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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)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CRITIC IN PALL MALL***

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

PAGE

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