On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts And Other Related Texts
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781419138492
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Essays
First sentence: GENTLEMEN,-I have had the honor to be appointed by your committee to the trying task of reading the Williams' Lecture on Murder, considered as one of the Fine Arts; a task which might be easy enough three or four centuries ago, when the art was little understood, and few great models had been exhibited; but in this age, when masterpieces of excellence have been executed by professional men, it must be evident, that in the style of criticism applied to them, the public will look for something of a corresponding improvement.