Transcribed from 1913 Methuen and Co. edition ,

CHARMIDES
AND OTHER POEMS

BY
OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN& CO. LTD.
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LONDON

This volume was first publishedin 1913

Wilde’s Poems, a selection of which is givenin this volume, were first published in volume form in1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of1882.  A new Edition with additional poems,including Ravenna, The Sphinx, and The Ballad ofReading Goal, was first published (limited issueson hand-made paper and Japanese vellum) by Methuen &Co. in March 1908.  A further Edition (makingthe seventh) with some omissions from the issue of1908, but including two new poems, was published inSeptember, 1909.  Eighth Edition, November1909.  Ninth Edition, December 1909. Tenth Edition, December 1910.  EleventhEdition, December, 1911.  Twelfth Edition,May, 1913.

A further selection of the poems, including TheBallad of Reading Gaol, is published uniform with thisvolume.

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