Scope and content
Founded by Furnivall in 1886, the primary aim of the Shelley Society was to publish exact but inexpensive facsimiles of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Alongside these facsimiles were to be reprinted notices and criticisms of the poet's works from lesser known or obscure published sources. The Society staged the first public performance of 'Cenci' in 1886 which attracted many subscribers, however by the next year membership began to dwindle. Increasingly in debt, the Shelley Society closed in 1892
