[2], x, 277, [3] p. : 20 cm

Listed as first edition

Title in red within black ornamental border

First published in various periodicals

On verso of t.p.: Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London

On prelim. leaf list of author's works

Includes index

Publisher's advertisement: p. [2-3] at end

William Morris and his work -- The English revival in decorative art -- The socialist ideal as a new inspiration in art -- On the study and practice of art -- On some of the arts and crafts allied to architecture -- Notes on colour embroidery and its treatment -- Notes on early Italian gesso work -- Notes on the treatment of animals in art -- Modern aspects of life and the sense of beauty -- A short survey of the art of the nineteenth century, chiefly in England, with some notes on recent developments -- Art and the commonweal -- The apotheosis of "The Butterfly."

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