and Hours | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Poetry and dogma | 1970 | Folcroft Library Editions, Folcroft, Pennsylvania |
Prose Papers | 1969 | Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York |
Prose Papers | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Robinson of England (J.H. Dowd, illustrator) | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Seeds of Time | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Short Works of John Drinkwater* | 2009 | Bibliobazaar, Llc, USA |
The Storm: A Play in One Act | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
Swinburne, an Estimate | 1969 | Folcroft Press, Folcroft, Pennsylvania |
Swords and Ploughshares | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
This Troubled World | 1967 | Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York |
Tides | 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
The Way of Poetry: An Anthology for Younger Readers | 2008 | Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana |
William Morris: a Critical Study | 1969 | Folcroft Press, Folcroft, Pennsylvania |
The order of publication as given here within an individual year does not necessarily reflect the actual sequence of publication within that year. Further research may yet reveal the exact order of publication. See Jeff Cooper's excellent checklist (link at the top of the page) for more detailed information. In addition, as JD was born halfway through the year, the age given may not be his exact age at publication.
Date | Age | Publisher | Publication |
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1903 | (21) | C. Combridge, Birmingham | Poems: 1903 |
1906 | (24) | Cornish Brothers, Birmingham | Death of Leander and other poems |
1908 | (26) | Samurai Press, Cranleigh (Harold Monro) | Lyrical and Other Poems |
Samurai Press, Cranleigh (Harold Monro) | Other Poems | ||
1911 | (29) | David Nutt, London | Cophetua: a play in one act |
Bournville Works, Birmingham | An English Medley (music by Rutland Boughton) | ||
David Nutt, London | Poems of Men and Hours | ||
David Nutt, London | Puss in Boots: a play in five scenes | ||
1912 | (30) | M. Secker, London | The Dramatic Works of St.John Hankin (with intro by JD) |
Bournville Works, Birmingham | The Pied Piper: A Tale of Hamelin City (music by F.W.Sylvester) | ||
Martin Secker, London | William Morris: a Critical Study | ||
David Nutt, London | Poems of Love and Earth | ||
1913 | (31) | Cornish Brothers, Birmingham | Cromwell and other poems |
(privately in London?) | The Only Legend: A Masque of the Scarlet Pierrot (music by James Brier) | ||
Dent & Sons, London & Toronto; E.P.Dutt & Co., New York | Swinburne, an Estimate | ||
(4-page pamphlet) | Lines for the Opening of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre: 1913 | ||
1914 | (32) | David Nutt, London | Rebellion: a play in three acts |
Bournville Works, Birmingham | Robin Hood and the Pedlar: 1914 (music by James Brier) | ||
1915 | (33) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Swords and Ploughshares |
Martin Secker, London | The Lyric | ||
printed privately | The Storm: a play in one act | ||
1917 | (35) | Beaumont Press, London | Tides |
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Olton Pools | ||
E.Mathews, London | Prose Papers | ||
1918 | (36) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Abraham Lincoln: a play |
Beaumont Press, London | Loyalties | ||
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York | Poems, 1908-1914 | ||
1919 | (37) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Poems, 1908-1914 |
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston | Abraham Lincoln | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Pawns: Three Poetic Plays | ||
1920 | (38) | Doubleday, Page & Co., New York | England to America (by Margaret Prescott Montague, with contribution by JD) |
Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York | Lincoln: The World Emancipator | ||
1921 | (39) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Oliver Cromwell: a play |
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | The Lyric: an essay | ||
Yale University Press, New Haven | Cotswold Characters | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Seeds of Time | ||
Collins, London & Glasgow | The Way of Poetry: An Anthology for Younger Readers | ||
1921, 1922 | (39) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Mary Stuart, a play |
1922 | (40) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Selected Poems of John Drinkwater |
Oxford University Press | Some Contributions to the English Anthology, with special reference to the seventeenth century | ||
London | Poems: with a selection of letters and essays, introd. by JD | ||
Morland Press, London | Preludes 1921-22 | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Pawns and Cophetua: Four Poetic Plays | ||
1923 | (41) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Robert E. Lee: a play |
Heinemann, London | Claud Lovat Fraser, with representative examples of his work reproduced in collotype and line (co-author: Albert Rutherston) | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater Vol. 1 | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater Vol.2 | ||
Hodder & Stoughton, London | Victorian Poetry | ||
1924 | (42) | Collins, London | An Anthology of English Verse |
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | From the German: verses written from the German Poets | ||
London | The Outline of Literature (ed. JD) | ||
Williams & Norgate, London | Patriotism in Literature | ||
1925 | (43) | Sigwick & Jackson, London; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York | The Muse in Council, being essays on poets and poetry |
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | The Collected Plays of John Drinkwater Vol.1 | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | The Collected Plays of John Drinkwater Vol.2 | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Robert Burns: a play | ||
Hodder & Stoughton, London | The Pilgrim of Eternity: Byron, a conflict | ||
Basil Blackwell, Oxford | Twenty Poems by Robert Stephen Hawker; with an introduction by JD | ||
1926 | (44) | Hodder & Stoughton, London | Mr Charles, King of England |
W.E.Rudge, New York | Persephone | ||
Dulau, London | A Book for Bookmen (Edited by JD) | ||
1927 | (45) | Robert Holden, London | The Gentle Art of Theatre-going |
Hodder & Stoughton, London | Cromwell: a character study | ||
Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Bird in Hand: a play in three acts | ||
1928 | (46) | Collins, London; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York | All about me: Poems for a Child (illustr. H.M.Brock) |
Ernest Benn, London | Charles James Fox | ||
1929 | (47) | Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York | Twentieth Century Poetry |
Collins, London | More About Me, poems for a child | ||
1930 | (48) | William Heinemann, London | Pepys, His Life and Character |
1931 | (49) | The Clarendon Press, John Johnson, Oxford | The Poems of Sidney Godolphin, ed. W. Dighton, preface by JD |
William Heinemann, London | The Life and Adventures of Carl Laemmle | ||
(The Arthur Skemp Memorial Lecture, 1931) | Poetry and Dogma | ||
1931-32 | (49) | Ernest Benn, London | Inheritance: An Autobiography |
Ernest Benn, London | Discovery, Being the Second Book of An Autobiography: 1897-1913 | ||
1932 | (50) | Cambridge University Press | The Eighteen-sixties: essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature (ed. JD) |
London | Love Lyrics from five centuries, Selected by George G. Harrap; with an introd. by JD (pictures by Baron Arild Rosenkrantz) | ||
1933 | (51) | Duckworth, London | Shakespeare |
Thornton Butterworth, London | John Hampden's England | ||
Oxford University Press | This Troubled World | ||
1934 | (52) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | A Man's House: a play in three acts |
1936 | (54) | Sidgwick & Jackson, London | Garibaldi: a chronicle play of Italian freedom in ten scenes |
1937 | (54) | Methuen, London | Robinson of England (J.H.Dowd, illustrator) |
1938 | (post.) | Methuen, London | English Poetry: an Unfinished History |