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

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S
CRIME
THE PORTRAIT OF Mr. W. H.
AND OTHER STORIES

BY
OSCAR WILDE

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

Tenth Edition

First Published

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, TheCanterville Ghost, The Sphinx without a Secret, andthe Model Millionaire

1887

Issued in Collected Form

1891

The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

1889

First Issued by Methuen and Co.(Limited Edition on Handmade Paper and JapaneseVellum)

March

1908

Third Edition (F’cap. 8vo 5s.net)

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1908

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1909

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1911

Sixth and Seventh Editions(F’cap. 8vo 1s. net)

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1912

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1912

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1913

Tenth Edition (5s. net)

1913

CONTENTS

PAGE
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME [3]
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST [65]
THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET [121]
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE [133]
THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H. [145]

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME
A STUDY OF DUTY

CHAPTER I