Excerpt from James Orrock, R. I., Painter, Connoisseur, Collector, Vol. 2 of 2<br><br>It expressed a View Of professors Of criticism which was neither uncommon nor unnatural in those who were their favourite targets. It was, of course, true that there had been eminent men in whom their own want Of success in the shape Of action or production had at once stimulated and soured the critical faculty: but it was not in this dwarfed and distorted sense that they were using the term that day. Denigration, whether it sprang from baffled rivalry, from a morose and critical temper, or from honest short-sighted ness, Often amused, was sometimes useful, might now and then, in the hands Of a writer like Junius, exhibit some Of the highest qualities Of literary art, but it was not criticism. Extracts made here and there from Mr. Asquith's exposition of the principles Of true criticism and clear definition of their restricted application, would no more do justice to his authoritative pronouncement than fragmentary quotations from The Deserted Village or Gray's Elegy would afford a just idea of the scope and beauty of either poem. Artistic criticism, as a commentator remarked.<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.