Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen and Co edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

ESSAYS AND LECTURES

BY
OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

Fourth Edition

First Published in Book Form (Limited Edition on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum) 1908
Second Edition (F’cap. 8vo) 1909
Third Edition ( ,, ,, ) 1911
Fourth Edition ( ,, ,, ) 1913

DEDICATED
TO
WALTER LEDGER
BY
THE AUTHOR’S LITERARY EXECUTOR

CONTENTS

PAGE
THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM [1]
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE OF ART [109]
HOUSE DECORATION [157]
ART AND THE HANDICRAFTMAN [173]
LECTURE TO ART STUDENTS [197]
LONDON MODELS [213]
POEMS IN PROSE [227]

PREFACE