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A MODERN BOOK OF CRITICISMS (81)Edited with an Introduction by LUDWIG LEWISOHN
ANDERSON, SHERWOOD(1876-)Winesburg, Ohio, (104)
ANDREYEV, LEONID(1871-)The Seven That Were Hanged and The Red Laugh (45)Introduction by THOMAS SELTZER
ATHERTON, GERTRUDE(1859-)Rezanov (71)Introduction by WILLIAM MARION REEDY
BALZAC, HONORE DE(1799-1850)Short Stories (40)
BAUDELAIRE, PIERRE CHARLES(1821-1867)His Prose and Poetry (70)
BEARDSLEY, THE ART OF AUBREY(1872-1898)64 Black and White Reproductions (42)Introduction by ARTHUR SYMONS
BEERBOHM, MAX(1872-)Zuleika Dobson (50)Introduction by FRANCIS HACKETT
BEST GHOST STORIES (73)Introduction by ARTHUR B. REEVE
BEST HUMOROUS AMERICAN SHORT STORIES (87)Edited with an Introduction by ALEXANDER JESSUP
BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES (18)Edited with an Introduction by THOMAS SELTZER
BLAKE, WILLIAM(1757-1827)Poems (91)Edited with notes by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
BUTLER, SAMUEL(1835-1902)The Way of All Flesh (13)
CABELL, JAMES BRANCHBeyond Life (25)Introduction by GUY HOLT
CARPENTER, EDWARD(1844-)Love's Coming of Age (51)
CHEKHOV, ANTON(1860-1904)Rothschild's Fiddle and Thirteen Other Stories (31)
CHESTERTON, G. K.(1874-)The Man Who Was Thursday (35)
CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE (99)Edited with an Introduction by Dr. BENJ. HARROW
CRANE, STEPHEN(1870-)Men, Women and Boats (102)Introduction by VINCENT STARRETT
D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE(1864-)The Flame of Life (65)The Triumph of Death (112)Introduction by BURTON RASCOE
DAVIDSON, JOHNPoems (60)
DAUDET, ALPHONSE(1840-1897)Sapho (85)In same volume Prevost's"Manon Lescaut"
DOSTOYEVSKY, FEDOR(1821-1881)Poor People (10)Introduction by THOMAS SELTZER
DOWSON, ERNEST(1867-1900)Poems and Prose (74)Introduction by ARTHUR SYMONS
DREISER, THEODOREFree and Other Stories (50)Introduction by H. L. MENCKEN
DUNSANY, LORD (Edward John Plunkett)(1878-)A Dreamer's Tales (34)Introduction by PADRIAC COLUMBook of Wonder (43)
ELLIS, HAVELOCK(1859-)The New Spirit (95)Introduction by the author
EVOLUTION IN MODERN THOUGHT (37)A Symposium, including Essays by Haeckel, Thomson, Weismann, etc.
FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE(1821-1880)Madame Bovary (28)The Temptation of St. Anthony (92)Translated by LAFCADIO HEARN
FLEMING, MARJORIE(1803-1811)Marjorie Fleming's Book (93)Introduction by CLIFFORD SMYTH
FRANCE, ANATOLE(1844-)The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (22)Introduction by LAFCADIO HEARNThe Queen Pedauque (110)Introduction by JAMES BRANCH CABELLThe Red Lily (7)Thais (67)Introduction by HENDRIK W. VAN LOON
FRENSSEN, GUSTAV(1863-)John Uhl (101)Introduction by LUDWIG LEWISOHN
GAUTIER, THEOPHILE(1811-1872)Mlle. de Maupin (53)
GEORGE, W. L.(1882-)A Bed of Roses (75)Introduction by EDGAR SALTUS
GILBERT, W. S.(1836-1911)The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, The Gondoliers, (26)Introduction by CLARENCE DAY,Jr.
GISSING, GEORGE,(1857-1903)The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (46)Introduction by PAUL ELMER MORE
De GONCOURT, E. and J.(1822-1896) (1830-1870)Renée Mauperin (76)Introduction by EMILE ZOLA
GORKY, MAXIM(1868-)Creatures That Once Were Men and Four Other Stories (48)Introduction by G. K. CHESTERTON
HARDY, THOMAS(1840-)The Mayor of Casterbridge (17)Introduction by JOYCE KILMER
HECHT, BENErik Dorn (29)Introduction by BURTON RASCOE
HUDSON, W. H.(1862-)Green Mansions (89)Introduction by JOHN GALSWORTHY
IBANEZ, VICENTE BLASCO(1867-)The Cabin (69)Introduction by JOHN GARRETT UNDERHILL
IBSEN, HENRIK(1828-1906)A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People (6);Hedda Gabler, Pillars of Society, The Master Builder (36)Introduction by H. L. MENCKENThe Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The League of Youth (54)
JAMES, HENRY(1843-1916)Daisy Miller and An International Episode (63)Introduction by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
KIPLING, RUDYARD(1865-)Soldiers Three (3)
LATZKO, ANDREAS(1876-)Men in War (88)
LAWRENCE, D. H.(1887-)Sons and Lovers (109)Introduction by JOHN MACY
LE GALLIENNE, ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY (107)Edited with an introduction by RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
LOTI, PIERRE(1850-)Madame Chrysanthème (94)
MACY, JOHN(1877-)The Spirit of American Literature (56)
MAETERLINCK, MAURICE(1862-)A Miracle of St. Antony, Pelleas and Melisande, The Death of Tintagiles, Alladine and Palomides, Interior, The Intruder (11)
DeMAUPASSANT, GUY(1850-1893)Love and Other Stories (72)Edited and translated with an Introduction by MICHAEL MONAHANMademoiselle Fifi, and Twelve Other Stories (8);Une Vie (57)Introduction by HENRY JAMES
MEREDITH, GEORGE(1828-1909)Diana of the Crossways (14)Introduction by ARTHUR SYMONS
MOLIEREPlays (78)Introduction by WALDO FRANK
MOORE, GEORGE(1853-)Confessions of a Young Man (16)Introduction by FLOYD DELL
MORRISON, ARTHUR(1863-)Tales of Mean Streets (100)Introduction by H. L. MENCKEN
NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH(1844-1900)Thus Spake Zarathustra (9)Introduction by FRAU FOERSTER-NIETZSCHEBeyond Good and Evil (20)Introduction by WILLARD HUNTINGTON WRIGHTGenealogy of Morals (62)
O'NEILL, EUGENE(1888-)The Moon of the Carribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea (111)Introduction by GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
OUIDAIn a Winter City (24)Introduction by CARL VAN VECHTEN
PAINE, THOMAS(1737-1809)Selections from the Writings of Thomas Paine (108)Edited with an Introduction by CARL VAN DOREN
PATER, WALTER(1839-1894)Marius the Epicurean (90)The Renaissance (86)Introduction by ARTHUR SYMONS
PEPYS', SAMUEL; DIARY (103)Condensed. Introduction by RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
PREVOST, ANTOINE FRANCOIS(1697-1763)Manon Lescaut (85)In same volume withDaudet's Sapho
PSYCHOANALYSIS, AN OUTLINE OF (66)A Symposium of the latest expressions by the leaders of the various schools of the new psychology.Edited by J. S. VAN TESLAAR
RODIN, THE ART OF(1840-1917)64 Black and White Reproductions (41)Introduction by LOUIS WEINBERG
SCHNITZLER, ARTHUR(1862-)Anatol, Living Hours, The Green Cockatoo (32)Introduction by ASHLEY DUKESBertha Garlan (39)
SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR(1788-1860)Studies in Pessimism (12)Introduction by T. B. SAUNDERS
SHAW, G. B.(1856-)An Unsocial Socialist (15)
SINCLAIR, MAYThe Belfry (68)
STEPHENS, JAMESMary, Mary (30)Introduction by PADRIAC COLUM
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS(1850-1894)Treasure Island (4)
STIRNER, MAX(Johann Caspar Schmidt) (1806-1859)The Ego and His Own (49)
STRINDBERG, AUGUST(1849-1912)Married (2)Introduction by THOMAS SELTZERMiss Julie, The Creditor, The Stronger Woman, Motherly Love, Paria, Simoon (52)
SUDERMANN, HERMANN(1857-)Dame Care (33)
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES(1837-1909)Poems (23)Introduction by ERNEST RHYS
THOMPSON, FRANCIS(1859-1907)Complete Poems (38)
TOLSTOY, LEO(1828-1910)Redemption and Two Other Plays (77)Introduction by ARTHUR HOPKINSThe Death of Ivan Ilyitch and Four Other Stories (64)
TURGENEV, IVAN(1818-1883)Fathers and Sons (21)Introduction by THOMAS SELTZERSmoke (80)Introduction by JOHN REED
VAN LOON, HENDRIK WILLEM(1882-)Ancient Man (105)
VILLON FRANCOIS(1431-1461)Poems (58)Introduction by JOHN PAYNE
VOLTAIRE, (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET)(1694-1778)Candide (47)Introduction by PHILIP LITTELL
WELLS, H. G.(1866-)Ann Veronica (27)The War in the Air (5)New Preface by H. G. Wells for this edition
WHITMAN, WALT(1819-)Poems (97)Introduction by CARL SANDBURG
WILDE, OSCAR(1859-1900)An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance (84)Dorian Gray (1)Fairy Tales and Poems in Prose (61)Intentions (96)Poems (19)Salome, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan (83)Introduction by EDGAR SALTUS
WILSON, WOODROW(1856-)Selected Addresses and Public Papers (55)Edited with an introduction by ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
WOMAN QUESTION, THE (59)A Symposium, including Essays by Ellen Key, Havelock Ellis, G. Lowes Dickinson, etc.Edited by T. R. SMITH
YEATS, W. B.(1865-)Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (44)
There are several misspellings in the text, such as eagnerness, Padriac.
“deary” & “dearie” are both used.
There are instances of missing capitals, such as “alanna” and several first words of sentences.
There are several instances of missing punctuation.
Mary's room is described as being “one square inch” in size in original text.