Excerpt from Arts in St. Louis<br><br>IT is not intended, nor could it be expected in a work of so limited an extent as the present, to call the attention of the reader to more than a single artist in each department herein represented, as merely an allusion to those who, possessed of much merit, at present reside in our midst, would occupy more time and space than the capacity of the volume would allow.<br><br>The object of the following pages is merely to practically illustrate to what extent the arts at present exist in this city, and to point out a few of those artistic performances to which St. Louis may be said to lay especial claim, and which have already attracted the notice of the best critics, both at home and abroad.<br><br>It will be noticed, that in addition, to both Sculpture and Painting, the arts of lithography, photography and printing are necessarily introduced, the degree of merit in each depart ment, as well as the whole execution of the work, are left to the judgment of the indulgent reader.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.