HI. THE DABCHICKS. I73 



Therefore, I will republish (D.V.) the ana- 

 lytic parts of the second volume of ' Modern 

 Eainters ' as they were written, but with 

 perhaps an additional note or two, and the 

 omission of the passages concerning Evan- 

 gelical or other religious matters, in which I 

 have found out my mistakes. 



131. To be able to hunt for these mistakes, 

 and -crow over them, in the original volume, 

 will always give that volume its orthodox 

 value in sale catalogues, so that I shall swindle 

 nobody who has already bought the book by 

 bringing down its price upon them. Nor will 

 the new edition be a cheap one — even if I 

 ever get it out, which is by no means certain. 

 Here, however, at once, is the paragraph 

 above referred to, quite one of the most impor- 

 tant in the book. The reader should know, 

 preparatorily, that for what is now called 

 'aesthesis,' / always used, and still use, the 

 English word ' sensation ' — as, for instance, 

 the sensation of cold or heat, and of their 

 differences ; — of the flavour of mutton and 

 beef, and their differences ; — of a peacock's 

 and a lark's cry, and their differences ; — of the 

 redness in a blush, and in rouge, and their 



