masters you; in art, in acting, in all works of genius, I suppose, you
master an emotion. That is why artists are set apart from the rest of
the world; they cannot enjoy the common emotion long, they demand too
much from it.’
‘And do you not regret your loss at all?’
‘Oh, we are all human, of course. I loved him, but still I feared him.
He made me see things in his way: I had no freedom of judgment. When
he was with me I thought he was a splendidly clever person; even when
I found out how bad he was, and what terrible things he had done, he
only had to make some ridiculous excuse for me to believe every word he
said.’
‘Don’t you think it is a good thing for you that he is dead? Don’t you
feel that if you had seen much more of him you would have become a
thoroughly bad woman?’
‘Yes, I do. I sometimes wonder even now if I can get away altogether
from his influence. But how did you know this? What made you imagine
it?’
‘I will tell you exactly why. You know we were quite ignorant that he
had a wife until about a fortnight ago. I must confess to you that from
the first day I saw him I would have married him at any moment if he
had asked me, and given up everything in the world for him. I found
out by degrees what he was, and I thought that if it were true, I could
not bear that he should live. And now that he is dead I am glad. I feel
a weight is off my soul.’
‘Yes,’ whispered Grace Travers, ‘that is just what I feel, a weight is
off my soul: to live with him was to be morally contaminated. Almost
the last time I talked to him, I remember feeling as if it would be a
glorious thing to be a great criminal, and that if you could not rule
by fair means, you should rule by foul. George had such a horror of
mediocrity.’
‘He thought anything better than that, eh?’
‘Yes, I believe the only person who could really fascinate him would be
some one who could make him suffer terribly.’
‘Was there anything that could make him suffer?’
‘No, I don’t think there was, he always took things so easily. But he
didn’t want to die; he hated the thought of it. I can’t think how he
ever came to kill himself.’
‘Well, it is unfortunate that the only person who could attempt to
fascinate him in the way you suggest would be compelled, by the
circumstances of the case, to prevent him from showing that he was
fascinated.’
‘Poor George, what a pity he isn’t here! That would have amused him; it
is just the sort of thing he would have said himself.’
THE END.
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_March 1894_
List of Books
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_BELLES LETTRES_
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PUBLISHED BY
Elkin Mathews and John Lane
The Bodley Head
VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.
_N.B.--The Authors and Publishers reserve the right of reprinting any
book in this list if a second edition is called for, except in cases
where a stipulation has been made to the contrary, and of printing
a separate edition of any of the books for America irrespective of
the numbers to which the English editions are limited. The numbers
mentioned do not include the copies sent for review or to the public
libraries._
ADAMS (FRANCIS).
ESSAYS IN MODERNITY. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net. [_Immediately._
ALLEN (GRANT).
THE LOWER SLOPES: A Volume of Verse. 600 copies. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
ANTÆUS.
THE BACKSLIDER AND OTHER POEMS. 100 only. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
BENSON (EUGENE).
FROM THE ASOLAN HILLS: A Poem. 300 copies. Imp. 16mo. 5s. net.
[_Very few remain._
BINYON (LAURENCE).
LYRIC POEMS. With Title-page by SELWYN IMAGE. Sq. 16mo. 5s. net.
BOURDILLON (F. W.).
A LOST GOD: A Poem. With Illustrations by H. J. FORD. 500 copies.
8vo. 6s. net. [_Very few remain._
CHAPMAN (ELIZABETH RACHEL).
A LITTLE CHILD’S WREATH: A Sonnet Sequence. 350 copies. Sq. 16mo. 3s.
6d. net.
COLERIDGE (HON. STEPHEN).
THE SANCTITY OF CONFESSION: A Romance. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s.
net. [_A few remain._
CRANE (WALTER).
RENASCENCE: A Book of Verse. Frontispiece and 38 designs by the
Author. [_Small paper edition out of print._
There remain a few large paper copies, fcap. 4to. £1, 1s. net. And
a few fcap. 4to, Japanese vellum. £1, 15s. net.
CROSSING (WM.).
THE ANCIENT CROSSES OF DARTMOOR. With 11 plates. 8vo, cloth. 4s. 6d.
net. [_Very few remain._
DAVIDSON (JOHN).
PLAYS: An Unhistorical Pastoral; A Romantic Farce; Bruce, a Chronicle
Play; Smith, a Tragic Farce; Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime, with a
Frontispiece, Title-page, and Cover Design by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 500
copies. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net.
DAVIDSON (JOHN).
FLEET STREET ECLOGUES. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 5s. net.
DAVIDSON (JOHN).
A RANDOM ITINERARY: Prose Sketches, with a Ballad. Frontispiece,
Title-page, and Cover Design by LAURENCE HOUSMAN. Fcap. 8vo. Uniform
with ‘Fleet Street Eclogues.’ 5s. net.
DAVIDSON (JOHN).
THE NORTH WALL. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
_The few remaining copies transferred by the Author to the present
Publishers._
DE GRUCHY (AUGUSTA).
UNDER THE HAWTHORN, AND OTHER VERSES. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE.
300 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net. [_Very few remain._
Also 30 copies on Japanese vellum. 15s. net.
DE TABLEY (LORD).
POEMS, DRAMATIC AND LYRICAL. By JOHN LEICESTER WARREN (Lord De
Tabley). Illustrations and Cover Design by C. S. RICKETTS. Second
Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
FIELD (MICHAEL).
SIGHT AND SONG. (Poems on Pictures.) 400 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
[_Very few remain._
FIELD (MICHAEL).
STEPHANIA: A Trialogue in Three Acts. 250 copies. Pott 4to. 6s. net.
[_Very few remain._
GALE (NORMAN).
ORCHARD SONGS. Fcap. 8vo. With Title-page and Cover Design by J.
ILLINGWORTH KAY. 5s. net.
Also a Special Edition limited in number on hand-made paper bound
in English vellum. £1, 1s. net.
GARNETT (RICHARD).
POEMS. With Title-page designed by J. ILLINGWORTH KAY. 350 copies.
Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
GOSSE (EDMUND).
THE LETTERS OF THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES. Now first edited. Pott 8vo. 5s.
net.
GRAHAME (KENNETH).
PAGAN PAPERS: A Volume of Essays. With Title-page by AUBREY
BEARDSLEY. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
GREENE (G. A.).
ITALIAN LYRISTS OF TO-DAY. Translations in the original metres from
about thirty-five living Italian poets, with bibliographical and
biographical notes. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
HAKE (DR. T. GORDON).
A SELECTION FROM HIS POEMS. Edited by Mrs. MEYNELL. With a Portrait
after D. G. ROSSETTI, and a Cover Design by GLEESON WHITE. Crown 8vo.
5s. net.
HALLAM (ARTHUR HENRY).
THE POEMS, together with his essay ‘On Some of the Characteristics of
Modern Poetry and on the Lyrical Poems of ALFRED TENNYSON.’ Edited,
with an Introduction, by RICHARD LE GALLIENNE. 550 copies. Fcap. 8vo.
5s. net. [_Very few remain._
HAMILTON (COL. IAN).
THE BALLAD OF HADJI AND OTHER POEMS. Etched Frontispiece by WM.
STRANG. 50 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.
_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._
HAZLITT (WILLIAM).
LIBER AMORIS, a reprint of the 1823 edition, with numerous original
documents appended never before printed, including Mrs. Hazlitt’s
Diary in Scotland, Portrait after Bewick, Facsimile Letters, etc.,
and the Critical Introduction by RICHARD LE GALLIENNE prefixed to the
edition of 1893. A limited number only. 4to. £1, 1s. net.
[_In the Press._
HICKEY (EMILY H.).
VERSE TALES, LYRICS AND TRANSLATIONS. 300 copies. Imp. 16mo. 5s. net.
HORNE (HERBERT P.).
DIVERSI COLORES: Poems. With ornaments by the Author. 250 copies.
16mo. 5s. net.
JAMES (W. P.).
ROMANTIC PROFESSIONS: A Volume of Essays, with Title-page by J.
ILLINGWORTH KAY. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
JOHNSON (EFFIE).
IN THE FIRE AND OTHER FANCIES. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 500
copies. Imp. 16mo. 3s. 6d. net.
JOHNSON (LIONEL).
THE ART OF THOMAS HARDY: Six Essays. With Etched Portrait by WM.
STRANG, and Bibliography by JOHN LANE. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.
Also 150 copies, large paper, with proofs of the portrait. £1, 1s.
net. [_Very shortly._
JOHNSON (LIONEL).
A VOLUME OF POEMS. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net. [_In preparation._
KEATS (JOHN).
THREE ESSAYS, now issued in book form for the first time. Edited by
H. BUXTON FORMAN. With Life-mask by HAYDON. Fcap. 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
KEYNOTES SERIES.
Each volume complete in itself. Crown 8vo, cloth. 3s. 6d. net.
Vol. I. KEYNOTES. By GEORGE EGERTON. With Title-page by AUBREY
BEARDSLEY. [_Fourth edition now ready._
Vol. II. POOR FOLK. Translated from the Russian of F. Dostoievsky
by LENA MILMAN. With a Preface by GEORGE MOORE.
[_In rapid preparation._
Vol. III. THE DANCING FAUN. By FLORENCE EMERY.
Vol. IV. A CHILD OF THE AGE. By FRANCIS ADAMS. [_Shortly._
Vol. V. THE GREAT GOD PAN AND THE INMOST LIGHT. By ARTHUR MACHEN.
[_Shortly._
LEATHER (R. K.).
VERSES. 250 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.
_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._
LEATHER (R. K.), & RICHARD LE GALLIENNE.
THE STUDENT AND THE BODY-SNATCHER AND OTHER TRIFLES.
[_Small paper edition out of print._
There remain a very few of the 50 large paper copies. 7s. 6d. net.
LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).
PROSE FANCIES. With a Portrait of the Author by WILSON STEER. Crown
8vo. Purple cloth, uniform with ‘The Religion of a Literary Man.’ 5s.
net.
Also a limited large paper edition. 12s. 6d. net.
LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).
THE BOOK BILLS OF NARCISSUS. An Account rendered by RICHARD LE
GALLIENNE. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, buckram. 3s. 6d. net.
LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).
ENGLISH POEMS. Third Edition, crown 8vo. Purple cloth, uniform with
‘The Religion of a Literary Man.’ 5s. net.
LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).
GEORGE MEREDITH: Some Characteristics. With a Bibliography (much
enlarged) by JOHN LANE, portrait, etc. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s.
6d. net.
LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).
THE RELIGION OF A LITERARY MAN. 3rd thousand. Crown 8vo. Purple
cloth. 3s. 6d. net.
Also a special rubricated edition on hand-made paper. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
net.
LETTERS TO LIVING ARTISTS.
500 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net. [_Very few remain._
MARSTON (PHILIP BOURKE).
A LAST HARVEST: LYRICS AND SONNETS FROM THE BOOK OF LOVE. Edited by
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON. 500 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
Also 50 copies on large paper, hand-made. 10s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
MARTIN (W. WILSEY).
QUATRAINS, LIFE’S MYSTERY AND OTHER POEMS. 16mo. 2s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
MARZIALS (THEO.).
THE GALLERY OF PIGEONS AND OTHER POEMS. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._
MEYNELL (MRS.), (ALICE C. THOMPSON).
POEMS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net. A few of the 50 large
paper copies (First Edition) remain. 12s. 6d. net.
MEYNELL (MRS.).
THE RHYTHM OF LIFE, AND OTHER ESSAYS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s.
6d. net. A few of the 50 large paper copies (First Edition) remain.
12s. 6d. net.
MONKHOUSE (ALLAN).
BOOKS AND PLAYS: A Volume of Essays. 400 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
MURRAY (ALMA).
PORTRAIT AS BEATRICE CENCI. With critical notice containing four
letters from ROBERT BROWNING. 8vo, wrapper. 2s. net.
NETTLESHIP (J. T.).
ROBERT BROWNING: Essays and Thoughts. A Third Edition is in
preparation. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net. Half a dozen of the Whatman
large paper copies (First Edition) remain. £1, 1s. net.
NOBLE (JAS. ASHCROFT).
THE SONNET IN ENGLAND AND OTHER ESSAYS. Title-page and Cover Design
by AUSTIN YOUNG. 600 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
Also 50 copies large paper. 12s. 6d. net.
NOEL (HON. RODEN).
POOR PEOPLE’S CHRISTMAS. 250 copies. 16mo. 1s. net.
[_Very few remain._
OXFORD CHARACTERS.
A series of lithographed portraits by WILL ROTHENSTEIN, with text
by F. YORK POWELL and others. To be issued monthly in term. Each
number will contain two portraits. Parts I. to V. ready. 200 sets
only, folio, wrapper, 5s. net per part; 25 special large paper sets
containing proof impressions of the portraits signed by the artist,
10s. 6d. net per part.
PINKERTON (PERCY).
GALEAZZO: A Venetian Episode and other Poems. Etched Frontispiece.
16mo. 5s. net. [_Very few remain._
_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._
RADFORD (DOLLIE).
SONGS. A New Volume of Verse. [_In preparation._
RADFORD (ERNEST).
CHAMBERS TWAIN. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 250 copies. Imp. 16mo.
5s. net.
Also 50 copies large paper. 10s. 6d. net. [_Very few remain._
RHYS (ERNEST).
A LONDON ROSE AND OTHER RHYMES. With Title-page designed by SELWYN
IMAGE. 500 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
RICKETTS (C. S.) AND C. H. SHANNON.
HERO AND LEANDER. By CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE and GEORGE CHAPMAN. With
Borders, Initials, and Illustrations designed and engraved on the
wood by C. S. RICKETTS and C. H. SHANNON. Bound in English vellum and
gold. 200 copies only. 35s. net.
RHYMERS’ CLUB, THE BOOK OF THE.
A second volume will appear in the Spring of 1894.
SCHAFF (DR. P.).
LITERATURE AND POETRY: Papers on Dante, etc. Portrait and Plates, 100
copies only. 8vo. 10s. net.
STODDARD (R. H.).
THE LION’S CUB; WITH OTHER VERSE. Portrait. 100 copies only, bound in
an illuminated Persian design. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net. [_Very few remain._
STREET (G. S.).
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BOY. Passages selected by his friend G. S. S.
With Title-page designed by C. W. FURSE. 500 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s.
6d. net.
SYMONDS (JOHN ADDINGTON).
IN THE KEY OF BLUE, AND OTHER PROSE ESSAYS. Cover designed by C. S.
RICKETTS. Second Edition. Thick Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.
THOMPSON (FRANCIS).
POEMS. With Frontispiece, Title-page and Cover Design by LAURENCE
HOUSMAN. Fourth Edition. Pott 4to. 5s. net.
TODHUNTER (JOHN).
A SICILIAN IDYLL. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 250 copies. Imp.
16mo. 5s. net.
Also 50 copies large paper, fcap. 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
[_Very few remain._
TOMSON (GRAHAM R.).
AFTER SUNSET. A Volume of Poems. With Title-page and Cover Design by
R. ANNING BELL. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
Also a limited large paper edition. 12s. 6d. net. [_In preparation._
TREE (H. BEERBOHM).
THE IMAGINATIVE FACULTY: A Lecture delivered at the Royal
Institution. With portrait of Mr. TREE from an unpublished drawing by
the Marchioness of Granby. Fcap. 8vo, boards. 2s. 6d. net.
TYNAN HINKSON (KATHARINE).
CUCKOO SONGS. With Title-page and Cover Design by LAURENCE HOUSMAN.
500 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.
VAN DYKE (HENRY).
THE POETRY OF TENNYSON. Third Edition, enlarged. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d.
net.
_The late Laureate himself gave valuable aid in correcting various
details._
WATSON (WILLIAM).
THE ELOPING ANGELS: A Caprice. Second Edition. Square 16mo. buckram.
3s. 6d. net.
WATSON (WILLIAM).
EXCURSIONS IN CRITICISM: being some Prose Recreations of a Rhymer.
Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.
WATSON (WILLIAM).
THE PRINCE’S QUEST, AND OTHER POEMS. With a Bibliographical Note
added. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.
WEDMORE (FREDERICK).
PASTORALS OF FRANCE--RENUNCIATIONS. A volume of Stories. Title-page
by JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
_A few of the large paper copies of Renunciations (First Edition)
remain. 10s. 6d. net._
WICKSTEED (P. H.).
DANTE. Six Sermons. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 2s. net.
WILDE (OSCAR).
THE SPHINX. A poem decorated throughout in line and colour, and bound
in a design by CHARLES RICKETTS. 250 copies. £2, 2s. net. 25 copies
large paper. £5, 5s. net.
WILDE (OSCAR).
The incomparable and ingenious history of Mr. W. H., being the true
secret of Shakespear’s sonnets now for the first time here fully set
forth, with initial letters and cover design by CHARLES RICKETTS. 500
copies. 10s. 6d. net.
Also 50 copies large paper. 21s. net. [_In preparation._
WILDE (OSCAR).
DRAMATIC WORKS, now printed for the first time with a specially
designed Title-page and binding to each volume, by CHARLES SHANNON.
500 copies. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net per vol.
Also 50 copies large paper. 15s. net per vol.
Vol. I. LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN: A Comedy in Four Acts. [_Ready._
Vol. II. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE: A Comedy in Four Acts. [_Shortly._
Vol. III. THE DUCHESS OF PADUA: A Blank Verse Tragedy in Five Acts.
[_In preparation._
WILDE (OSCAR).
SALOMÉ: A Tragedy in one Act, done into English. With 11
Illustrations, Title-page, and Cover Design by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 500
copies. Small 4to. 15s. net.
Also 100 copies, large paper. 30s. net.
WYNNE (FRANCES).
WHISPER. A Volume of Verse. With a Memoir by Katharine Tynan and a
Portrait added. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._
The Hobby Horse
A new series of this illustrated magazine will be published quarterly
by subscription, under the Editorship of Herbert P. Horne. Subscription
£1 per annum, post free, for the four numbers. Quarto, printed on
hand-made paper, and issued in a limited edition to subscribers only.
The Magazine will contain articles upon Literature, Music, Painting,
Sculpture, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts; Poems; Essays;
Fiction; original Designs; with reproductions of pictures and drawings
by the old masters and contemporary artists. There will be a new
title-page and ornaments designed by the Editor.
Among the contributors to the Hobby Horse are:
The late MATTHEW ARNOLD.
LAURENCE BINYON.
WILFRID BLUNT.
FORD MADOX BROWN.
The late ARTHUR BURGESS.
E. BURNE-JONES, A.R.A.
AUSTIN DOBSON.
RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.
A. J. HIPKINS, F.S.A.
SELWYN IMAGE.
LIONEL JOHNSON.
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE.
SIR F. LEIGHTON, Bart., P.R.A.
T. HOPE MCLACHLAN.
MAY MORRIS.
C. HUBERT H. PARRY, Mus. Doc.
A. W. POLLARD.
F. YORK POWELL.
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
W. M. ROSSETTI.
JOHN RUSKIN, D.C.L., LL.D.
FREDERICK SANDYS.
The late W. BELL SCOTT.
FREDERICK J. SHIELDS.
J. H. SHORTHOUSE.
The late JAMES SMETHAM.
SIMEON SOLOMON.
A. SOMERVELL.
The late J. ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
KATHARINE TYNAN.
G. F. WATTS, R.A.
FREDERICK WEDMORE.
OSCAR WILDE.
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the Sign of the Bodley Head, is a satisfaction to the special senses
of the modern bookman for bindings, shapes, types, and papers. They
have surpassed themselves, and registered a real achievement in English
bookmaking by the volume of “Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical,” of Lord De
Tabley.’_Newcastle Daily Chronicle._
‘A ray of hopefulness is stealing again into English poetry after
the twilight greys of Clough and Arnold and Tennyson. Even unbelief
wears braver colours. Despite the jeremiads, which are the dirges of
the elder gods, England is still a nest of singing-birds (_teste_ the
Catalogue of Elkin Mathews and John Lane).’--Mr. ZANGWILL in _Pall Mall
Magazine_.
‘All Messrs. Mathews & Lane’s Books are so beautifully printed and so
tastefully issued, that it rejoices the heart of a book-lover to handle
them; but they have shown their sound judgment not less markedly in the
literary quality of their publications. The choiceness of form is not
inappropriate to the matter, which is always of something more than
ephemeral worth. This was a distinction on which the better publishers
at one time prided themselves; they never lent their names to trash;
but some names associated with worthy traditions have proved more than
once a delusion and a snare. The record of Messrs. Elkin Mathews & John
Lane is perfect in this respect, and their imprint is a guarantee of
the worth of what they publish.’--_Birmingham Daily Post_, Nov. 6, 1893.
‘One can nearly always be certain when one sees on the title-page of
any given book the name of Messrs Elkin Mathews & John Lane as being
the publishers thereof that there will be something worth reading to be
found between the boards.’--_World._
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Perceived typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.