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Quote by Aubrey Beardsley
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered auth

In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit? – Aubrey Beardsley

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