Excerpt from Art in Scotland: Its Origin and Progress Some years ago, when collecting notes for a short series of Lectures on the History of Scottish Art, I was very forcibly impressed by the fact that a subject of so great importance had not hitherto been treated in a complete and systematic manner. The origin and development of art in Scotland, the history of its schools, the memoirs of its artists, and even the names of its most representative examples, have not before been recorded in one work and the student who Wished to obtain a comprehensive view of the subject has had to painfully glean his information from a vast number of books, many of them only very remotely connected with art. Impressed by my own experiences of the obvious want of a succinct and complete History of Art in Scotland, and acting on the advice of gentlemen whose Opinions I hold in respect, I have undertaken the book now laid before the public. The work has been carried on can among in the very brief leisure of an artist daily engaged in teaching his profession, and without claim to literary experience. The care with which I have collected information, and the extent and variety of the illustrative facts which I have been able to bring together, will, I hope, atone for any defects in point of form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.