POEMS IN PROSE (Illustrated)

"Poems in Prose" represent in all probability the last windfalls recoverable from the poetic tree of Oscar Wilde's genius.

This book was undeservedly overshadowed by the dramas and by "Dorian Gray." By comparison, it, of course is slight; but so, by a similar comparison, is it similar to the sketches of Rembrandt. "Poems in Prose" is, nevertheless, a thing of beauty, full of sunlight and color, Watteauesque in its brilliancy.



CONTENTS.

The Artist
The Doer of God
The Disciple
The Master
The House of Judgment
The Teacher of Wisdom
The Priest and the Acolyte
Rose-leaf and Apple-leaf
Some Cruelties of Prison Life
Lecture on the English Renaissance
Wilde v. Whistler
The Rise of Historical Criticism
The Truth of Masks


ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Why do you live like this?"
"Threw his arms 'round the beautiful figure"
"In Chartres Cathedral"
"Those who still bent the knee to Atheda"
"Arthur begging for his life"
"Perdita and Florizel"