Excerpt from Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures Exhibited in the Rooms of the Royal Academy 1875 It is now just twenty years since I wrote first number of these notes; and fifteen, since they were discontinued. I have no intention renewing the series, unless occasionally, should accident detain me in London during the spring. But this year, for many reasons, it seemed me imperatively proper to say as much as is here said. And that the temper of the saying may not, so far as I can prevent it, be mistaken, I will venture to ask my reader to hear, and trust that he will believe, thus much concerning myself. 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.