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TypeContemporary review (reprint)
CollectionThe Happy Prince and Other Tales
Publication countryUnited States of America
Publication nameThe Times-Democrat
Publication dateYear 1888Month 09Day 16
Contributed byRegina M. Ponciano
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Review of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde. The Times-Democrat, 16 Sept. 1888, p. 5. Wilde Short Fiction, edited by Regina M. Ponciano, wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/133.

APA

[Review of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by O. Wilde]. (1888, September 16). The Times-Democrat, 5. In R. M. Ponciano (Ed.), Wilde Short Fiction [Data set]. https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/133

Chicago

Review of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde. The Times-Democrat, September 16, 1888, 5. In Wilde Short Fiction, edited by Regina M. Ponciano. https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/133.

Mr. Oscar Wilde appears to much better advantage as a writer of short tales, as seen in the new volume 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales,' than in—well, for instance, than in [sic] walking down Picadilly with a lily in his mediæval hand. The story which lends its name to the title rôle is full of delicate, beautiful fancy, and a vein of shrewd wit runs through it, while one entitled 'The Devoted Friend' is one of great pathos and power, and 'The Remarkable Rocket' is as piquant a little sarcasm as one can imagine, brilliantly embodied.