QfacnBU HnioEraitH ffiibrarg Jlti^aca, S?cm foxb BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1891 Cornell University Library Z 8975 .M64B5 1914a 3 1924 024 248 258 The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924024248258 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE OSCAR W/LDE /»TWOKK OSCAR WILDE AT WORK By Aubrey Beardsley Frontisiiece BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE BY STUART MASON '- With a Note by ROBERT ROSS ILLUSTRATED LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. INTRODUCTORY NOTE The author of this astonishing and ingenious com- pilation has asked me to write an introduction, not because he imagines that I know anything about bibli- ography, but because he wishes for the imprimatur of Wilde's Literary Executor. Pius the Ninth, when invited to assist the sale of a certain writer's book, promised to put it on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. The kindest act which I could do for Mr. Stuart Mason would be to injunct the result of his toil on the ground that he or his publishers had committed some breach of the Copyright Laws. This would have tempted the dealer in unauthorised literature, who would, I am sure, have invested at once in what might promise to become " curious " and " scarce." But Mr. Mason has pedantically observed all the prin- ciples of the Berne and Berlin Conventions and those other conventions which have no other authority than courtesy. I cannot pretend to have read his book through; but I can affirm that in turning over the proofs for ten minutes I learned more about Wilde's writings than Wilde himself ever knew. As one of Stevenson's heroes said of Whitaker, I acquired more information than I shall be able to make use of in a lifetime. From one point of view these pages afford me peculiar pleasure. They emphasise the truth of what I prophe- sied when Wilde died in igoo—that his writings would BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE in a few years' time excite wider interest than those of almost any of his contemporaries. Indeed, with the possible exception of Dickens and Byron, I doubt if any British author of the nineteenth century is better known over a more extensive geographical area. By an irony of circumstance the one production of Wilde's pen which never was accorded anything but abuse in the English press has been the means of making his European reputation. I refer to Salome, which became a European classic before Dr. Strauss had lent his wonderful art to make it, what Wilde actually called it, "a piece of music." Though all Wilde's other works were assailed on their first appearance, they have survived the obloquy of contemporary critics. In the ten years, from iSg^ to igos, they were never mentioned except once—the day after his death, and then more in pity than in admiration. To those versed in the science of bibliography, Mr. Stuart Mason's labours require no praise or commenda- tion from me. But I want to assure those, such as myself, who are entirely ignorant of enthusiasm for fourteenth editions or of the cesthetic excitement over a misprint of twenty years ago, that there is an enormous amount of diverting reading under these heavy-looking headings and that Mr. Stuart Mason's book is not nearly so dull as it looks. ROBERT ROSS. PREFACE When, more than ten years ago, the collecting of Oscar Wilde's books was begun by the present writer with a view to compiling a bibliography, it was with little idea that the task would prove so onerous. No attempt has been made to include the countless American unauthorised editions and translations into foreign languages, a com- plete list of which would have extended this work to double its present size. For the same reason only a reference here and there has been made to the numerous anthologies con- taining reprints of Wilde's more popular poems. These may, however, possibly be collected into a subsequent volume, together with the more interesting Biographia Literaria scattered throughout the periodical press and other publications from 1880 onwards. That a work of this kind, involving research and corre- spondence over the whole world, can claim to be entirely free from errors of omission and of commission is not to be expected ; but it is only by publishing matter which has already been collected that it is possible to procure fresh material and to correct existing mistakes. It will be obvious that in compiling a bibliography of this magnitude many persons have been consulted either per- sonally or by letter, and it would be unfair to omit to mention the names of some from whom valuable assist- ance has been derived. Without the implied consent of Mr. Robert Ross it would have been impossible to have prepared a work of this kind worthy of publication ; and — BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE Irish Monthly {continued)— PAGE Magdalen Walks . .87 Ave Maria Gratia Plena . .89 KOTTABOS A-q^idvuov "EpioTos "Avdos. (The Rose of Love, and With a Rose's Thorns) . • 91 OprfVifSia . .94 A Fragment from the " Agamemnon " of ^schylos 94 A Night Vision . .95 Wasted Days . .96 " La Belle Marguerite." Ballade du Moyen Age . 97 Ave ! Maria . .98 Note on Oscar Wilde's University Career . 99 Lady's Pictorial— Fantaisies Ddcoratives. I. Le Panneau. IL Les Ballons ..... 102 The Young King ..... 103 In the Forest ..... 104 Lippincott's Monthly Magazine— The Picture of Dorian Gray . 105 Macmillan's Magazine— * A Fire at Sea ..... iii Mail— An Anglo-Indian's Complaint . iii The Thirteen Club . .111 Month and Catholic Review— Graffiti d'ltalia. (Arona. Lago Maggiore.) . 113 Note on Oscar Wilde's Reception into the Catholic Church ..... 116 New York Herald— [Letter on Vera] . , . .119 CONTENTS [New York] World— PAGE Oscar Wilde to Joaquin Miller . Mrs. Langtry ..... 121 [Letter on Vera] ..... 121 Nineteenth Century— Shakespeare and Stage Costume . 121 The Decay of Lying : A Dialogue 123 The True Function and Value of Criticism : with Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing : A Dialogue .... 123 Our Continent— BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE Pall Mall Budget (continued) — PAGE * A Ride through Morocco . 129 * The Children of the Poets . 129 * " " Lord Carnarvon's Odyssey . 129 " " Mr. Swinburne and the Quarterly Review . 130 *A Miner Poet ..... 130 * A New Calendar .... 130 * Great Writers by Little Men . .130 * A New Book on Dickens . 130 * Our Book Shelf . .130 * Mr. Morris's Odyssey .... 130 * A Batch of Novels . .130 * A Good Historical Novel . 131 *Two Biographies of Keats . .131 * " Sermons in Stones " at Bloomsbury. The New Sculpture Room at the British Museum. 131 * A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry . 131 * Mr. Mahaffy's New Book . .131 * Mr. Morris's Completion of the Odyssey . 131 * Aristotle at Afternoon Tea . .131 * Concerning Nine Poets . .131 *The Beauties of Bookbinding. Mr Cobden- Sanderson at the Arts and Crafts . 132 * Australian Poets . .132 * One of the Bibles of the World . 132 * Adam Lindsay Gordon .... 132 Mr. Fronde's Blue Book .... 132 * Ouida's New Novel .... 132 * Mr. Swinburne's Last Volume . 132 The Ethics of Journalism . .132 Pall Mall Gazette— Mr. Oscar Wilde on Woman's Dress . r More Radical Ideas Upon Dress Reform Mr. Whistler's Ten O'clock The Relation of Dress to Art. A Note in Black and White on Mr. Whistler's Lecture * A Modern Epic * A Bevy of Poets CONTENTS Pall Mall Gazette (continued) — * Parnassus versus Philology * Two New Novels * Modern Greek Poetry . * A Handbook to Marriage " Half Hours with the Worst Authors * One of Mr. Conway's Remainders To Read, or Not to Read * The Letters of a Great Woman * News from Parnassus * Some Novels * A Literary Pilgrim * Beranger in England * The Poetry of the People * Pleasing and Prattling * Balzac in English * Two New Novels * Ben Jonson * The Poet's Corner * A Ride through Morocco *The Children of the Poets * New Novels * A Politician's Poetry . " Mr. Swinburne and the " Quarterly Review * Mr. Symonds' History of the Renaissance " " * A JoUy Art Critic . * A " Sentimental Journey " through Literature * Two Biographies of Sir Philip Sidney * Common Sense in Art . * Miner and Minor Poets . * The Poets and the People. By One of the Latter *A New Calendar *The Poets' Corner * Great Writers by Little Men . * A New Book on Dickens * Our Book Shelf *.A Cheap Edition of a Great Man * Mr. Morns's Odyssey . *A Batch of Novels b BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE Pall Mall Gazette {continued)- *.The Poets' Corner * Mr Pater's Imaginary Portraits * A Good Historical Novel *Two Biographies of Keats * " Sermons in Stones " at Bloomsbury. The New Sculpture Room at the British Museum * A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry * Mr. Mahaffy's New Book * Mr. Morris's Completion of the Odyssey * Sir Charles Bowen's Virgil * The Unity of the Arts. A Lecture and a Five O'clock * Aristotle at Afternoon Tea * Early Christian Art in Ireland . * The Poets' Corner * The Poets' Corner * Venus or Victory ? * The Poets' Corner * M. Caro on George Sand * The Poets' Corner * Mr. Morris on Tapestry . " * Sculpture at the " Arts and Crafts * The Poets' Comer * Printing and Printers. Lecture at the Arts and Crafts *The Beauties of Bookbinding. Mr. Cobden Sanderson at the Arts and Crafts * The Close of the " Arts and Crafts." Mr. Walter Crane's Lectxzre on Design . * Sir Edwin Arnold's Last Volume * Australian Poets * Poetry and Prison. Mr. Wilfrid Blunt's " In Vincuhs " . " * Mr. Andrew Lang's " Grass of Parnassus * The Gospel according to Walt Whitman * The New President * One of the Bibles of the World .