WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed ("Oscar Wilde") TO ARTHUR SYMONS, 16 Tite St., Chelsea [London], n.d. [envelope postmarked 1 October 1890]. 2 pages, 8vo, on Wilde's stationery bearing printed address, with original stamped envelope addressed by Wilde. WILDE TO SYMONS. "Dear Mr. Symons, Your friend has my full authority to translate my essay on Criticism -- I think that on 'The Decay of Lying' has been already done, and I am making arrangements for a translation of Dorian Gray. Believe me...Oscar Wilde." Arthur Symons (1865-1945) had at this date published a critical study of Robert Browning a collection of his own verse, Days and Nights (1889) and had submitted a poem to Woman's World while Wilde was editor. In a letter a few weeks later, Wilde states that "it was a great pleasure meeting you, as I had admired your work for a long time" (letter of 22 October, Hart Davis, Letters of Oscar Wilde , 276). Wilde's curious critical work "The Decay of Lying," which he conceived as a trumpet "blown against the gate of dullness," had been published in the Fortnightly Review in January 1889 and reprinted in Intentions (1891). Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , after serial publication, appeared in book form in April 1891. Only a few letters of Wilde to Symons are extant. Apparently unpublished.
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed ("Oscar Wilde") TO ARTHUR SYMONS, 16 Tite St., Chelsea [London], n.d. [envelope postmarked 1 October 1890]. 2 pages, 8vo, on Wilde's stationery bearing printed address, with original stamped envelope addressed by Wilde. WILDE TO SYMONS. "Dear Mr. Symons, Your friend has my full authority to translate my essay on Criticism -- I think that on 'The Decay of Lying' has been already done, and I am making arrangements for a translation of Dorian Gray. Believe me...Oscar Wilde." Arthur Symons (1865-1945) had at this date published a critical study of Robert Browning a collection of his own verse, Days and Nights (1889) and had submitted a poem to Woman's World while Wilde was editor. In a letter a few weeks later, Wilde states that "it was a great pleasure meeting you, as I had admired your work for a long time" (letter of 22 October, Hart Davis, Letters of Oscar Wilde , 276). Wilde's curious critical work "The Decay of Lying," which he conceived as a trumpet "blown against the gate of dullness," had been published in the Fortnightly Review in January 1889 and reprinted in Intentions (1891). Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , after serial publication, appeared in book form in April 1891. Only a few letters of Wilde to Symons are extant. Apparently unpublished.
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