Art of Beauty

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Ago in St. Paul's Magazine,' and which I have often been asked to reprint. I have considerably re-arranged and amplified the subject matter; but whilst I have traversed a wide field, I can lay claim to neither a fixed scheme nor a scientific method. Still I cannot but hope that the following pages may be helpful to some who have never thought much about the influence or the art of Beauty; and I may perhaps add that among the portraits derived from nature there.