Thoughts About Art (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Thoughts About Art<br><br>In 1862, I published a work in two volumes, entitled "A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about Art." Each of these volumes was, in fact, a distinct work, but they were issued together in order to get an audience for the Essays. My ambition was not to be a writer of travels, but a writer on art, and the "Painter's Camp" was published to float the Essays, as a merchant ship may carry troops. Since then the position aimed at has been won; that is, an audience has been found, and there is no longer any need to keep the books together.<br><br>It has not been considered advisable, however, to republish either volume exactly as it was first issued. Every comparatively inexperienced writer has great faults which care and labor can alone remove. My faults eight years ago, whatever they may be now, were needless prolixity and an appearance, which the reader is entreated to believe was only an appearance, of egotism and conceit.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.