Excerpt from AEsthetic and Miscellaneous, Works of Frederick Von Schlegel: Comprising Letters on Christian Art, an Essay on Gothic Architecture, Remarks on the Romance-Poetry of the Middle Ages and on Shakspere, on the Limits of the Beautiful, on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians The aesthetic works of F. Von Schlegel, which form a portion of the present volume, have long been known, by reputa tion at least, to all true lovers of art, although now for the first time translated into the English language. 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.