Excerpt from In Memoriam, Oscar Wilde Much Of this Wilde literature was but repetition of what, despite our whilom Puritanic aversion from this writer's work, is already fairly fa miliar to us. One curious little book I came upon, however, Of such inti mate, melancholy interest, that I took it away with me. Its title was In Memoriam: O. W., and as I sipped my cup Of Berliner Kaz'fee at the Aus tria, I determined some day to turn it into English. This I have now done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.