Editing Arthur Machen (section)

===The Machen boom of the 1920s===
[[File:Secret Glory 1922.jpg|thumb|180px|Cover of the U.S. edition of ''The Secret Glory'' (New York: Knopf, 1922), one of the series of Machen's works published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] in the 1920s]]
The year 1922 saw a revival in Machen's literary fortunes. ''The Secret Glory'', considered by some to be Machen's final masterpiece,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview24|title=Pan's people|first=Richard|last=Stanley|date=29 October 2004|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> was belatedly published, as well as the autobiographical ''Far Off Things'' and new editions of his Casanova translation, ''The House of Souls'' and ''The Hill of Dreams''. Machen's works had now found a new audience and publishers in the United States, and a series of requests for republications of books started to come in. [[Vincent Starrett]], [[James Branch Cabell]], and [[Carl Van Vechten]] were American devotees who helped in this process.<ref name="machensoc.demon.co.uk"/>

Another sign of his rising fortunes was the publication in 1923 of a collected edition of his works (the "Caerleon Edition") and a bibliography. That year also saw the publication of a recently completed second volume of autobiography, ''Things Near and Far''—the third and final volume, ''The London Adventure'', being published in 1924. Machen's earlier works suddenly started becoming much-sought-after collectors' items at this time, a position they have held ever since. In 1924 he issued a collection of bad reviews of his own work, with very little commentary, under the title ''Precious Balms''. In this period of prosperity Machen's home saw many visitors and social gatherings, and Machen made new friends, such as [[Oliver Stonor]].