Excerpt from How to Appreciate Prints There are few pleasures to be had with such a very little outlay of time and money as this. And all this is there for him who will take it. To give a list of masterpieces, like a list of one hun dred best books, duly labeled and described, may be convenient to him who likes to have his life mapped out for him on the Cook's tour principle, regulating his daily meals by the menu published in his favorite daily, and doing as the others do in everything. In the thoughtful one a ...
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Excerpt from How to Appreciate Prints There are few pleasures to be had with such a very little outlay of time and money as this. And all this is there for him who will take it. To give a list of masterpieces, like a list of one hun dred best books, duly labeled and described, may be convenient to him who likes to have his life mapped out for him on the Cook's tour principle, regulating his daily meals by the menu published in his favorite daily, and doing as the others do in everything. In the thoughtful one a superabundance Of examples given may in time rouse the query: Why was not that one named instead of this one? If the writer, apart from citing certain unquestioned cases of absolute merit, exercises the right of personal choice, he is bound to stimulate the reader to think for himself, to draw comparisons, to use his own eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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