CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK MCMXIV




_Copyright, 1914, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published September, 1914_




TO

J.D.C.

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF UNFAILING KINDNESS
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED




PREFACE


In "The Classic Point of View," published three years ago, I endeavored
to give a clear and definitive statement of the principles on which all
my criticism of art is based. The papers here gathered together, whether