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A Critic in Pall Mall, by Oscar Wilde, Edited
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Title: A Critic in Pall Mall
Author: Oscar Wilde
Editor: E. V. Lucas
Release Date: October 6, 2009 [eBook #30191]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Transcribed from the 1919 Methuen & Co. Ltd. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
A CRITIC IN PALL MALL
BEING EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS AND MISCELLANIES
BY OSCAR WILDE
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METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
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First Published in 1919
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This selection has been made by Mr. E. V. LUCAS
CONTENTS
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THE TOMB OF KEATS 1 KEATS'S SONNET ON BLUE 4 DINNERS AND DISHES 8 SHAKESPEARE ON SCENERY 10 'HENRY THE FOURTH' AT OXFORD 15 A HANDBOOK TO MARRIAGE 18 TO READ OR NOT TO READ 21 THE LETTERS OF A GREAT WOMAN 22 BERANGER IN ENGLAND 27 THE POETRY OF THE PEOPLE 29 'THE CENCI' 32 BALZAC IN ENGLISH 34 BEN JONSON 37 MR. SYMONDS' HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE 39 MR. MORRIS'S 'ODYSSEY' 44 RUSSIAN NOVELISTS 48 MR. PATER'S 'IMAGINARY PORTRAITS' 51 A GERMAN PRINCESS 55 'A VILLAGE TRAGEDY' 63 MR. MORRIS'S COMPLETION OF THE 'ODYSSEY' 65 MRS. SOMERVILLE 70 ARISTOTLE AT AFTERNOON TEA 76 EARLY