“Mr. Van Dyke is very good reading indeed, and withal remarkably clear and precise in explaining much that shapes itself but hazily in the brain of those interested in art.”—London Spectator.
“I do not know that there is a book in English from which one can learn more of what pictures are and why they are admired.”—Dr. Talcott Williams.
“Has all the recommendations that are to be looked for in essays of the kind. They take a broad survey, they deal with the points that it is worth while to know about, they are perfectly lucid, and they are very charming in their literary art.”—New York Sun.
“Temperate and appreciative.”—Atlantic Monthly.
“Written in an easy, entertaining style.”—New York Tribune.
BY PROFESSOR JOHN C. VAN DYKE
Studies in Pictures
An Introduction to the Famous Galleries