Sprague, appeared in 1968. The writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten, was instrumental in convincing Saltus's daughter, Elsie Saltus Munds, to donate to Yale what is now known as the Edgar Saltus Papers, consisting of thirty-eight first editions, two of them inscribed, and eighteen letters written in 1918. A descendant through his wife Elsie, French-born James de Beaujeu Domville, was a major theatrical producer and Canadian cultural commissioner focused on the film industry. Works Essays, History, & Philosophy Balzac. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. 1884. The Philosophy of Disenchantment. New York: Belford, 1885. The Anatomy of Negation. London: Williams and Norgate, 1886. Love and Lore. New York: Belford, 1890. Imperial Purple. Chicago: Morrill, Higgins, 1892. The Pomps of Satan. London: Greening, 1904. Historia Amoris. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1906. The Lords of the Ghostland. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1907 Oscar Wilde: An Idler’s Impression. Chicago: Brothers of the Book, 1917. The Imperial Orgy. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920. The Gardens of Aphrodite. Philadelphia: Pennell Club, 1920. Parnassians Personally Encountered. Cedar Rapids: Torch Press, 1923. The Uplands of Dream. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925 (Compilation of sixteen essays published in magazines between 1900 and 1914). Victor Hugo and Golgotha. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. The Philosophical Writings of Edgar Saltus: The Philosophy of Disenchantment & The Anatomy of Negation (2014) Fiction Mr. Incoul’s Misadventure. New York: Benjamin and Bell, 1887. The Truth About Tristrem Varick. Chicago: Belford, Clarke, 1888. Eden. Chicago: Belford, Clark, 1888. A Transaction in Hearts. New York: Belford, Clarke, 1889. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes. New York: Belford, Clarke, 1889. The Pace That Kills. Chicago: Belford, Clarke, 1889. Mary Magdalen. New York: Belford, 1891. The Facts In The Curious Case of Hugh Hyrtl, Esq. New York: P.F. Collier, 1892. Madam Sapphira. New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1893. Enthralled. London: Tudor Press, 1894. When Dreams Come True. New York: P. F. Collier, 1895. Purple and Fine Women. New York; Ainslee, 1903. The Perfume of Eros. New York: A. Wessels, 1905. Vanity Square. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1906. Daughters of the Rich. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. The Monster. New York: Pulitzer, 1912. The Paliser Case. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. The Ghost Girl. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. The Princess of the Sun and Other Decadent Stories. Snuggly Books, 2022. Poetry Poppies and Mandragora. New York: Harold Vinal, 1926. Translations Balzac: After-Dinner Stories [as Myndart Verelst]. New York: George J. Coombes,