What is the difference between absolutely decorative art and a painting? Decorative art emphasises its material: imaginative art annihilates it. Tapestry shows its threads as part of its beauty: a picture annihilates its canvas; it shows nothing of it. Porcelain emphasises its glaze: water-colours reject the paper. A picture has no meaning but its beauty, no message but its joy. That is the first truth about art that you must never lose sight of. A picture is a purely decorative thing. BIBLIOGRAPHY BY STUART MASON NOTE Part I. includes all the authorised editions published in England, and the two French editions of Salome published in Paris. Authorised editions of some of the works were issued in the United States of America simultaneously with the English publication. Part II. contains the only two 'Privately Printed' editions which are authorised. Part III. is a chronological list of all contributions (so far as at present known) to magazines, periodicals, etc., the date given being that of the first publication only. Those marked with an asterisk (*) were published anonymously. Many of the poems have been included in anthologies of modern verse, but no attempt has been made to give particulars of such reprints in this Bibliography. I.--AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITIONS NEWDIGATE PRIZE POEM. RAVENNA. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878. By OSCAR WILDE, Magdalen College. Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878. POEMS. London: David Bogue, 1881 (June 30). Second and Third Editions, 1881. Fourth and Fifth Editions [Revised], 1882. 220 copies (200 for sale) of the Fifth Edition, with a new title-page and cover designed by Charles Ricketts. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892 (May 26). THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES. ('The Happy Prince,' 'The Nightingale and the Rose,' 'The Selfish Giant,' 'The Devoted Friend,' 'The Remarkable Rocket.') Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. London: David Nutt, 1888 (May). Also 75 copies (65 for sale) on Large Paper, with the plates in two states. Second Edition, January 1889. Third Edition, February 1902. Fourth Impression, September 1905. Fifth Impression, February 1907. INTENTIONS. ('The Decay of Lying,' 'Pen, Pencil, and Poison,' 'The Critic as Artist,' 'The Truth of Masks.') London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891 (May). New Edition, 1894. Edition for Continental circulation only. The English Library, No. 54. Leipzig: Heinemann and Balestier, 1891. Frequently reprinted. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. London: Ward, Lock and Co. [1891 (July 1).] Also 250 copies on Large Paper. Dated 1891. [Note.--July 1 is the official date of publication, but presentation copies signed by the author and dated May 1891 are known.] New Edition [1894 (October 1).] London: Ward, Lock and Bowden. Reprinted. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1901, 1905, 1908 (January).