Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Photoportrait of Wilde, by Napoleon Sarony, 1882.
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
REVIEWS
Invitation
Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock (1885)
Dinners and Dishes (1885)
A Handbook to Marriage (1885)
Great Writers by Little Men (1887)
Aristotle At Afternoon Tea (1887)
From "A Chinese Sage" (1890)
From "Mr. Pater's Last Volume" (1890)
ESSAYS AND DIALOGUES
From "The Philosophy of Dress" (1885)
The American Invasion (1887)
The American Man (1887)
From "London Models" (1889)
From "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)
From Intentions (1891)
LETTERS TO THE PRESS
From "Woman's Dress" (1884)
To Read, or Not to Read (1886)
From "Fashions in Dress" (1891)
Puppets and Actors (1892)
EPIGRAMS AND PARADOXES
Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Further Reading
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgments
Index