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Title: Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality
A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Editor: Stuart Mason

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OSCAR WILDE

ART and MORALITY

A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Edited by STUART MASON

_What the public calls an unhealthy novel is always a beautiful and
healthy work of art._

London: J. Jacobs, Edgware Road, W.
1908.

The Editor wishes to express his indebtedness to the proprietors of the
various journals from which the reviews contained in this volume are
re-produced. In some instances he has not been able to trace the owner
of the copyright, owing to the journal having changed hands or become
extinct, and if he has infringed in any case he trusts that this
acknowledgment will be accepted.

The copyright of the eight letters by Oscar Wilde is the property of his
literary executor, with whose permission they are included in this book.

STUART MASON.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION
A STUDY IN PUPPYDOM
MR. WILDE'S BAD CASE (LETTER I.)
MR. OSCAR WILDE AGAIN (LETTER II.)
MR. OSCAR WILDE'S DEFENCE (LETTER III.)
LETTER FROM "A LONDON EDITOR"
MR. OSCAR WILDE'S DEFENCE (LETTER IV.)
"THE DAILY CHRONICLE" ON "DORIAN GRAY"
OSCAR WILDE'S REPLY (LETTER V.)
"THE SCOTS OBSERVER'S" REVIEW
OSCAR WILDE'S REPLIES
(LETTER VI.)
(LETTER VII.)
(LETTER VIII.)
PROFUSE AND PERFERVID
A SPIRITUALISTIC REVIEW
"PUNCH" ON "DORIAN GRAY"
A REVULSION FROM REALISM
THE ROMANCE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
WALTER PATER ON "DORIAN GRAY"
"THE ATHAENEUM" ON "DORIAN GRAY"
THE MORALIT