theory as far as they bear upon the study of poetry.
James Sully's article on "Æsthetics" in the Encyclopœ-
dia Britannica, and Sidney Colvin's article on "The
Fine Arts", afford a good preliminary survey of the
field. K. Gordon æsthetics, E. D. Puffer Psychology
of Beauty, Santayana Sense of Beauty, Raymond
Genesis of Art Form, and Arthur Symons Seven Arts,
are stimulating books. Bosanquet Three Lectures on
Æsthetic is commended to those advanced students who
have not time to read his voluminous History of Æs-
thetic, just as Lane Cooper's translation of Aristotle on
the Art of Poetry may be read profitably before taking
up the more elaborate discussions in Butcher Aristo-
tle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art. In the same way,
Spingarn Creative Criticism is a good preparation for
Croce monumental Æsthetics. The student should
certainly make some acquaintance with Lessing
Laokoon, and he will find Babbitt New Laokoon a bril-
liant and trenchant survey of the old questions.

It may be, however, that the teacher will prefer to
pass rapidly over the ground covered in this chapter,
rather than to run the risk of confusing his students with
problems admittedly difficult. In that case the class-
room discussions may begin with chapter 11. I have
found, however, that the new horizons which are opened
to many students in connection with the topics touched
upon in chapter 1 more than make up for some tem-
porary bewilderment.

The need here is to look at an old subject with fresh
eyes. Teachers who are fond of music or painting or
sculpture can invent many illustrations following the
hint given in the Orpheus and Eurydice passage in

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