Excerpt from The Arts in Early England, Vol. 6: Part II, Anglo-Saxon Sculpture The editor cannot conclude this preface without a more personal note concerning the author of these volumes. The books themselves are his memorial and testify to his deep sensibility of the early art of England and the place it occupied in the life of the people. As with much of the later mediaeval art, it was an illustrative, almost didactic, art combined with beautiful forms. It taught in carved stone and illuminated page not a reading but a remembering' people, as the author has so aptly described them. This tradition of teaching in the arts was faithfully and ably carried forward by the author during his fifty years' tenure of the Professorship of Fine Art in Edinburgh University. It was the editor's privilege to be the recipient of his very generous hospitality on a number of occasions, and he well understands and shares the affection and respect felt for the writer of these volumes and expressed without exception by all those former students Of his whom the editor has met. Though these and other volumes be his more permanent memorial, his greatest must be his place in the hearts of those who knew him. 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.