as matter of art?

NOTES

234. +Pater's article appeared in The Fortnightly Review, 1889. Later it was much revised and included as Chapter VII of the unfinished novel, Gaston de Latour.

234. +From Heine's Aus der Harzreise, "Bergidylle 2": "Tannenbaum, mit grunen Fingern," Stanza 10.

243. +E-text editor's transliteration: hybris. Liddell and Scott definition: "wanton violence, arising from the pride of strength, passion, etc."