THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,
PAUL’S WORK.
THE
SCIENCE OF BEAUTY,
AS DEVELOPED IN NATURE AND
APPLIED IN ART.
BY
D. R. HAY, F.R.S.E.
“The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.”
Dr Johnson.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS,
EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
MDCCCLVI.