THE DEVELOPMENT OF TASTE

AND OTHER STUDIES IN AESTHETICS.

THE

DEVELOPMENT OF TASTE

AND OTHER STUDIES IN AESTHETICS.

BY W. PROUDFOOT BEGG.

GLASGOW :

JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS,

Publishers to the University.

1887.

PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE, 153 WEST NILE STREET, GLASGOW.

то

THE VERY REVEREND PRINCIPAL CAIRD,

AND

PROFESSOR EDWARD CAIRD,

TO WHOM, AS MY FORMER PROFESSORS OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY,

I OWE MUCH OF MY INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM

AND REVERENCE FOR TRUTH,

I GRATEFULLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.