Benjamin De Casseres published and contributed to many books over the course of his career. Many were collections of articles, stories, poetry, or letters he had written at other times.
In his later years, De Casseres self-published a series of pamphlets that he sent to subscribers via mail. Some of these were updated or expanded versions of articles published during from his Hearst syndicated columns, while others presented new writings of novel exploration.
This page lists his books and pamphlets in publication order, along with available information about editions.
Books by Benjamin De Casseres
The Shadow-Eater
New York: Albert and Charles Boni
1915
A collection of poetry, some of which were printed elsewhere previously. Includes De Casseres’ most famous poem: “Moth-Terror.” 59 pages.

Chameleon: Being the Book of My Selves
New York: Lieber & Lewis
1922
A collection of essays and articles printed between 1903 and 1915 in the New York Sun, The Philistine, Mind, Reedy’s Mirror, The Critic, Liberty, Moods and Wiltshire’s Magazine.

The Shadow-Eater: New Edition
New York: American Library Service
1923
A reprinted edition of The Shadow-Eater that includes a new preface by Don Marquis, along with an illustration of the poem “The Dead Who Live” by Wallace Smith. This edition includes all poems from the first edition, except “Love The Destroyer.” 61 pages.

Mirrors of New York
New York: Joseph Lawren
1925
A collection of reprinted articles about New York City printed between 1914 and 1925 in The New York Times, the Morning Telegraph and The Smart Set. 221 pages.

James Gibbons Huneker
New York: Joseph Lawren
1925
A small collection of articles on the American critic James Gibbons Huneker, previously printed in the New York Times, Musical America and The Nation. 40 pages.

Forty Immortals
New York: Joseph Lawren; Seven Arts Publishing Company
1926
As the title implies, this book consists of sketches of 40 individuals whom De Casseres considered “immortal,” including Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Hardy, Baruch Spinoza, Henry David Thoreau, and so on. All sketches were articles previously published in newspapers and magazines between 1900-1925.

Anathema! Litanies of Negation
New York: Gotham Book Mart
1928
A prose poem in 55 parts, Anathema is described by Eugene O’Neill in the introduction as “far more than a hymn of renunciation. It is the torment and ecstasy of a mystic’s questioning of life.” 44 pages.

Mencken and Shaw: The Anatomy of America’s Voltaire and England’s Other John Bull
New York: Silas Newton
1930
This book contrasts the polemics and public personas of two very different men: H. L. Mencken the individualist, and George Bernard Shaw the “mass-minded, mob-minded, gutter-minded” (in the author’s words). 146 pages.

Love Letters of a Living Poet
New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith
1931
A collection of letters from De Casseres to Adella Mary “Bio” Terrill, and later his wife. 234 pages.

Spinoza: Liberator of God and Man, 1632-1932
New York: E. Wickham Sweetland
1932
According to the foreword, “This is book is an exposition of the mind and doctrines of Spinoza in my [De Casseres’] own terms.” 145 pages.

When Huck Finn Went Highbrow
New York: T. F. Madigan
1934
This book contains an essay inspired by a letter written from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) to Mary H. Foote in December 1887. Includes a facsimile of the letter. 12 pages.

The Muse of Lies
Newark, NJ: The Rose Printers & Publishers
1936
This book is a paean to the “Tenth Muse” who rules over Illusion and all it contains in the “phenomenal and mental worlds.” 149 pages.

“The DeCasseres Books”
In 1936, Benjamin De Casseres self-published a series of pamphlets that he called “The DeCasseres Books.” (Not to be confused with his earlier book-length works and collections.) He sold these pamphlets by monthly subscription for about two years.
1936
Book 1 – Exhibition: A New Theory of Evolution
Book 2 – The Individual Against Moloch
Book 3 – Black Suns
Book 4 – The Eternal Return
Book 5 – The Eighth Heaven
Book 6 – DeGaultier & LaRochefoucauld
Book 7 – The Elect and the Damned
Book 8 – Saint Tantalus, Part 1
Book 9 – The Adventures of an Exile
Book 10 – I Dance With Nietzsche
Book 11 – Broken Images
Book 12 – Raiders of the Absolute
1937
Book 13 – Fantasia Impromptu: the Adventures of an Intellectual Faun (Part 1)
Book 14 – Spinoza Against the Rabbis
Book 15 – Fantasia Impromptu (Part 2)
Book 16 – Chiron the Centaur
Book 17 – Fantasia Impromptu (Part 3)
Book 18 – The Last Supper
Listed as “Mirth-o’-God” in a New York Times advertisement
Book 19 – Fantasia Impromptu (Part 4)
Book 20 – Sir Galahad: Knight of the Lidless Eye
Book 21 – Fantasia Impromptu (Part 5)
Book 22 – Saint Tantalus (Part 2)
Listed as “Dionysus and Maya” in a New York Times advertisement