Two Gallants (short story) Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in "Dubliners." The London house of Grant Richards agreed to publish "Dubliners" in 1905, but there were printing complications and concerns of obscenity. One of the stories with passages in question was “Two Gallants.” Joyce questions Richard's reluctance to publish by asking "Is it
The Conchologist's First Book he explained the book: "I wrote it in conjunction with Professor Thomas Wyatt, and Professor McMultrie... my name being put to the work, as best known and most likely to aid its circulation. I wrote the Preface and Introduction, and translated from Cuvier, the accounts of the animals, etc. "All" School-books are necessarily made in a similar way." A second edition appeared in 1840 with Poe's name on the title page, but the 1845 edition appeared without it. Wyatt's book, in turn, had taken much material from "The Conchologist's Textbook" by the British naturalist Thomas Brown without attribution. Brown's book