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The 7 Lively
Arts
by
Gilbert Seldes
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