Excerpt from Hand-Book of the History of the Spanish and French Schools of Painting: Intended as a Sequel to Kugler's Hand-Books of the Italian, German, and Dutch Schools of Painting" The reader is probably aware of the fact, that Engler's work is now in' the course of publication in Germany, in a form somewhat different from that which it originally bore. In the new edition, the history of painting will be treated as a whole - not in separate schools. Such a plan is far better, in some respects, than that originally adopted by the author; but, on the other hand, it is often less con venient to the traveller who visits a particular coun try for a short time only. 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.