This output did not contain his most mature and characteristic works--those were to come later, during the last six years of his creative activity; yet the product was in many ways a notable one, and some of it--the two sonatas, the "Indian" suite, the songs of op.

47, the "Woodland Sketches"-- was, if not consistently of his very best, markedly fine and characteristic in quality.

This decade (from 1887 to 1897) saw also the publication of all his work contained between his op.

22 ("Hamlet and Ophelia") and op.

51 (the "Woodland Sketches") with the exception of the symphonic poem "Lamia," which was not published until after his death.
[5] This episode formed part of the suite in its original form, but was not printed until several years after the publication of the rest of the music.