A Bibliography Of The Poems Of Oscar Wilde

Author : Stuart Mason
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ISBN 13 : 9781332291502
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Oscar Wilde (Classic Reprint) written by Stuart Mason and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliography of Oscar Wilde The author of this astonishing and ingenious compilation has asked me to write an introduction, not because he imagines that I know anything about bibliography, 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 principles 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 Whitakerf 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.