The Editor wishes to express his indebtedness to the proprietors of the various journals from which the reviews contained in this volume are reproduced. In some instances he has not been able to trace the owner of the copyright, owing to the journal having changed hands or become extinct, and if he has infringed in any case he trusts that this acknowledgment will be accepted.
The copyright of the eight letters by Oscar Wilde is the property of his literary executor, with whose permission they are included in this book.
STUART MASON.
CONTENTS.
[INTRODUCTION]
[A STUDY IN PUPPYDOM]
[MR. WILDE'S BAD CASE] (LETTER I.)
[MR. OSCAR WILDE AGAIN] (LETTER II.)
[MR. OSCAR WILDE'S DEFENCE] (LETTER III.)
[LETTER FROM "A LONDON EDITOR"]
[MR. OSCAR WILDE'S DEFENCE] (LETTER IV.)
["THE DAILY CHRONICLE" ON "DORIAN GRAY"]
[OSCAR WILDE'S REPLY] (LETTER V.)
["THE SCOTS OBSERVER'S" REVIEW]
[OSCAR WILDE'S REPLIES]
(LETTER VI.)
(LETTER VII.)
(LETTER VIII.)
[PROFUSE AND PERFERVID]
[A SPIRITUALISTIC REVIEW]
["PUNCH" ON "DORIAN GRAY]"
[A REVULSION FROM REALISM]
[THE ROMANCE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE]
[WALTER PATER ON "DORIAN GRAY"]
["THE ATHÆNEUM" ON "DORIAN GRAY"]
[THE MORALITY OF "DORIAN GRAY"]
[MR ROBERT BUCHANAN ON PAGAN VICIOUSNESS]
[COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CHAPTERS]
[PASSAGES WHICH APPEAR IN THE 1890 EDITION ONLY]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
[ORIGINAL EDITIONS]
[UNAUTHORISED EDITIONS]
[TRANSLATIONS]
[DUTCH]
[FRENCH]
[GERMAN]
[ITALIAN]
[POLISH]
[RUSSIAN]
[SWEDISH]