Part 16

HUMPHRY CLINKER, by Tobias Smollett, Modern Library, New York, 1929.

CASANOVA LOVED HER, by Bruno Brunelli, London, 1929.

OUR FATHER SAN DANIEL, by Gabriel Miro, London, 1930.

WAY TO SUCCEED, translation of Beroalde de Verville’s _Le Moyen Parvenir_ by Oliver Stonor, London, 1930.

ABOVE THE RIVER, by John Gawsworth, London, 1931.

WITCHES AND WARLOCKS, by Philip Seargeant, London, 1936.

PRIEST AND THE BARBER, THE, introductory matter to a pamphlet written for a bookseller (George Redway) of occult literature. Published 1887. Published in Starrett’s _THE SHINING PYRAMID_, Chicago, 1923. The pamphlet is also known as Don Quijote De La Mancha.

SHINING PYRAMID, THE, a collection of stories and essays compiled and published by (A) Vincent Starrett and published by Covici-McGee, Chicago, 1923. (B) by Arthur Machen, differing in content, published by Secker in London, 1925 and (C) the same, published by Knopf in New York, 1925.

SPAGYRIC QUEST OF BEROALDUS COSMOPOLITA, THE, this is an introduction to a catalogue of books on alchemy and magic, published by Wyman & Sons, London, in 1888. Included in Starrett’s _THE SHINING PYRAMID_, Chicago, 1923.

TALES OF HORROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL, a collection of the best known of Machen’s tales, published in 1948 by Knopf. Edited and with an Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Also contains Robert Hillyer’s article on Machen.

THESAURUS INCANTATUS, title of a pamphlet, issued in 1888, catalogue of books sold by a London firm. Also known as the “Spagyric Quest” see above.

THINGS NEAR AND FAR, title of one of Machen’s three autobiographical books. Published in London by Secker, 1923, also in The New Adelphi Library, Vol. 8; in New York by Knopf, 1923.

TOM O’BEDLAM AND HIS SONG, written for “an American gentleman” and published by the Appelicon Press in Westport, Conn., 1930.

WAR AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, first appeared as articles in the London _EVENING NEWS_, published by Skeffington in London, 1918.

MORE ABOUT MACHEN

The admirers of Arthur Machen, as we have remarked before, will want to read as much about him as they possibly can. There are not too many articles or studies of Machen available. Standard reference books list Machen, of course, but few of them present more than a brief sketch. Many standard critical works mention Machen in connection with his period, the 1890’s, or his genre, the supernatural tale. Book reviews have, of course, appeared by the hundreds. These might be interesting to read again, but they are unavailable. The general reader, meaning in this case, the admirer of Machen, will wish to check this listing:

SPECIFIC

ARTICLE in “The Bookman” for July, 1925.

ARTICLE in “The Sewannee Review,” July, 1924.

ARTICLE in “The Saturday Review of Literature” by Basil Davenport, “The Devil Is Not Dead,” February 15, 1936.

ARTICLE in “Harper’s Bazaar” by Meyer Berger, “Legends of The War,” January, 1944.

ARTICLE by August Derleth in “Reading and Collecting,” Ben Abramson’s delightful monthly, Chicago, November, 1937.

ARTICLE in “Atlantic Monthly” by Robert Hillyer, May, 1947.

BIBLIOGRAPHY by Henry Danielson, published in London, 1923. Contains sketch of Machen by Savage, notes by Machen.

BIBLIOGRAPHY by Nathan Van Patten, appended to Derleth’s article in “Reading and Collecting,” Chicago, 1937.

BIBLIOGRAPHY by Nathan Van Patten, published in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1928.

BIBLIOGRAPHY by Paul Jordan-Smith, published in “For The Love of Books,” Oxford Press, New York, 1934.

SKETCH of Machen in “More Authors and I” by C. Lewis Hind, London, 1922 and Dodd, Mead, New York, 1922.

SKETCH of Machen in “Buried Caesars” by Vincent Starrett, Chicago, 1923.

SKETCH of Machen in “Excavations” by Carl Van Vechten, Knopf, New York, 1922.

SKETCH of Machen by Paul Jordan-Smith, in “On What Strange Altars,” New York, 1924.

SKETCH of Machen in the Danielson Bibliography, written by Henry Savage, London, 1923.

SKETCH of Machen by St. John Adcock in “Glory That Was Grub Street” and “Gods of Modern Grub Street,” London, New York, 192-?

SKETCH of Machen by Vincent Starrett, appears under title “Arthur Machen: Novelist of Ecstacy and Sin,” published along with two poems by Machen, Chicago, 1918. Sketch also appears in “Buried Caesars,” Covici-McGee, 1922.

GENERAL

AFTER THE GENTEEL TRADITION, symposium edited by Malcolm Cowley.

ASYLUM by William Seabrook, contains material quoted herein.

AUTHOR HUNTING by Grant Richards, mere mention of Machen.

BOOKS AND BATTLES, Irene and Allen Cleaton, Boston, 1937.

BEYOND LIFE by James Branch Cabell, contains Cabell’s famous tribute.

CAVALCADE OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL by Wagenknecht, contains several passages relating to Machen.

CENTURY OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL by Cornelius Weygandt, contains a brief study of Machen and his works. Harcourt-Brace, N. Y.

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE by Fred B. Millett, contains a brief sketch of Machen and a short bibliography. Harcourt-Brace, N. Y.

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE by Manly and Rickert, brief sketch, bibliographical notes. Numerous references.

HOUSEMANS by Grant Richards, brief mention of Machen, quoted herein.

INNOCENCE ABROAD by Emily Clark, Knopf, 1931. The history of “The Reviewer” (Richmond) to which Machen contributed while it was edited by Cabell, 1924-25.

LOST CHORDS by Arthur Rickett, contains a parody of Machen, “The Yellow Creeper,” London, 1895.

MEN OF THE NINETIES by Bernard Muddiman, brief mention.

ON NATIVE GROUNDS by Alfred Kazin, mention of Machen in the Twenties.

ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS by Harold Begbie, an “answer” to _THE BOWMEN_, London, 1915.

SMOKE RINGS AND ROUNDELAYS, edited by Wilfred Partington, London, 1924. Contains several contributions by Machen.

SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE by H. P. Lovecraft, Abrahamson, New York, 1945. Studies of most of Machen’s works.

SUPERNATURAL IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTION by Dorothy Scarborough, New York, 1917.

OLD GODS FALLING by Malcolm Elwin, mere mention, MacMillan, 1939.

TWENTIETH CENTURY AUTHORS by Kuntz and Haycraft, a sketch and brief bibliography, New York, 19(?)

MAINLY VICTORIAN by S. M. Ellis, mentions Machen, London, 1925.

SOME MODERN AUTHORS by S. P. Mais, mentions Machen, 1923.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, anthology edited by Edward Wagenknecht, contains portion of Machen’s autobiography under the title: _BOY OF CAERLEON_.

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