CONTENTS

THE DECAY OF LYING: AN OBSERVATION

PEN, PENCIL AND POISON A STUDY IN GREEN

THE CRITIC AS ARTIST WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING NOTHING

THE CRITIC AS ARTIST WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCUSSING EVERYTHING (2)

THE TRUTH OF MASKS A NOTE ON ILLUSION

BY
OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published, at 1s. net, in 1913

This Book was First Published	1891
Second Edition	1894
First Published (Third Edition) by Methuen and Co.	1908
Fourth Edition	1909
Fifth Edition	1911

DEDICATED
TO
MRS. CAREW
BY
THE AUTHOR’S LITERARY EXECUTOR