Transcriber's Notes:
PUNCTUATION
Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired; however, inconsistencies in hyphenation (e.g. "every-day"/"everyday") have been retained.
WORDS AND SPELLING
pg 25: "Grey" changed to "Gray" (The author of "Dorian Gray")
pg 32 and 45: "ae" normalised to "æ" (Men of very dissimilar æsthetic convictions) (the æsthetes of the Empire)
pg 110 and index: "D'Oyle" changed to "D'Oyly" (the home of Mr. D'Oyly Carte)
pg 166: Word "he" added (I believe he himself knew)
pg 186: "Laakoon" changed to "Laokoon"
pg 227: "absorbant" changed to "absorbent" (painted on very absorbent canvas)
pg 227: "noctures" changed to "nocturnes" (For the blue nocturnes)
pg 229: "frontpiece" changed to "frontispiece" (appears as the frontispiece)
pg 241: "enlightment" changed to "enlightenment" (proof of enlightenment)
pg 263: "Riks Museum" changed to "Rijks Museum" (Rijks Museum, Amsterdam)
pg 269: "Hellew" changed to "Helleu"