Excerpt from Autobiographical Notes of the Life of William Bell Scott, Vol. 1: And Notices of His Artistic and Poetic Circle of Friends, 1830 to 1882 These attempts on my part have had a self educational excuse. I have thought to understand myself better by their means. But it has not been SO the difficulty Of looking upon oneself from an Outer standpoint is too great. It is not impossible to do so; but if we could see ourselves as Others see us, the poetical interest at least is gone, the record is worthless. It is no more a true picture Of What we saw, felt, enjoyed, or suffered, but Of mis takes and reasons - the dead elements Of the scene. The result is a wpm' mortzmm. I come to the conviction that autobiographic writings may be in structive to others; not to the writers. The best excuse for them is to be found in the pleasure they may afford, the luxury Of again experiencing early emotions and scenes, however faintly, and communi cating them to the friendly and sympathetic. 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.