6PROLOGUE
207The Decorative Arts
7ACT I.
208The House Beautiful
8ACT II.
209The Tomb of Keats
9ACT III.
210The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
10ACT IV.
211The Grosvenor Gallery 1879
11The Duchess of Padua
212Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf: L’Envoi
12THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
213More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform
13ACT I
214The Relation of Dress to Art
14ACT II
215Keats’s Sonnet on Blue
15ACT III
216The American Invasion
16ACT IV
217Sermons in Stones at Bloomsbury
17ACT V
218The Unity of the Arts
18Lady Windermere’s Fan
219Art at Willis’s Rooms
19THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
220Mr. Morris on Tapestry
20ACT ONE
221Sculpture at the Arts and Crafts
21ACT TWO
222Printing and Printers
22ACT THREE
223The Beauties of Bookbinding
23ACT FOUR
224The Close of the Arts and Crafts
24A Woman of No Importance
225English Poetesses
25THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
226The American Man
26ACT ONE
227Dinners and Dishes
27ACT TWO
228A Modern Epic
28ACT THREE
229Shakespeare on Scenery
29ACT FOUR
230A Bevy of Poets
30Salomé (Original version in French)
231Parnassus Versus Philology
31PERSONNES
232Hamlet at the Lyceum
32SCÈNE
233Two New Novels
33Salome (English version)
234Henry the Fourth at Oxford
34THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
235Modern Greek Poetry
35SCENE
236Olivia at the Lyceum
36An Ideal Husband
237As You Like It at Coombe House
37THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
238A Handbook to Marriage
38ACT ONE
239Half-hours with the Worst Authors
39SECOND ACT
240One of Mr. Conway’s Remainders
40THIRD ACT
241To Read or Not to Read
41FOURTH ACT
242Twelfth Night at Oxford
42The Importance of Being Earnest
243The Letters of a Great Woman
43THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY
244News From Parnassus
44ACT ONE
245Some Novels
45ACT TWO
246A Literary Pilgrim
46ACT THREE
247Béranger in England
47La Sainte Courtisane
248The Poetry of the People
48A Florentine Tragedy
249The Cenci
49For Love of the King
250Helena in Troas
50PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
251Pleasing and Prattling
51ACT I
252Balzac in English
52ACT II
253Two New Novels
53ACT III
254Ben Jonson
54Novel
255The Poets’ Corner—I
55CHAPTER I
256A Ride Through Morocco
56CHAPTER II
257The Children of the Poets
57CHAPTER III
258New Novels
58CHAPTER IV
259A Politician’s Poetry
59CHAPTER V
260Mr. Symonds’ History of the Renaissance
60CHAPTER VI
261A ‘Jolly’ Art Critic
61CHAPTER VII
262A Sentimental Journey Through Literature
62CHAPTER VIII
263Common-Sense in Art
63CHAPTER IX
264Miner and Minor Poets
64CHAPTER X
265A New Calendar
65CHAPTER XI
266The Poets’ Corner—II
66CHAPTER XII
267Great Writers by Little Men
67CHAPTER XIII
268A New Book on Dickens
68THE PREFACE
269Our Book-Shelf
69CHAPTER 1
270A Cheap Edition of a Great Man
70CHAPTER 2
271Mr. Morris’s Odyssey
71CHAPTER 3
272A Batch of Novels
72CHAPTER 4
273Some Novels
73CHAPTER 5
274The Poets’ Corner—III
74CHAPTER 6
275Mr. Pater’s Imaginary Portraits
75CHAPTER 7
276A Good Historical Novel
76CHAPTER 8
277New Novels
77CHAPTER 9
278Two Biographies of Keats
78CHAPTER 10
279A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry
79CHAPTER 11
280Literary and Other Notes—I
80CHAPTER 12
281Mr. Mahaffy’s New Book
81CHAPTER 13
282Mr. Morris’s Completion of the Odyssey
82CHAPTER 14
283Sir Charles Bowen’s Virgil
83CHAPTER 15
284Literary and Other Notes—II
84CHAPTER 16
285Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
85CHAPTER 17
286Early Christian Art in Ireland
86CHAPTER 18
287Literary and Other Notes—III
87CHAPTER 19
288The Poets’ Corner—IV
88CHAPTER 20
289Literary and Other Notes—IV
89Short Stories
290The Poets’ Corner—V
90The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
291Venus or Victory
91I
292Literary and Other Notes—V
92II
293The Poets’ Corner—VI
93III
294M. Caro on George Sand
94The Happy Prince and Other Tales
295The Poets’ Corner—VII
95The Happy Prince
296A Fascinating Book
96The Nightingale and the Rose
297The Poets’ Corner—VIII
97The Devoted Friend
298A Note on Some Modern Poets
98The Selfish Giant
299Sir Edwin Arnold’s Last Volume
99The Remarkable Rocket
300Australian Poets
100A House of Pomegranates
301Some Literary Notes—I
101The Young King
302Poetry and Prison
102The Birthday of the Infanta
303The Gospel According to Walt Whitman
103The Fisherman and His Soul
304The New President
104The Star-Child
305Some Literary Notes—II
105Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories
306One of the Bibles of the World
106Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
307Poetical Socialists
107The Canterville Ghost
308Mr. Brander Matthews’ Essays
108The Sphinx Without a Secret
309Some Literary Notes—III
109The Model Millionaire
310Mr. William Morris’s Last Book
110Ye Shall Be Gods
311Adam Lindsay Gordon
111Ravenna
312The Poets’ Corner—IX
112The True Knowledge
313Some Literary Notes—IV
113A Lament
314Mr. Froude’s Blue-Book
114Wasted Days
315Some Literary Notes—V
115Désespoir
316Ouida’s New Novel
116Lotus Leaves
317Some Literary Notes—VI
117Impressions
318A Thought-Reader’s Novel
118Under the Balcony
319The Poets’ Corner—X
119A Fragment
320Mr. Swinburne’s Last Volume
120Le Jardin Des Tuileries
321Three New Poets
121On the Sale by Auction of Keats’ Love Letters
322A Chinese Sage
122The New Remorse
323Mr. Pater’s Last Volume
123An Inscription
324Primavera
124The Harlot’s House
325Other Works
125The Burden of Itys
326Aphorisms
126Charmides
327Des Grieux (Prelude to Teleny)
127Eleutheria
328CHAPTER I
128Heart’s Yearnings
329CHAPTER II
129The Little Ship
330CHAPTER III
130Ave Imperatrix
331CHAPTER 1
131To Milton
332CHAPTER 2
132Louis Napoleon
333CHAPTER 3
133Sonnet
334CHAPTER 4
134Quantum Mutata
335CHAPTER 5
135Libertatis Sacra Fames
336CHAPTER 6
136Theoretikos
337CHAPTER 7
137Flowers of Gold
338CHAPTER 8
138The Grave of Keats
339Oscar Wilde’s Letter to Robert Browning
139Theocritus
340Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle
140In the Gold Room
341Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
141Ballade De Marguerite
342Letter to Joaquin Miller
142The Dole of the King’s Daughter
343Notes on Whistler
143Love Song
344Reply to Whistler
144Tristitiae
345Letters on Dorian Gray
145Amor Intellectualis
346An Anglo-Indian’s Complaint
146Santa Decca
347A House of Pomegranates
147A Vision
348Puppets and Actors
148Impression De Voyage
349Lady Windermere’s Fan: An Explanation
149The Grave of Shelley
350Salomé
150By the Arno
351The Thirteen Club
151From Spring Days to Winter
352The Ethics of Journalism
152Flower or Love
353The Green Carnation
153The Fourth Movement
354Wilde Gives Directions About ‘de Profundis’
154The Garden of Eros
355Domesticity at Berneval
155Humanitad
356A Visit to the Pope
156Panthea
357Letters to Robert Ross (pt. 1)
157Rosa Mystica
358Letters to Robert Ross (pt. 2)
158Roses and Rue
359Letters to Robert Ross (pt. 3)
159Impressions De Theatre
360Biography
160Song Of The Clouds
361Introduction
161Wind Flowers
362Chapter 1: Oscar’s Father and Mother on Trial
162La Dame Jaune
363Chapter 2: Oscar Wilde as a Schoolboy
163Remorse A Study in Saffron
364Chapter 3: Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford
164Chanson
365Chapter 4: Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford
165The Sphinx
366Chapter 5: Oscar’s Quarrel with Whistler and Marriage
166In the Forest
367Chapter 6: Oscar Wilde’s Faith and Practice
167The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
368Chapter 7: Oscar’s Reputation and Supporters
168Fantaisies Décoratives.
369Chapter 8: Oscar’s Growth to Originality About
169Chorus of Cloud Maidens
370Chapter 9: The Summer of Success: Oscar’s First Play
170Untitled (See! the gold sun has risen)
371Chapter 10: The First Meeting with Lord Alfred Douglas
171Untitled (She stole behind him where he lay)
372Chapter 11: The Threatening Cloud Draws Nearer
172ΘPHNΩIΔIA
373Chapter 12: Danger Signals: the Challenge
173Lotus Land
374Chapter 13: Oscar Attacks Queensberry and is Worsted
174Untitled (O loved one lying far away)
375Chapter 14: How Genius is Persecuted in England
175A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aeschylos
376Chapter 15: The Queen vs. Wilde: The First Trial
176Nocturne
377Chapter 16: Escape Rejected: The Second Trial and Sentence
177La Belle Gabrielle
378Chapter 17: Prison and the Effects of Punishment
178To V. F.
379Chapter 18: Mitigation of Punishment; but not Release
179To M. B. J.
380Chapter 19: His St. Martin’s Summer: His Best Work
180Intentions
381Chapter 20: The Results of His Second Fall: His Genius
181The Decay of Lying
382Chapter 21: His Sense of Rivalry; His Love of Life and Laziness
182The Critic as Artist (pt. 1)
383Chapter 22: “A Great Romantic Passion!”
183The Critic as Artist (pt. 2)
384Chapter 23: His Judgments of Writers and of Women
184Pen, Pencil, and Poison
385Chapter 24: We Argue About His “Pet Vice” and Punishment
185The Truth of Masks
386Chapter 25: The Last Hope Lost
186The Rise of Historical Criticism
387Chapter 26: The End
187CHAPTER I
388Chapter 27: A Last Word
188CHAPTER II
389Appendix
189CHAPTER III
390The Unpublished Portion of “De Profundis”
190CHAPTER IV
391Oscar Wilde’s Kindness of Heart
191The English Renaissance of Art
392My Coldness Towards Oscar in 1897
192House Decoration
393The Mystery of Personality
193Art and the Handicraftsman
394The Dedication of “An Ideal Husband”
194Lecture to Art Students
395Mrs. Wilde’s Epitaph
195London Models
396Sonnet
196Poems in Prose
397The Story of “Mr. And Mrs. Daventry”
197The Artist
398Oscar’s Last Days!
198The Master
399Criticisms
199The Teacher of Wisdom
400The Soul of Man Under Socialism
200The Soul of Man under Socialism
401A Last Word
201Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
402The End.