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