Chapter II: Prose

GREAT MODERN ENGLISH STORIES

GREAT MODERN ENGLISH STORIES: An Anthology. Edited by E. J. O’Brien. New York, 1919. (Boni and Liveright.)

Contains: “A Sick Collier,” by Mr. Lawrence. This story was reprinted from _The Prussian Officer_.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

1920

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE / By Leo Shestov / Authorised Translation / By S. S. Koteliansky / With a Foreword by / D. H. Lawrence / London: Martin Secker

COLLATION:—pp. 248, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp.
(1, 2); title-page, as above (with _First published in England,
1920_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); biographical and bibliographical
_Note_ (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); _Foreword_, pp. 7-12;
divisional fly-leaf, with _Part I_ / _Zu fragmentarisch ist
Welt und Leben._ / _H. Heine._ on recto (verso blank), pp. (13,
14); text, pp. 15-(244). Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line,
at foot of p. (244) as follows: _The London and Norwich Press,
Limited, London and Norwich, England_ Pp. (245-248) blank.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in purple cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in purple as follows: _All_ / _Things Are_ / _Possible_ / (diamond) / _Shestov_ Top edges cut; fore edges unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

To this volume Mr. Lawrence contributed the “Foreword,” which occupies pages 7-12.

THE NEW KEEPSAKE FOR THE YEAR 1921

Published December 1920

THE NEW (_two vertical lines_) LE NOUVEAU / KEEPSAKE / FOR (_two vertical lines_) POUR / THE YEAR (_two vertical lines_) L’ANNEE / 1921 / Edited by / X. M. Boulestin / With Plates Selected by / J. E. Laboureur / Published for X. M. Boulestin, 102, George Street / Portman Square, W., by the Chelsea Book Club / 65, Cheyne Walk, S. W. / London (_two vertical lines_) Paris

A note must suffice to describe this very beautiful anthology of English and French verse, prose, woodcuts, etchings, etc. The edition of _The New Keepsake_ was limited to 620 copies for general distribution; 50 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered from 1 to 50; 20 copies on blue vellum, numbered from 51 to 70; 550 copies on hand-made paper, numbered from 71 to 620. The blue vellum copies were bound in black buckram, lettered in pink; those on hand-made paper were done in yellow buckram, lettered in black. I have not seen a copy of this book on Japanese vellum. Copies on this and blue vellum are, in the nature of things, now very scarce; but the cheapest form of the book can still be bought from dealers at a nominal advance over publication price, which was 18s. 6d.

“Adolf,” Mr. Lawrence’s contribution to _The New Keepsake_, occupies pages 19-33. It is a beautiful story—one which should certainly find a place in some future collection of his shorter pieces. “Adolf” was published in the _Dial_, September, 1920.

THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO

1922

THE GENTLEMAN FROM / SAN FRANCISCO / AND OTHER STORIES / By / I. A. Bunin / Translated from the Russian by / S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf / Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at / The Hogarth Press, Paradise Road, Richmond / 1922

COLLATION:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf with signature _a_ on
recto, verso blank) + 88, consisting of half-title (verso
blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (with _Printed in
Great Britain_ / _by_ / _William Clowes and Sons, Limited,_
/ _London and Beccles._ on verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of
_Contents_ (verso blank), pp. v, (vi); text, pp. 1-86. P. (87)
is occupied by list of _Previous Publications_ of the Hogarth
Press; p. (88) has announcements of _Forthcoming Publications_
of the same. On title-page is tipped-in an erratum _Note_ as
follows: _The first story in this book “The Gentleman_ / _from
San Francisco” is translated by D. H._ / _Lawrence and S.
S. Koteliansky. Owing to_ / _a mistake Mr. Lawrence’s name
has been_ / _omitted from the title-page. The three other_ /
_stories are translated by S. S. Koteliansky and_ / _Leonard
Woolf._

Crown 8vo, 7⅛ × 4¾; issued in decorated boards, with white paper title-and-name label on front cover lettered in black as follows: (a line) / _The Gentleman from_ / (small ornament) _San Francisco_ (small ornament) / _and Other Stories._ / (small ornament) / _I. A. Bunin._ / (a line). Paper label down the back lettered in black: _The Gentleman from San Francisco. I. A. Bunin._ Back cover blank. All edges cut flush with boards. End-papers white.

Mr. Lawrence’s contribution to this volume is pointed out in the erratum note quoted in the collation.

THE NEW DECAMERON

1922

THE NEW DECAMERON / The Third Volume, Containing / Stories by / Compton Mackenzie / J. D. Beresford / D. H. Lawrence / Desmond Coke / Michael Sadleir / Norman Davey / Storm Jameson / Robert Keable / V. Sackville West / and / Bill Nobbs / Oxford / Basil Blackwell / 1922

COLLATION:—pp. viii + 232, consisting of half-title (verso
blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (verso blank),
pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_, pp. v, vi; _A Note in
Summary of_ / _What Has Gone Before_, pp. vii, viii; text, pp.
(1)-(231). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (231) as follows:
_Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld.,_ /
_London and Aylesbury._ P. (232) is occupied by advertisements
of four books published by Basil Blackwell.

Crown 8vo, 7⅝ × 5; issued in light blue boards, with natural linen cloth back; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in dark blue as follows: _The New_ (small ornament) / _Decameron_ / (small ornament) / _Compton Mackenzie_ / _J. D. Beresford_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ / _Michael Sadleir_ / _Robert Keable_ / _and Others_ / (small ornament). Top edges unopened; fore edges uncut and in part unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Three volumes of _The New Decameron_, an interesting anthology of modern prose tales, have thus far been published. To the third of these volumes Mr. Lawrence contributed one of the greatest of his short stories—“Wintry Peacock,” which occupies pages 123-146. Although this story was included in _England, My England_, its first appearance between boards was as a part of the above collection. Mr. Lawrence did not contribute to the first two volumes of _The New Decameron_.

GEORGIAN STORIES

GEORGIAN STORIES. Selected by E. M. London, 1922. (Chapman and Hall.)

Contains: “The Shadow in the Rose Garden,” by Mr. Lawrence. Reprinted from _The Prussian Officer_.

THE BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES FOR 1923

THE BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES FOR 1923. Selected by Edward J. O’Brien and John Cournos. Boston (1924). (Small, Maynard and Company.)

Contains: “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter,” by Mr. Lawrence. Reprinted from _England, My England_.

STORIES FROM THE DIAL

Published August 1924

(_Ornament across top_) STORIES / FROM / THE DIAL / (_publisher’s device_) / Lincoln MacVeagh / The Dial Press / New York (_dot_) MCMXXIV / (_ornament across bottom_)

COLLATION:—pp. vi + 330, consisting of half-title (with list,
dated _1924_, of four books published _At the Sign of_ / _The
Cupid and Lion_ on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above
(with _Copyright, 1924,_ / _By Dial Press, Incorporated_
/ _Printed in U. S. A._ / _Vail-Ballou Press, Inc._ /
_Binghampton and New York_ on verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of
_Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); divisional half-title
(verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-321; p. (322) blank.
Divisional fly-leaf, with _Appendix_ on recto (verso blank),
pp. (323, 324); Appendix, pp. 325-330.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in batik boards, with dark blue cloth back, approximating half-cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone lettered across in gilt as follows: _Stories_ / _from the_ / _Dial_ / (small ornament) / (publisher’s device) / _The Dial Press_ Top edges yellow and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers fawn-colored.

Mr. Lawrence is represented in this volume by “Rex,” a dog story, which was published in the _Dial_, February, 1921.

The appendix of _Stories from the Dial_ gives brief accounts of the authors represented in the anthology, together with check-lists of their principal works. The bibliographical note on Mr. Lawrence is very inaccurate.

MEMOIRS OF THE FOREIGN LEGION

Published September 1924

MEMOIRS OF THE / FOREIGN LEGION / By / M. M. / With an Introduction by / D. H. Lawrence / 1924 / (_a line_) / London: Martin Secker

COLLATION:—pp. 320, consisting of two blank leaves, pp. (1-4);
half-title (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); title-page, as above
(with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.)_ / _1924_ at foot of
verso), pp. (7, 8); divisional fly-leaf, with _Introduction_ on
recto (verso blank), pp. (9, 10); _Introduction_, pp. 11-94;
pp. (95, 96) blank; divisional half-title, with signature _G_
(verso blank), pp. (97, 98); _Publisher’s Note_—in all eight
lines (verso blank), pp. (99, 100); text, pp. 101-(320).
Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (320) as follows: _Printed in
Great Britain at_ / _The Mayflower Press, Plymouth. William
Brendon & Son, Ltd._

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in black cloth; front cover lettered in gilt as follows: _Memoirs of the Foreign Legion_ / _By M. M._ Backbone lettered across in gilt: _Memoirs_ / _of the_ / _Foreign_ / _Legion_ / (small ornament) / _M. M._ / _Secker._ Back cover blank. Top edges red and cut; fore edges rough trimmed; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

To this volume Mr. Lawrence contributed a long and brilliant introduction; presumably, the editorial responsibility for the book was also largely his—in all, an item of the first importance.

THE SHORT STORY’S MUTATIONS

THE SHORT STORY’S MUTATIONS. Frances Newman. New York, 1924. (B. W. Huebsch.)

Contains: “The Shades of Spring,” by Mr. Lawrence. This story was reprinted from _The Prussian Officer_.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS

* The notes in this section, so far as they assign or do not assign the various contributions to Mr. Lawrence’s books, must be understood to refer to titles rather than to the selections themselves. No consistent effort has been made to ascertain how many of the unassigned contributions appear in the books under new titles. Some do so appear and are noted, but my knowledge of them is the result of casual reading rather than deliberate investigation.