Reviews

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove of unusual interest; some of the reviews are curiously prophetic; some are, of course, biassed by prejudice hostile or friendly; others are conceived in the author’s wittiest and happiest vein; only a few are colourless. And if, according to Lord Beaconsfield, the verdict of a continental nation may be regarded as that of posterity, Wilde is a much greater force in our literature than even friendly contemporaries ever supposed he would become.

It should be remembered, however, that at the time when most of these reviews were written Wilde had published scarcely any of the works by which his name has become famous in Europe, though the protagonist of the æsthetic movement was a well-known figure in Paris and London.

By : Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

00 - Prologue and Introduction 01 - Dinners and Dishes 02 - A Modern Epic 03 - Shakespeare on Scenery 04 - A Bevy of Poets 05 - Parnassus Versus Philology 06 - Hamlet at the Lyceum 07 - Two New Novels (May 15, 1885) 08 - Henry the Fourth at Oxford 09 - Modern Greek Poetry 10 - Olivia at the Lyceum 11 - As You Like It 12 - A Handbook to Marriage 13 - Half-Hours with the Worst Authors 14 - One of Mr. Conway's Reminiscences 15 - To Read Or Not to Read 16 - 12th Night at Oxford 17 - The Letters of a Great Woman 18 - News from Parnassus 19 - Some Novels 20 - A Literary Pilgrim 21 - Beranger in England 22 - The Poetry of the People 23 - The Cenci 24 - Helena in Troas 25 - Pleasing and Prattling 26 - Balzac in English 27 - Two New Novels (Sept. 16, 1880) 28 - Ben Jonson 29 - The Poets' Corner--I 30 - A Ride Through Morrocco 31 - The Children of the Poets 32 - New Novels 33 - A Politician's Poetry 34 - Mr. Symonds' History of the Renaissance 35 - A 'Jolly' Art Critic 36 - A Sentimental Journey Through Literature 37 - Common-Sense in Art 38 - Miner and Minor Poets 39 - A New Calendar 40 - The Poets' Corner--II 41 - Great Writers by Little Men 42 - A New Book on Dickens 43 - Our Book-Shelf 44 - A Cheap Edition of a Great Man 45 - Mr. Morris's Odyssey 46 - A Batch of Novels 47 - Some Novels 48 - The Poets' Corner--III 49 - Mr. Pater's Imaginary Portraits 50 - A Good Historical Novel 51 - New Novels 52 - Two Biographies of Keats 53 - A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry 54 - Literary and Other Notes--I 55 - Mr. Mahaffy's New Book 56 - Mr. Morris's Completion of the Odyssey 57 - Sir Charles Bowen's Virgil 58 - Literary and Other Notes--II 59 - Aristotle at Afternoon Tea 60 - Early Christian Art in Ireland 61 - Literary and Other Notes--III 62 - The Poets' Corner--IV 63 - Literary and Other Notes--IV 64 - The Poets' Corner--V 65 - Venus or Victory 66 - Literary and Other Notes--V 67 - The Poets' Corner--VI 68 - M. Caro on Georges Sand 69 - The Poets' Corner--VII 70 - A Fascinating Book 71 - The Poets' Corner--VIII 72 - A Note on Some Modern Poets 73 - Sir Edwin Arnold's Last Volume 74 - Australian Poets 75 - Some Literary Notes--I 76 - Poetry and Prison 77 - Gospel According to Walt Whitman 78 - The New President 79 - Some Literary Notes--II 80 - One of the Bibles of the World 81 - Poetical Socialists 82 - Mr. Brander Matthews' Essays 83 - Some Literary Notes--III 84 - Mr. William Morris's Last Book 85 - Adam Lindsay Gordon 86 - The Poets' Corner--IX 87 - Some Literary Notes--IV 88 - Mr Froude's Blue-Book 89 - Some Literary Notes--V 90 - Ouida's New Novel 91 - Some Literary Notes--VI 92 - A Thought-Reader's Novel 93 - The Poets' Corner--X 94 - Three New Poets 95 - Three New Poets 96 - A Chinese Sage 97 - Mr. Pater's Last Volume 98 - Primavera 99 - Index of Authors and Books Reviewed