,transcrib]'s ,note ,table ( ,cont5ts add$ by ,transcrib] & plac$ into ! ,public ,doma94 ,,cont5ts ,prologue #a ,i #ac ,,ii #cf ,,iii #ee ,,iv #gi ,v #aja ,,vi #aah ,epilogue #aca ,index #aci ,,! ,,m5 ,,( ,,! ,,n9eties ,,! ,,m5 ,,( ,,! ,,n9eties ,,by ,,b]n>d ,,muddiman ,illu/ration ,g4 ,p4 ,,putnam',s ,,sons ,,new ,,york #aiba ,all rights res]v$ ,,! ,,m5 ,,( ,,! ,,n9eties ,,prologue ,! day ,be>dsley left 8 /ool & l$g] 9 a ,london insurance (fice & betook himself s]i\sly to ! illu/ration ( t /range comic _w ( ,congreve1 a new manife/ation ( ,engli% art blossom$4 ,x _h1 no d\bt1 be5 a long "t g]m9at+ 9 ! m9ds ( _m m51 & !re _h be5 num]\s signs po9t+ ! way on :i* ! arti/ic t5d5cies ( ! n9eties w\ld travel4 ,= example1 j ab\t ! same "t z ,be>dsley's eighte5? ye>1 a cot]ie ( "y m51 fre% f ! ,v>sity 9 _m cases1 made _! appe>ance 9 ,london op5ly proclaim+ ! doctr9e ( art = art's sake "u ! gis ( ,osc> ,wilde4 ,s 9 ! la/ age ( hansom cabs & dy+ ,victorian etiquette1 ^! "y m5 det]m9$ t ! r dull art & lit]>y _w ( ,london %\ld fl[] l ano!r ,p>is4 ,if1 = ! sake ( mak+ a beg9n+1 "o mu/ fix on t memorable day :5 ,be>dsley burnt 8 boats z ! date ( ! op5+ ( ! p]iod ( ! n9eties1 x mu/ be rememb]$ t ?is arbitr>y limitation ( ! movem5t is r a conv5i5ce ?an a necessity4 ,to divide up any?+ s cont9u\s z lit]ature & art into sections l a bookcase is uncommonly l damm+ up a portion ( a /ream to look at ! fi% 9 x4 ,x breaks ! contact betwe5 :at 0 be=e & :at came aft]4 ,h[ev]1 z "o mu/ g a long way back to inve/igate accurately h[ a new movem5t 9 art arises1 & z x is t$i\s to foll[ up all ! clues t lead to ! s\rce1 x w be p]haps z well n to worry too mu* ov] ! causes ( ! movem5t or ov] ! influ5ces f :i* x arose4 ,let u accept ! fact s well po9t$ out by ,mr4 ,w4 ,g4 ,blaikie ,murdo* 9 ,! ,r5aissance ( ! ,n9eties1 t ! output ( ! n9eties 0 #8a di/9ct secession f ! art ( ! previ\s age 4441 9 fact ! eighties1 if !y h a di/9ct "*1 7 a "t ( transition1 a p]iod ( simm]+ = revolt r ?an ( actual outbreak2 & x 0 9 ! succe$+ t5 ye>s t1 ?anks to c]ta9 "y m51 an upheaval 0 really made4' ,x is to ,france if any:]e we c trace ! causes ( ?is new attitude4 ,fir/ ( all1 9 pa9t+1 ! great ,fr5* impressioni/s1 ) ,manet & ,monet lead+ !m2 ! doctr9e ( ple9 air pa9t+1 & all ! wond] ( ?is new s*ool ( pa9t+ gave a new ?rill to art4 ,!n ab\t #ahhe ! lit]>y symboli/s kill$ ! ,p>nassian s*ool ( poetry1 :ile at ! same "t !re 0 a new esplozione naturli/ica4 ,p>is1 always ! city ( light1 0 aga9 flut+ new melodies = ! _w4 ,9 ! ,rue de ,rome1 ,/phane ,mall>m receiv$ all ! _w ( art & lett]s4 ,to ! ,rue de ,rome came ,:i/l]1 ,john ,payne1 ,george ,moore1 ,osc> ,wilde1 & o!rs4 ,! ,fr5* influ5ce t swept ov] to ,engl& 0 z p[]ful z t :i* /irr$ arti/ic ,g]many1 creat+ a ,g]man p]iod ( ! n9eties 9 ! gr\p ( symboli/s :o1 "u ,/efan ,george1 issu$ ! n[ fam\s ,bltt] fr die ,kun/4 ,! ,engli%m51 inde$1 :o att5d$ ^! soires ( ! ,rue de ,rome did n come away empty-h&$4 ,n only did _! own "w suff] an arti/ic *ange ?r\gh ?is influ5ce1 b !y h&$ x on to _! successors4 ,s directly & indirectly ! great ,fr5* pa9t]s & writ]s ( ! day influ5c$ ! art ( ,engl&1 creat+ ! opportunity = a di/9ct secession f ! art ( ! previ\s age4 ,at ! same "t ,fr5* art & lit]ature 7 nev] /ation>y b always develop+4 ,x 0 only 9 #ahij t we f9d ! real ,rgni] appe>+4 ,9 ! same ye> ,paul ,=t1 j eighte5 summ]s l ,be>dsley1 f\nd$ ! ,?tre d',art4 ,all ?is ,fr5* art at high pressure _h a /imulat+ effect on ,engli% art2 &1 9 fact1 rema9$ its ma9 /imulus until ! ,bo] ,w>1 :5 ! imp]ialism ( writ]s l ,kipl+ became ! *ief int]e/4 ,s x 0 9 no small degree ! lit]>y symboli/s1 ! ple9 air pa9t]s & all ! motives t lay beh9d !m1 t awoke ! ,engli%m5 ( ! n9eties to new possibilities 9 art & life4 ,9 ,p>is1 9 #ahij1 ,ro!n/e9 met ,cond]1 & at once ! two became lifelong fri5ds4 ,!re !y enc\nt]$ arti/s l ,t\l\se ,lautrec & ,anquet94 ,! fir/ m51 ( c\rse1 to realise ?is fev]i% activity 9 ,france 7 ! eld] m51 :o h&$ on ! tid+s to ! y\ng] majority4 ,?us ! m5 ( ! eighties turn$ ! att5tion ( ! unkn[n ( ! n9eties t[>ds ,france1 s t ,engli%m5 aga9 began to rememb] t some?+ else c\nt$ 9 ,p>is besides l+]ie4 ,9 deal+ !n ) ! influ5ces t help$ to beget ! p]iod1 x is z well to rememb] t if ,walt] ,pat] & ,:i/l] 7 its =]unn]s1 s to speak1 ,osc> ,wilde & ,george ,moore 7 responsible 9 no small degree = _m ( ! t5d5cies t aft]w>ds became preval5t4 ,wilde himself1 9 fact1 0 arti/ically an influ5ce = evil on 8 weak] juniors4 ,8 social success1 8 ke5 p]siflage1 8 indol5t pose ( greatness1 bl9d$ !m z mu* z x did ! to 8 real arti/ic indu/ry & m]it4 ,8 wor/ works 71 9 fact1 ) "o exception1 8 disciples4 ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne 9 8 ,que/ ( ! ,gold5 ,girl & ,prose ,fancies 0 wat]$-d[n ,wilde1 & v ?9 at t4 ,ev5 ,john ,davidson1 9 ,bapti/ ,lake & ,e>l ,lav5d]1 /rove 9 va9 to ov]take ! ma/]ly ease ) :i* ,wilde's ord]$ prose p]iods advance l cohorts ( c5turions to ! s\nd ( a full or*e/ra4 ,wilde's be/ "w--8 ,prose ,poems1 8 poem ,! ,h>lot's ,h\se1 8 "o-act] ,salom1 & "o or two ( ! /ories 9 ! ,h\se ( ,pomegranates--w1 h[ev]1 rema9 z "s ( ! f9e/ fl[]s ( ! age's art4 ,yet ,wilde1 9 reality1 0 s5ior to ! n9eties prop]1 & 0 mu* too good an arti/ to approve ( mu* ( ! "w t 0 done 9 imitation ( himself dur+ ! p]iod by ! m]e hang]s-on ( ! n9eties4 ,he 0 ) ! m5 ( ! n9eties1 b n ( !m4 ,be>dsley1 inde$1 ! age's real k+1 took ! lib]ty ( mock+ at ,wilde 9 ! v illu/rations1 or r decorations1 int5d$ = ,wilde's mo/ elaborate production4 ,wilde1 9 8 turn1 nev] wrote = ,! ,yell[ ,book1 :i* he dislik$ int5sely4 ,aga91 we "k :at ,symons's op9ion ( ,wilde 0 f 8 essay on him z a poseur4 ,9 fact1 ,wilde 0 a writ] ap>t f ! o!rs1 ?\gh und\bt$ly 8 pres5ce among !m up to ! "t ( 8 dbcle 0 a pr(\nd direct influ5ce4 ,on ! o!r h&1 ,george ,moore1 z a reaction>y influ5ce aga9/ ,victorianism1#a z a s5ior :o _h liv$ & writt5 9 ,p>is1 0 m ( an indirect factor = ! y\ng] m54 ,= a "t he liv$ 9 ! ,temple1 :]e _m ( !m _h come to live4 ,by 8 works he help$ to dissem9ate ! influ5ces ( ! great ,fr5* writ]s & pa9t]s t _h come into 8 own life4 ,8 own writ+s came to o!rs sur*>g$ ) #8,! poison\s honey ( ,france4' ,9 8 ,mod]n ,pa9t+1 9 8 novel1 ,evelyn ,innes1 9 8 era ( s]vitude to ,flaub]t's maje/y1 he is ( ! n9eties4 ,b ! n9eties ) ,george ,moore 7 m]ely a phase out ( :i* he grew1 z out ( _m o!rs4 ,b :5 ! n9eties began ,moore contriv$ to assi/ at _! bir? 9 ! same way z he did lat] at t ( ! ,celtic r5aissance4 ,inde$1 x is said1 9 ,moore's novel1 ,mike ,flet*] 7#ahhi71 "o c obta9 a glimpse ( ! mann] 9 :i* ! p]iod 0 to burgeon4 #a ,see 8 ,lit]ature at ,nurse1 #ahhe4 ,!re 01 inde$1 among/ ! y\ng] m5 9 ^? e>ly days a wond]ful _s ( cam>ad]ie4 ,x 0 an attractive p]iod full ( ! glam\r ( y\? be=e x w5t d[n fight+ = ,art ) a capital ,a1 be=e age _h *ill$ its blood or dull$ its vision4 ,& !re came1 no d\bt1 an imm5se vitality = !m all1 a /imulat+ en]gy to ea* "o1 f ?is meet+ toge!r 9 ,london4 ,inde$1 com+ toge!r by *ance1 z x 71 9 ,london1 !y n only discov]$ "o ano!r & ! ineffable boon ( comrade%ip1 b !y also r$iscov]$1 ?r\gh ,:i/l]1 ,london = art4 ,s once aga9 ! /reets ( ,london began to be writt5 ab\t1 n x is true 9 ! ,dick5s mann]1 b /ill ) ev5 z great a love z 84 ,!y w5t s f> z to attempt to in/itute real ,fr5* caf life1 by hav+ meet+s at ! ,*e%ire ,*eese & ev5+s 9 ! ,dom9o ,room ( ! ,caf ,royal4 ,symons wrote ( ! ballets ( ,leice/] ,squ>e2 ,d[son ( ! purlieus r\nd ! docks2 ,davidson made poems ( ,fleet ,/reet2 ,b9yon sang ( :ite ,/4 ,m>t9's & ! gold5 gall]y ( ,/4 ,paul's2 ,crackan?orpe sket*$ 8 ,london vignettes2 ,/reet talks ( ! indef9able romance ( ,mayfair4 ,9 fact ! n9eties br\ght ! ,muses back to t[n4 ,9 a cabman's %elt]1 9 ,soho re/aurants ( d\btful *eapness1 9 ea* o!r's rooms1 !y rejoic$ 9 ea* o!r's company4 ,at ! same "t ,be>dsley1 by a /roke ( luck ?r\gh ! good s]vices ( fri5ds1 0 commission$ by ,mr4 ,d5t to illu/rate ,le ,morte d',ar?ur4 ,! ,bodley ,press _h begun 9 ,vigo ,/reet 9 #ahhg4 ,symons1 ,yeats1 & o!rs _h already publi%$ _! fir/ books4 ,! curta9 _h gone up on ! drama ( ! n9eties1 ( :i* ?is is int5d$ z a brief appreciation4 ,at ! date ( ! appe>ance ( ^! "y m5 amid a mass ( lucubrators1 !re 0 actually a b& ( g5u9e "y writ]s 7besides ! big ,victorians l ,m]$i? & ,h>dy71 :o 7 turn+ out good "w1 & :o 7 "u ! sway ( t old ,pan ( poetry1 ,h5ley ( ,! ,national ,obs]v]4 ,^! "y m5 ( ,h5ley mu/ n be !re=e confus$ ) ! ,yell[ ,book gr\p4 ,!y 7 (t5 delib]ately co>se1 n because !y lik$ x1 b because x 0 "p ( _! arti/ic gospel4 ,& :5 "o consid]s ! me?ods ( ! feeble/ ( !m1 "o sees m ruffianly /urdy ,briti% horseplay ?an art1 m bray+ & sn>l+ ?an s\nd+ on ! lute4 ,b among ! be/ ( !m1 ,/ev5son1 ,kipl+1 & ,/eev5s1 0 a f9e loyalty to ! traditions ( ! lead+ _s ( ! ,obs]v] ,h5ley--,pan play+ on 8 re$ ) 8 crippl$ ho(s hid+ amid ! wat]-lilies ( ! purl+ /ream4 ,all ^! la/ writ]s & arti/s 7 m5 ( ! ,anglo-,saxon tradition2 :ile1 on ! o!r h&1 ! "y m5 :o _h1 s to speak1 j come to t[n1 7 full ( ! ,lat9 tradition4 ,! ma9 ?+ 9 ! lives ( ^! la/ 0 ,fr5* lit]ature & art1 & out ( ?is influ5ce came n only ! art1 b ! ecc5tricities1 ( ! cot]ie1 :i* is s (t5 call$ ! n9eties4 ,!irs 0 a new _s4 ,!y 7 ( ! ord] ( ! delectable #8,les ,jeunes4' ,epigram op5$ a new c>e] ) ,osc> ,wilde2 ,be>dsley dream$ ( a /range _w2 ,erne/ ,d[son us$ to dr9k ha%i% & make love 9 ,soho 9 ! ,fr5* mann] ( ,h5ri ,murg]'s ,lat9 ,qu>t]--= a "t1 inde$1 hair 0 worn long1 & ! ties ( ! petty homunculi ( ! ,wilde cr[d 7 ( lace2 b1 =tunately1 arti/s l ,be>dsley & ! o!r m5 wor? :ile did n cultivate fooli%ness except z a protection aga9/ ! b\rgeois4 ,b en\gh ( ^! affectations2 ! po9t ,i wi% to br+ out "h is t ! m5 :o drew & wrote = ,! ,savoy wrote _! art ) a diff]5ce to t ( ^? o!rs :o 7 _! contempor>ies b appe>$ 9 ! fir/ in/ance z a virile imp]iali/ic movem5t 9 ,! ,scots ,obs]v] & ,! ,national ,obs]v]4 ,! arti/s ( ! n9eties 7 m1 z we say r badly 9 ,engli%1 ( ! #8kid-glove s*ool4' ,a note ( ref9em5t1 a di/9ction ( utt]ance1 an obsession 9 ,art m>k$ all _! be/ z well z _! wor/ "w4 ,b ?is by no means prev5t$ ! two s*ools hav+ a v salut>y influ5ce on ea* o!r4 ,inde$1 we f9d a man l ,mr4 ,w4 ,b4 ,yeats1 :o really belong$ to a ?ird movem5t1 8 own ,celtic r5aissance1 publi%+ fir/ ( all lyrics l #8,! ,lake ,isle ( ,innisfree' "u ! bann] ( ,h5ley1 & att5d+ a ye> or two lat] ! ,rhym]s' ,club meet+s be=e he f\nd 8 own demesne4 ,b to 8 =m] comrades ( ! ,*e%ire ,*eese1 ! m5 :o conc]n u "h1 ,yeats has f\nd occasion to r5d] befitt+ praise 9 ! well-kn[n l9es3 ,y _h to face y\r ends :5 "y-- ',twas w9e or wom51 or "s curse-- ,b nev] made a poor] song ,t y might h a heavi] purse2 ,nor gave l\d s]vice to a cause ,t y might h a troop ( fri5ds3 ,y kept ! ,muses' /]n] laws ,& unrep5t+ fac$ y\r ends4 ,9 fact1 s9ce influ5ces & c\nt]-influ5ces 9 all ages ( lit]ature are su* subtle v]m9 to f]ret out1 ,i propose to avoid z f> z possible any g5]alities 9 t connection1 & to int]pret broadly & briefly a some:at vague p]iod t review]s h acquir$ ! habit ( call+ #8! n9eties4' ,:at !n 0 ?is p]iod8 ,x 0 a portion ( ! la/ decade ( ! la/ c5tury :i* began ab\t #ahij1 & pass+ ?r\gh ! ,rhym]s' ,club1 blossom$ out into ,! ,yell[ ,book & ,! ,savoy p]iodicals1 & produc$ works l ,be>dsley's draw+s1 ,cond]'s fans1 ,d[son's poetry1 & ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe's %ort /ories4 ,! m5 :o compos$ ! gr\p are too num]\s to recall 9 _! entirety1 ev5 if a satisfactory li/ ( su* a nature c\ld be produc$4 ,s all ,i int5d to attempt "h is a summ>y ( ! activities ( c]ta9 typical examples ( ! gr\p z w s]ve to furni% an appreciation ( _! g5]al "w4 ,& ! way ,i propose to obta9 ?is view is to beg9 by consid]+ ,be>dsley z ! c5tral figure ( ! p]iod2 to deal next ) ! two mo/ vital manife/oes ( ! movem5t & _! respective lit]>y editors1 ,! ,yell[ ,book & ,h5ry ,h>l&1 ,! ,savoy & ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons1 pass+ on 9 turn to ! writ]s ( fiction1 ! poets1 ! essayi/s & dramati/s n ( ! :ole decade1 b only to ^? ) :om ?is p>ticul> movem5t is conc]n$2 x w !n be "t to make a few d$uctions on ! _s ( ! :ole ( ?is t5d5cy4 ,by rigidly adh]+ to only ^? m5 :o 7 actually ( ! n9eties gr\p ,i am only too consci\s ^! pages w be consid]$ (t5 to be lack+ 9 ! great lit]>y ev5ts & figures ( ! age1 su* z ,h>dy's ,jude ! ,obscure1 ! rise ( ! ,kipl+ />1 ! trag$y ( ,wilde1 ! com+ ( ,conrad1 etc4 etc4 ,yet ! sole object ( ?is scant summ>y w\ld be defeat$ if ,i began to prattle ( ^! & o!rs l ,b]n>d ,%aw4 ,9 fact its raison d'tre con/ra9s a me?od ( treatm5t :i* mu/ n be brok54 ,i ,to beg9 ) ,aubrey ,be>dsley has _m advantages1 = x br+s u at once n only to ! type ( m5tality mo/ repres5tative ( ! p]iod1 b also to ! man ^: creative p[] 0 probably ! greate/ factor ( ! p]iod1 to ! boy :o *ang$1 z has be5 said1 ! black & :ite art ( ! _w1 & to ! arti/1 f ^: "w we c mo/ easily d$uce ! lead+ contempor>y *>act]i/ics4 ,! art ( ^! m5 0 9 a way abnormal1 :ile ! m5 !mselves :o produc$ x 7 exotics2 & ,be>dsley's is n only ! mo/ abnormal art ( !m all1 b also he himself is ! greate/ exotic4 ,z ,rob]t ,ross well said z a m]e comm5t on ! decade1 he is invaluable3 #8,he sums up all ! delightful manias1 all t is be/ 9 mod]n appreciation--,greek vases1 ,italian primitives1 ! 8,hypn]otoma*ia10 ,*9ese porcela91 ,japanese kakemonos1 ,r5aissance friezes1 old ,fr5* & ,engli% furniture1 r>e enamels1 m$ival illum9ation1 ! dbonnaire ma/]s ( ! eighte5? c5tury1 ! ,engli% pre-,raphaelites4' ,9 ,be>dsley1 s to speak1 0 inset all ! influ5ces t w5t to make ! p]iod :at x 04 ,& ano!r reason :y x is s conv5i5t to beg9 ) him is t he & n ,osc> ,wilde 0 9 reality ! great creative g5ius ( ! age4 ,besides 8 black-&-:ite "w all ! _w kn[s1 9 :i*1 z ,fa!r ,gray says1 #8,8 imag9ative gifts nev] %[$ a sign ( fatigue or exhau/ion1'#b ,be>dsley practis$ 9 o!r arts4 ,:ile a y\ng/] at ,brighton he promis$ to become a musical prodigy1 & 9 lat] days ,symons describes him at a ,wagn] conc]t gripp+ ! seat ) n]v\s int5sity4 ,he wrote "s *>m+ poetry1 & z picturesque a fairy tale = gr[n-ups z has ev] be5 writt5 9 ,"u ! ,hill4 ,9 an int]view he /ates1 probably slyly1 he 0 at "w 9 #ahie on a mod]n novel#c2 :ile 9 #ahig he said1 #8,cazotte has inspir$ me to make "s small contes4 ,i h "o 9 h& n[ call$ ,! ,cele/ial ,lov]4' ,he began once to write a play ) ! actor1 ,br&on ,?omas4 ,9 8 late illu/rations = ,gauti]'s ,mademoiselle de ,maup9 he 0 cle>ly work+ t[>ds wat]-col\r "w1 :ile at "o "t he began "u ,walt] ,sick]t 8 only oil pa9t+ 7unf9i%$71 #8,wom5 reg>d+ a dead m\se4' ,by no means lea/1 he became a lead] 9 ,engli% po/] "w4 ,all ( ?is 0 ess5tially creative "w4 ,& :5 dea? came he 0 v f> f 8 arti/ic or intellectual maturity4 ,s is x n j to say t ?is "y man :o practis$ ne>ly all ! =ms ( art1 & :o 0 also an avid read] & /ud5t1 rema9s ! *ief creative figure ( ! n9eties8 #b ,la/ ,lett]s ( ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 ) an ,introduction by ! ,rev4 ,john ,gray1 #aijd4 #c ,! ,sket*1 ,april #aj1 #ahie4 ,inde$1 !re is no m pleas+ p]sonality 9 ! :ole p]iod ?an ?is #8apo/le ( ! grotesque1' z 8 own decade lov$ to hail him4 ,born at ,brighton 9 #ahgb he 0 educat$ at ! local ,gramm> ,s*ool1 ^: magaz9e1 ,pa/ & ,pres5t1 conta9s 8 e>lie/ "w4 ,! ,kate ,gre5away picture books1 x is said1 />t$ him draw+4 ,at s*ool he 0 nei!r ke5 on 8 "w or games1 b us$ to be cont9ually do+ #8little r\gh1 humor\s sket*es4' ,read+ 0 8 great refuge1 & :5 he fell 9 ) "s volumes ( ! ,re/oration dramati/s he _h already begun to f9d 8 feet 9 t _w ( ! mad lu/s ( ,wy*]ley & ! p]fum$ artificiality ( ,congreve4 ,( s*ool life itself he speaks bitt]ly & ) no regret4 ,at sixte5 he mu/ h be5 p>ticul>ly glad to escape f x & ent]1 fir/ ( all1 an ar*itect's (fice 9 ,london1 & !n1 ! next ye>1 ! ,gu>dian ,life & ,fire ,assurance ,(fice1 :]e 8 fatal illness un=tunately fir/ began to reveal its pres5ce4 ,!n came 8 se$-"t up till #ahia1 :5 he did little b amateur !atricals4 ,b at l5g? ,be>dsley discov]$ himself4 ,_m g5tlem5 h subsequ5tly /at$ t !y discov]$ him4 ,x may be t !y discov]$ him = !mselves1 b x 0 ,be>dsley & ,be>dsley alone :o f\nd himself4 ,he c]ta9ly receiv$1 h[ev]1 a l>ge am\nt ( appreciative sympa?y :5 he />t$ to draw a s]ies ( illu/rations 9 8 sp>e "t = ,congreve's ,way ( ! ,_w1 & ,m>l[e's ,tamburla9e4 ,he 0 )\t art tra9+ 9 ! usual s5se1 ?\gh he w5t ( nights 9 #ahib to ,pr(essor ,br[n's night s*ool at ,we/m9/]1 b /ill kept to ! ,insurance ,(fice /ool till ,augu/1 :51 aft] be+ recognis$ by ,burne-,jones & ,watts ) k9dness1 he left 8 po/ to live by 8 art4 ,:at _h probably actually p]mitt$ him to take ?is /ep 0 ! commission giv5 by ,j4 ,m4 ,d5t to illu/rate ,le ,morte d',ar?ur4 ,any way he 0 laun*$ out by ! fir/ numb] ( ,! ,/udio ) ,joseph ,p5nell's article on #8,a ,new ,illu/rator1' &1 :at 0 m important1 ) elev5 ( ,be>dsley's own works4 ,at t "t all 8 art 0 intuitive )\t mu* k ( mod]n black & :ite4 ,inde$ he 0 arti/ically swamp$ at ! mom5t ) ! glory ( ! pre-,raphaelites & ,burne-,jones4 ,! ,le ,morte d',ar?ur1 really1 0 int5d$ z a k9d ( rival to ! ,kelmscott ,press publications1 & ,be>dsley 9 8 bord] designs _h small difficulty 9 excell+ ,morris's "w4 ,next ye>1 #ahic1 f9ds ^! influ5ces modifi$ to a c]ta9 ext5t1 al?\gh ! ,salom draw+s /ill belong to t cadav]\s1 lean & hungry _w ( ,burne-,jones1 f :i* ,be>dsley has n completely z yet rescu$ himself by means ( ,fr5*m5 l ,con/ant9 ,guys2 b 8 release has well arriv$ 9 #ahid ) 8 design #8,! ,fat ,woman1' a c>icature ( ,mrs4 ,:i/l]4 ,watteau1 ,rops1 & ! ,japanese1 & ! ?\s& books he is n[ read+ ?r[ op5 at la/ all ! spl5d\r ( ! art _w to him4 ,he lacks no?+1 & he goes =w>d borr[+ lavi%ly1 l ,%akespe>e1 f any s\rce t suits him4 ,be>dsley's illu/rations are g5]ally critical decorations1 al?\gh x mu/ nev] be =gott5 he did attempt on m ?an "o occasion a s]ies ( illu/ration pure & simple 91 = example1 8 e>ly sc5es = ,manon ,lescaut1 ,la ,dame aux ,camlias1 & ,madame ,bov>y1 :i* are n altoge!r successful4 ,he is p]haps at 8 be/ z ! illu/rat+ critic1 :i* he is some:at scornfully 9 ,salom1 v happily 9 ,pope's ,! ,rape ( ! ,lock1 & triumphantly 9 ,ari/ophanes' ,lysi/rata4 ,x c be said ( 8 "w1 r sweep+ly no d\bt1 b /ill tru?fully1 he began by decorat+ books ) 8 ,le ,morte d',ar?ur2 he !n tri$ illu/rat+ !m2 b w\nd up 9 criticis+ !m by 8 decorations4 #8,h y notic$1' he once wrote to ,fa!r ,gray1 #8h y notic$ t no book ev] gets well illu/rat$ once x becomes a classic8 ,contempor>y illu/rations are ! only ones ( any value or int]e/4' ,b ,be>dsley 0 always m ?an a m]e illu/rator1 = :]e a le>n$ ,editor writes notes & annotations on ,ari/ophanes1 he decorates him2 :]e ,ar?ur ,symons w\ld write an essay on ,mademoiselle de ,maup91 ,be>dsley does a numb] ( critical designs4 ,x 01 9 fact1 an age ( ! critical function2 b ,be>dsley's criticism is ( t supreme k9d ,osc> ,wilde call$ #8creative criticism4' ,at "o "t x 0 cu/om>y = critics to plead t he 0 only a supreme imitator ( ! ,japanese or somebody2 b1 9 reality1 z has be5 po9t$ out by ,rob]t ,ross 9 8 admirable essays on 8 "w1 he 0 z int5sely orig9al z an illu/rator z ,s&ro ,botticelli 0 9 8 designs = ,dante's ,div9e ,com$y1 or ,william ,blake = ! drama ( ,job4 ,none ( !m int]pret$ au?ors = dull p :o c\ld n und]/& :at !y read4 ,p]haps ! v be/ way to appreciate 8 "w ( ?is k9d is (t5 to take x away f ! text1 & say ?is is ! way ,be>dsley saw ,! ,rape ( ! ,lock4 ,z = all ! suppos$ influ5ces he is pret5d$ to h lab\r$ "u1 x c be at once said1 he 0 too re/less a p]sonality to accept m]ely "o influ5ce at a "t4 ,if he took f any:]e1 he took f ev]y:]e1 & ! result is a great & orig9al draughtsman1 ! music ( ^: l9e has be5 ! !me ( _m arti/s4 ,) little /ippl$ l9es 9 ! backgr\nd1 & masses ( black 9 ! =egr\nd1 ! ,wagn]ites burgeon =?4 ,black & :ite 9 "s ( 8 draw+s ev5 tell u ! col\r ( "s ( ! silks 8 wom5 we>1 & 8 :ite is ! pla9 :ite ( ! pap]1 n ! ,*9ese subt]fuge4 ,a few rhy?mic p5-/rokes on ! virg9 %eet & /rangely vital p live4 ,! h& ( ,salom may be out ( draw+1 ! anatomy ( ,lysi/rata wrong2 b1 all ! same1 !y live ) a ri* malevol5t life4 ,"o has to g back to ! ,greek vase-pa9t]s to f9d su* a vivid life realis$ ) su* simple effects4 ,?is simplicity & au/]ity ( l9es1 ^! few dots = ! tell+ eyela%es1 ^! blank spaces ( unt\*$ pap] almo/ insult "o ) ! p]fect ease ) :i* ev]y?+ is accompli%$4 ,b1 z a matt] ( fact1 h[ diff]5t1 h[ difficult 0 ! actual creation ( ^! designs6 ,:at inf9ite pa9s1 :at k w5t to _! composition6 #8,he sket*$ ev]y?+ 9 p5cil1 at fir/ cov]+ ! pap] ) app>5t scrawls1 con/antly rubb$ out & block$ 9 aga91 until ! :ole surface became raddl$ f p5cil1 indi>ubb]1 & knife2 ov] ?is incoh]5t surface he work$ 9 ,*9ese ink ) a gold p51 (t5 ignor+ ! p5cil l9es1 aft]w>ds c>efully remov$4 ,s e draw+ 0 inv5t$1 built up1 & complet$ on ! same %eet ( pap]4'#d #8,b ,be>dsley's subtlety does n lie only 9 8 te*nique1 b also 9 :at he expresses !reby4 ,look+ at 8 draw+s1 "o always feels 9 ! pres5ce ( some?+ alive1 some?+ conta9+ deep human int]e/2 & ! reason is t1 :ile ,be>dsley seldom aim$ at reali/ic r5d]+ ( ! human =m1 he 0 a sup]b reali/ 9 ano!r respect1 ?is be+ t 8 workman%ip always prov$ itself adequate = ! expression ( ! mo/ subtle emotions1 & = ! embodim5t ( ! arti/'s unique p]sonality4'#e #d ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 by ,rob]t ,ross1 pp4 #ch-ci4 #aiji4 #e ,! ,r5aissance ( ! ,n9eties1 by ,w4 ,g4 ,blaikie ,murdo*1 p4 #bi4 #aiaa4 ,?is *>m+ p]sonality /ood him 9 good /ead :5 ! ,be>dsley craze bur/ ^u ,london4 ,he _h lit]ally set ! ,?ames on fire4 ,x 0 9 #ahid1 :5 he became art editor ( ,! ,yell[ ,book 7:i* ,i discuss on ano!r page71 t ! craze began 9 e>ne/4 ,8 po/] = ,dr4 ,john ,todhunt]'s ,! ,com$y ( ,sighs1 at ! ,av5ue ,!atre1 a ?ree-qu>t]-l5g? figure ( a woman 9 deep blue1 /&+ beh9d a gauze curta9 p[d]$ ) light gre5 spots1 electrifi$ ! dull ho>d+s ( ,london4 ,ano!r po/]1 ! female figure 9 a salmon-p9k dress /&+ opposite a second-h& book%op1 ) its s*eme ( black1 gre51 orange1 & salmon p9k1 adv]tis+ ,fi%] ,unw9's ,pseudonym ,libr>y1 fla%$ its col\rs gaily amid a mass ( /upid comm]cial adv]tis+4 ,pun* p>odi$ #8,! ,bless$ ,damozel' ) a new v]sion ( lauds = #8,! ,be>dsley ,girl4' ,a fam\s tea-%op exploit$ ! type ( female beauty4 ,osc> ,wilde's play ,salom 0 illu/rat$ by ! newly arriv$ "y arti/4 ,! columns ( ! pap]s & magaz9es spread 8 fame1 or m (t5 belittl$ x4 ,! new art magaz9e1 ,! ,/udio1 n only rais$ him to ! skies1 b _h its fir/ cov] done by him4 ,& all ?is happ5$ to a boy :o _h only be5 gone f s*ool six ye>s1 & ^: total age :5 he became ! art craze ( ,london 0 only tw5ty-two4 ,b he 0 n to /op !re4 ,aft] f\r m ye>s ( cr[d$1 fev]i% "w he 0 to die1 aft] hav+ affect$ all ! black & :ite art ( ! _w4 ,he 0 to be at once accept$ 9 ,p>is4 ,he 0 to raise a %oal ( imitators1 & to influ5ce m or less detrim5tally doz5s ( good arti/s4 ,yet all ?is ph5om5al success 0 n to *ange 8 *>m+ p]sonality 9 ! lea/4 ,he /ill rema9$ ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 ! boy doom$ to dea?1 b /ill ) ! lovable he>t ( a boy :o want$ to enjoy life4 ,max ,be]bohm has giv5 u a wond]ful p]sonal record ( 8 fri5d1 9 :i* he says3 #8,= him1 z = ! s*oolboy ^: holidays are ne> _! close1 e h\r--e m9ute1 ev5--_h its value4 ,8 draw+s1 8 compositions 9 prose & 9 v]se1 8 read+--^! ?+s 7 n en\gh to satisfy 8 /r5u\s dem&s on life4 ,he 0 an accompli%$ musician1 he 0 a great frequ5t] ( conc]ts1 & seldom :5 he 0 9 ,london did he miss a 8,wagn] night0 at ,cov5t ,g>d54 ,he lov$ d9+-out1 &1 9 fact1 gaiety ( any k9d4444 ,he 0 always mo/ cont5t :]e !re 0 ! greate/ noise & bu/le1 ! l>ge/ numb] ( p1 & ! mo/ brilliant light4' ,9 ! ,dom9o ,room ( ! ,caf ,royal 9 ,london2 outside ! ,brighton ,pavilion1 ^: ar*itecture haunt$ him all 8 life1 ,be>dsley 0 at home & happy4 #8,i am really happy1' he writes1 #89 ,p>is4' ,& x 0 ,be>dsley's *ief preoccupation to communicate 9 8 draw+s ! surprise & delight :i* ?is visible _w af=d$ him--a _w ( /range demi-monda9es & eupeptic /ockbrok]s1 ( odd social p>asites & gullible idiots4 ,he always _h an engag+ smile t 0 delightful = fri5ds & /rang]s2 :ile he 0 big en\gh1 ,rob]t ,ross *ronicles1 to make fri5ds & rema9 fri5ds ) _m = :om 8 art 0 totally un9telligible4 ,aft] he vacat$ ,! ,yell[ ,book art editor%ip1 & ,! ,savoy _h be5 issu$1 ,leon>d ,smi!rs became ! real ,be>dsley publi%]4 ,!re 7 no dead-locks ) him z to nude ,amors1 = ,smi!rs _h a c\rage ( 8 own--a c\rage great en\gh to issue ,! ,ballad ( ,read+ ,gaol :5 ,wilde 0 "u 8 cl\d1 & no o!r publi%] w\ld look at x4 ,x 0 ,smi!rs :o issu$ ,! ,savoy1 ! two books ( ,fifty ,draw+s1 ,! ,rape ( ! ,lock1 ,! ,pi]rot ( ! ,m9ute1 ! designs = ,mademoiselle de ,maup91 & among o!rs ! eight #8,lysi/rata' & ! f\r #8,juv5al' draw+s4 ,= any "o to /udy all ?is v>iety & rapid gr[? to an a/\nd+ maturity ( conception & execution no bett] volumes c be recomm5d$ ?an ,a ,book ( ,fifty ,draw+s 7#ahig71 & ,a ,second ,book ( ,fifty ,draw+s 7#ahii74 ,! =m] book is mu* ! bett] ( ! two1 = ! latt] is a book ( scraps to a l>ge ext5t4 ,inde$1 9 ! fir/ book all ! draw+s 7 =tunately select$ by bo? ,be>dsley himself & ,smi!rs4 ,! arti/ all[$ no draw+ to appe> 9 x ) :i* he 0 at all dissatisfi$4 ,x includes 8 fav\rite1 #8,! ,asc5sion ( ,/4 ,rose ( ,lima'2 b "o _c help ?9k+ t !re h crept into x f> too _m ( 8 immature ,le ,morte d',ar?ur s]ies4 ,= :5 ?is volume 0 issu$ he _h completely disc>d$ t pa9ful me?od ( design4 ,inde$1 ! ,salom decorations 7#ahid7 _h bridg$ ?is brief spell ( 8 pu]ility to ! ri* fulfilm5t ( ,! ,rape ( ! ,lock 7#ahif74 ,:i/l] at once saw ?is diff]5ce1 =1 x is on record1 :5 ,be>dsley fir/ %[$ ^! la/ designs to him he #8look$ at !m fir/ indiff]5tly1 !n ) int]e/1 !n ) delight4 ,& !n he said sl[ly1 8,aubrey1 ,i h made a v great mi/ake1 y are a v great arti/40 ,& ! boy bur/ out cry+4 ,all ,:i/l] c\ld say1 :5 he c\ld say any?+1 01 8,i mean x--,i mean x40' ,9 reality "o c ( c\rse n[ see signs ( ! real arti/ ev5 9 ! ,le ,morte d',ar?ur s]ies4 ,= example1 ! true ,be>dsley type ( woman appe>s 9 ! design entitl$ #8,h[ ,que5 ,gu5ev] made h] a ,nun4' ,^! ,be>dsley wom51 ,wilde h9t$1 7 fir/ inv5t$ by ! arti/ & !n copi$ by nature4 ,!y h1 inde$1 be5 ! cause ( mu* f9e writ+1 "o &rogyni/ describ+ !m z ! fruit ( a ,fr5* bagnio & a ,*9ese visitor4 ,z ,pi]re ,caume dem&$ ( ,flici5 ,rops we are mov$ to ask ( ,be>dsley3 ,quels clairs ont nimb tes fillettes plies8 ,quel /upre assez p]v]s1 quel am\r deva/ ,met des reflets d'abs9! en leurs melancolies8 ,!y belong to ! same _w z ! wom5 ( ,t\l\se ,lautrec1 ,rops1 ,odlon ,r$on1 ,bayros1 & ,rass5fosse--! type kn[n z la l\peuse insatiable et cupide4 ,!y move & h _! be+ 9 ,fr5* erotica & novels l ,la ,fau/9e4 ,be>dsley _h n[ 7#ahif7 rea*$ 8 be/ p]iod ) ,! ,rape ( ! ,lock & ,! ,lysi/rata ( ,ari/ophanes1 & ( ! two ! palm %\ld be aw>d$ to ! eight designs ( ! latt] "w4 ,no "o has yet d>$ to say t ^! are probably 8 ma/]pieces2 b "s day1 :5 ! k9%ip betwe5 ,be>dsley & ^? old ,greek ,ma/]s :o design$ _! exquisite vases & w9e cups is e/abli%$1 ?is truism may also come to light4 ,x is unlikely1 h[ev]1 to become reveal$ until ,ari/ophanes himself is fully translat$ 9 ! vulg> tongue1 = n ev5 ! mo/ g5]\s ,editor 9 8 monum5tal edition has essay$ t imp]t95ce to ,mrs4 ,grundy4 ,! illu/rations or r critical decorations ( ,be>dsley are also n likely to become g5]ally circulat$ to all because ( _! frankness4 ,= phallism is purely pornographic if x has no?+ to d ) y\r subject4 ,b un=tunately x is a consid]able factor 9 ! ,lysi/rata1 z e s*ol> kn[s4 ,be>dsley himself 9 8 lett]s lays consid]able emphasis on ! fact t he 0 illu/rat+ ,ari/ophanes & n ,donnay's ,fr5* v]sion ( ! same4 ,& nev] 0 he m cynical or m incisive2 nev] did he use few] l9es ) m effect2 nev] 0 love & its depravities m sca?+ly or s disda9fully ridicul$4 ,9 all !re 7 eight draw+s issu$ ) a v>iant ( ! ?ird1 ?\gh ,i h reason to believe !re 0 also a n9?1 & ev5 ?is1 8 wor/ erotic draw+1 has no?+ to d ) obsc5ity4 ,he _h le>n$ too mu* f ! m5 :o design$ ! old ,hell5ic pott]y to be obsc5e4 ,he 0 frank z ,*auc] is frank1 n vici\s z ,aret9o delight$ to be1 or indec5t l ! ,engli% arti/s ,r[l&son & ,james ,gillray 7 9 "s ( _! fantasies4 ,virgil dy+ want$ to de/roy 8 neids1 & ,be>dsley 9 articulo mortis wrote #8to de/roy all copies ( ,lysi/rata & bawdy draw+s4' ,yet he has no?+ to fe> f ! g5u9e issue ( ^? draw+s t rema91 or f ! numb]less pirat$ copies t h s9ce exud$ my/]i\sly into places l ,*>+ ,cross ,road4 ,ev5 ,fu*s 9 8 ,erotis*e ,kun/ has to say3 #8,be>dsley is specially to be notic$ = ! ref9em5t ( 8 conceptions1 8 ultra-mod]n culture1 8 ta/e1 8 s5se ( proportion1 8 maturity ( execution4 ,no h>% or discordant notes1 no viol5t tones4 ,on ! contr>y1 a :e$l+ f9esse4 ,9 "s respects he is ! 8maladive0 beauty ( our "t inc>nate4' ,be>dsley1 inde$1 nev] desc5d$ to ! horrors ( an ,alfr$ ,kub9 or to ! tone ( c]ta9 ( ,bayros's designs4 ,he 0 nei!r immoral nor moral1 b unmoral l ,rass5fosse or any "o else :o has n a fix$ e?ical !ory to tea*4 ,9 8 ,juv5al draw+s 7#ahig71 8 five ,lucian sket*es 7#ahid71 & ! ,lysi/rata 7#ahif7 he w5t /raight to ! great gifts ( classical lit]ature1 & 9 t\*+ classical ?+s he took on ! anci5t outlook via1 ,i believe1 ^? wond]ful ,greek vase design]s#f :i* he1 s assidu\s a haunt] ( ! ,briti% ,museum1 mu/ h n only se51 b revell$ 94 ,b ( ^! ! be/ & free/ are ! ,lysi/rata conceptions2 & to enjoy ^! "o ne$s an initiation t is n e man's to receive4 #f ,ross says 9 8 ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 p4 #de1 "o ( ! ev5ts :i* contribut$ #8to give ,be>dsley a fre% impetus & /imulate 8 me?od ( expression' ab\t ! ,salom "t 0 #8a s]ies ( visits to ! collection ( ,greek vases 9 ! ,briti% ,museum 7prompt$ by an essay ( ,mr4 ,d4 ,s4 ,mac,coll74' ,we are1 h[ev]1 m int]e/$ "h ) ! lit]>y side ( 8 "w1 :i* divides itself into poetry & prose4 ,z a poet ,be>dsley has be5 accus$ ( ov]-clev]ness4 ,:atev] t criticism means ,i d n "k4 ,probably x implies "s simil> reflection to ! /atem5t t a d&y is ov]-dress$4 ,i _c1 h[ev]1 discov] any su* affectation 91 = example1 t *>m+ poem1 ,! ,?ree ,musicians1 :i* rec\nts h[ ! soprano #8lightly frock$1' ! slim boy :o dies #8= rclame & recall at ,p>is1' & ! ,poli% piani/1 pleas$ ) _! ?\ghts1 _! breakfa/1 & ! summ] day1 w5d _! way #8along ! pa? t skirts ! wood'3 ,! ,poli% g5ius lags beh9d1 ,&1 ) "s poppies 9 8 h&1 ,picks out ! /r+s & wood & w9d ,( an imag9>y b&4 ,en*ant$ t = once 8 m5 obey 8 beat & und]/&4 ,! *>m+ cantatrice recl9es ,& re/s a mom5t :]e %e sees ,h] *teau's ro( t hotly %9es ,amid ! dusky summ] trees1 ,& fans h]self1 half %uts h] eyes1 & smoo?s ! frock ab\t h] knees4 ,! graci\s boy is at h] feet1 ,& weighs 8 c\rage ) 8 *ance2 ,8 fe>s soon melt 9 noonday heat4 ,! t\ri/ gives a furi\s glance1 ,r$ z 8 guide-book1 moves on1 & (f]s up a pray] = ,france4 ,9 ,! ,ballad ( a ,b>b]1 aga91 !re is no?+ b a trill ( song 9 limpid v]se4 ,h[ ,c>r\sel1 ! b>b] ( ,m]idian ,/reet1 :o c\ld #8curl wit into ! dulle/ face1' became f\ ( ! ?irte5-ye>-old ,k+'s daught]1 s t ,8 f+]s lo/ _! cunn+ q1 ,8 ivory combs obey$ no m2 is a typical n9ety jeu d'esprit1 only mu* bett] done ?an ! av]age "o4 ,) ! fewe/ words ,be>dsley c sket* a sc5e or "*1 z he us$ ! fewe/ ( l9es 9 8 draw+s4 ,?is is ev5 bett] exemplifi$ 9 8 prose4 ,"t & aga9 a s+le s5t5ce ( ,"u ! ,hill gives u a complete picture3 ,sporion 0 a tall1 deprav$ "y man1 ) a slight /oop1 a tr\bl$ walk1 an oval1 impassible face1 ) its olive sk9 drawn lightly ov] ! bone1 /rong1 sc>let lips1 long ,japanese eyes1 & a great gilt t\pet4 ,we seem to gaze ) ! ,abb ,fanfrelu*e at ! pr9ts on 8 b$room wall3 ,)9 ! delicate curv$ frames liv$ ! corrupt & graci\s creatures ( ,dorat & 8 s*ool1 sl5d] *ildr5 9 masque & dom9o1 smil+ horribly1 exquisite le*]s lean+ ov] ! %\ld]s ( smoo?1 doll-l girls1 & do+ no?+ 9 p>ticul>1 t]rible little ,pi]rots pos+ z lady lov]s & po9t+ at some?+ outside ! picture1 & une>?ly fops & huge1 bird-l wom5 m+l+ 9 "s rococo room4 ,"o rubs "o's eyes4 ,are ^! n ! draw+s ,franz von ,bayros ( ,vi5na realis$ lat]8 ,b ,be>dsley's output ( bo? prose & v]se is actually s limit$ t "o _c comp>e 8 d\ble art "w to t ( an arti/ l ,rossetti4 ,:5 all is said & done1 8 great lit]>y "w is ! unf9i%$ #8fairy' tale ( ,"u ! ,hill4 ,9 its complete =m x belongs to ! class ( works l ,casanova's ,mmoires1 ! ,reig5 ( ,s*nitzl]1 ! novels ( ,re/if de la ,bretonne1 & "s ( ! ,?\s& & ,"o ,nights4 ,x is an en*ant+ book 9 ! same way z ,mademoiselle de ,maup9 or ,le ,roi ,pausole are en*ant+ books4 ,9 its rococo /yle x surpasses ! be/ rhy?ms ( ,wilde1 :o only succe$s 9 catalogu+ long li/s ( beautiful ?+s1 :ile ,aubrey ,be>dsley sugge/s m ?an he says 9 ! true impressioni/ way ( all ! writ]s ( ! n9eties4 ,inde$1 ! purple pat*es ( ,be>dsley are z ri* 9 f9e phrases z any p>agraphs ( ! p]iod--z fais&e z any ,fr5* writ] has writt54 ,elizabe?an euphui/s1 ,re/oration conceit-mak]s1 lat] ,lat9s ) all ! ri* byzantium flor ( bra9s l ,apuleius1 c make z f9ely-s\nd+ phrases1 b ,i d\bt :e!r !y c pack away 9 !m z ri* a pictorial glam\r z _m ( ! writ]s ( ! n9eties1 & ,be>dsley among/ !m1 a*iev$4 ,we h ,hel5 9 #8a flutt] ( frill$ ?+s' at #8tap]-"t' be=e h] mirror display+ h] neck & %\ld]s #8s wond]fully drawn1' & h] #8little malici\s brea/s 444 full ( ! irritation ( lovel9ess t c nev] be entirely compreh5d$1 or ev] enjoy$ to ! utmo/4' ,:ole sc5es ( ! book are unroll$ be=e u l priceless tape/ries4 ,! #8ombre gateway ( ! my/]i\s hill' /&s be=e u3 ,! place :]e he /ood wav$ dr[sily ) /range fl[]s1 heavy ) p]fume1 dripp+ ) od\rs4 ,gloomy & nameless we$s n to be f\nd 9 ,m5tzelius4 ,huge mo?s1 s ri*ly w+$ !y mu/ h banquet$ ^u tape/ries & royal /uffs1 slept on ! pill>s t flank$ ei!r side ( ! gateway1 & ! eyes ( all ! mo?s rema9$ op5 & 7 burn+ & bur/+ ) a me% ( ve9s4 ,! pill>s 7 fa%ion$ 9 "s pale /one1 & rose up l hymns 9 ! praise ( pleasure1 = f cap to base ea* "o 0 c>v$ ) lov+ sculptures4444 ,to read ,! ,toilet ( ,hel51 ) its fa9t e*oes p]haps ( ,max ,be]bohm's #8,toilet ( ,sab9a' 9 ,! ,p]v]sion ( ,r\ge1 is to be lur$ on by ! s\nd ( ! s5t5ces3 ,be=e a toilet-table t %one l ! alt> ( ,ntre ,dame des ,victoires1 ,hel5 0 seat$ 9 a little dress+-g[n ( black & heliotrope4 ,! ,coiffeur ,cosm 0 c>+ = h] sc5t$ *evelure1 & ) t9y silv] tongs1 w>m f ! c>esses ( ! flame1 made delici\s intellig5t curls t fell z lightly z a brea? ab\t h] =ehead & ov] h] eyebr[s1 & clu/]$ l t5drils r\nd h] neck4 ,h] ?ree fav\rite girls1 ,pappel>de1 ,blan*ema9s1 & ,l\reyne1 wait$ imm$iately ^u h] ) p]fume & p[d] 9 delicate flaons & frail cassolettes1 & held 9 porcela9 j>s ! ravi%+ pa9ts prep>$ by ,*tel9e = ^? *eeks & lips :i* _h gr[n a little pale ) angui% ( exile4 ,h] ?ree fav\rite boys1 ,claud1 ,clair1 & ,s>ras9s1 /ood amor\sly ab\t ) salv]1 fan1 & napk94 ,millamant held a slight tray ( slipp]s1 ,m9ette "s t5d] gloves1 ,la ,popel9ire--mi/ress ( ! robes--0 ready ) a frock ( yell[ & yell[4 ,la ,zamb9ella bore ! jewels1 ,florizel "s fl[]s1 ,amad\r a box ( v>i\s p9s1 & ,vadius a box ( sweets4 ,h] doves1 ev] 9 att5dance1 walk$ ab\t ! room t 0 panell$ ) ! gallant pa9t+s ( ,jean ,bapti/e ,dorat1 & "s dw>fs & d\btful creatures sat "h & !re loll+ out _! tongues1 p9*+ ea* o!r1 & behav+ oddly en\gh4 ,!re y h a ,be>dsley draw+ transfus$ into words4 ,! same is true ( 8 description ( ! woods ( ,auffray4 ,! same is true ( ! wond]ful supp] s]v$ on ! t]race to ,hel5 & h] gue/s amid ! g>d5s4 ,to f9d su* ano!r supp] 9 lit]ature "o has to turn to "s ,fr5* au?or1 or1 bett] /ill1 to ! #8,c5a ,trimal*ionis' ( ,petronius himself4 ,f ?is x w be se5 t ,be>dsley's lit]>y "w1#g l 8 black-&-:ite1 ?\gh ! embodim5t ( ! _s ( 8 age1 is also ( ! noble ord] ( ! highe/ ?+s 9 art4 ,x is = ?is reason1 inde$1 t ,i h select$ ,be>dsley z ! c5tre-piece ( ?is brief sket* ( a movem5t t is dead & gone4 ,he 0 ! inc>nation ( ! _s ( ! age2 b1 :5 ! fall ( ,wilde kill$ ! age & ! ,bo] ,w> buri$ x1 nei!r ( ^! ?+s di/urb$ or *ang$ ! magic spell ( 8 art4 ,8 age may die1 b he rema9s4 ,ev5 n[ he has outliv$ ! fad p]iod1 :ile _m ( ! books t 7 writt5 at t date by o!rs & decorat$ by him are only valuable to-day because ( 8 frontispiece or wrapp]4 ,"o has n =gott5 ^? wrapp]s1 = z "o w n =get ! "w ( ,william ,blake1 "o w n =get t ( ,aubrey ,be>dsley4 ,8 en?usia/s treasure ! smalle/ fragm5t4 #g ,9 ,! ,influ5ce ( ,baudelaire 9 ,france & ,engl&1 by ,g4 ,turquet-,milnes1 pp4 #bgg-bhj 7#aiac71 !re is an int]e/+ /udy ( 8 ,baudelairism4 ,,ii ,l all arti/ic & lit]>y movem5ts ?is "o _h1 9 ! %ape ( v>i\s p]iodicals1 its manife/oes4 ,9 fact1 x 0 a p]iod p>ticul>ly ri* 9 ?is k9d ( fruit4 ,9 ,! ,hobby ,horse ! voices ( ! new _s 7 m+l$ = ! fir/ "t ) ^? ( ! pa/4 ,!re 71 among o!r magaz9es1 ,! ,rose ,leaf1 ,! ,*ameleon1 ,! ,_s ,lamp1 ,! ,pageant1 ,! ,ev]gre51 ,! ,p>ade1 ,! ,qu>to1 ,! ,dome1 ,! ,*ord1 :ile among ! popul> pap]s ,! ,idl]1 ,to-,day1 & ,pick-me-,up produc$ ! "w ( m5 l ,edg> ,wilson & ,s4 ,h4 ,sime2 &1 fur!r1 ,! ,butt]fly1 ,! ,po/]1 & ,! ,/udio mu/ be c>efully /udi$ = ! t5d5cies ( ! "t4 ,b ! two pr9cipal organs ( ! movem5t 71 beyond all d\bt1 ,! ,yell[ ,book & ,! ,savoy4 ,r\nd !m1 z ar\nd ! %r9es ( old beside ! gean1 ga!r ! fai?ful & ! *os54 ,9 ! o!r publications !re 0 too mu* jo/l+ ) ! pr(ane1 b "h #8,procul pr(ani4' ,x w be well1 !re=e1 al?\gh x has be5 done m or less be=e1 to /udy ^! two magaz9es 9 "s detail1 & also _! lit]>y editors :o ga!r$ ! clan toge!r4 ,9 bo? cases ,be>dsley 0 ! art editor1 ?\gh he 0 #8fir$1' to put x pla9ly1 f ,! ,yell[ ,book aft] its f\r? numb]4 ,8 influ5ce1 !re=e1 p]meat$ bo?4 ,9 fact1 he made !m bo? works ( value = ! com+ g5]ations1 & p>ticul>ly 9 ! case ( ,! ,savoy he bore ! burd5 ( ! day & sav$ ! mon?ly f fatuity4 ,:5 he leaves ,! ,yell[ ,book x w be f\nd to be nev] ! same4 ,:5 he is too ill to be active 9 ,! ,savoy x becomes v small be]4 ,s int]wov5 ) ! lives & values ( ^! publications is ! g5ius ( ,be>dsley t "o _c speak ( ! "o )\t ref]r+ to ! o!r4 ,( ,be>dsley himself ,i h already spok51 s ,i propose to conf9e myself /rictly to ! art editor1 :ile deal+ fir/ ) ,! ,yell[ ,book & its lit]>y editor1 ,h5ry ,h>l&1 & !n ) ,! ,savoy & ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons4 ,! publi%]1 ,mr4 ,john ,lane1 says#h ?is mu*-discuss$ ,yell[ ,book 0 f\nd$ "o morn+ dur+ half-an-h\r's *at ov] cig>ettes1 at ! ,hog>? ,club1 by himself1 ,be>dsley1 & ,h5ry ,h>l&4 ,:ile he /ates t #8,mr4 ,h>l& _h ! faculty ( gett+ ! be/ f 8 contributors1' ! publi%] goes on to add3 #8,be>dsley's defect z art editor 0 y\?4 ,he w\ld n take himself s]i\sly2 z an editor & draughtsman he 0 almo/ a practical jok]1 = "o _h1 s to speak1 to place 8 draw+s "u a microscope & look at !m upside d[n4 ,?is t5d5cy1 on ! eve ( ! production ( ,volume ,v41 dur+ my fir/ visit to ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 r5d]$ x necess>y to omit 8 "w f t volume4' ,look+ back on ?is1 all t "o c say n[ is t al?\gh ,be>dsley may h be5 try+1 aft] all1 he & n ! publi%] 0 ,! ,yell[ ,book1 & ) 8 dep>ture ! _s ( ! age sl[ly volatilis$ f ! "w until x det]iorat$ into a k9d ( dull keepsake ( ! ,bodley ,head4 ,!re 7 ?irte5 numb]s 9 all1 & ,be>dsley actually art-edit$ ! fir/ f\r4 ,9 ! *>m+ prospectus = ! fif? volume he is /ill describ$ z art editor1 & f\r ,be>dsleys 7 to h appe>$ 9 x3 #8,frontispiece to ! ,*op9 ,nocturnes1' #8,atalanta1' #8,black ,c(fee1' & ! portrait ( ,miss ,letty ,l9d 9 #8,an ,arti/'s ,model4' ,h[ev]1 ! break came1 & ,be>dsley _h no fur!r connection1 un=tunately1 ) ! fif? volume4 #h ,9 8 pamphlet1 ,aubrey ,be>dsley & ,! ,yell[ ,book1 p4 #a4 #aijc4 ,! fir/ numb]1 z 9 ! case ( s _m simil> p]iodicals1 0 brilliant4 ,! /&>d set 0 too high1 inde$1 to la/1 & to ! /aid ,engli% lit]>y press ( ! "t x 0 some?+ ( a sev5 days' wond]4 ,! ,times describ$ its note z a #8comb9ation ( ,engli% r[dyism & ,fr5* lubricity4' ,! ,we/m9/] ,gazette ask$ = a #8%ort ,act ( ,p>liam5t to make ?is k9d ( ?+ illegal4' ,above all1 ! :ole rabble desc5ds h[l+ on ! art editor4 ,x is ,be>dsley t annoys !m1 prov+ h[ he /&s out at once beyond 8 comrades4 ,aga9/ ! lit]>y editor1 ,h5ry ,h>l&1 no?+ is said2 b ! press are full ( ! (f5ces ( "o ,be>dsley4 ,z ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,k5n$y1 9 8 ,engli% ,lit]ature1 #ahhj-aije1 has devot$ an admirable1 if some:at scornful1 *apt] to ! cont5ts ( ,! ,yell[ ,book1 x is to ,h5ry ,h>l&1 :o seems to h m]it$ all ! *>m+ ?+s said ab\t him1 t ,i w\ld n[ direct att5tion4 ,a delicate valetud9>ian always 9 se>* ( heal?1 he 0 born at ,petrograd 9 ,m>*1 #ahfa4 ,he comm5c$ life 9 ! surrogate ( ,new ,york ,/ate1 :i!r 8 p>5ts remov$1 writ+ 9 8 sp>e "t 9 ! eighties1 "u ! nom-de-plume ( ,sidney ,luska1 sket*es ( ,am]ican ,jewi% life4 ,l ,!odore ,pet]s1 ,:i/l]1 & ,h5ry ,james1 he c\ld n1 h[ev]1 resi/ ! call ( ! ,old ,_w1 & he 0 at j\rnali/ic "w 9 ,london :5 he 0 made editor ( ,! ,yell[ ,book4 ,besides 8 editorial duties he 0 a regul> contributor1 n only writ+ ! s]ies ( notes sign$ #8,! ,yell[ ,dw>f1' b also turn+ out a numb] ( %ort /ories4 ,b ,london 0 only to be a hav5 ( brief soj\rn = ?is writ]1 ^: heal? s5t him s\? to ,italy4 ,p]haps 8 be/ "w 9 ! n9eties 0 8 %ort /ory ,mademoiselle ,miss1 :ile lat] 9 ,italy he op5$ up a new ve9 ( da9ty com$y fiction 9 almo/ rose-leaf prose ) ,! ,c>d9al's ,snuff-,box 7#aijj71 ^: happy delicacy ( ?\ght & /yle he nev] equall$ aga91 b 0 always essay+ to repeat until dea? c>ri$ him (f 9 ,italy4 ,al?\gh1 !re=e1 sitt+ 9 ! editorial *air at ! ,bodley ,head1 ,h>l& c only be said to h be5 a bird ( passage 9 ! n9eties1 & n "o ( its pill>s l ,ar?ur ,symons ( ,! ,savoy4 ,?is lat] publication 0 />t$ z a rival to ,! ,yell[ ,book soon aft] ,be>dsley gave up ! art-edit+ ( ! e>li] p]iodical4 ,9 #ahie1 :5 #8,symons & ,d[son1 ,be>dsley & ,cond]1 7 all toge!r on a holiday at ,dieppe 444 x 0 !re1 9 a cab>et ,mr4 ,sick]t has repeat$ly pa9t$1 t ,! ,savoy 0 orig9at$4'#i ,x 0 issu$ by ,leon>d ,smi!rs1 ! mo/ extraord9>y publi%]1 9 "s respects1 ( ! n9eties1 a k9d ( mod]n ,cell9i1 :o produc$ "s wond]fully f9ely pr9t$ books1 & 0 himself j z mu* a "p ( ! movem5t z any ( its num]\s writ]s4 ,inde$1 no survey ( ! p]iod c be complete )\t a brief consid]ation ( ?is man4 #i ,w4 ,g4 ,blaikie ,murdo*'s ,r5aissance ( ! ,n9eties1 p4 #ba4 #aiaa4 ,b to return to ,! ,savoy1 x c be aptly describ$ z ! f9e fl[] ( ! publications ( ! age4 ,x is true ,! ,yell[ ,book outliv$ x1 b nev] did ! gospel ( ! times fl\ri% s exce$+ly z 9 its pages4 ,"h we see t viol5t love = a /rang5ess ( proportion 9 art t 0 ! keynote ( ! age4 ,"h ! abnormal1 ! biz>re1 f\nd _! true home1 & poetry is ! pursuit ( ! unatta9able by ! exotic4 ,x w1 !re=e1 n p]haps be out ( place be=e deal+ ) its lit]>y editor1 ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons1 to discuss ! eight numb]s t appe>$4 ,numb] "o 7pr9t$ by ,h4 ,s4 ,ni*ols7 appe>$ z a qu>t]ly 9 bo>ds 9 ,janu>y1 #ahif4 ,an editorial note by ,ar?ur ,symons1 :i* orig9ally appe>$ z a prospectus1 hop$ t ,! ,savoy w\ld prove #8a p]iodical ( an exclusively lit]>y & arti/ic k9d4444 ,all we ask f our contributors is good "w1 & good "w is all we (f] our read]s4444 ,we h n inv5t$ a new po9t ( view4 ,we are n ,reali/s1 or ,romantici/s1 or ,decad5ts4 ,= u1 all art is good :i* is good art4' ,! cont5ts ( ! numb] includ$ a typical ,%aw article1 full1 l all ( 8 "w1 ( ! obvi\s 9 ! t]ms ( ! sc&al\s2 "s %ort /ories by ,w$more1 ,d[son1 ,rudolf ,dircks1 ,humphrey ,james1 & ,yeats4 ,! o!r articles 7 h>dly v orig9al2 b ! contributions ( ,be>dsley dw>f ev]y?+ else4 ,he t[]s out above all else ) 8 illu/rations1 8 poem ,! ,?ree ,musicians1 & ! beg9n+ ( 8 romantic /ory ,"u ! ,hill4 ,numb] two 7,april1 #ahif1 pr9t$ by ! ,*iswick ,press7 _h ano!r editorial note c\rage\sly ?ank+ ! critics ( ! ,press = _! reception ( ! fir/ numb]1 :i* #8has be5 none ! less flatt]+ because x has be5 = ! mo/ "p unfav\rable4' ,! cont5ts includ$ poems & /ories by ,symons1 ,d[son1 & ,yeats1 :ile ,john ,gray & ,selwyn ,image h poems & ,w$more a /ory4 ,be>dsley cont9ues 8 romance1 & lifts ! numb] out ( ! rut ) 8 ,wagn]esque designs4 ,max ,be]bohm c>icatures him1 & ,%annon & ,ro!n/e9 are repres5t$4 ,among articles !re is a s]ies on ,v]la9e2 & ,v9c5t ,o',sullivan1 9 a pap] #8,on ! ,k9d ( ,fiction call$ ,morbid1' s\nds a note ( ! gr\p ) 8 conclusion3 #8,let u cl+ by all means to our ,george ,m]$i?1 our ,h5ry ,james 444 b !n let u try1 if we _c be t[>ds o!rs1 unlike ^!1 if n enc\rag+1 at ! lea/ n actively ho/ile & h>ass+1 :5 !y g out 9 ! black night to foll[ _! own sull5 w-o'-!-wisps4' ,he is also to be ?ank$ = regi/]+ ! too little kn[n "n ( ! ,am]ican1 ,francis ,saltus4 ,numb] ?ree 7,july1 #ahif7 appe>$ 9 pap] cov]s1 & ,! ,savoy becomes a mon?ly in/ead ( a qu>t]ly f n[ on4 ,!re is a promise1 unfulfill$1 ( ! s]ial publication ( ,george ,moore's new novel1 ,evelyn ,innes4 ,yeats comm5ces ?ree articles on ,william ,blake & 8 ,illu/rations to ! #8,div9e ,com$y1' & ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe contributes "o ( 8 be/ %ort /ories4 ,ow+ to illness ,be>dsley's novel /ops publication1 b 8 ,ballad ( a ,b>b] relieves ! monotony ( "s dull /uff by ! small] m54 ,! reproductions ( ,blake's illu/rations are made to fill ! art gap ( ,be>dsley1 :o has only two black-&-:ites 94 ,! publication ( 8 novel 9 book =m is promis$ :5 ! arti/ is well en\gh4 ,numb] f\r 7,augu/1 #ahif7 at once reveals ! effect ( ,be>dsley's inactivity ?r\gh illness1 & %[s t ,be>dsley is ,! ,savoy1 & all else b lea!r & prunella4 ,! numb]1 h[ev]1 is sav$ by a /ory ( ,d[son1 ,! ,dy+ ( ,francis ,donne1 & on ! art side a frontispiece = ,balzac's ,la ,fille aux ,yeux d',or1 by ,*>les ,cond]1 is int]e/+4 ,numb] five 7,septemb]1 #ahif7 is = "s unacc\ntable reason ! h>de/ numb] to procure4 ,besides ! cov] & title-page x conta9s only "o ,be>dsley1 ,! ,woman 9 ,:ite1 b ! cov] is an exceptionally beautiful ,be>dsley1 ! two figures 9 ! p>k hold+ a colloque s5tim5tal seem to h /epp$ out ( ! pages ( ,v]la9e's poem4 ,!odore ,wratislaw & ,erne/ ,rhys contribute ! /ories4 ,d[son1 ,yeats1 & ! ,canadian1 ,bliss ,c>man1 contribute ! be/ ( ! poetry4 ,numb] six 7,octob]1 #ahif71 has a v poor art side1 ) ! exception ( ,be>dsley's famili> ,! ,dea? ( ,pi]rot4 ,! lit]>y cont5ts consi/s *iefly ( ! editor4 ,"o notices ! p]iodical is dy+4 ,! only unique feature is a /ory1 ,! ,idiots1 by ,conrad1 & ,d[son is /ill fai?ful ) a poem4 ,numb] sev5 7,novemb]1 #ahif7 ann\nces 9 a leaflet 7dat$ ,octob]7 ! dea? ( ,! ,savoy 9 ! next numb]4 ,! editorial note /ates t ! p]iodical #8has1 9 ! ma91 conqu]$ ! prejudices ( ! press 444 x has n conqu]$ ! g5]al public1 &1 )\t ! flor9s ( ! g5]al public1 no magaz9e 444 c expect to pay its way4' ,9 ?is numb] ,be>dsley returns to attempt to salve x ) 8 rem>kable translation ( ,catullus3 ,c>m5 ,,ci41 & illu/ration !reto4 ,yeats & ,d[son contribute poems & ,be>dsley 8 ,tri/an & ,isolde draw+4 ,numb] eight 7,decemb]1 #ahif7 completes ! issue4 ,! :ole ( ! lit]>y cont5ts is by ! ,editor & ! art cont5ts by ,be>dsley himself3 9 all f\rte5 draw+s4 ,by way ( epilogue1 ,symons says 9 _! next v5ture1 :i* is to appe> twice a ye>1 #8t !y are go+ to make no attempt to be popul>4' ,un=tunately = ,engli% p]iodicals x 0 a v5ture nev] essay$4 ,t ,! ,savoy is f> tru] to ! p]iod ?an ,! ,yell[ ,book 0 p]haps 9 no small way due to ! fact t ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons 0 its lit]>y editor4 ,= he at any rate 9 8 /r5u\s se>* = an /hetical solution = art & life1 9 8 assidu\s explor+ 9 ! ,lat9 lit]atures = ri*] col\rs & /rang] s5sations--he1 at any rate1 has n only be5 ! *ild ( 8 "t1 b 9 "s ways ! fa!r ( x4 ,8 s9c]e love ( art is beyond all "q1 & x has s5t him into _m /range byways4 ,he has prais$ 9 purple prose ! bird-l motions & fl[]-l col\rs ( ! ballet2 he has tak5 u ) him to ,spani% music-halls & ,sevillian ,*ur*es2 he has g>n]$ up c>efully 9 ,engli% ! my?s ( ! symboli/s & translat$ = u ! enigmas ( ,mall>m--,h]odias1 ! blood & roses ( ,d',annunzio's plays & ! ?robb+ viol9s ( ,v]la9e's muse2 he has tak5 u to cont95tal cities1 & ) him we h he>d ,pa*mann play+ & se5 ! en*antm5ts ( ! div9e ,duse4 ,all ! cults ( ! ,sev5 ,arts has ?is ,admirable ,cri*ton ( /heticism discuss$4 ,he has work$ t[>ds a !ory ( /hetics4 ,he has writt5 *>m+ly 7if some:at temp]am5tally7 ( 8 comrades l ,be>dsley1 ,crackan?orpe & ,d[son4 ,he 0 a lead] 9 ! campaign ( ! e>ly n9eties1 & 8 "w w always be ! guid+ h& = ^? :o come aft] him & :o wi% to speak ( ?is movem5t4 ,z e>ly z #ahic he 0 writ+ ( x z #8,! ,decad5t ,movem5t 9 ,lit]ature' 9 ,h>p]'s1 :5 he speaks ( ! mo/ repres5tative "w ( ! p]iod3 #8,aft] a fa%ion x is no d\bt a decad5ce2 x has all ! qualities t m>k ! end ( great p]iods1 ! qualities t we f9d 9 ! ,greek1 ! ,lat91 decad5ce2 an int5se self-consci\sness1 a re/less curiosity 9 rese>*1 an ov]-subtilis+ ref9em5t ^u ref9em5t1 a spiritual & moral p]v]sity4' ,p]haps1 9 a way1 x is an imm5se pity t ,symons w become ! univ]sal guide to ! p]iod1 = x mu/ be conc$$ t he has always be5 prone to f9d p]v]sity 9 any?+1 z ,sir ,?omas ,br[ne 0 haunt$ ) qu9cunxes4 ,b ( ! subtilty ( 8 judgm5ts & ( ! *>m+ prose 9 :i* he lab\rs to express !m !re c be no "q4 ,li/51 = example1 :5 he speaks ( ! aim ( decad5ce3 #8,to fix ! la/ f9e %ade1 ! qu9tess5ce ( ?+s2 to fix x fleet+ly2 to be a disembodi$ voice1 & yet ! voice ( a human s\l2 t is ! ideal ( decad5ce4' ,h[ beautifully x is said1 s t "o almo/ =gets h[ dang]\s x is4 ,v aptly did ,blaikie ,murdo* say ! ,mantle ( ,pat] fell on him4 ,x is ! same murmur$ litany ( beautiful prose4 ,inde$ ,ar?ur ,symons is ! supreme type ( belles lettri/4 ,j z 9 ! e>ly n9eties he prid$ himself on ! smell ( pat*\li ab\t 8 v]se1 s he alone rema9s to-day ) ! old famili> sc5t ab\t 8 writ+s ( a p]iod dead & gone :i* exacts rightfully our highe/ respect4 ,z "o owes him a debt ( homage = 8 f9e fai?fulness to art1 s "o ?9ks ( him1 z he himself has writt5 ( ,pat]1 z a #8p]sonality )drawn f action1 :i* x despises or dreads1 solit>y ) its ideals1 9 ! circle ( its 8exquisite mom5ts0 9 ! ,palace ( ,art1 :]e x is nev] q at re/4' ,h[ true t la/ phrase is1 #8nev] q at re/1' ( ! au?or4 ,= to him ,art is an escape--! supreme escape f life4 ,ar?ur ,symons began ) a /udy on ,br[n+ & ! volume ,days & ,nights :5 ! eighties 7 /ill feel+ _! way t[>ds ! n9eties4 ,x 0 9 ,silh\ettes 7#ahib7 & ,london ,nights 7#ahie7 t he appe>$ z p]haps ! mo/ outr memb] ( ! new movem5t4 ,8 p]fection ( te*nique 9 endeav\r+ to cat* ! fleet+ impression by limit+ x1 nev] catalogu+ x1 m>ks ! diff]5ce ( 8 v]se & t ( ! secession f mu* ( ! s*ool ( ! eighties' def9ite li/+ ( facts4 ,symons1 inde$1 is n only a poet impressioni/1 b also a critic impressioni/ 9 8 critical works l ,/udies 9 ,two ,lit]atures1 ,! ,symboli/ ,movem5t 9 ,lit]ature1 & s on4 ,?is impressionism1 :il/ x makes 8 v]se s intangible & delicate1 also end[s 8 appreciations ) a c]ta9 all-p]vad+ subtlety4 ,x is z ?\gh a poet _h begun to see ) ! ,monet vision 8 own poems4 ,x is z ?\gh a man comes away ) an impression & is cont5t ) t impression on :i* to base 8 judgm5t4 ,x is ,new ,ye>'s ,eve3 ! poet records 8 impression ( ! night3 ,we he>d ! bells ( midnight bury+ ! ye>4 ,!n ! night p\r$ its sil5t wat]s ov] u4 ,& !n 9 ! vague d>kness fa9t & tremul\s1 ,"t paus$2 !n ! night fill$ ) s\nd2 morn+ 0 "h4 ,! poet is at ! ,alhambra or ,empire ,ballet3 l an impressioni/ picture a poem dis5gages ! la/ f9e %ade ( ! sc5e4 ,he w&]s at twilight 9 autumn ?r\gh ! mi/-enfold$ lanes3 ,night creeps across ! d>k5+ vale2 ,on ! horizon tree by tree ,fades into %ad[y skies z pale1 ,z moonlight on a %ad[y sea4 ,! vision rema9s l an et*+4 ,! poet is on ! sea%ore at sunset3 ,! sea lies quiete/ b5ea? ,! aft]-sunset flu%1 ,t leaves ^u ! heap$ gray cl\ds ,! grape's fa9t purple blu%4 ,x l+]s l a wat]-col\r 9 "o's memory4 ,he sees a girl at a re/aurant & 8 poem is at once an impression z vivid z a pa9t]'s "w4 ,9 a phrase he c cage a mood1 9 a quatra9 a sc5e4 ,:]e does ?is ability come f8 ,! answ] is1 p]haps1 giv5 by ! "o "n ,v]la9e1 ^: g5ius ,mr4 ,symons has done s mu* to hail4 ,9 ! gay days ( ! e>ly n9eties be=e black trag$y _h cl\d$ ! heav5s !re 0 no m d>+ secessioni/ f ! t$i\s old ways ?an ! editor ( ,! ,savoy4 ,to ^? days1 l ,d[son's lov] ( ,cyn>a1 he has #8be5 fai?ful 9 8 fa%ion4' ,if ! int]e/ is n[ n s vivid 9 8 "w x is because ! c5tre ( art has %ift$4 ,if ,mr4 ,symons has n %ift$ 8 c5tre too1 b rema9$ fai?ful to ! old dead ,gods1 x is no crime4 ,x only means t we1 :5 we wi% to see him z "o ( ! figures ( 8 gr\p1 mu/ %ut up 8 volumes ( criticism1 =get 8 views on ,t\l\se ,lautrec & ,g]>d ,n]val1 & ,william ,blake1 put aside 8 lat] v]ses & 8 wid['s cruse ( writ]'s recollections1 & turn ) assurance to ! dbonnaire poet ( ,silh\ettes & ,london ,nights4 ,x has be5 said t ,mr4 ,symons /&s = #8a ,pagan revolt aga9/ ,puritanism4' ,x is argu$1 because he 0 nurtur$ 9 noncon=mity1 art came to him ) some?+ ( ! hy/]ia a revelation comes to a revivali/ meet+4 ,?is may be true1 b ,i _c help ?9k+ t no writ] amid all ^! ,fr5* influ5ces :i* he _h s eag]ly s\ght out yet rema9s s typical ( ! ,engli% _s4 ,x may be h]esy1 b ,i always see 9 m9d ! gaiety ( a ,nice c>nival 9 a c]ta9 draw+ ) "o solid1 solemn face survey+ ! sc5e ov] a />*$ front4 ,b5ea? x is writt53 #8,f9d ! ,engli%man4' ,l ! ,am]ican critic1 ,james ,hunek]1 ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons has also occasionally writt5 %ort imag9ative prose /udies4 ,"o ?9ks1 too1 9 ?is respect ( ,walt] ,pat]'s wond]ful ,imag9>y ,portraits & p>ticul>ly 8 glori\s /udy ( ,watteau1 & ,i r ?9k t ?is success mu/ h mov$ ! _s ( ! two lat] critics to a noble rivalry4 ,! be/1 inde$1 ( ,mr4 ,symons's ,spiritual ,adv5tures are probably ^? /udies :i* are mo/ly atta*$ to "s !me ( art :i* has be5 aft] all ! all-engross+ motive ( ?is delightful critic's life4 ,an ,autumn ,city & ,! ,dea? ( ,pet] ,waydel93 ! fir/1 a s5sitive's great love = ,arles1 :i!r he br+s 8 unresponsive bride2 ! o!r1 a /udy qua9tly sugge/ive ( a c]ta9 pa9t]'s life3 bo? ( ^! sket*es are unque/ionably m mov+ ?an ,mr4 ,symons's /udies ( noncon=mi/s quiv]+ at ! ?\ght ( hell-fire4 ,to !m "o might add1 p]haps1 ,e/h] ,kahn1 ! hi/ory ( ! psy*ological developm5t ( an actress aft] ! /yle ( ,la ,fau/9e4 ,mr4 ,symons's fav\rite ^w is #8escape'2 8 fav\rite phrase #8escape f life4' ,n[ ! "o & n[ ! o!r reappe> cont9ually 9 all k9ds ( connections4 ,( ,john ,add+ton ,symonds1 = example1 he writes3 #8,all 8 "w 0 9 "p an escape1 an escape f himself4' ,( ,erne/ ,d[son's indulg5ce 9 ! squalid debau*]ies ( ! ,brussels k]messe he writes3 #8,x 0 8 own way ( escape f life4' ,passages ( l t5or ab\nd 9 8 writ+s2 &1 9 "o ( 8 pap]s on ,! ,symboli/ ,movem5t 9 ,lit]ature1 he expla9s 8 mean+ m precisely3 ,our only *ance1 9 ?is _w1 ( a complete happ9ess1 lies 9 ! measure ( our success 9 %utt+ ! eyes ( ! m9d1 & dead5+ its s5se ( he>+1 & dull+ ! ke5ness ( its appreh5sion ( ! unkn[n4444 ,z ! pres5t passes f u1 h>dly to be enjoy$ except z memory or z hope1 & only ) an at be/ p>tial recognition ( ! unc]ta9ty or inutility ( bo?1 x is ) a k9d ( t]ror t we wake up1 e n[ & !n1 to ! :ole k ( our ignorance1 & to "s p]ception ( :]e x is lead+ u4 ,to live ?r\gh a s+le day ) t ov]p[]+ consci\sness ( our real position1 :i*1 9 ! mom5ts 9 :i* alone x m]cifully comes1 is l bl9d+ light or ! ?ru/ ( a flam+ sword1 w\ld drive any man out ( 8 s5ses4444 ,& s !re is a great sil5t conspiracy betwe5 u to =get dea?2 all our lives are sp5t 9 busily =gett+ dea?4 ,t is :y we are s active ab\t s _m ?+s :i* we "k to be unimportant1 :y we are s afraid ( solitude1 & s ?ankful = ! company ( our fell[ creatures4 ,all[+ ourselves = ! mo/ "p to be vaguely consci\s ( t great susp5se 9 :i* we live1 we f9d our escape f its /]ile1 annihilat+ reality1 9 _m dreams1 9 religion1 passion1 art2 ea* a =getfulness1 ea* a symbol ( creation4444 ,ea* is a k9d ( sublime selfi%ness1 ! sa9t1 ! lov]1 & ! arti/ hav+ ea* an incommunicable ec/asy :i* he e/eems z 8 ultimate atta9m5t2 h[ev]1 9 8 l[] mom5ts1 he may s]ve ,god 9 action1 or d ! w ( 8 mi/ress1 or m9i/] to m5 by %[+ !m a little beauty4 ,b x is be=e all ?+s an escape4 ,mr4 ,symons f9ds 9 8 sy/em ( /hetics an escape f ,me?odism & ! ,calv9i/ic ?reat5+s ( 8 *ildhood4 ,he wi%es to escape #8hell4' ,9 ! /ory ( ,seaw>d ,lackl& !re is a prea*] :om ,me?odism drove to madness4 ,mr4 ,symons has turn$ to ,art s t he may n feel ! et]nal flames tak+ hold ( him4 ,,iii ,"o endeav\rs to rememb] "s "o or two out/&+ novels writt5 by any "o ( ! writ]s ( ?is gr\p4 ,x mu/ be at once admitt$1 "o fails to recall a great novel4 ,x is true t ! great ,victorians1 ,m]$i? & ,h>dy1 7 h>d at "w at ?is "t2 b1 !n1 nei!r ( ^! writ]s belongs to ?is movem5t4 ,!n !re 0 ,kipl+1 ,/ev5son1 ,b>rie1 & ,george ,moore4 ,) ! exception ( ! la/1 we h little to d ) ^! "h4 ,!y d n come )9 ! scope ( ! pres5t /udy4 ,none ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties 7z ,i h def9$ !m7 produc$ a great novel4 ,x w\ld be well1 h[ev]1 to give at once "s connotation = s loose a t]m z #8a great novel4' ,let u !n say t a good ,engli% novel is n necess>ily a great novel2 nor1 = t matt]1 is a good ,russian novel necess>ily a great novel4 ,a great novel is a "w ( fiction t has ent]$ into ! realm ( univ]sal lit]ature 9 ! same way z ! dramas ( ,sophocles & ,%akespe>e & ,molire h ent]$ t glori\s demesne4 ,z a matt] ( fact1 "o c rememb]1 ,i ?9k 9 mo/ cases1 v few ,engli% novels t are great 9 ?is s5se2 :ile !re are _m m ,fr5* & ,russian works t h an und5iable "r to ?is title4 ,!re=e x is n1 p]haps1 s damag+ a criticism ( ! p]iod z x might at fir/ sight appe> to say x has produc$ no great novel4 ,b 9 s f> z ,engli% fiction alone is conc]n$1 x _c be said t ! m5 ( ! n9eties produc$ "w ( a v high ord] 9 ?is =m4 ,!y d n seem to h _h ! /ay+ p[] dem&$ 9 su* arti/ic production4 ,! %ort poem1 ! %ort /ory1 ! small black & :ite draw+1 ! "o act play--9 fact1 any =m ( art t j displays ! climact]ic mom5t & disc>ds ! re/ pleas$ !m4 ,x 01 z ,john ,davidson said1 an age ( ,bovril4 ,:ile ! novel1 x mu/ be admitt$1 ne$s ei!r a pr(usion ( ideas1 z 9 ! case ( ! ,russians1 or ( g5itals1 z 9 ! case ( ! ,fr5*4 ,b ! art ( ! n9eties 0 ess5tially an expression ( moods--& moods1 aft] all1 are su* evanesc5t brief conditions4 ,s x is n unnatural t ! fruition ( ! novel 0 n ri* among ^! writ]s4 ,george ,giss+ & ,george ,moore1 9 a way _! =ebe>s 7,i h 9 m9d m p>ticul>ly ! latt]71 spread a ta/e = su* works4 ,inde$1 9 8 ,confessions ( a ,"y ,man1 ,george ,moore may be said to h pr$ict$ ! mascul9e type ( ! n9eties4 ,giss+ 9 #ahia 0 to daunt "s ) 8 ,new ,grub ,/reet1 :ile ,h5ry ,james 0 to inspire en?usiasm 9 a few l ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe4 ,b naturally 9 ! way ( /imulus ! ma9 goad 0 ,france1 :i* 0 at t date ph5om5ally ri* 9 practition]s ( ! art ( ! novel4 ,! ,vizetelly ,zolas1 ,mr4 ,george ,moore p]sonally conduct+ ! novels ( c]ta9 ( ! ,fr5* noveli/s ov] ! ,*annel1 ! desire to sma% ! fett]s ( ,victorian fiction :i* ,?omas ,h>dy 0 to accompli%1 7 all inspir+ s\rces :i* 71 h[ev]1 s+ul>ly unfruitful4 ,walt] ,pat] long be=e 9 8 academic romance ,m>ius1 :i* !y _h all read eag]ly1 wrote *>m+ly ( a field t w\ld appeal to !m :5 he said3 #8,life 9 mod]n ,london 444 is /uff suffici5t = ! fre% imag9ation ( a y\? to build 8 8palace ( art0 (4' ,b in/ead ( tak+ ! recomm5dation ( ?is high prie/ !y read ,dorian ,gray1 :i* ,wilde w\ld nev] h writt5 if ,huysmans _h n fir/ writt5 ,a ,reb\rs4 ,! "y m5 ( ,h5ley1 x mu/ be confess$1 did f> f9] "w ?an ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne's wat]y ,wildism 9 ,! ,que/ ( ! ,gold5 ,girl4 ,george ,moore wrote a ma/]piece 9 ,evelyn ,innes1 b ,erne/ ,d[son & ,ar?ur ,moore 9 ,a ,com$y ( ,masks & ,adrian ,rome did n retaliate4 ,leon>d ,m]rick1 :o />t$ publi%+ 9 ! eighties1 did n publi% 8 be/ "w till ! n9eties 7 dead & gone2 :ile 8 be/ ,bohemian ,p>is /ories may owe z mu* to ,du ,mauri]'s ,trilby 7#ahid7 z !y d to ,h5ri ,murg]4 ,h5ry ,h>l&1 z ,i h already said1 only /ruck 8 ve9 ( com$y fiction :5 ! ,bo] ,w> _h f9i%$ ! movem5t4 ,george ,giss+ & ,ar?ur ,morrison belong1 ) ,frank ,h>ris1 to ! pugili/ic s*ool ( ,h5ley's "y m51 :ile ,ri*>d ,:ite+1 :o turn$ f j\rnalism to write ,no4 #e ,john ,/reet 7#ahii71 0 too old a man & too late ) 8 book to belong to ! n9eties' gr\p4 ,ar?ur ,ma*51 9 ^? days1 belong$ to ! %ort /ory writ]s ) ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe1 :o 0 ! great imag9ative prose writ] ( ! gr\p4 ,! sailor1 ,joseph ,conrad1 ! ,au/ralian ,l\is ,becke1 ! ,canadian1 ,c4 ,g4 ,d4 ,rob]ts1 7 work+ out _! own salvation1 & _h no?+ to d ) ! ,rhym]s' ,club4 ,! /rong creative bra9 ( ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 inde$1 9 8 unf9i%$ pic>esque romance1 ,"u ! ,hill1 :i* ,i h already m5tion$1 produc$ some?+ new1 b x 0 n a novel2 :ile x is ,john ,davidson's poetry t c\nts1 n 8 novels1 :i* rema9 unread n[adays on ! %elf4 ,inde$1 if ! "n ( a good ,engli% novel by any "o ( !m is dem&$1 x w be s+ul>ly difficult to sugge/ a satisfactory title4 ,"o c ev5 g fur!r1 & /ate t !y did n ev5 h "o among/ !m :o has h&$ on to u a vivid picture ( _! own lives 9 ! =m ( fiction4 ,d[son1 inde$1 9 ! dock life ( 8 books may h autobiographical t\*es1 b !y are purely p]sonal4 ,:at ,i mean is1 t !re 0 no "o /&+ by to give u a picture ( !m z ,willy1 ! ,fr5* writ]1 has giv5 u ( ! sceptical yet juv5ile en?usiasm ( ,les ,jeunes ( ,p>is ( ! same p]iod 91 = example1 8 ,matresse d',e/htes4 ,:at is crud] ?an ,rang]-,gull's ,! ,hypocrite1 :i* has pret5sions to be a picture ( ! "y m5 ( ! p]iod8 ,& :5 "o comes to ?9k ( x ?is is a great pity1 z an excell5t novel might h be5 p5n$ ar\nd ! fev]i% activities ( ^! "y exotics ( ! n9eties4 ,rob]t ,hi*5s' ,gre5 ,c>nation is1 aft] all1 p]haps ! mo/ brilliant attempt to picture ! weaknesses ( ! p]iod1 & x is m]ely a skit tak+ (f 9 ! *>act]s ( ,esm ,am>9? & ,"l ,reggie two well-kn[n p]sonalities4 ,! ,adv5tures ( ,john ,johns1 x is true1 is suppos$ to be ! hi/ory ( ! rise ( "o ( ! small] epigoni ( ! movem5t1 b x is n a v brilliant a*ievem5t1 ?\gh x has consid]able m]it & int]e/4 ,"o _c inde$ say t x is up to ! /&>d ( ,erne/ ,la ,jeunesse's ,od9 ,h[es1 :]e9 ! ,fr5* ,jew has giv5 a v]itable fla%+ insight on ! la/ days ( ,wilde 9 ,p>is & ^? holes into :i* he crept to dr9k4 ,:at a pity1 inde$1 an ,engli% contempor>y has n done ! same = ! ,tite ,/reet days1 or giv5 u 9 8 book a s]i\s /udy ( ! /range _w ( ,:i/l] or ,d[son4 ,9 ! face ( ?is /range de>? ( novels 9 ?is s*ool "o _c help ask+ ! reasons t eng5d]$ x4 ,)\t lay+ d[n any h>d & fa/ rules1 x w1 ,i ?9k1 be se5 t ?is vacuity came f ! ,zeitgei/ ( ! gr\p itself4 ,z has be5 said1 ! l>ge canvas1 ! five-act play1 ! long novel 7 dmod = ! p]iod4 ,! age dem&$1 aft] ! long reali/ic /udies ( ! eighties 9 ,france1 ! climact]ic mom5ts only :5 ! passions ( ! p]son ( ! drama 7 at :ite heat1 s to speak1 & life 0 liv$ int5sely4 ,c\ld n ! great sc5e up to :i* ! five long acts lead be squeez$ into "o8 ,0 n ! r$iscov]y ( ! ,mimes ( ,h]od z a sign ( ! times8 ,c\ld n ! great beauty ( an imm5se l&scape's _s be caught & seiz$ on a small canvas8 ,c\ld n ! long-w9d$ novel ( ?ree tomes be :ittl$ d[n to ! actual %ort-/ory motive8 ,?is r$uction ( ev]y?+ to its climax c be se5 9 all ! art ( ! p]iod4 ,look at ,be>dsley's decoration = ,wilde's ,salom1 entitl$ itself #8,! ,climax4' ,cond] pa9ts small objects l fans & dim9utive wat]-col\rs & ,crackan?orpe writes %ort /ories4 ,! poems ( ,d[son are %ort swall[ flights ( song1 & ! epic is r$uc$ to ,/eph5 ,phillips's ,m>pessa4 ,! "o-act play beg9s on ! ,cont95t to make a big appeal = m recognition ?an t ( a curta9-rais]4 ,small !atres1 p>ticul>ly 9 ,g]many & ,au/ria1 give ev5+ p]=mances consi/+ ( "o-act]s alone4 ,x becomes ! same 9 music4 ,! age 0 %ort-w9d$ & its art1 to borr[ a phrase f ! pal/ra1 c\ld only /ay ov] %ort di/ances4 ,s1 :]eas !re is a /range de>? ( novels1 ! m5 ( ! n9eties 7 v fruitful 9 %ort /ories4 ,9 fact1 x w\ld n be p]haps too mu* to say t x 0 !n1 = ! fir/ "t 9 ,engli% lit]ature1 ! %ort /ory came into its own4 ,at any rate1 x w\ld be m judici\s to put ! p]iod z "o 9 :i* ! %ort /ory fl\ri%$ vigor\sly 7if n = ! fir/ "t71 9 ,engl&1 z a #8!me ( art4' ,to und]/& exactly :at ,i mean by ?is arti/ic treatm5t ( ! %ort /ory#aj z a m$ium ( lit]>y expression1 all t is necess>y is1 p]haps1 to comp>e "o ( ,dick5s's %ort tales1 = example1 ) "o ( ,/ev5son's %ort /ories4 ,! result is app>5t at once 9 ! diff]5ce ( treatm5t--a diff]5ce z ess5tial z ! diff]5ce betwe5 ! effect ( a figure 9 /one & ano!r 9 bronze4 ,! e>li] tale has none ( ! facets & subtleties t art has contriv$ to express by ! latt] n>ration4 ,?is arti/ic treatm5t ( ! %ort /ory by ,engli%m51 !n1 0 a new ?+ & a good ?+ = ,engli% lit]ature4 ,if ! long /ay+ p[]s requir$ = ! great novel 9 ! _w ( comp>ative lit]ature did n belong to ! writ]s ( ! n9eties gr\p1 at any rate !y develop$1 m or less arti/ically1 ! climact]ic effects ( ! conte4 ,= ! %ort /ory cross$ ! ,*annel by means ( ,guy de ,maupassant1 & out ( x arose on ?is side = a brief decade or s a wond]ful weal? ( art4 ,! %ort /ories ( ,kipl+ are by no means ! only pebbles on ! bea*4 ,9 fact1 nev] ev5 9 ,france itself 0 !re su* v>iety ( !me & treatm5t4 ,! successful %ort /ories ( ! p]iod are ( all sorts & conditions4 ,to exemplify z briefly z possible ?is v>iety is p]haps clos] to my purpose ?an to wa/e "t 9 prov+ su* obvi\s facts z ! anxi\s endeav\rs ( all ^! writ]s to raise _! "w to ! arti/ic elevation dem&$ ( ! %ort /ory1 or _! /r5u\s /ruggle to atta9 a suitable /yle & treatm5t = _! !mes4 #aj ,fr$]ick ,w$more 9 ,on ,books & ,arts 7#ahii7 discusses ! %ort /ory z a di/9ct arti/ic m$ium4 ,x c nev] be a #8novel 9 a nut%ell4' ,num]\s examples ( _! art at once cr[d ! m9d1 su* z ,erne/ ,d[son's ,dy+ ( ,francis ,donne1 ,max ,be]bohm's ,happy ,hypocrite1 ,fr$]ick ,w$more's t5d] ,orgeas & ,mirad\1 ,ar?ur ,symons's ,dea? ( ,pet] ,waydel91 ! works ( ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe1 or ! fanta/ic tales ( ,ar?ur ,ma*51 or ,eric ,c\nt ,/5bock's#aa ,/udies ( ,dea?4 ,h4 ,d4 ,l[ry1 ?\gh ( ,h5ley's "y m51 works at ! same art ( /udies 9 s5tim5t 9 8 ,wom5's ,trag$ies4 ,s does ,mr4 ,g4 ,s4 ,/reet 9 8 ,episodes & ,george ,eg]ton 9 h] ,discords & ,keynotes4 ,among ! o!rs :o delib]ately tri$ to write ! %ort /ory z an arti/ic !me at t p]iod & :o 7 at ! same "t 9 ! movem5t c be m5tion$ ,h5ry ,h>l&1 ,rudolf ,dircks 9 8 ,v]isimilitudes1 ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne1 ,k5ne? ,grahame1 ,p]cy ,hem+way 9 8 ,out ( ,egypt1 etc4 ,!n we h m5 l ,r4 ,b4 ,cunn+hame ,graham & ,h4 ,w4 ,nev9son1 cle>ly influ5c$ by ! movem5t & writ+ alongside ( x ( ! ends ( ! e>? !y h visit$4 ,! =m]1 = example1 9 a %ort /ory l ,aurora ,la ,cujii 7,smi!rs1 #ahih7 cle>ly reflects ! influ5ces ( ?is p]iod :i* glori$ 9 ! abnormal 9 ,art4 ,kn[n z a sociali/ ( c\rage1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ^: "n betrays 8 orig91 has also visit$ _m ( ! exotic places ( ! _w4 ,9 8 able book ,mogreb-el-,acksa he has giv5 u vignettes ( ,morocco t are unsurpass$2 9 8 volume ,success he has told u ( ^? ,spani%-speak+ races ( ,s\? ,am]ica1 ( ! tango1 & ! horses ( ! pampas1 & ! e/ancias he kn[s s well4 ,9 ,aurora ,la ,cujii we h a vignette ( ,seville s reali/ic t we almo/ believe t "o is ju/ifi$ 9 consid]+ t !re is j en\gh motive 9 x to vivify x ) ! quick5+ t\* ( ! %ort /orytell]'s w&4 ,x is sl[ 9 />t+1 b :5 ?is motive comes sudd5ly at ! end we are almo/ left brea?less1 realis+ t ev]y?+ t w5t be=e 0 b a sl[1 ru?less pil+ up ( local col\r4 ,x is all done ) su* delib]ate deftness4 ,h[ we see ! sc5es unroll+ sl[ly be=e u4 ,l ! ?rill$ p on ! b5*es we wat* ! ,toreador ab\t to make 8 kill z we read3 #aa ,eric ,/5bock 0 at ,balliol1 ,ox=d4 ,he collaborat$ 9 a volume ( translations ( ,balzac's #8,%ort ,/ories4' ,he contribut$ to ,"l ,alfr$ ,d\glas's ,! ,_s ,lamp4 ,z a specim5 ( 8 /yle ! foll[+ extract f 8 %ort /ory1 ,! ,o!r ,side1 may be (f]$4 ,x is suppos$ to be an old ,breton woman's description ( ! ,black ,mass3 #8,!n :5 !y get to ! top ( ! hill1 !re is an alt> ) six c&les q black & a sort ( some?+ 9 betwe51 t nobody sees q cle>ly1 & ! old black ram ) ! man's face & long horns beg9s to say ,mass 9 a sort ( gibb]i% nobody und]/&s1 & two black /range ?+s l monkeys glide ab\t ) ! book & ! cruets--& !re's music too1 su* music4 ,!re are ?+s ! top half l black cats1 & ! bottom "p l m5 only _! legs are all cov]$ ) close black hair1 & !y play on ! bag-pipes1 & :5 !y come to ! elevation !n--4 ,amid ! old crones !re 0 ly+ on ! he>?-rug1 be=e ! fire1 a boy ^: l>ge lovely eyes dilat$ & ^: limbs quiv]$ 9 ! v ec/acy ( t]ror4' ,! 8espada0 _h come =w>d1 mumbl$ 8 bonim5t 9 ,&aluz1 swung 8 mont]a ov] 8 %\ld] ^u ! gr\nd1 & aft] /ick+ 8 sword 9 e qu>t] ( ! bull _h but*]$ him at la/ amid ! applause ( ! assembl$ populace4 ,blood on ! s&2 sun on ! :ite plaza2 ^u ! wom5's faces 8casc>illa02 sc>let & yell[ fans1 & :ite mantillas ) 8fleco y alam>es0 9 ! antique /yle4442 wom5 sell+ wat]1 call+ out 8agu60 9 s guttural a voice x seem$ l ,arabic2 ,c>dobese hats1 %ort jackets1 & f ! plaza a sc5t ( blood & sweat act+ l a rank aphrodisiac ^u ! cr[d1 & mak+ ! wom5 squeeze ea* o!r's sweat+ h&s1 & look ambigu\sly at "o ano!r1 z !y 7 m52 & caus+ ! y\?s1 ) sway+ hips & ) _! hair cut l[ ^u _! =eheads1 to smile ) op5 lips & eyes t met y\r glance1 z !y _h be5 half wom54 ,blood1 h>lotry1 sun1 gay col\rs1 fl[]s & wav+ palm-trees1 wom5 ) roses /uck beh9d _! e>s1 mules cov]$ up 9 h>ness ( r$ wor/$1 cig> girls1 gipsies1 t\ri/s1 soldi]s1 & ! little villa9\s-look+ ur*9s1 :o1 ?\gh born old1 d duty z *ildr5 9 ! ,s\?4' ,z we read ?is magical evocation ( ! _s ( place we rub our eyes & ask ourselves h we n be5 !re4 ,?is prose ( vivid impressionism is ! goal ( "o & all4 ,z ! ple9 air s*ool pa9t$ 9 ! op5 air be=e ,nature1 s ^! m5 mu/ write z closely r\nd _! subject z actual exp]i5ce c all[ !m4 ,! vivid realisation ( a mood1 z we %all see 9 ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe1 is ! desir$ prize4 ,turn ?r\gh ! pages ( ,erne/ ,d[son's ,dilemmas1 & read1 above all1 ,a ,case ( ,consci5ce2 leaf ,fr$]ick ,w$more's#ab ,r5unciations1 & pause ov] ,! ,*emi/ 9 ! ,suburbs1 :]e91 z ,h4 ,d4 ,traill said1 ! /ory ( ,ri*>d ,pelse's life is a pure joy2 9 bo? cases vivid impressionism & mood realisation are ! keynotes ( ! "w4 ,to und]/& ^! t5d5cies bett] & ! excell5ce ( ! "w a*iev$1 x w be m advantage\s1 p]haps1 to consid] 9 m detail "o writ] only :o c>ri$ ! *>m ( ! prose p5 to a high] degree ( emphasis & f9i% 9 ! %ort /ory ?an any ( ! o!rs1 to wit1 ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe4 #ab ,ab\t ! wor/ ( ,fr$]ick ,w$more's %ort /ories1 su* z ,! ,nor? ,coa/ & ,eleanor1 !re is a h9t ( ! melodrama ( ,hugh ,conway's ,call$ ,back1 b x is a feeble replica ( ! orig9al4 ,! mo/ successful ( 8 %ort imag9ative pieces1 z ! au?or rightly t]ms !m1 on ! o!r h&1 h a ref9$ grace ( sl[ movem5t t is at once captivat+ & refre%+4 ,x seems impossible t ! same man c\ld h essay$ bo? ! wor/ & ! be/4 ,z a specim5 ( ! latt] type ( "w1 let me fa/5 on to ! description ( ! ent\rage ( ,pelse ! *emi/1 ! man ) ! ta/es above 8 position3 #8,!re came a little sn[4 ,b 9 ! p>l\r ov] ! %op--) ! ?ree w9d[s closely curta9$--"o c\ld h =getfulness ( wea!r4 ,!re 0 ! neat fireplace2 ! little l[ tea-table2 a bookcase 9 :i* ,pelse--be=e t critical ev5t at ,aix-les-,ba9s--_h be5 putt+1 gradually1 fir/ editions ( ! ,engli% poets2 a cab9et ( *9a1 9 :i*--b always be=e ,aix-les-,ba9s--he _h tak5 to accumulate "s pretty ,engli% ?+s ( :ite/ pa/e or f9e/ pa9t+2 a ,worce/] cup1 ) its exotic birds1 its la/+ gold1 its scale-blue gr\nd1 l lapis lazuli or sapphire2 a ,*elsea figure2 some?+ f ,swansea2 :ite plates ( ,nantg>w1 be/rewn ) ,bill+sley's greyi% p9k roses1 ( :i* he knew ! beauty1 ! free arti/ic t\*4 ,h[ ! ?+s _h lo/ int]e/ = him6 8,f ! mom5t10 says "s ,fr5* critic1 8t a woman occupies me1 my collection does n exi/40 ,& _m a woman may lay claim to occupy a ,fr5* art critic2 only "o _h occupi$ ,ri*>d ,pelse4' ,a curi\s anomaly c be rem>k$ "h1 t 9 ?is p]iod ! great "w ( prose fiction 0 n to be re%>p5$ by ! "y m5 to ne>ly ! same ext5t z !y re%>p5$ ! poetry & ! essay4 ,none approa* ,m]$i? & ,h>dy1 :o move l ,titans ( ! age1 :ile ,kipl+ & ,crackan?orpe are ! only two "y m5 t give any quantity ( imag9ative prose "w ( a high new ord] 7& 9 say+ ?is "o mu/ n ov]look ,ar?ur ,morrison's ,mean ,/reets1 or ,zangwill's ,ghetto ,tales1 or ! "w ( ,h5ry ,james7 until ,conrad came f ! sea & ,l\is ,becke f ,au/ralia to give new vi/as to our fiction4 ,b x is n ) !m we are conc]n$ "h1 b ) ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe1#ac ( ^: life ! poet has sung3 #ac ,x is int]e/+ to note ! v]ses also ( ! ,fr5* poet ,francis ,jammes d$icat$ to ,crackan?orpe4 ,jammes liv$ at ,or!z :5 ,crackan?orpe visit$ t remote c\ntryside4 ,too r\gh 8 sea1 too d>k its angry tides6 ,?+s ( a day are we1 %ad[s t move ,! l&s ( %ad[4 ,crackan?orpe comm5c$ 8 lit]>y c>e] z ! editor1 ) ,w4 ,h4 ,wilk9s1 ( ,! ,albem>le1 a mon?ly review />t$ 9 ,janu>y1 #ahib1 ) a spl5did supplem5t li?ograph4 ,wreckage1 ! y\ng] writ]'s fir/ volume1 appe>$ 9 #ahic1 & conta9s sev5 /udies ( v unequal m]it4 ,its ,fr5* inspiration z well z its ,fr5* emulation is at once app>5t1 = 9 place ( a =eword is ! simple1 all-suffic+ ,fr5* quotation z a keynote ( ! type ( "w display$3 #8,que le roman ait cette religion que le sicle pass appelait de ce l>ge et va/e nom3 8,humanit02--il lui suffit de cette consci5ce2 son droit e/ l4' ,! y\? ( ! writ] 7he 0 only tw5ty-eight7 mu/ be rememb]$ :5 discuss+ ! inequality ( ^! /udies 9 passion1 = all h+e on ! old et]nal !me4 ,! la/ ?ree are p]haps m f9i%$ "w ?an ! fir/ f\r1 & ?is is a pity f ! po9t ( view ( ! read]4 ,pr(iles1 inde$1 ! longe/1 is also 9 "s respects ! wor/-conceiv$ attempt4 ,x is crude & immature 9 conception & projection4 ,a "y (fic]1 9 love ) ,lily ,maguire1 is deceiv$ by h] = a v ,emily ,bront-l figure ( a bold1 bad1 h&some man4 ,! girl becomes a disreputable memb] ( ! pro/itute class1 & ,maurice1 l ! "y fool he is1 wi%es to r$eem h]4 ,b ,lily1 :om ! s5su\s1 romantic life has taught no?+1 c\ld nev]1 %e ?9ks1 m>ry a man %e did n c>e =1 al?\gh %e w\ld sell h]self to ! fir/ ,tom1 ,dick1 or ,h>ry4 ,a ,conflict ( ,egoisms conc]ns two p :o h wa/$ _! lives & !n utt]ly de/roy !mselves by m>ry+ "o ano!r1 = !y 7 too selfi% to live ev5 by !mselves4 ,! ,/ruggle = ,life is a ,maupassant#ad-;conceiv$1 b ineffectively told /ory ( a wife betray$ by h] husb&1 :o sells h]self = half-a-cr[n if %e c g home 9 an h\r4 ,emb]s is mu* m effectively told1 & "h at la/ we beg9 to realise ,crackan?orpe is gett+ at ! back ( 8 *>act]s4 ,! same applies to t able gambl+ /ory1 ,:5 ,greek meets ,greek1 :ile 9 ,a ,dead ,woman we h ,crackan?orpe at la/ 9 8 full /ride4 ,ru%\t ! innkeep]1 inconsolable = 8 dead wife1 is z real z #8bony & gaunt' ,jona?an ,hays1 :o 0 ! dead woman's lov]4 ,h[ ! husb& discov]s ! dead woman's infidelity2 h[ he & ,hays 7 to h f\ght2 & h[ at la/ #8ea* rememb]$ t %e _h belong$ to ! o!r1 &1 at t mom5t1 !y felt in/9ctively drawn toge!r1' is told by a ma/]'s h& ) a sl[ delib]ation t is z rel5tless z life itself4 ,"h ! n>rative is direct & ! del9eation ( "* %>p4 ,^! two m5 ) ! c>d-%>p] ,simon live1 :ile z = ! wom5 ( ! book we wi% to =get !m1 = !y h no?+ to r$eem !m except possibly ! little ,fr5* girl f ,nice4 #ad ,maupassant's ,inconsolables4 ,two ye>s lat] appe>$ a f> m ambiti\s & matur] volume conta9+ half-a-doz5 s5tim5tal /udies & half-a-doz5 tales ( ! ,fr5* villages ,crackan?orpe s lov$ & und]/ood4 ,8 me?od ( "w becomes m pron\nc$ "h1 t is to treat an ,engli% !me 9 ! ,fr5* mann]1 a task :i* dem&s m culture ?an ! ruck ( ! conteurs = ! ,engli% magaz9es atta9 ) _! facile te>s & jackass laught]s1 _! ma*9e-l non5tities & pudibond ineptitudes4 ,crackan?orpe1 inde$1 has left no foll[+ beh9d him1 & only once lat] c ,i recall a volume ( %ort /ories t sugge/s 8 mann]3 ,j4 ,y4 ,f4 ,cooke's tales ( ! n9eties 9 8 ,/ories ( ,/range ,wom54 ,9 ?is new volume z be=e1 ,crackan?orpe devotes himself to ! expansion ( ! s5tim5tal /udy1 ! problems ( sexual relation%ips1 :i* are n altoge!r pleas+ to e "o1 & ?is may acc\nt = 8 limit$ appeal4 ,9 ,wreckage all ! wom5 7 vile1 b "h he evid5tly int5ds to picture ! o!r side ( wom5 9 ,ella1 ! wife ( ! poet ,hilli]1 ) its sl[ ,flaub]t unroll+ ( h] inf9ite delusion4 ,9 ,battl$ore & ,%uttlecock1 9 ,nita1 ( ! old ,empire prom5ade days1 he aga9 develops ! good side4 ,:ile 9 ! /udy ( ! ,love-sick ,curate we feel t ,e!l is n h>d-he>t$1 b only t ! ,rev4 ,burkett is an unutt]able idiot4 ,mod]n ,melodrama is ! %ort1 %>p climact]ic /ab ( ,maupassant p]haps n ov] well done4 ,! s5tim5tal /udies close ) ,yew-,trees & ,peacocks1 :i* seems r to h lo/ its po9t 9 ! tell+4 ,! tales ( ! ,pyr5nese villages :]e ,crackan?orpe us$ to /ay are typical productions ( ! delight ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties 9 _! soj\rn+ on ! sacr$ soil ( ,france4 ,! ,:ite ,maize1 ,eti5ne ,matton1 & ,ga/on ,lalanne's ,*ild are p]haps n unwor?y ( ! ma/] himself 9 _! simple directness1 devoid ( all unnecess>y padd+4 ,) a few phrases1 inde$1 ,crackan?orpe c lay 8 sc5e1 /rip 8 *>act]s nude be=e u4 ,h[ we realise1 = in/ance1 ,ella ly+ 9 b$ ! night be=e h] mi/ak5 m>riage ) ,hilli]4 ,%e is !re 9 all ! virg9 simplicity ( ! av]age ,engli% c\ntry girl3 ,! w9d[ 0 wide op51 & ! musl9 curta9s sway+ 9 ! breeze bulg$ t[>ds h] weirdly4 ,%e c\ld see ! or*>d trees ba!d 9 blackness1 & above a squ>e ( sky1 blue-grey1 quiv]+ ) /ifl$ light1 fleck$ ) a disord] ( />s t seem$ ready to ra9 ^u ! e>?4 ,aft] a :ile1 little by little1 %e di/+ui%$ ! =ms ( ! trees4 ,sl[ly1 mon/r\s1 & sleek1 ! yell[ moon 0 ris+4 ,%e 0 no long] ?9k+ ( h]self6 ,%e _h =gott5 t to-morr[ 0 h] w$d+-day3 = a mom5t1 q imp]sonally1 %e wat*$ ! moonlight /eal+ ?r\gh ! trees4 ,aga91 ,ronald1 ! y\? f ! ,army ,cramm]'s1 f9ds 8 way into ! music-hall1 :]e he enc\nt]s ,nita3 ,imm$iately he ent]$ ! !atre1 ! sudd5 sight ( ! sc5e /opp$ him1 reveal$1 z x 71 ?r\gh a great gap4 ,! /age blaz$ :ite2 masses ( recumb5t girls1 ba!d 9 s(t t9ts1 sway$ to dreamy cad5ce ( muffl$ viol9s be=e ! quiv]+ gold-fleck$ m9>ets ( an ,ea/]n palace4 ,he lean$ aga9/ ! side ( ! l\nge to gaze d[n across ! black belt ( heads4 ,! sight bewild]$ him4 ,by-&-bye1 he became consci\s ( a hum ( voices1 & a cont9ual movem5t beh9d him4 ,m51 = ! mo/ "p 9 ev5+ dress1 7 pass+ 9 procession to & fro1 "s wom5 among/ !m1 smil+ z !y twitt]$ mir?lessly2 n[ & !n he caught glimpses ( o!rs seat$ be=e little r\nd tables1 vacant1 impassive1 l waxwork figures1 he ?\ght4444 ,he 0 ?robb+ ) trepidat+ curiosity1 buffet$ by irresolution4 ,) ! same exactitude ! lonely fells ar\nd ,sc>sdale1 :]e ,burkett is p>son ( ! small ,cumb]l& village1 arise be=e u4 ,8 po/hum\s volume1 ,la/ ,/udies1 conta9s only ?ree r long %ort /ories1 an #89 memoriam' poem by ,/op=d ,a4 ,brooke1 & an appreciation v gracefully done by ,h5ry ,james4 ,ref]r+ 9 ! field ( fiction to ! crudity ( ! old h&s & ! antiquity ( new1 8 appreciator f9ds x difficult to r5d] ! aspect :i* con/itutes ,crackan?orpe's #8tr\bl$ individual note4' ,he comes to ! conclusion1 #8,:at appeal$ to him 0 ! situation t ask$ = a c]ta9 f95ess ( art1 & t c\ld be/ be pres5t$ 9 a k9d ( =e%ort5$ picture4' ,! %ort /ory is ma9ly ( two sorts3 #8,! *a9 ( items1 figures 9 a k9d ( sum--"o ( ! simple rules--( movem5t1 add$ up z on a s*ool-boy's slate1 & ) ! correct total & its little fl\ri%1 con/itut+ ! f9i% & acc\nt+ = ! effect2 or else x may be an ef=t pref]ably pictorial1 a portrait ( conditions1 an attempt to summ>ise1 & compress = purposes ( pres5tation to 8r5d]0 ev51 if possible1 = purposes ( expression4' ,f ! ,fr5* ,crackan?orpe le>nt ! latt] me?od1 & practis$ x4 ,:5 we come to look at ^! la/ ?ree /ories 7:i* ) ! t9y collection ( ,vignettes completes 8 "w7 we see h[ admirably exact is ?is criticism ( 8 s5ior4 ,9 ,antony ,g>/9's ,c\rt%ip he is back 9 8 own c\ntryside ( ,cumb]l& among ! %rewd1 h>d ,dale folk4 ,x is a little ma/]piece conceiv$ almo/ 9 ! hopeless bitt]ness ( ,h>dy at 8 d>ke/1 mo/ pessimi/ic mom5t4 ,! crud5ess 9 workman%ip has gone1 only ! rel5tless inevitability ( x all rema9s l ! trag$ies ( life itself4 ,rosa ,bl5c>n1 ! p>son's niece1 a m]e *eap flirt ( unf9i%$ comel9ess1 is b ! bone ( cont5tion betwe5 ! p]sonalities ( ,antony & 8 "m4 ,! wid[ ,g>/9 is z f9e a "* z ,crackan?orpe1 9 8 tw5ty-two /ories1 has creat$4 ,%e lives1 & 9 h] ve9s fl[s ! passion ( disappo9t$ age4 #8,%e 0 a heavy-built woman1 upright1 /alw>t almo/1 despite h] ye>s4 ,h] face 0 gaunt & sall[2 deep wr9kles acc5tuat$ ! h>dness ( h] features4 ,%e wore a wid['s black cap above h] iron-grey hair1 gold-rimm$ spectacles1 & a soil$ *equ]$ apron4' ,h[ easily we c see h] say+ to h] great hulk+ son3 #8,t' hoose be m9e1 t' ,"l be prais$1' %e cont9u$ 9 a l\d1 h>d voice1 #8an' z long z he sp>e me1 ,tony1 ,i'll na' see ,rosa ,bl5c>n set foot inside x4' ,x has all ! unsav\ry cruelty ( humanity1 & to f9d o!r su* sc5es 9 ,engli% lit]ature we h to come d[n to ,c>adoc ,evans's ,my ,p1 or ,james ,joyce4 ,9 ,trevor ,p]k9s1 9 a brief ma/]ly way1 we h ! s\l ( ! av]age "y man ( ! n9eties1 :o has ceas$ to believe 9 ,god or tol]ate 8 p>5ts1 sket*$ = u4 ,he walks out ) ! waitress ( 8 bun%op1 & we realise at once he is ( ^? :o are doom$ to make fools ( !mselves on ! reef ( h] sex4 ,! la/ /ory1 ,! ,turn ( ! ,:eel1 is ! hi/ory ( ! daught] :o believes 9 h] self-made fa!r1 & despises h] sidetrack$ "m z an inf]ior be+1 only to f9d %e has made a great mi/ake4 ,x is "o ( ! longe/ /ories he wrote1 & moves easily 9 ! high] /rata ( ,london society4 ,f ?is fa%ionable _w to ! rude & rugg$ sc>s & fells ( ,cumb]l& is a f> cry2 b "h1 z else:]e1 ,crackan?orpe f9ds ! friction ( humanity is its own wor/ enemy4 ,yet beh9d all ?is imp5etrably imp]sonal bitt] play ( human passions 9 ^! %ort /ories1 "o feels someh[ or o!r ! di/ant beats ( ! au?or's compassionate he>t1 :i* 8 sickness ( life made him =cibly /op 9 ! pride ( 8 y\? be=e he _h "t to realise himself or fulfil 8 ri* promise4 ,,iv ,! poetry ( ! p]iod is ess5tially an expression ( moods & s5tim5ts4 ,x is z mu* a =m ( impressionism z ! art ( ,monet & ,r5oir4 ,fur!r1 x seeks aft]1 l all ! art ( ! n9eties1 t abnormality ( proportion ( :i* ,bacon wrote 9 8 #8,essay on ,beauty4' ,x is1 too1 a p]iod wond]fully f]tile 9 song4 ,besides ! n9eties' gr\p1 :i* is repres5t$ *iefly by ! ,rhym]s' ,club1 !re 7 _m o!r s*ools ( song4 ,"l ,alfr$ ,d\glas 9 8 ,city ( ! ,s\l1 ,osc> ,wilde 9 8 ,sph9x & ,! ,h>lot's ,h\se1 ,/eph5 ,phillips & ,h5ley1 ,francis ,?ompson 9 8 ,h\nd ( ,heav51 are b "s ( ! ri*ness ,i am compell$ to pass ov] 9 ord] to adh]e /rictly to ! programme ( ?is r\gh summ>y4 ,let u1 !re=e1 turn at once to ! ,rhym]s' ,club1 ^: orig9 & desires h be5 s well expla9$ by ,ar?ur ,symons1 ! cic]one to ! age1 9 8 essay on ,erne/ ,d[son4 ,at ! ,*e%ire ,*eese 9 ,fleet ,/reet x 0 arrang$ t a b& ( "y poets %\ld meet1 /riv+ to recapture 9 ,london some?+ ( ! ,gallic _s ( art & ! *>m ( op5 discussion 9 ! ,lat9 ,qu>ti]4 ,! ,club consi/$ ( ! foll[+ memb]s3 ,john ,davidson1 ,erne/ ,d[son1 ,edw9 ,j4 ,ellis1 ,george ,ar?ur ,gre5e1 ,lionel ,johnson1 ,ar?ur ,cecil ,hilli]1 ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne1 ,victor ,pl>r1 ,erne/ ,rad=d1 ,erne/ ,rhys1 ,?omas ,william ,rolle/on1 ,ar?ur ,symons1 ,john ,todhunt]1 & ,william ,butl] ,yeats4 ,besides ^! memb]s1 ! ,club1 :i* 0 )\t rules or (fic]s1 _h at "o "t affiliat$ to itself ! foll[+ p]man5t gue/s3 ,john ,gray1 ,edw>d ,rose1 ,j4 ,t4 ,nettle%ip1 ,morley ,rob]ts1 ,a4 ,b4 ,*amb]la91 ,edw>d ,g>nett1 & ,william ,!odore ,pet]s4 ,osc> ,wilde1 ?\gh nev] a memb]1 _h a great influ5ce on _m ( ^? :o 71 & ,victor ,pl>r describes a memorable meet+ ( ! ,rhym]s 9 ,mr4 ,h]b]t ,horne's rooms 9 ! ,fitzroy settlem5t at :i* ,wilde appe>$4 ,! poet goes on3 #8,x 0 an ev5+ ( notabilities4 ,mr4 ,walt] ,crane /ood ) 8 back to ! mantelpiece1 decid+1 v k9dly1 on ! m]its ( our effusions4 ,& r\nd ,osc> ,wilde1 n !n "u a cl\d1 hov]$ rev]5tly ,lionel ,johnson & ,erne/ ,d[son1 ) o!rs4 ,?is mu/ h be5 9 #ahia1 & ,i m>vell$ at ! "t to notice ! fasc9ation :i* poor ,wilde ex]cis$ ov] ! o!rwise rational4 ,he sat z x 7 en?ron$ & surr\nd$ by a diff]5tial circle4' ,! influ5ce ( ,v]la9e & ! symboli/ poets ( ,p>is 9 ?is circle 0 pr(\nd4 ,e "o _h a passion = ?+s ,fr5*4 ,symons translat$ ! prose poems ( ,baudelaire & ! v]ses ( ,mall>m1 ,d[son is inspir$ by ! #8,ftes ,gallantes1' & s on4 ,z ,mr4 ,pl>r writes3 #8,/ray ,gauls us$ to be import$ to grace lit]>y circles "h4 ,i rememb] "o su*--a r>e in/ance ( a r\gh ,fr5*man--to :om ,d[son 0 devot$4 ,:5 a ,gaul appe>$ 9 a cot]ie we 7 ei!r sil5t1 l ! s*oolgirls 9 _! ,fr5* conv]sation h\r1 or we talk$ a weird un-,fr5* ,fr5* l ! ladies 9 "s ( ,du ,mauri]'s draw+s4'#ae #ae ,victor ,pl>r1 ,erne/ ,d[son1 p4 #bc4 #aiad4 ,( c\rse x mu/ n be suppos$1 h[ev]1 t ! n9eties ev] rema9$ at all /ation>y 9 ?is condition or entirely "u ^! influ5ces4 ,mr4 ,pl>r is speak+ ( ! e>ly n9eties1 ! age :5 ,john ,gray's ,silv]po9ts 0 p]haps a fair sample ( ! poetry ( ! mom5t = ?is gr\p2 b1 :5 at ! same "t x mu/ be rememb]$1 poets l ,francis ,?ompson & ,william ,watson 7 c>ry+ on ! /aid] traditions ( ,engli% poetry altoge!r unmov$ by ^! exotic influ5ces f ,montm>tre & ! /udios ( ! s\?4 ,! n9eties gr\p itself only rema9$ = a re/ive mom5t l ?is be=e ea* man 0 to g 8 own way4 ,!y 7 inde$ all s\ls seek+ ! way to p]fection 9 art4 ,yeats w5t (f to assi/ to f\nd ! ,iri% ,s*ool2 ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne w5t to ,am]ica2 ,gray became a prie/4 ,_m disappe>$ %ortly aft]w>ds f ! l[] slopes ( ,p>nassus1 n be+ ( ^? d[]$ ) ! true call2 & s1 "o aft] ! o!r1 all are to be acc\nt$ =4 ,! g5u9e m5 ( ! n9eties aft] ! fall ( ,wilde seem to h migrat$ to ,smi!rs' wond]ful book%op 9 ,bond ,/reet1 :]e _! lat] works 7 issu$ 9 ornate editions4 ,! names ( o!rs besides ! actual memb]s ( ! ,rhym]s' ,club mu/ n be altoge!r =gott51 su* z ,p]cy ,hem+way ) 8 ,happy ,w&]]1 ,!odore ,wratislaw1 ,olive ,cu/ance1 ,dollie ,rad=d1 ,rosamund ,m>riott-,watson1 ,norman ,gale1 & _m o!rs :o 7 also ( ! movem5t4 ,h[ev]1 ( !m ,i _c speak "h1 b c only ref] ! read] to ! book-li/s ( ,elk9 ,ma!ws & ,john ,lane = ! fir/ p]iod1 & ( ,leon>d ,smi!rs = ! second4 ,9 ! num]\s slim plaquettes ( v]se issu$ f ^! presses he w f9d gold5 v]se wor?y ( ! lab\r ( 8 rese>*4 ,inde$1 amid s _m writ]s "o is compell$ to resort to ! odi\s necessity ( a *oice1 s ,i %all "h all too briefly deal ) ,silv]po9ts z a typical volume ( ! e>ly p]iod1 & !n trace succ9ctly ! c>e] ( two poets1 :o _h c]ta9ly ! "r to t appellation1 ,erne/ ,d[son & ,john ,davidson1 & :o 7 bo? n only (1 b actually 7 ! movem5t itself4 ,la/ly1 9 ?is section1 z an indication ( ! wide influ5ce ^! writ]s _h ov]seas1 z 9 ! case ( ! ,bir* ,b>k ,s*ool ( ,canada & c]ta9 poets 9 ,au/ralia1 ,i wi% to m5tion ! "y ,am]ican poet :o 0 an intimate ( s _m ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties--,william ,!odore ,pet]s4 ,! n>r[ gre5 octavo ( ,silv]po9ts1 ) its lamb5t gold5 flames1 /rikes ! eye at once z "s biz>re & exotic "w4 ,x 0 "o ( ! fir/ ( ! limit$ ditions de luxe t m>k ! new pr9t+ ( ! decade1 & is "o ( ! mo/ da9ty little books ev] issu$ by ,elk9 ,ma!ws & ,john ,lane4 ,mo/ ( ! titles are 9 ,fr5*1 & !re are imitations f ,*>les ,baudelaire1 ,ar?ur ,rimbaud1 ,/phane ,mall>m1 ,paul ,v]la9e--! gods ( ! symboli/ s*ool at t mom5t4 ,poems are d$icat$ 7x 0 ! habit ( ! decade7 to fri5ds1 includ+ ,pi]re ,l\s1 ,paul ,v]la9e1 ,osc> ,wilde1 ,r4 ,h4 ,%]>d1 ,h5ri ,teixeira de ,mattos1 ,erne/ ,d[son1 etc4 ,! pr$om9ant note is t ( tigress's blood & tig]-lilies4 ,honey1 roses1 :ite brea/s1 & gold5 hair1 ) fi]ce passion & indol5t languor1 are ! *ords ( ! book's frisson4 ,all ! panoply ( ! new ,engli% art begott5 f ! ,fr5* "h burgeons =? ) ! ,satanic note t 0 !n 9 ! fa%ion4 ,we f9d ?is 9 ! ,femmes ,damnes3 ,l moody bea/s !y lie along ! s&s2 ,look :]e ! sky aga9/ ! sea-rim cl+s3 ,foot /ret*es out to foot1 & grop+ h&s ,h languors s(t & bitt] %udd]+s4 ,"s by ! light ( crumbl+1 res9\s gums1 ,9 ! /ill holl[s ( old pagan d5s1 ,call !e 9 aid to _! deliriums ,o ,bac*us6 cajol] ( anci5t pa9s4 ,& ^? ^: brea/s = scapul>s are fa9 ,nurse "u _! long robes ! cruel ?ong1 ,^!1 9 dim woods1 :]e huddl+ %ad[s ?rong1 ,mix ) ! foam ( pleasure te>s ( pa94 ,!re is m ?an an e*o ( ,rimbaud's v]ses 9 ?is volume1 & ! poet is evid5tly /ra9+ always aft] ! viol5t effect1 ! climact]ic mom5t ( a mood or passion4 ,probably two ( ! mo/ successfully c>ri$ ?r\gh crises are ,! ,b>b] & ,mi%ka4 ,! fir/ ( ^! z a typical example ( ! :ole s*ool ,i v5ture to sphet]ize 9 full3 ,i dream$ ,i 0 a b>b]2 & !re w5t ,b5ea? my h&1 oh6 manes extravagant4 ,b5ea? my trembl+ f+]s1 _m a mask ,( _m a pleasant girl4 ,x 0 my task ,to gild _! hair1 c>efully1 /r& by /r&2 ,to pa9t _! eyebr[s ) a timid h&2 ,to draw a bodk91 f a vase ( ,kohl1 ,?r\gh ! clos$ la%es2 p5cils f a b[l ,( sepia1 to pa9t !m und]nea?2 ,to bl[ ^u _! eyes ) a s(t brea?4 ,!y lay !m back & wat*$ ! leap+ b&s4 ,! dream grew vague1 ,i m\ld$ ) my h&s ,! mobile brea/s1 ! valley2 & ! wai/ ,i t\*$2 & pigm5ts rev]5tly plac$ ,^u _! ?ighs 9 sapi5t spots & /a9s1 ,b]yls & *rysolites & diaphanes1 ,& gems ^: hot h>% names are nev] said ,i 0 a masseur2 & my f+]s bl$ ,) wond] z ,i t\*$ _! awful limbs4 ,sudd5ly1 9 ! m>ble tr\gh !re seems ,o1 la/ ( my pale mi/resses1 sweetness6 ,a twylipp$ sc>let pansie4 ,my c>ess ,t+es ?y /eel-grey eyes to violet1 ,ad[n ?y body skips ! pit-a-pat ,( treatm5t once he>d 9 a hospital ,= plagues t fasc9ate1 b half appal4 ,s1 at ! s\nd1 ! blood ( me /ood cold2 ,?y *a/e hair rip5$ into sull5 gold2 ,?y ?roat1 ! %\ld]s1 swell$ & 7 unc\?2 ,! brea/s rose up & (f]$ ea* a m\?2 ,& on ! belly1 pallid blu%es crept1 ,t madd5$ me1 until ,i laugh$ & wept4 ,"h we h a long amor\s catalogue4 ,x is ! catalogue age :i* comes via ,osc> ,wilde's ,sph9x & ,salom f c]ta9 ,fr5* writ]s4 ,b ?is does n make up = ! s++ p[] ( ! poet1 & 9 long poems x becomes s+ul>ly labori\s4 ,h[ev]1 ?is phase ( poetry is s typical ( ! age t x is z well to h dealt ) x be=e turn+ to ! ess5tially #8s++' poets ( ! p]iod1 ,d[son & ,davidson4 ,inde$1 !re is no "o 9 ! n9eties wor?i] ( ! hon\rable title ( poet ?an ,erne/ ,d[son4 ,) 8 unsatisfi$ passion = ,adelaide 9 ,soho2 8 cry = #8madd] music & = /rong] w9e'2 8 /hetic !ories1 su* z t ! lett] #8v' 0 ! mo/ beautiful ( ! lett]s2 8 rev]5ce = ?+s ,fr5*1 he has caus$ ,mr4 ,symons1 9 "o ( 8 mo/ notable essays1 to draw a delightful portrait ( a true enfant de ,bohme4 ,rob]t ,h>bor\gh ,%]>d has also kept ! ,d[son tradition up 9 8 description ( ! dea? ( ! vex$ & torn _s ( ! poet 9 8 ,tw5ty ,ye>s 9 ,p>is1 a "w :i* conta9s mu* int]e/+ mat]ial = a /udy ( ! n9eties4 ,b ,victor ,pl>r1 ano!r poet ( ! n9eties1 enrag$ at ! incomplet5ess ( ^! pictures1 has tri$ to give u 9 8 rem9isc5ces1 unpubli%$ lett]s1 & m>g9alia1 ! o!r facet ( ,d[son--! pote intime kn[n to few4 ,x is no "q ( ours1 9 a brief summ>y l ?is1 :i* is ! tru] portrait ( ,d[son2 :e!r he 0 or 0 n l ,keats 9 8 p]sonal appe>ance2 :e!r ,ar?ur ,moore & ,d[son wrote alt]nate *apt]s ( ,a ,com$y ( ,masks2 :e!r 9 8 la/ days or n ,leon>d ,smi!rs us$ to pay him ?irty %ill+s a week = all he c\ld d2 :e!r he us$ to pray or n 9 front ( ! be>d$ ,virg9 at ,arques2 :e!r he us$ to dr9k ha%i% or n4 ,all ^! problems are outside ! beauty ( ! lyric poetry ( ,d[son2 & x is by 8 poetry & n because ( all ^! rum\rs ar\nd 8 brief life t he w live4 ,he 0 ! poet impressioni/ ( mom5t>y emotions1 & poetry ) him 01 z ,/phane ,mall>m said1 #8! language ( a crisis4' ,ea* ,d[son poem is m or less ! fev]i% impression ( a hectical crisis4 ,= 9 a way he takes (f :]e ,keats end$1 = ,keats 0 becom+ a hectic1 :ile ,d[son />t$ out z "o4 ,exce$+ sorr[ ,consume? my sad he>t6 ,because to-morr[ ,we mu/ "p4 ,n[ is exce$+ sorr[ ,all my "p6444 ,be no ^w spok52 ,weep no?+3 let a pale ,sil5ce1 unbrok5 ,sil5ce prevail6 ,pri!e1 be no ^w spok51 ,le/ ,i fail6 ,8 e>lie/ poem to attract att5tion 0 ,amor ,umbratilis1 :i* appe>$ 9 ,horne's ,c5tury ,guild ,hobby ,horse4 ,x has ! real ,d[son note1 & m>ks him d[n at once z "o ( ^? poets :o are by nature buveurs de lune4 ,t 0 9 #ahia4 ,9 #ahib came out ! fir/ book ( ! ,rhym]s' ,club1 & ) six poems ( ,d[son 9 x he def9itely took 8 place 9 ! movem5t4 ,x is said t ! ,osc> ,wilde set s5t him a telegram %ortly aft] ?is #8p]emptorily ord]+ him to appe> at ! ,caf ,royal to lun* ) ! !n great man4' ,d[son 0 flatt]$1 & might well be1 = ,wilde 0 a spl5did judge ( good "w4 ,two ye>s lat] ! ,club's second book appe>$1 & ,d[son has aga9 half a doz5 poems 9 x1 includ+ ! lovely ,extreme ,unction1 & t r d\btfully prais$ lyric #8non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno ,cyn>ae4' ,!n 9 ! same ye> z ,! ,savoy 7#ahif7 appe>$ 8 ,v]ses1 pr9t$ on ,japanese vellum & b\nd 9 p>*m5t1 ) a cov] design 9 gold by ,aubrey ,be>dsley--a typical ,smi!rs book4 ,?is volume conta9s ! be/ ( ,d[son1 ! h&sel 7if x is n too big a phrase to use ( su* a delicate & delightful arti/71 ! h&sel ( 8 immortality4 ,= !re is some?+ ab\t ,d[son's be/ "w1 ?\gh s fragile 9 its texture1 t has ! classic p]man5ce ( a latt]-day ,prop]tius4 ,he has a ,lat9 brevity & cl>ity1 & he is at 8 be/ 9 ?is volume4 ,some?+ has vani%$ f ! en*antm5t ( ! s+] 9 ,decorations 7#ahii74 ,x is l ! fl[]s ( ! night be=e4 ,"o feels t s _m ( ^! lat] v]ses _h be5 done p]=ce1 z ,victor ,pl>r says1 r to keep on 9 ! movem5t le/ "o 0 =gott54 ,b 9 #ahii ! movem5t 0 moribund1 & ! w9t] ( discont5t = ! ,pi]rots ( ! n9eties 0 fa/ clos+ d[n4 ,rememb]+ ^! ?+s1 "o murmurs ! sad beauty ( ^? p]fect l9es ( ?is true poet 9 8 fir/ volume3 ,:5 ?is1 our rose1 is fad$1 ,& ^!1 our days1 are done1 ,9 l&s pr(\ndly %ad$ ,f tempe/ & f sun3 ,ah1 once m come toge!r1 ,%all we =give ! pa/1 ,& safe f worldly wea!r ,possess our s\ls at la/4 ,n )\t reason "o feels he has be5 call$ ! #8rosa ros>um ( ,all ! ,n9eties1' 9 s f> z poetry is conc]n$2 b1 p]sonally1 ,i w\ld pref] to call him1 if "o has to call su* a true poet any?+1 ! poets' poet ( ! n9eties4 ,! be/ ( 8 %ort /ories rank high 9 ! great mass ( ! lit]ature ( ^? days1 & are dealt ) 7toge!r ) 8 p>tn]%ip 9 two novels7 9 ano!r section4 ,z = 8 little "o-act play1 ,! ,pi]rot ( ! ,m9ute1 "o is apt to feel p]haps t ,be>dsley 0 n ov] unju/ to x1 :5 he describ$ x z a tiresome playlet he _h to illu/rate4 ,at any rate1 x 0 ! cause ( ,be>dsley's do+ "o or two admirable decorations1 ev5 if ! actual play1 9 :i* ! "y ,am]ican poet ( ! n9eties1 ,!odore ,pet]s 7( :om m anon71 & ,be>dsley's own si/] act$1 0 n effective z a /age production4 ,!re is no d\bt b t ,davidson1 ?\gh he 0 outside ! cot]ies ( ! n9eties1 0 /ill ( !m4 ,fir/ ( all he 0 a ,scot*man ( evangelical extraction1 & secondly he 0 n an ,ox=d man4 ,all ?is made him outside ! gr\p4 ,on ! o!r c\nt1 he 0 ( ! ,rhym]s' ,club1 ?\gh he did n contribute to ! books4 ,he 0 /rongly influ5c$ by ,nietzs*e1 ?\gh ! ,fr5* influ5ce 9 him 0 r negative4 ,8 books came f ! ,bodley ,head & 7 well recognis$ by its o!r memb]s4 ,be>dsley ev5 decorat$ "s ( !m1 & ,ro!n/e9 did 8 portrait = ,! ,yell[ ,book4 ,9 fact1 ,davidson himself wrote = t p]iodical4 ,all ?is made him ( ! gr\p4 ,x w\ld be ?us impossible to pass ov] su* a poet 9 connection ) ?is movem5t1 = ,davidson has writt5 "s magnific5t lyrics1 if he has made 8 te/am5ts too (t5 & too turgidly4 ,! ,davidson1 inde$1 ( ! n9eties w be discov]$ to be1 by any "o exam9+ 8 works1 ! ,davidson t w mo/ probably survive4 ,he 0 born 9 #aheg1 b z ,mr4 ,holbrook ,jackson admirably puts x1 #8,john ,davidson did n %[ any di/9ctive f9 de sicle *>act]i/ics until he produc$ 8 novel ,p]f]vid#af 9 #ahij4' ,8 next "w1 a volume ( poetry1 :i* 0 ! fir/ to attract att5tion1 ,9 a ,music ,hall & o!r ,poems 7#ahia71 acc5tuates ^! di/9ctive *>act]i/ics1 & fairly laun*es him on ! tide ( ! movem5t4 ,be=e t "t he _h be5 s*ool-ma/]+ & cl]k+ 9 ,scotl&1 :ile 8 leisure _h begott5 ?ree r ill-conceiv$ works4 ,davidson discov]$ himself :5 he came to ,london to write4 ,! movem5t ( ! n9eties /imulat$ him t[>ds arti/ic production1 & :5 t movem5t 0 kill$ by ! fall ( ,wilde1 & buri$ by ! ,bo] ,w>1 ,davidson aga9 lo/ himself 9 ! philosophic propag&a ( 8 la/ ye>s be=e he 0 driv5 to suicide4 ,philosophy1 inde$1 ) ,john ,davidson1 0 to eat "o's he>t ) resultant m5tal indige/ion t completely unbalanc$ ! arti/ 9 him4 ,!re=e1 s f> z ?is appreciation is conc]n$1 we only h to deal ) ! happy ,davidson ( ! ,ballads & ,fleet ,/reet ,eclogues fame2 ! gay writ] ( ,a ,r&om ,it9]>y 7#ahid72 ! r hopeless noveli/ ( ,bapti/ ,lake 7#ahid71 & ,! ,wond]ful ,mission ( ,e>l ,lav5d] 7#ahie74 ,! la/ t$i\s phase be=e he gave himself to ! ,corni% sea is no affair ( ours4 ,9 8 ,te/am5t he says #8none %\ld outlive 8 p[]1' & realis+ probably t he _h made ?is mi/ake1 he wi%$ to end x all4 #af ,! ,eighte5 ,n9eties1 by ,holbrook ,jackson1 p4 #bae #aiac4 ,b 9 ! n9eties he 0 l 8 own birds1 full ( #8oboe' song & #8brok5 music4' ,seldom has ! ,engli% riv]1 ! ,?ames1 be5 m sweetly *aunt$ ?an by him4 ,:ile if we are look+ = 8 k9%ip ) 8 "t !re is no d\bt ab\t x 9 ,! ,ballad ( a ,nun1 :o rem>ks3 ,i c>e n = my brok5 v[1 ,?\gh ,god %\ld come 9 ?und] soon1 ,i am si/] to ! m\nta9s n[1 ,& si/] to ! sun & moon4 ,a /atem5t :i* we feel _m ( ! ,be>dsley ladies cadav]\s ) s9 or fat ) luxury w\ld h be5 q capable ( repeat+4 ,aga91 8 ,?irty ,bob a ,week 9 ,! ,yell[ ,book is z mu* a n9ety ef=t z 8 ,ballad ( ,hell1 :ile 8 novel1 ,e>l ,lav5d]1 is a burlesque ( c]ta9 ( ! ecc5tricities ( ! p]iod4 ,9 a poetical note to ?is volume he s+s3 ,oh6 our age end /yle p]plexes ,all our ,eld]s' "t has fam$2 ,on our sleeves we we> our sexes1 ,our diseases1 una%am$4 ,! preval5t reali/ic disease 9 poetry is well repres5t$ by ,a ,woman & h] ,son3 ,he set 8 tee?1 & saw 8 "m die1 ,outside a city revell]'s tipsy tread ,sev]$ ! sil5ce ) a jagg$ r5t4 ,above all1 ,davidson h&les ) m>k$ facility ! mod]n ballad m$ium ( n>rative v]se4 ,! ,ballad ( a ,nun1 ,! ,ballad ( an ,arti/'s ,wife1 & o!rs1 relate _! /ory 9 easy1 jogg+ quatra9s4 ,z a sample "o c quote f ,a ,new ,ballad ( ,tannhus]3 ,z he lay wor%ipp+ 8 bride1 ,:ile rose leaves 9 h] bosom fell1 ,on dreams came sail+ on a tide ,( sleep1 he he>d a mat9 bell4 #8,h>k6 let u leave ! magic hill1' ,he said1 #8& live on e>? ) m54' #8,no1 "h1' %e said1 #8we /ay until ,! ,gold5 ,age %all come aga94' ,b if ,davidson c\ld tell a tale 9 v]se x _c be said he und]/ood ! novel =m4 ,al?\gh "h x is r noticeable t he has a /range1 unique feature among 8 contempor>ies4 ,= he at lea/ has a s5se ( hum\r4 ,max ,be]bohm1 x is true1 _h ! gift ( irony2 b ,davidson1 almo/ alone1 has a c]ta9 ve9 ( grim ,scot* hum\r1 z1 = example1 9 ! "* ( little r$-head$ ,mortim] 9 ,p]f]vid4 ,9 ,d[son1 ,johnson1 ,symons1 & ! o!rs1 "o is sometimes appall$ by ! s]i\sness ( x all4 ,la/ly1 b by no means lea/1 ,davidson occasionally atta9s ! lyric rapture ( unadult]at$ poetry 9 8 %ort] pieces1 :ile 8 vignettes ( nature l+] 9 ! memory on acc\nt ( _! tru? & beauty4 ,bo? ^! qualities--! lyric rapture & ! ke5 eye = c\ntry sights & s\nds--are to be f\nd1 = in/ance1 9 ,a ,runnable ,/ag3 ,:5 ! pods w5t pop on ! broom1 gre5 broom1 ,& apples began to be gold5-sk9n$1 ,we h>b\r$ a /ag 9 ! ,priory coomb1 ,& we fea!r$ 8 trail up w9d1 up w9d6 ,among _m o!r ambitions1 ,davidson want$ to fire ! sci5tific _w ) imag9ative poetry4 ,z he phras$ x3 #8,sci5ce is /ill a valley ( dead bones till imag9ation brea!s ^u x4' ,!re are inde$ evid5ces ( an almo/ ,%elleyan pan!ism 9 8 cr$o4 ,unhappy 0 8 life1 b1 probably1 he did n lab\r 9 va91 = a h&sel ( 8 song w endure4 ,writ+1 inde$1 0 ! consolation ( 8 life3 ,i _c write1 ,i _c ?9k2 ',tis half delight & half di/ress2 ,my memory /umbles on ! br9k ,( "s unfa?om$ happ9ess-- ,( "s old happ9ess div9e1 ,:at haunt+ sc5t1 :at haunt+ note1 ,:at ^w1 or :at melodi\s l9e1 ,s5ds my he>t ?robb+ to my ?roat8 ,inde$1 :y repeat x1 bo? ,d[son & he w live by _! poetry4 ,b 9 ! case ( ,davidson1 9 addition1 !re is 8 r elephant9e hum\r4 ,:ile aga9 x mu/ always be rememb]$ t he _h ! c\rage to /ate t ! fe> ( speak+ freely _h #8cramp$ ! lit]ature ( ,engl& = a c5tury4' ,x 0 ! lib]ty ( ! ,fr5* lit]ature inde$ t 9 no small degree captivat$ ! m9ds ( all ^! "y m54 ,v few ( !m1 h[ev]1 _h ! c\rage to speak freely4 ,b x mu/ always rema9 to ,davidson's cr$it t he tri$ to write a fre]1 emancipat$ novel1 :i*1 h[ev]1 he fail$ to d1 because he _h a v remote idea ( novel con/ruction4 ,x 0 9 #ahif t ! qua9t little salmon-p9k volume ( ,william ,!odore ,pet]s1 ! "y ,am]ican poet1 appe>$1 entitl$ ,posies out ( ,r+s4 ,?is "y ,am]ican 0 an intimate ( "s ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties1 & ?\gh x is d\btful :e!r he himself w\ld h ev] a*iev$ high fame z a poet1 he _h a s9c]e love = ! beautiful ?+s ( ,art4 ,among all ^! trag$ies ( ill-heal?1 insanity & suicide t seem$ to track d[n ea* ( ^! "y m51 8 fate 0 p]haps ! sadde/ ( all1 = he di$ ( />vation 9 ,p>is1#ag :]e _m ( 8 v]ses _h appe>$ 9 a di/9ctly ,am]ican v5ture1 ,! ,qu>ti] ,lat94 ,8 volume ( conceits are a h>k+ back1 n always satisfactorily1 to ! anci5t =m ( ! v]sifi$ epigram4 ,:at 0 wrong ) 8 ,muse is t x 0 only half alive4 ,he puts inde$ 8 own case 9 a nut%ell 9 t *>m+ little poem ,pi]rot & ! ,/atue1 :i* ,i v5ture to quote 9 full3 #ag ,r4 ,h4 ,%]>d1 ,tw5ty ,ye>s 9 ,p>is4 ,"o summ] ev5+ 9 a *>md wood1 ,be=e a m>ble ,v5us1 ,pi]rot /ood2 ,a ,v5us beautiful beyond comp>e1 ,graci\s h] lip1 h] sn[y bosom b>e1 ,pi]rot amor\s1 8 *eeks aflame1 ,call$ ! :ite /atue _m a lov]'s "n4 ,an oriole flew d[n f (f a tree1 #8,woo n a goddess made ( /one6' sang he4 #8,all ( my w>m? to w>m x1' ,pi]rot said1 ,:5 by ! p$e/al he sank d[n dead2 ,! /atue fa9tly flu%$1 x seem$ to /rive ,to move--b x 0 only half alive4 ,su* 0 ! ,muse's response to ,pet]s' woo+2 :ile he1 9 t /range bohemian _w ( s _m ( ! "y writ]s ( t day1 wrote 9 ano!r %ort poem ! epitaph ( ! majority ( ^? :o gave s recklessly ( _! y\?1 only to fail4 ,x is call$ ,to ! ,caf aux ,ph>es de l',oue/1 ,qu>ti] ,montp>nasse3 ,! pa9t$ %ip 9 ! pa/e-bo>d sea ,sails night & day4 ,to-morr[ x w be z f> z x 0 ye/]day4 ,b und]nea?1 9 ! ,caf1 ,! lu/y crafts g d[n1 ,& "o by "o1 poor mad s\ls dr[n-- ,:ile ! pa9t$ %ip 9 ! pa/e-bo>d sea ,sails night & day4 ,su*1 inde$1 0 too (t5 ! fate ( ! epigoni ( ! movem5t4 ,_! night+ales 7 nev] he>d2 !y 7 buri$ ) all _! songs /ill unsung4 ,! only o!r volume :i* ,!odore ,pet]s essay$1 to my k1 0 a little poetic "o-act] l 8 fri5d ,erne/ ,d[son's ,pi]rot ( ! ,m9ute 7= :i* "w he wrote an epilogue74 ,pet]s' play1 entitl$ ,! ,t\rnam5t ( ,love1 is a v sc>ce item ( ! n9eties' bibliography4 ,he calls x a pa/oral masque 9 "o act1 & x 0 publi%$ by ,br5tano's at ,p>is 9 #ahid & illu/rat$ ) draw+s by ,alfr$ ,jones4 ,z ,bantock wrote ! music = ,! ,pi]rot ( ! ,m9ute1 ,noel ,johnson compos$ ! melodies = ,! ,t\rnam5t ( ,love4 ,! masque 0 put on at ! ,?tre d',application 7,la ,bod9ire71 #ah rue ,/4 ,laz>e1 ,may #h1 #ahid4 ,pet]s himself took ! "p ( ,b]tr& de ,roaix1 a tr\bad\r1 :ile among ! ca/ 7 ,wyn=d ,de:ur/1 ! pa9t]1 & ,loe ,full]1 ! danc]4 ,! sc5e is an almond or*>d on ! outskirts ( ,t\l\se1 on ! aft]noon ( ! #crd ,may1 #adih4 #8,a gr\p ( tr\bad\rs discov]$ at ! "r ( ! /age1 seat$ ^u a :ite semicircul> ,r5aissance b5*1 "s tun+ _! in/rum5ts4 ,o!r poets t[>ds ! back4 ,a laurel tree at ! "r c5tre4 ,on ! left c5tre two h]alds gu>d ! entrance to ! li/s4' ,pons d',orange1 ! arriv$ poet1 w w9 at ?is t\rnam5t ( love1 ! ,eglant9e n\velle1 #8t gold5 prize ( wit4' ,b x is won by ,b]tr& de ,roaix1 :o wants x n1 b ! love ( ! in/itutress ( ?is c\rt ( love1 #8,clm5ce ,isaure1 ! ,primrose ,que5 ( ,beauty4' ,at 8 love prote/ations %e laughs2 ! tr\bad\r goes outside ! li/s & /abs himself4 ,z he lies dy+ ,clm5ce1 clo!d 9 h] :ite samite1 p[d]$ ) silv] fleur-de-lys & edg$ ) erm9e1 h] du/-blonde hair b\nd ) a fillet ( oak-leaves1 comes =? f ! li/s & f9ds h] boy lov]'s body3 ,love came & w5t2 we ,knew him n4 ,i h f\nd my s\l too late4 ,v ,! ,victorian lit]>y era 0 fecund 9 essayi/s1 & ! la/ decade liv$ up to ?is reputation4 ,! =]unn]s ( ! essayi/s ( ! n9eties 7 obvi\sly ,walt] ,pat]1 ,john ,add+ton ,symonds1 ,osc> ,wilde ) 8 ,int5tions & ,:i/l] 9 8 ,g5tle ,art4 ,beh9d ^! !re 0 a great mass ( ,fr5* influ5ce :i*1 toge!r ) lit]>y impressionism z exemplifi$ 9 su* books z ,crackan?orpe's ,vignettes1 0 to give ! essay & ! s-call$ /udy a new lease ( life4 ,inde$1 :at came out ( ! p]iod 0 n m]ely criticism z a useful broom sweep+ away ! *aff f ! :eat1 b criticism itself z a creative art1 z ,wilde *ose to call x2 n m]ely dry-z-du/ records ( plays & cities1 & o!r affairs z 9 guide manuals1 b arti/ic impressions1 9 "s ways z vital z ! objects !mselves4 ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons1 9 p>ticul>1 has giv5 u an abundance ( ?is k9d ( "w ( :i* ,i h already spok54 ,s did ,lionel ,johnson & ,mr4 ,max ,be]bohm1 to :om ,i propose to allude "h1 & _m o!rs l ,mr4 ,b]n>d ,%aw1 :o1 ?\gh n ( ! movem5t1 mov$ alongside x on 8 own way1 & ,mr4 ,g4 ,s4 ,/reet1 9 8 ,episodes1 ,ri*>d ,le ,galli5ne1 ,ar?ur ,galton1 ,francis ,adams 9 8 ,essays 9 ,mod]nity1 etc4 etc4 ,"o has only to turn ov] ! magaz9es ( ! p]iod to f9d a b& ( writ]s1 too num]\s to m5tion1 :o aid$ on ! movem5t ) _! p5s4 ,to cite "o prom95t example alone1 !re 0 ,grant ,all5 ) 8 essay on ,! ,new ,h$onism4 ,"h1 h[ev]1 ,i mu/ be cont5t ) a brief appreciative glance at ! works ( ! two writ]s ,i h m5tion$1 :o 7 bo? actually ( & 9 ! movem5t itself4 ,i h n "h ( set purpose ref]r$ to ! ,h5ley essayi/s l ,*>les ,:ibley4 ,b ! two m5 ( ! n9eties ,i h *os5 to speak ( "h h be5 select$ 9 ! way an essayi/ %\ld be select$ n9e times out ( t51 t is to say1 because ( 8 pleas+ p]sonality4 ,^! two writ]s--p>ticul>ly ,max--are su* individual writ]s1 yet !y nev] (f5d4 ,!y are j pleasant g>rul\s companions4 ,= ^? :o c>e at all passionately = ! preci\s ?+s ( lit]ature1 ! "w ( ,lionel ,johnson w always rema9 a *]i%$ & seclud$ nook4 ,! man 0 a s*ol>1 a poet1 & a critic1 ^: dom9ant note 0 gracile lucidity4 ,a fri5d writ+ ( 8 p]sonal appe>ance at ! "t ( 8 dea? said1 #8,?91 pale1 v delicate he look$1 ) a twit*+ ( ! facial muscles1 :i* %[$ ev5 at ! age ( tw5ty-f\r h[ unfit 0 8 physique to support ! /ra9 ( an abnormally n]v\s organization4 ,quick & m\selike 9 8 movem5ts1 retic5t ( spee* & l[-voic$1 he look$ l "s old-fa%ion$ *ild :o _h /ray$ by *ance into an assembly ( m54 ,b a *ild c\ld n h %[n t inw>d smile ( appreciative hum\r1 a little alo(1 a little contemptu\s p]haps1 t work$ con/antly ar\nd 8 m\?4 ,he nev] *ang$ except 9 ! direction ( a great] pallor & a great] fragility4' ,cloi/ral my/icism 0 ! key-*ord ( 8 two volumes ( poetry 7#ahie & #ahig74 ,9 "s respects he seems to h /ray$ out ( ! sev5te5? c5tury ( ,cra%aw & ,h]b]t4 ,8 e>ly tra9+1 no d\bt1 eng5d]$ ?is aspect4 ,aft] six ye>s 9 ! grey ,go?ic s*ool ( ,w9*e/] he pass$ on to ,new ,college1 ,ox=d4 ,"h he came "u ! influ5ce ( ,pat]1 & 0 *>m$ by ! latt]'s !n some:at hi]atic au/]ity4 ,a dev\t ,iri% ,ca?olic1 he 0 mov$ by ?ree !mes3 8 old s*ool1 ,ox=d1 & ,irel&1 & to ^! he un=tunately too (t5 devot$ 8 muse4 ,aft] ! quiet seclusion ( 8 ,ox=d ye>s1 on ent]+ ! vortex ( ,london lit]>y life he f\nd t ! _w ( wayf>+ 0 a some:at r\gh passage 9 ! mire = "o s delicate4 ,out ( ! /ruggle betwe5 8 s*ol>ly aspirations & ! cry ( 8 "t = life1 m life1 0 wov5 p]haps ! f9e/ ( all 8 poems1 ,! ,d>k ,angel3 ,d>k angel1 ) ?9e a*+ lu/ ,to rid ! _w ( p5it5ce3 ,malici\s angel1 :o /ill do/ ,my s\l su* subtile viol5ce6-- ,because ( !e1 ! l& ( dreams ,becomes a ga!r+ place ( fe>s3 ,until torm5t$ slumb] seems ,"o vehem5ce ( useless te>s4444 ,?\ art ! :isp] 9 ! gloom1 ,! h9t+ tone1 ! haunt+ laugh3 ,?\ art ! adorn] ( my tomb1 ,! m9/rel ( m9e epitaph4 ,mo/ ( 8 poems are subjective1 & ! majority h a c]ta9 /iffness ( movem5t ( a prie/ lad5 ) *asuble2 b sometimes1 h[ev]1 z 9 ,my/ic & ,cavali]1 or 9 ! l9es on ! /atue ( ,*>les ,i at ,*>+ ,cross1 he writes ) a w9some *>m & fre$om ( _s3 ,arm\r$ he rides1 8 head ,b>e to ! />s ( doom3 ,he triumphs n[1 ! dead ,behold+ ,london's gloom4444 ,surely ?is poem has ! pr\d note ( ,h5ley6 ,!re is ano!r trait 9 8 v]se1 :i*1 9 view ( 8 essays1 x is z well n to pass ov]4 ,l ,william ,watson1 8 lit]>y poems are pregnant ) phrases ( ri* criticism4 ,he calls back ! immortals 9 a true bookman's invocation hail+ #8opul5t ,p9d>1' #8! pure & p]fect voice ( ,gray1' #8pleasant & elegant & g>rul\s ,pl9y'3 ,h]odotus1 all simple & all wise2 ,demo/h5es1 a lightn+ flame ( scorn3 ,! surge ( ,cic]o1 t nev] dies2 ,& ,hom]1 gr& aga9/ ! anci5t morn4 ,b we are "h *iefly conc]n$ ) 8 prose writ+s4 ,if x is ! duty ( ! essayi/ to mirror ! intellectuality ( 8 age1 ,lionel ,johnson 0 a mirror = ! ,ox=d /&po9t ( ! n9eties4 ,!re /ill rema9 _m ( 8 pap]s uncollect$ 9 v>i\s old newspap] files4 ,b c]ta9ly ! be/ ( 8 "w has be5 lov+ly collect$ by fri5dly h&s1 & wor?ily h\s$ 9 ,po/ ,lim9ium4 ,take1 = in/ance1 ?is passage f an essay on books publi%$ orig9ally 9 ,! ,academy 7,decemb] #h?1 #aijj73 ,! gl[+ ( my companionable fire ^u ! backs ( my companionable books1 & !n ! famili> difficulty ( *oice4 ,compass$ ab\t by old fri5ds1 ^: virtues & vices ,i "k bett] ?an my own1 ,i w be loyal to loves t are n ( ye/]day4 ,new poems1 new essays1 new /ories1 new lives1 are n my company at ,*ri/ma/ide1 b ! nev]-age+ old4 #8,my days among ! dead are pass$4' ,v]aci\s ,s\!y1 h[ cruel a lie6 ,my sole days among ! dead are ! days pass$ among ! /ill-born or moribund mod]ns1 n ! :ite days & %9+ nights free = ! /rong voices ( ! anci5ts 9 fame4 ,a classic has a p]man5ce ( pleasurability2 t is ! mean+ ( 8 e/ate & title4 ,or aga91 ,johnson 9 8 pap] on ,! ,"w ( ,mr4 ,pat]1 sets =? p]haps ! be/ appreciation ( 8 ma/] t has yet appe>$3 #8,magica sympa?i6' words borne ^u ! %ield ( ,"l ,h]b]t ( ,*]bury1 are inscrib$ ^u ! writ+s ( ,mr4 ,pat]1 :o f\nd 8 way /raight f ! fir/ to ^? matt]s prop] to 8 g5ius1 nor did he1 z ,fuseli says ( ,leon>do1 #8wa/e life1 insatiate 9 exp]im5t4'444 #8,nemo p]fectus e/1' says ,/4 ,b]n>d1 #8qui p]fectior esse appetit'3 x is z true 9 art z 9 religion4 ,9 art also #8! way to p]fection is ?r\gh a s]ies ( disgu/s' 444 & truly1 z ,j\b]t said1 we %\ld hesitate be=e we diff] 9 religion f ! sa9ts1 9 poetry f ! poets4444 ,!re is no languor\s toy+ ) ?+s ( beauty1 9 a k9d ( opiate dream1 to be f\nd "h4 ,:ile ,symons has writt5 on all ! arts1 ! sph]e ( ,johnson has be5 m limit$ to traditional ,engli% l9es4 ,johnson attempts no broad /hetical sy/em l ! =m]4 ,all t he does is to illum9ate ! writ] ( :om he is speak+4 ,& 8 little essays1 em95t 9 _! un-,engli% lucidity1 _! scrupul\s nicety1 _! consci\s & delib]ate beauty1 add+ to our belles lettres a classical execution & f9i% 7:i* p]fection acc\nts p]haps = ! classical smallness ( 8 bookmak+7 h all ! bewild]+ *>m ( a born /yli/4 ,c]ta9 ( 8 phrases l+] 9 ! m9d l music4 #8,_m a sad half-murmur$ ?\ght ( ,pascal1 _m a deep & plang5t utt]ance ( ,lucretius4' ,or ! l9e3 #8,! face ^: *anges dom9ate my he>t4' ,l ! /yles ( ,newman & ,pat]1 on :i* 8 own is f\nd$1 he is s+ul>ly allusive4 ,he cites critics by *apt] & v]se l an advocate def5d+ a case4 ,9 fact1 z 9 8 critical magnum opus1 ,! ,art ( ,?omas ,h>dy1 he is amaz+ly judicial4 ,x is1 too1 s9ce he is ess5tially academic1 to ! old] critics he pref]s to turn = guidance4 ,z he writes3 #8,flaub]t & ,baudelaire & ,gauti]1 ,h5nequ9 & ,m4 ,zola & ,m4 ,mall>m1 ) all _! colleagues or expon5ts1 may sometimes be set aside1 & suff] u to he> ,qu9tilian or ,b5 ,jonson1 ,cic]o or ,dryd54' ,?is habit sometimes makes him /r5u\s read+1 p>ticul>ly 9 long] criticisms l ,! ,art ( ,?omas ,h>dy4 ,we gr[ we>y ( all ?is quotative au?ority4 ,burton's ,anatomy ( ,melan*oly _c be br\ght into e-day lit]>y criticism4 ,we want to he> m ( ,lionel ,johnson's own direct op9ions & less ( ^! select$ passages f 8 libr>y4 ,s x is to ^? passages :]e ,johnson is mo/ himself we turn 9 ,! ,art ( ,?omas ,h>dy1 :i*1 9 spite ( its academicism & ! y\?fulness ( its au?or1 rema9s a g5u9e piece ( s\nd critical "w4 ,! delightful imag]y ( ! prose 9 su* passages is (t5 v illum9at+1 z 9 ?is p>agraph3 ,f long & frequ5t conv]se ) works ( any fav\rite au?or1 we (t5 gr[ to ?9k+ ( !m "u "s symbol or image2 to see !m summ$ up & express$ 9 "s "o composite sc5e ( our own mak+2 ?is is my #8vision' ( ,mr4 ,h>dy's works4 ,a roll+ d[n c\ntry1 cross$ by a ,roman road2 "h a gray /&+ /one1 ( :at sacrificial ritual orig9 ,i c b guess2 !re a grassy b>r[1 ) its great bones1 its r$-br[n j>s1 its rude gold ornam5t1 /ill safe 9 e>?2 a broad sky burn+ ) />s2 a solit>y man4 ,x is ( no use to turn away1 & to ?9k ( ! village f>ms & cottages1 ) _! antique ways & looks2 ( ! deep woods1 ( ! fall ( ! woodman's axe1 ! /ir ( ! w9d 9 ! bran*es2 ( ! ru/ic fea/s & fe/ivals1 :5 ! home-brew$ dr9k goes r\nd1 to ! loos5+ ( tongues & wits2 ( ! hot mead[s1 fragrant hayfields1 cool dairies1 & blaz+ g>d5s2 ( %9+ c>t-horses "u ! *e/nut-trees & c[s call$ 9 at milk+ "t3 !y are *>act]i/ic sc5es1 b n ! "o *>act]i/ic sc5e4 ,t is ! great d[n by night1 ) its dead 9 _! anci5t graves1 & its lonely liv+ figure2 444 ,!re is1 p]haps1 a reek ab\t x all ( a too-consci\s imitation ( ,pat]'s murmur$ obitu>ies :i* makes "o 9 ! end r tir$ ( ?is hi]atic treatm5t ( art1 s t "o turns r gladly to ! "o or two tales he wrote4 ,= example 9 ,! ,lilies ( ,france1 an episode ( ,fr5* anti-cl]icalism1 :i* appe>$ 9 ,! ,pageant1 #ahig1 he sl[ly builds up a ?+ ( v]bal beauty t "o feels 0 actually wor?y ( him1 :ile 9 ! previ\s numb] ( ! same qu>t]ly he p]petrat$ a delightful ironism on ! lit]>y m5 ( 8 p]iod entitl$ ,incurable1 9 :i*1 p]haps1 we may trace fa9t autobiographical clues4 ,su*1 briefly1 0 ! "w ( ?is "y man :o 0 f\nd dead 9 ,fleet ,/reet e>ly "o morn+1 ag$ ?irty-five4 ,b ! writ] :o 0 to br+ irony 9 ,engli% lit]ature to a consummate pit*1 & add to ! age a /range brief brilliance ( 8 own wilful _s1 0 ,max ,be]bohm4 ,max1 ! #8,incomp>able' z ,b]n>d ,%aw once describ$ him1 is ! *>m ( ! gild$ lily1 ! fairy pr9ce ( an urbane artificiality3 he is 9 lit]ature :at ! cocktail is among dr9ks2 he is ! enemy ( dullness & ! fri5d ( t ,greek quality call$ #8*>is4' ,he is ! public s*ool & ,v>sity man :o is fond (1 b afraid (1 be+ t$i\s 9 lit]ature2 s ) delightful affectation 8 vehicle is p]siflage ) a load ( wit he pret5ds to disda94 ,( all ! prose writ]s ( ! ,be>dsley p]iod he is ! easie/ & mo/ *>m+ to read4 ,9 fact1 he is ! ideal essayi/4 ,he titillates ! lit]>y s5se4 ,=tunately 8 glass is small1 = if "o _h to dr9k x 9 qu>t pots ! result w\ld be z disa/r\s z 9 8 "o & only mi/ake--! long novel ,zuleika ,dobson1 :i* is a late "w writt5 long aft] ! n9eties _h be5 swall[$ up by t maw :i* swall[$ up ,lesbia's sp>r[ & all o!r beautiful dead ?+s4 ,max said 9 je/1 #8,i belong to ! ,be>dsley p]iod1' & x is "o ( ^? je/s :i* is only too pa9fully true4 ,:5 he 0 at ,ox=d he 0 caught up 9 ! movem5t1 & wrote1 "u ,wilde's influ5ce1 ,a ,def5ce ( ,cosmetics = ! fir/ numb] ( ,! ,yell[ ,book1 & he also appe>$ 9 ,"l ,alfr$ ,d\glas's magaz9e4 ,!nce=w>d he contribut$ to v>i\s qu>t]lies1 :ile 9 #ahif ! little r$ volume ) its :ite pap] label appe>$ z ,! ,works1 conta9+ all ! be/ ( ?is precoci\s enfant t]rible ( lit]ature1 :o assures u t he read 9 b$1 :ile at s*ool1 ,m>ius ! ,epicurean1 & f\nd x n ne>ly s difficult z ,mid%ipman ,easy4 ,at ! age ( tw5ty-five he cries3 #8,i %all write no m4 ,already ,i feel myself to be a trifle outmod$1' & he religi\sly does n keep 8 ^w4 ,he keeps p\r+ out c>icatures1 writes ,m1 ! companion volume to ,! ,works1 & p]petrates 8 %ort /ory ,! ,happy ,hypocrite4 ,beyond #ahii we _c foll[ him1 b he has be5 busy ev] s9ce ) 8 p>odies1 8 ,yet ,aga91 8 lam5table novel1 8 "o-act play1 & s on4 ,x is to t ,be>dsley p]iod to :i* he said he belong$ we are "h re/rict$4 ,& x mu/ be admitt$ t ?\gh ! ,bo] ,w> & ! ,great ,w> d n seem to h gagg$ him1 !re is some?+ s impi%ly impud5t 9 8 e>li] "w :i* r5d]s x m rem>kable ?an ! complac5t ef=ts ( 8 lat] ye>s4 ,amid ! se>*+ s]i\sness ( ! n9eties1 ,max is l balm 9 ,gilead4 ,he has ! inf9ite bless+ ( irony4 ,! o!rs1 except ,be>dsley 7:o too has ?is gift71 are s appall+ly s]i\s4 ,! ,fr5* influ5ces t w5t to _! mak+ seem to h kill$ ! valiant ,engli% hum\r ( ,fal/aff1 ,pickwick1 & ,v]dant ,gre54 ,!y are all l "y prie/s :o w take no lib]ty ) _! ritual2 b ,max saves ! p]iod ) 8 :imsical irony4 ,8 is n ! fe>ful1 mordant irony ( ,octave ,mirbeau1 b a da9ty butt]fly fancy play+ lightly ov] ! pleasures ( a pleasant life4 ,to be ess5tially civilis$ is to be l a god4 ,?is is ! pose ( su* a m5tality4 ,x is a w9some pose ) no %>p edges to x1 j z ! poseur himself mu/ be wilfully bl9d to all ! seam9ess ( life4 ,9 front ( 8 w9d[ 7if a temp]am5t be a w9d[ look+ out on life7 !re is a pleasant g>d54 ,beyond is ! noise & du/ ( ! highway4 ,he is ! d&y 9 8 *oice ( life z 9 8 *oice ( lit]ature1 & 9 m ?an "o s5se he has writt5 ! happie/ essays ( ! p]iod4 ,x has be5 said 8 c>icatures are essays4 ,may we n equally say 8 essays are c>icatures8 ,! essay1 inde$1 is ! "w ( ! fel9e male1 ! man :o sits beside ! fire l ,*>les ,lamb4 ,! out-(-doors man writes ! episode4 ,b ,max is ess5tially an indoors man1 :o has a p]fect little dress+-room l a lady's b\doir1 b mu* neat]1 :]e he concocts 8 essays we read s easily by inf9ite lab\r1 ) a jewell$ p54 ,x is z ?\gh he _h said3 #8,lit]ature mu/ ei!r be amus+ or dull2 m9e %all be ! =m]4' ,he is v mu* ! "y man ab\t t[n :o has cons5t$ gracefully to come & *>m u4 ,:at he wrote ( ,:i/l] 9 ,! ,g5tle ,art ( ,mak+ ,enemies1 we may say ( him3 #8,8 /yle nev] falt]s4 ,! silh\ette ( no s5t5ce is ev] blurr$4 ,e s5t5ce is r++ ) a cle>1 vocal cad5ce4' ,& ! refra9 is ,max himself all ! "t1 & 8 p]sonality is s likeable we /oma* x all ! "t4 ,x is ! note t vibrates ?r\gh all 8 amiable satiric irony1 :e!r x be on ! ,h\se ( ,commons ,mann] or 9 def5ce ( ! use ( ,cosmetics1 or 9 describ+ ! p]iod ( #ahhj4 ,ev]y?+1 f fir/ to la/1 is done ) su* good ta/e4 ,ev5 9 8 wilde/ flights ( raill]y he is utt]ly purpos$ n to (f5d4 ,9 8 *>m+ pap]1 #ahhj1 he has giv5 u a vigor\s vignette ( ! previ\s decade to ,! ,yell[ ,book age4 ,"o c h>dly help quot+ a small passage "h f ?is admirably work$ up prose3 #8,9 fact ,beauty _h exi/$ long be=e #ahhj4 ,x 0 ,mr4 ,osc> ,wilde :o manag$ h] db4 ,to /udy ! p]iod is to admit t to him 0 due no small "p ( ! social vogue t ,beauty began to enjoy4 ,fir$ by 8 f]vid words1 m5 & wom5 hurl$ _! mahogany into ! /reets & ransack$ ! curio-%ops = ! furniture ( ,anni% days4 ,dadoes arose ^u e wall1 sunfl[]s & ! fea!rs ( peacocks curv$ 9 e corn]1 tea grew q cold :ile ! gue/s 7 prais+ ! ,will[ ,patt]n ( its cup4 ,a few fa%ionable wom5 ev5 dress$ !mselves 9 s9u\s drap]ies & unhe>d-( gre5s4 ,into :atsoev] ball-room y w5t1 y w\ld surely f9d1 among ! wom5 9 ti>as1 & ! fops & ! di/+ui%$ =eign]s1 half a score ( comely ragamuff9s 9 velvete51 murmur+ sonnets1 po/ur+1 wav+ _! h&s4 ,beauty 0 s\ght 9 ! mo/ unlikely places4 ,"y pa9t]s f\nd h] mobbl$ 9 ! fogs1 & bank-cl]ks v]s$ 9 ! writ+s ( ,mr4 ,ham]ton1 7 he>d to decl>e1 z !y sp$ home f ! city1 t ! ,und]gr\nd ,railway 0 beautiful f ,london ,bridge to ,we/m9/]1 b n f ,sloane ,squ>e to ,nott+ ,hill ,gate4' ,x is ?us t ,max c play ) a *ord ( almo/ t5d] irony on 8 subject1 & su* a /yle1 s full ( ! writ]'s p]sonality1 has ! ca*et ( ! v]itable essayi/4 ,h[ *>m+ly1 = example1 he records 8 rem9isc5ces ( ,be>dsley4 ,x is a delightful little picture ( ! arti/1 int]e/+ en\gh to place beside ,ar?ur ,symons's portrait3 #8,he lov$ d9+ out1 &1 9 fact1 gaiety ( any k9d4 ,8 re/lessness 01 ,i suppose1 "o ( ! symptoms ( 8 malady4 ,he 0 always mo/ cont5t :]e !re 0 ! greate/ noise & bu/le1 ! l>ge/ numb] ( p1 & ! mo/ brilliant light4 ,! 8dom9o-room0 at ! ,caf ,royal _h always a great fasc9ation = him3 he lik$ ! mirrors & ! florid gild+1 ! little p>ties ( =eign]s1 & ! smoke & ! clatt] ( ! dom9oes be+ %uffl$ on ! m>ble tables4444 ,i rememb]1 also1 v cle>ly1 a supp] at :i* ,be>dsley 0 pres5t4 ,aft] ! supp] we sat up r late4 ,he 0 ! life & s\l ( ! p>ty1 till1 q sudd5ly almo/ 9 ! middle ( a s5t5ce1 he fell fa/ asleep 9 8 *air4 ,he _h ov]/ra9$ 8 vitality1 & x _h all left him4 ,i c see him n[ z he sat !re ) 8 head sunk on 8 brea/2 ! ?9 face1 :ite z ! g>d5ia 9 8 coat1 & ! prom95t1 h>%ly-cut features2 ! hair1 t always cov]$ 8 :ole =ehead 9 a fr+e & 0 ( s curi\s a col\r--a k9d ( tortoise-%ell2 ! n>r[1 angul> figure1 & ! long h&s t 7 s full ( p[]4'#ah #ah ,! ,idl]1 ,may1 #ahih4 ,outside ?is m$ium ( ! essay1 ) ! exception ( ! c>icatures1 ,max is no long] ! incomp>able1 = 8 %ort /ory1 ,! ,happy ,hypocrite1 is n a %ort /ory at all1 b a spoilt essay2#ai :ile 8 novel is n m]ely a failure1 b a v]itable disa/]4 ,) 8 fir/ pap] 9 ,! ,yell[ ,book he fell 9 ) ! /ep ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties1 & he too became a "p ( _! effloresc5ce4 ,suffici5t unto t "t is 8 "w1 & ) a f9al quotation f ?is e>ly pap] s r$ol5t ( ! movem5t t !re is no mi/ak+ x1 we mu/ leave him & 8 future on ! knees ( ! gods3 #8,0 x n at ,capua t !y _h a :ole /reet :]e no?+ 0 sold b dyes & ungu5ts8 ,we mu/ h su* a /reet1 &1 to fill our new ,seplosia1 our ,arcade ( ,ungu5ts1 all h]bs & m9]als & live creatures %all give ( _! sub/ance4 ,! :ite cliffs ( ,albion %all be gr\nd to p[d] = ,lovel9ess1 & p]fum$ by ! gho/ ( _m a little violet4 ,! fluffy eid]-ducks1 t are swimm+ r\nd ! pond1 %all lose _! fea!rs1 t ! p[d]-puff may be moonlike z x passes ov] ,lovel9ess' lovely face4' #ai ,8 ,*ildr5's ,tale1 ,! ,small ,boy & ! ,b>ley ,sug> 7,! ,p>ade1 #ahig71 %\ld also be m5tion$ z ano!r case ( %ipwreck$ +5uity4 ,,vi ,"h ,i propose to g ?r\gh a litany ( "s ( my omissions4 ,9 essay+ to depict ! aspects ( an age !re is always ?is pitfall1 omission1 :i* ambuscades ! adv5tur\s _s4 ,= we :o "k s little ev5 ab\t ourselves--h[ c we1 )\t grave imp]t95ce1 boldly say ,i wi% to br+ back to ! m9d ( o!rs an age dead & gone8 ,ev]y?+ is s int]wov5 9 life t x is1 = example1 an unw>rant$ arbitr>9ess to discuss ! lit]ature ( ?is p]iod )\t brood+ on ! black & :ite art ( ! "t1 or ! canvases ( its pa9t]s4 ,i h worri$ = "s space ov] ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 b ,i h n spok5 ( m5 l ,mr4 ,s4 ,h4 ,sime1 ^: "w ,be>dsley s delight$ 94 ,probably ,sidney ,h4 ,sime's "w 9 ,! ,butt]fly1 ,! ,idl]1 ,pick-me-,up1 ,eureka1 etc41 besides 8 book illu/rations1 is 9 "s ways ! mo/ p[]fully imag9ative ( ! p]iod4 ,!re has be5 a ,be>dsley craze1 & mo/ assur$ly !re w be "o day a ,sime craze1 :5 collectors h focuss$ prop]ly ! m>vell\s sugge/ive p[] ( ?is arti/'s "w4 ,un=tunately1 scatt]$ up & d[n old magaz9es1 mu* ( ?is "w is1 z x 71 lo/ = ! mom5t l ,t\l\se ,lautrec's draw+s 9 pap]s l ,le ,rire4 ,b :5 x is g>n]$ up 9 a wor?y book ( draw+s l ! ,be>dsley books1 ! p[] ( ,sime's "w w be und\bt$4 ,=tunately ,sime is /ill among/ u1 & occasionally a ,dunsany book br+s u fre% evid5ce ( 8 g5ius4 ,aga91 ,i h n allud$ to ,edg> ,wilson's biz>re & fasc9at+ decorations ( subm>9e life & ,japonesque figures4 ,l ,%annon1 ,ricketts1 ,rav5 ,hill1 & o!rs1 he receiv$ 8 e>ly art education at ! ,lambe? ,s*ool ( ,art4 ,at ! end ( ! eighties he began collect+ ,japanese pr9ts long be=e ,be>dsley _h left s*ool4 ,9 fact1 ,edg> ,wilson 0 "o ( ! pione]s ( ! ,japanese pr9t 9 ?is c\ntry--a love = ! /range :i* came ov] to ,engl& f ,france4 ,a typical decorative design ( ,wilson's#bj is #8,9 ! ,dep?s ( ! ,sea1' repres5t+ an octopus rampant ov] a human skull1 b5ea? :i* are two /range flat fi%1 & 9 ! backgr\nd a sunk5 old ?ree-deck] ) qua9tly c>v$ /]n & glori\s pr[4 ,pick-me-,up fir/ us$ 8 "w z x did t ( _m ano!r "y arti/1 & 9 its back files mu* ( 8 be/ "w c be f\nd4 ,= ,! ,rambl] he did diff]5t designs = ea* issue1 :i* is probably ! only r$eem+ feature ab\t t e>ly ,h>mswor? p]iodical4 ,! ,sket*1 ,cassell's1 ,scribn]'s1 & above all ,! ,idl] & ,! ,butt]fly1 are beautifi$ among o!r pap]s by 8 exotic decorations4 #bj ,edg> ,wilson & 8 ,"w1 by ,ar?ur ,lawr5ce1 ,! ,idl]1 ,july1 #ahii4 ,once m ,i h n spok5 at all ( ,miss ,al!a ,gyles's hectic visions :i*1 9 h] illu/rations = ,wilde's ,! ,h>lot's ,h\se1 probably rea*$ ! acme ( ! p]iod's realisation ( ! weird4 ,%e is ( c\rse really ( ! ,iri% symboli/s1 & n "o ( ! n9eties' gr\p at all2 b1 9 h] ,wilde illu/rations1 %e almo/ ent]s ! same field z ! m5 ( ! n9eties4 ,h] connection1 too1 ) ! firm ( ,smi!rs is ano!r /rong excuse = m5tion+ h] "w "h4 ,9 ,! ,dome bo? h] draw+s & poems appe>$1 :ile 9 ! ,decemb] numb] = #ahih !re is a note on h] symbolism by ,w4 ,b4 ,yeats4 ,9 all h] draw+s ! fancy t seems to h su* free flight is 9 reality sev]ely ord]$ by ! design]'s symbolism4 ,sometimes x is m]ely intrigu+1 z 9 draw+s l #8,! ,rose ( ,god1' :]e a nak$ woman is spread-eagl$ aga9/ ! cl\ds above a fleet ( %ips & wall$ city1 :ile 9 o!r designs ! symbolism is full ( sugge/ive lovel9ess1 z 9 #8,noah's ,rav54' #8,! ,ark floats ^u a grey sea "u a grey sky1 & ! rav5 flutt]s above ! sea4 ,a sea nymph1 ^: sl5d] sway+ body drift+ among ! grey wat]s is a p]fect symbol ( ! s\l unt\*$ by ,god or by passion1 coils ! f+]s ( "o h& ab\t 8 feet & (f]s him a r+1 :ile h] o!r h& holds a %9+ rose "u ! sea4 ,grotesque %apes ( little fi%es flit ab\t ! rose1 & grotesque %apes ( l>g] fi%es swim hi!r & ?i!r4 ,sea nymphs swim ?r\gh ! w9d[s ( a sunk5 t[n1 & rea* t[>ds ! rose h&s cov]$ ) r+s2 & a vague twilight hangs ov] all4' ,?is is expla9$ to repres5t ! se>* ( man = ! fle%ly beauty :i* is s full ( illusions = u all1 :ile ! spiritual beauty is ev] f> away4 ,to ?is k9d ( int]pretative design ,osc> ,wilde's swan song1 ,! ,h>lot's ,h\se1 l5ds itself admirably1 & ,miss ,gyles's black & :ite "w "h becomes inspir$ to ! /&>d ( ,be>dsley's & ,sime's be/ "w4 ,! %ad[ effects illu/rat+ ! /anzas1 ,sometimes a clockwork puppet press$ ,a phantom lov] to h] brea/1 ,sometimes !y seem$ to try & s+4 ,sometimes a horrible m>ionette ,came out & smok$ its cig>ette ,^u ! /eps l a live ?+ mu/ be se5 be=e "o c place ,al!a ,gyles's draw+s 9 _! prop] place4 ,x is n a replica ( ,be>dsley1 x is n a fa9t f>-(f imitation ( a ,flici5 ,rops or ,arm& ,rass5fosse1 b some?+ g5u9ely orig9al 9 its %ad[-graphic use ( masses ( black on a :ite gr\nd4 ,once m1 mea culpa1 ,i h paid scant att5tion to ,max ,be]bohm's c>icatures1 & ,i h fail$ to call att5tion "h to 8 e>li] & lat] me?od ( "w4 ,i h n ev5 spok5 ( 8 little pap] entitl$ ,! ,_s ( ,c>icature1 :]e9 he discusses ! _s ( ! art he practises4 ,god =give me6 ,or yet aga9 :at me$ ( homage h ,i yet r5d]$ to ,mr4 ,w ,ro!n/e9's li?ographic portraits1 :i* are absolutely a necessity to anyone :o w\ld live a :ile ) ! %ades ( ^! m54 ,take1 = example1 8 ,lib] ,juniorum1 :i* alone conta9s li?ograph$ draw+s ( ,aubrey ,be>dsley1 ,max ,be]bohm1 & ,ar?ur ,symons4 ,!n !re are s _m o!rs ov] ^: a*ievem5ts ,i mu/ keep a holy sil5ce1 su* z ,mr4 ,*>les ,ricketts & 8 ,dial1 :i* 0 publi%$ by ! ,vale ,press1 & to :i* ,john ,gray contribut$ _m poems4 ,aga91 !re are ! col\ri/s ( ?is gr\p1 p>ticul>ly ,walt] ,sick]t & ,*>les ,cond]4 ,! latt]1 above all1 is ! col\r comrade to ,be>dsley's black & :ite4 ,8 figures are ! lov]s ( ,d[son's v]se1 8 l&scapes & _w h all ^? memories ( ! gold5 "t t haunt ! bra9 ( ,john ,gray & ,!odore ,wratislaw4 ,no note1 h[ev] %ort1 on ! n9eties w\ld be complete )\t a halt = praise ( ?is pa9t] ( a /rangely col\r$ dolce f> ni5te4 ,= ev]y?+ 9 8 "w1 be x on canvas1 silk panel1 or da9ty fan1 is dr[sy ) ! glory ( col\r 7z ,mr4 ,holbrook ,jackson admirably says71 #8col\r sugge/+ =m1 sugge/+ all corporeal ?+s1 sugge/+ ev5 itself1 = ,cond] nev] m ?an h9ts at ! vivid possibilities ( life1 m ?an a h9t might wak5 8 puppets f _! ,laodicean dream4' ,:e!r an idyllic l&scape or a fanta/ic bal masqu ( ,montm>tre or an ,elysian fte galante 0 8 !me1 ! "w itself is always p]meat$ ) ! _s ( ,cond]4 ,8 nude figure #8,pe>l1' 8 #8,l',oiseau ,bleu1' 8 #8,femme dans une loge au ?tre1' are typical ( 8 successful a*ievem5ts4 ,! #8,fickle ,love' fan is b "o ( ! num]\s exquisite works he produc$ 9 ?is bran* ( art2 :ile #8,! ,masqu]ade' is ! "w ( a ,be>dsley-l fancy :i* c\ld col\r l ,cond]4 ,l 8 p]sonality1 8 "w suff]$ f c]ta9 unhappy moods1 & t is :at makes s mu* ( x unev54 ,born 9 #ahfh1 a desc5dant ( ,l\is ,francis ,r\biliac1 ! fam\s sculptor1 ^: "w = ! figures ( our eighte5? c5tury porcela9 factories is s well kn[n1 ( ,cond] x may be said1 z ( all arti/s ) ,fr5* blood 9 !m1 :5 he is successful he is irresi/ible4 ,he might n be able to draw mod]n m51 b h[ beautifully he drew ! wom5 ( 8 day c be se5 9 #8,la ,toilette4' ,he delight$1 inde$1 9 design+ wom5 w&]+ 9 dream g>d5s1 9 pa9t+ roses & ,pr9ces ,*>m+4 ,x w\ld be pleasant to travel ?r\gh ?is _w ( delightful dreams1 7 we n re/rict$ ( set purpose to ! lit]>y side ( ! movem5t4 ,& has x n already be5 done 9 ,mr4 ,frank ,gibson's ,*>les ,cond]8 ,aga91 "s ( ! publi%]s :o produc$ ! books ( ^! m5 h _! "r to some?+ m ?an scant m5tion4 ,to ,mr4 ,elk9 ,ma!ws1 p>ticul>ly z ! fir/ publi%] ( ! ,rhym]s' ,club books & z ! issu] ( ,john ,gray's fir/ volume ( poetry1 bibliophiles owe a debt ( gratitude4 ,9 ! e>ly days ( ! n9eties ,mr4 ,john ,lane became associat$ ) him1 until ! autumn ( #ahid witness$ #8,p>nassus divid$ into two peaks4' ,lat]1 aft] ! ,wilde dbcle1 an extraord9>y figure1 wor?y ( a romance1 9 ! p]son ( ! late ,leon>d ,smi!rs1 :o 0 at "o "t 9 ! legal pr(ession at ,%effield1 took ! field z a publi%] by way ( ,h4 ,s4 ,ni*ols4 ,he 0 no m]e publi%] b a man ( consid]able s*ol>%ip1 :o n only issu$ b f9i%$ ! ,sir ,ri*>d ,burton translation ( ,catullus4 ,r\nd him1 to a consid]able ext5t1 ! vani%+ gr\p ralli$ = a little :ile be=e ,dea? smote !m "o by "o4 ,"h is no place to pay due ju/ice to ?is amiable ,b5v5uto ,cell9i ( book pr9t+ himself1 b x mu/ be rememb]$ 8 figure bulks l>gely 9 ! clos+ sc5es4 ,he kept ,d[son f />vation4 ,be>dsley wrote ( him z #8our publi%]4'#ba ,he1 :5 o!rs fail$1 _h ! c\rage to laun* on ! ,engli% publi%+ m>ket ! releas$ ,wilde's n[ fam\s ,ballad ( ,read+ ,gaol4 ,if he did exce$ c]ta9 rules = himself1 he at lea/ took risks to help o!rs4 ,he 0 no sup9e batt5] on ! pr(its ( books = "y ladies' sem9>ies4 ,he 0 a pr9t]1 & 8 bankruptcy may be said to h clos$ ! p]iod4 #ba ,x is int]e/+ t 9 an unpubli%$ lett] ( ,be>dsley's to ,smi!rs :5 ! latt] 0 int5d+ to produce ,! ,peacock1 an unpubli%$ qu>t]ly1 ,be>dsley promises him 8 be/ "w4 ,la/ly 9 ?is *aunt ( omissions comes ! drama ( ! n9eties4 ,un=tunately ! drama1 9 s f> z x affects ! gr\p ( ! n9eties ) :i* we are conc]n$1 is almo/ a nullity4 ,aubrey ,be>dsley once comm5c$ a play1 :i* 0 nev] he>d (1 9 collaboration ) ,br&on ,?omas4 ,erne/ ,d[son wrote :at ,be>dsley call$ a #8tiresome' playlet4 ,john ,davidson p]petrat$ a numb] ( plays su* z ,bruce 7#ahhf71 ,smi?1 a tragic f>ce 7#ahhh71 ,sc>am\* 9 ,naxos1 & two o!r plays 9 #ahhi :5 he 0 feel+ 8 way1 & translat$ mu* lat] z hackwork a play ( ,franois ,coppe's & ,victor ,hugo's ,ruy ,blas4 ,!odore ,pet]s' pa/oral & o!r simil> trifles only g to %[ h[ b>r5 ! gr\p itself 0 9 ! dramati/'s tal5t4 ,nor c mu* be said = su* poetic plays z ,!odore ,wratislaw's ,! ,pity ( ,love4 ,b x mu/ be rememb]$1 z a matt] ( fact1 su* a sweep+ conclusion may n only be unju/ b ev5 imp]t95t4 ,= :]e 9 all ! !atres ( ! ,london ( ! n9eties w\ld ! plays 7if !y _h be5 writt57 ( ^! "y m5 h f\nd a home8 ,probably ! dramatic output ( ! n9eties 0 nil because !re 7 no small !atres 9 ,london at t date ( ! type to give ^! "y m5 a hope t any works !y might write c\ld be produc$4 ,s only at ! end ( ! decade d we see ! dramatic outbur/ :5 ! ,iri% movem5t f\nd$ a !atre ( its own & produc$ ,j4 ,m4 ,synge1 & also :5 ,miss ,horniman gave ,man*e/] a rep]tory !atre1 & !n ,/anley ,h\ghton came4 ,true1 at ! same p]iod z ! n9eties ,osc> ,wilde 0 produc+ plays burlesqu+ ! _w ( ,society1 & ,b]n>d ,%aw 0 gett+ ready to laun* 8 own works by bomba/+ e "o else's2 b ! little movem5t ( ! y\ng] m5 rema9$ dramatically dumb4 ,no?+ came ev5 :5 ,george ,moore produc$ ,! ,/rike at ,arl+=d & ,john ,todhunt] ,! ,black ,cat4 ,x is a h>d ?+ to believe t all ^! "y m5 7 devoid ( ! dramatic in/9ct4 ,i pref] = my "p to blame ! ,london !atrical _w = ! lack ( ^? m9ute !atres :i* h become s mu* a "p ( ! night life ( big cont95tal cities & are s admirably adapt$ = ! production ( ! works ( new dramati/s4 ,inde$1 ! !atrical atmosph]e ( ,london at t "t 0 9 its usual p]petual /ate ( /uff9ess4 ,!re 0 n ev5 a b5efic5t society !n su* z we n[ h 9 ! ,pione] ,play]s1 ^: !atre 7if "o may s symbolise x7 is ! *>ity h\se = emancipat$ dramati/s4 ,ibs5's ,doll's ,h\se _h be5 produc$ 9 ,london j be=e ! n9eties' epo* began1 &1 l any?+ new 9 popul> art ov] "h1 rais$ ! hue-&-cry4 ,!n1 too1 ! big #8/>' curse1 :i* ,wilde himself s ju/ly spurn$1 0 p]man5tly settl$ on our own insul> drama l a /ranglehold on ! au?or4 ,outside ,engl&1 9 ! big art _w ( ! cont95t1 ,s*nitzl] 0 beg9n+ 9 ,vi5na4#bb ,maurice ,maet]l9ck1 9 ,belgium1 _h begun#bc too ! drama ( expressive sil5ces :i* came to light 9 ,p>is4 ,!re 7 ,sud]mann & ,hauptmann 9 ,g]many2 ,e*eg>ay 9 ,spa92 ,d',annunzio 9 ,italy2 ,ibs5 & ,bjrn/j]ne ,bjrnson f9i%+ _! "w = ! ,sc&9avian drama2 :ile ! playwrights ( ,p>is 71 z always1 fev]i%ly fabricat+ all sorts ( movem5ts1 z :5 ,paul ,=t1 a boy ( eighte51 f\nds 9 #ahij ! ,?tre d',art4 ,b :at 0 go+ on 9 ,engl&8 ,p9]o's ,! ,second ,mrs4 ,tanqu]ay1 ,wilde's ,salom1 & 8 light com$ies1 toge!r ) /uff by ,h5ry ,ar?ur ,jones1 ,sydney ,grundy1 etc41 repres5t$ ! s]i\s drama4 ,! critics 7 p]turb$1 z !y g5]ally are4 ,! musical com$y & its s++1 pir\ett+ s\brettes delud$ ! populace into ! belief t x _h a great drama1 :5 all ^! spectacles %\ld really h be5 h\s$ 9 ,london 9 spaci\s te>ooms = ! b5efit ( t multitude :i* is fond ( t9kl+ melody & teapots4 ,!re 0 n ev5 9 ,london a s+le b]brettlbuhn51 z ! ,g]mans m\? x1 :]e ^? :o love be] c\ld g to he> poets recite _! v]se la ,otto ,bi]baum1 let alone little !atres :]e :at we s dolefully t]m ! s]i\s drama c\ld be play$4 #bb ,anatol1 #ahhi-ij4 #bc ,la ,pr9cesse ,male9e1 #ahhi4 ,ev51 too1 9 ^? days1 ! newspap] critics1 muzzl$ by ! bus9ess dep>tm5t1 :i* has nev] any wi% to lose its !atrical adv]tisem5ts1 said little1 ) a few hone/ exceptions l ,b]n>d ,%aw4 ,max ,be]bohm1 :5 he took ov] ! critical "w ( ,%aw on ,! ,saturday ,review 0 obvi\sly unhappy4 ,engli% !atres rapidly became z elaborate & z pomp\s z ! ,*ur* ,militant 9 its palmy days4 ,!y kept gr[+ 9 size4 ,9 ,london1 inde$1 ! small !atre nev] _h its boom4 ,inde$1 ! n9eties 0 ! age :5 ! big !atres 7 be+ built to fill _! own]s' pockets & ! m5 ( ! n9eties !mselves 7be x = :atev] reason y l7 did n produce a s+le play4 ,,epilogue ,x all seems a long "t ago n[ s9ce ^? days :5 ,v]la9e 0 z a lant]n = ^! "y m5's feet1 to guide !m ?r\gh ! mazes ( ,art4 ,?irty ye>s ago & m ,wilde 0 disclos+ #8dcollet spirits ( a/oni%+ conv]sation'2 ,zola influ5c$ t ,byron ( pessimism1 ,?omas ,h>dy1 to beget ,jude ! ,obscure 7#ahie71 & :5 ! critics assail$ him ! ,wessex giant gu>d$ a #8holy sil5ce' :i* has d5i$ u up till n[ an emancipat$ novel su* z ! ,fr5* & ,italians h1 ?\gh ,james ,joyce may yet a*ieve x = u4 ,x 0 also ! age ( y\? 9 hansom cabs look+ out on ! lights ( ,london's ,we/ ,end :i* spread out be=e !m z 9 a #8huge black velvet fl[]4' ,ibs51 ,tol/oy1 ,maet]l9ck1 ,nietzs*e1 ,d',annunzio1 & ,do/oievsky 7 beg9n+ to p]colate ?r\gh by means ( translations t op5$ out a new _w into :i* ev]ybody ha/ily sw>m$4 ,x 0 an age 9 :i* "y m5 frankly laud$ ! value ( egoism4 ,inde$1 x 0 ess5tially ! age ( "y m54 ,9 ^? days a g5ital re/iv5ess :i* came ov] f ,france />t$ ! sex equation4 ,a ho?\se fragrance swept across ! pudibond wa/es ( our lit]ature4 ,hectics came glory+ 9 _! exp]i5ces4 ,ri*>d ( ! ,gold5 ,girl ) 8 banjo lifts up 8 voice to *aunt #8a bruisd daffodil ( la/ night's s94' ,wom5 l ,george ,eg]ton 9 h] ,keynotes take que/ions fur!r ?an ,mrs4 ,lynn ,l9ton _h ev] done 9 ! previ\s decade4 ,exoticism1 (t5 vulg> :5 n 9 ma/] h&s1 blabb$ out its secrets 9 works l ,! ,woman :o ,did4 ,conf\nd+ ! good ) ! bad1 a wail w5t up aga9/ ! s-call$ gospel ( int5sity4 ,sometimes x 0 9 ! s]i\s reviews & weeklies2 at ano!r "t x 0 ,h>ry ,quilt]4 ,"s "y und]graduates at ,ox=d1 ev5 9 ,ari/ophanes at ,ox=d 7,may1 #ahid71 7 fill$ ) #8an hone/ dislike = ,dorian ,gray1 ,salom1 ,! ,yell[ ,book1 & ! :ole ( ! lackadaisical1 opium-cig>ette lit]ature ( ! day4' ,pun* produc$ a ,be>dsley ,britannia & sang (3 ,! ,yell[ ,po/] girl look$ out ,f h] p9kly purple heav51 ,"o eye 0 blue & "o 0 gre51 ,h] bang 0 cut unev54 ,%e _h ?ree f+]s on "o h&1 ,& ! hairs on h] head 7 sev54 ,& all ^! criticisms n[1 all ^! qu>rels1 are l old sp5t battlefields ! s&s ( graci\s "t h cov]$ ov] & hidd5 f view4 ,alone ! be/ "w ( ! p]iod rema9s2 = good art has no p]iod or special vogue4 ,inde$1 ! elem5ts t de/roy ! wor?less1 t w9n[ ! *aff f ! gra91 h be5 at "w4 ,= u1 inde$1 ?is l&scape has *ang$ f :at x once 01 & look+ at x n[ we acquire a new impression :i* 0 d5i$ to ! critics ( ! age itself4 ,"s ( u1 )\t a d\bt1 h gone to ! opposite extreme & prattle ab\t x z an age ( platitudes1 & accuse a "w ( art ( be+ z old z ,! ,yell[ ,book4 ,"o might z well accuse a violet ( be+ z old z ! ,greek ,an?ology4 ,= always1 to ^? w&]+ back 9 ! "r _s to ^? days1 !re w come some?+ ( ! inf9ite ze/ :i* /irr$ ! be+ ( ! m5 ( ! n9eties to create art4 ,x 0 su* an hone/ ef=t t "o has to ?9k ( ^? times :5 ,m>l[e & 8 colleagues 7 a?rob ) /hetic aspiration to f9d a similitude4 ,! n9eties1 inde$1 are a pleasant fl[]-g>d5 9 our lit]ature ov] :i* _m /range p]fumes float4 ,!re are times :5 "o wi%es to retreat into su* places1 z !re are mom5ts :5 ! backwat]s en*ant u f ! ma9 /ream4 ,x has be5 said x 0 an age ( n]ves4 ,if by ?is is impli$ a ke5] s5sitiv5ess to c]ta9 feel+s pulsat+ 9 ! art ( ?is movem5t1 "o w n h v f> to g to f9d its cause 9 ! ,fr5* impressioni/ic s*ool ( ,manet1 :i*1 aft] saturat+ all types ( ,fr5* arti/s1 und\bt$ly invad$ writ]s ov] "h ev5 be=e ! movem5t ( ! n9eties began4 ,on ! age )\t a d\bt x _h a la/+ influ5ce1 s t to a c]ta9 degree1 )\t be+ ov]-busy ) :at w5t be=e1 we may say its writ]s br\ght x to no small degree into common use 9 our lit]ature4 ,b j z impressionism 9 pa9t+ _h exi/$ c5turies be=e 9 ! ev]-busy m9d ( m5 l ,leon>do da ,v9ci1 "o _c g s f> z to say x _h nev] exi/$ be=e 9 our lit]ature4 ,su* a /atem5t w\ld be p]haps frivol\s4 ,b x 0 ) ^! m5 x fir/ came to exi/ z a k9d ( cry ( a new clan4 ,x 0 ^! m5 :o 7 ess5tially hectics :o essay$ to et* ! exotic impression4 ,! majority ( ! "w ( ! movem5t1 9 fact1 c be describ$ z impressionisms ( ! abnormal by a gr\p ( individuali/s4 ,= 9 all _! "w ! pr$om9ant keynote w be f\nd to be a ke5 s5se ( t /rang5ess ( proportion :i* ,bacon not$ z a *>act]i/ic ( :at he call$ beauty4 ,x is obs]vable z mu* 9 ! poems ( ,d[son z 9 ! draw+s ( ,be>dsley1 two ( ! lead+ types ( ! movem5t4 ,x vibrates int5sely 9 ! m9or "w ( m5 l ,wratislaw1 & also 9 ,john ,gray's e>ly volume1 z ,i h endeav\r$ to %[4 ,all ,mr4 ,ar?ur ,symons's criticism is a n>ration ( 8 s\l's adv5tures 9 que/ ( x4 ,x /irr$ ! g5ius ( ,*>les ,cond]1 & vitalizes ! r cruel analysis ( ,hub]t ,crackan?orpe4 ,we see x almo/ z ! animat+ _s ( ! age itself 9 ,osc> ,wilde's poems1 ,! ,sph9x & ,! ,h>lot's ,h\se4 ,x has become dissem9at$ l a p]fume f ! writ+s ( ,pat] 9 ! m5 :o came aft] him4 ,x 01 s to speak1 a quick5+ /imulus to !m z ! r$iscov]y ( a manuscript ( ,catullus1 or a ,greek figure 0 9 ! ye>s ( ! ,r5aissance itself4 ,) x came a s5se ( fre$om4 ,an attempt 0 made1 because ( x1 = in/ance1 to emancipate our lit]ature to ! same ext5t z ! lit]atures ( ,lat9 c\ntries move untrammell$ by a hesitancy 9 ! *oice ( c]ta9 !mes4 ,& p at ! "t1 wat*+ ! fate ( ! prime mov]s1 cri$ ) a great deal ( assurance1 #8,t way lies madness6' ,be ?is z x may1 ! m5 ( ! n9eties bequea!d a c]ta9 subtl5ess ( emotion to our art t is n )\t its value4 ,!y took ,byron's satanism & inflam$ x ) ! lurid light ( ,baudelaire4 ,buveurs de lune aft] ! mann] ( ,paul ,v]la9e1 !y evok$ some?+ ( ! e!real glam\r ( moonlight itself4 ,a reali/ l ,crackan?orpe tri$ to tread ! :ole via dolorosa )\t falt]+ by ! wayside4 ,poetry caught ! mood ( biz>re crises & ,edg> ,wilson wr\ght a /range delicate _w ( visions4 ,9 ,max ,be]bohm irony took on a weird tw+e ( grace almo/ ,pi]rot-l4 ,p]haps1 inde$1 !y all _h some?+ ( ! ,pi]rot quality 9 !m4 ,be>dsley himself 0 en*ant$ by t little op]a )\t words1 #8,l',enfant ,prodigue4' ,d[son made a play ab\t him4 ,! ,happy ,hypocrite might be a /ory ( ! ,pi]rot himself gr[n old4 ,z ,i h h9t$1 mu* ( ! 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