Excerpt from In the Garret
The note-books of an artist always make interesting reading. These ideas, incidents, descriptions, these jottings down against the treachery of memory, which some day may fall into their proper places, often exhibit, when published, a more spontaneous grace than finished work. The later books of Arthur Symons are little more than note-books, impressions illuminatingly descriptive, shadows of ideas. Therein lies the secret of their enduring charm. Samuel Butler"s "Note-Book," which has been published, is a treasure house of thought and wisdom. One day it occurred to Havelock Ellis that he had made more notes than he could ever conveniently find occasion to use and he filled a book with them, "Impressions and Comments," a delightfully stimulating volume, one of the best of this author, brimming over with pictures, ideas, and running commentary.
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