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 PREFACE. THE framework and many of the illustrations of this book have been borrowed, with the per- mission of the publishers, from a small ' Guide to the History of Art' which has long been in use in German schools ; but this framework has been filled in by reference to standard English, German, and French authorities, and each division of the book has been supplemented by a chapter on Art in England. If the ' Elementary History ' awake an interest in Art, and teach students to recognise and appreciate beauty under whatever form it is presented to the senses, the aim of the writer will have been fulfilled. N. D'Anvers. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. PREVENTED by illness from any personal super- intendence of this second edition, I have only to thank the Editor for his careful revision of my original text, and his many additions to the history of the Schools of Painting, especially those of France and Spain. To the publishers I am indebted for the very valuable assistance of no less than 76 new engravings which tend so much to illustrate the distinctive peculiarities of the various epochs in the history of art. N. D'Anvers. EHA l>