Excerpt from A Complete Guide to the Small Bronzes and Gems in the Naples Museum, According to the New Arrangement: Reprinted From the Complete Handbook The difference between the work of these Pompeian artists and that of the artificers of our utilitarian age is especially noticeable in, this rooms. Everything in a Roman house displayed the master hand of the artist in an unaffected but quite unmistakable manner; whereas our household chattels, being made to a pattern and in vast numbers, though they answer their purpose admirably, may justly be treated as being the production of a mechanical age, testifying rather to the skill of the artisan than to the taste of the artist. 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.