Abstract

Excerpt from The Witness of Art: Or the Legend of Beauty The first issue of "The Witness of Art" appeared without a Preface because the Author desired that his purpose should be gathered from the book itself, rather than from any preliminary statement which could not be otherwise than incomplete. And now that a Second Edition is called for, any such statement seems still more unnecessary. So much has been written about the book, and the Reviewers have, with very few exceptions, so faithfully interpreted its meaning to the public, that the Author is content to send it out once more, as he did at first, to speak for itself. He is not ungrateful, however, for the generous reception that has been given to his work. More than sixty notices lie before him as he writes these words, while nearly half the volume has been quoted in various journals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.