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OSCAR WILDE
::THIRD EDITION::
THE LIFE OF
OSCAR WILDE
WITH A CHAPTER CONTRIBUTED BY
THE PRISON WARDER WHO HELD
THIS UNHAPPY MAN IN GAOL
_Very fully Illustrated and with Photogravure
Frontispiece, and a Biography_
By
ROBERT HARBOROUGH SHERARD
_Demy 8vo, Cloth gilt_
_Also a limited edition de luxe_
[Illustration]
OSCAR WILDE,
_From a Crayon Portrait by_ S. WRAY.
OSCAR WILDE
BY
LEONARD CRESSWELL INGLEBY
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
MCMVII
CONTENTS
PAGE
PART I
OSCAR WILDE: THE MAN 3