Pages on Art

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. My acknowledgments are due to the editors of The Burlington Magazine and The Morning Post for permission to reprint the articles which have appeared in their pages. In defence of the reissue of such occasional writing the author would urge that he has had some practice in painting, sculpture and stage decoration, and that the articles on the East are by an old lover and collector of its art: this is said as an excuse for their presentation in book form. To those who will probably miss the literary gift I would say, like Delacroix, 'La plume n'est pas mon outil.'