CONTENTS

I THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE

II UNITY AND POLARITY

III CHANGELESS CHANGE

IV THE BODILY TEMPLE

V LATENT GEOMETRY

VI THE ARITHMETIC OF BEAUTY

VII FROZEN MUSIC

CONCLUSION




PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION


_The Beautiful Necessity_ was first published in 1910. Save for a slim
volume of privately printed verse it was my first book. I worked hard
on it. Fifteen years elapsed between its beginning and completion;
it was twice published serially--written, rewritten and
tre-written--before it reached its ultimate incarnation in book form.