Excerpt from Aubrey Beardsley and the Yellow Book Literature appear to us to compare in this singular volume far from favourably with the old. It may interest the Times critic to know that Sir Frederic Leighton was a great admirer of Beardsley's work. At one of Sir Frederic's periodical visits to the Bodley Head to see how the New Art and the New Literature were develop ing, he playfully suggested that if he was not performing an r.a. Duty he was doing a neigh bourly one. He asked to see the originals of Beardsley's Yellow Book pictures (vol. I.) and then remarked: Ah What wonderful line What a great artist and then sotto 'voee, if he could only draw My retort was, Sir Frederic, I am tired of seeing the work of men who can only draw. Oh Yes, said Sir Frederic, I know What you mean, and you are quite right too. 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.