The 7 Lively Arts by Gilbert Seldes
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The Custodians of the Keystone. By Ralph Barton
THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS
By Gilbert Seldes
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a peculiar quality of pleasure which we cannot get elsewhere; and these, too, have their place in general culture, and must be interpreted to it by those who have felt their charm strongly, and are often the objects of a special diligence and a consideration wholly affectionate, just because there is not about them the stress of a great name and authority.”
—Walter Pater
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXXIV
THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS Copyright, 1924 By Harper & Brothers Printed in the U. S. A. First Edition B-Y
TO MY FATHER