In Memoriam, Oscar Wilde

Excerpt from In Memoriam, Oscar Wilde: Much Of this Wilde literature was but repetition of what, despite our whilom Puritanic aversion from this writer's work, is already fairly fa miliar to us. One curious little book I came upon, however, Of such inti mate, melancholy interest, that I took it away with me. Its title was In Memoriam: O. W., and as I sipped my cup Of Berliner Kaz'fee at the Aus tria, I determined some day to turn it into English. This I have now done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.