“Hello and many thanks for putting up a great website in www.bookofjade.com. I have to say it\'s fantastic & it\'s … ”
Thoughts Concerning A Decadent Univers
“There is some engaging quality about a volume of decadent poetry—or, more precisely, the idea of such a volume—that is … ”
DAVID PARK BARNITZ: A Biography
“I. Family History David Park Barnitz, decadent poet, essayist, and Orientalist scholar, was born on June 24, 1878, in Wheeling, West … ”
Introduction 'The Book of Jade' (Durtro)
“Some books become talismans. Because they are strange, wildly different to the common run of literature; because they are scarce, … ”
Thoughts Concerning A Decadent Universe
“There is some engaging quality about a volume of decadent poetry—or, more precisely, the idea of such a volume—that is suggestive of … ”
“The fact most obvious in all the arts at the end of the century is the breaking up of the … ”
Words of Praise for "The Book of Jade"
“From Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith, Ed. by David E. Schultz and Scott Connors; Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin(2003), … ”
Bibliography of the works of Park Barnitz
“Anonymous, (Park Barnitz). The Book of Jade. Doxey's, At the Sign of the Lark (William Doxey), New York. Limited to … ”
Dictionary of the Damned entry for "Barnitz"
“Barnitz seems to be the embodiment of one of those "strange and bizarre artists" described by Holbrook Jackson, "who lived … ”
Annotations in the Beinecke Library copy of The Book of Jade
“Front inner cover: Top left: Barnitz newspaper obituary clipping from Lutheran newspaper, dated "October 1901" in cursive [Since the obituary from … ”
America's "Yellow Nineties" Poet
“It was October, 1901, and the funeral room in Des Moines was crowded with vases of chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, … ”
Content © 2007 - 2008 The Book of Jade
Design © 2007 -2008 Thaumaturgic: Web Development