First published in 1916, this volume contains the second volume of Frank Harris's biography âOscar Wilde - His Life and Confessionsâ. An acquaintance of Wilde's, Harris attempts in this biography to do justice to his old friend whom he had helped throughout the controversy and his trial, twenty years previous. Contents include: âPrison and the Effects of Punishmentâ, âMitigation of Punishment but Not Releaseâ, âHis St. Martin's Summer: His Best Workâ, âThe Results of his Second Fall: His Geniusâ, âHis Sense of Rivalry, his Love of Life and Lazinessâ, âA Great Romantic Passion!â, etc. Frank Harris (1855â1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: âThe Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Storyâ (1909), âThe Yellow Ticket And Other Storiesâ (1914), and âContemporary Portraitsâ (1915â1923).