Theserecoveredchapterswillpossessnodoubt, butlittlevalueintheeyesofpersons, otherwiseveryjudicious, whohavesoughtin "Notre-Dame-de-Paris" onlythedrama, , otherreaders, whohavenotfoundituselesstostudytheaestheticandphilosophicthoughtconcealedinthisbook, andwhohavetakenpleasure, whilereading "Notre-Dame-de-Paris," inunravellingbeneaththeromancesomethingelsethantheromance, andinfollowing (maywebepardonedtheseratherambitiousexpressions), thesystemofthehistorianandtheaimoftheartistthroughthecreationofthepoet.
Forsuchpeopleespecially, thechaptersaddedtothiseditionwillcomplete "Notre-Dame-de-Paris," ifweadmitthat "Notre-Dame-de-Paris" wasworththetroubleofcompleting.
Inoneofthesechaptersonthepresentdecadenceofarchitecture, andonthedeath (inhismindalmostinevitable) ofthatkingofarts, theauthorexpressesanddevelopsanopinionunfortunatelywellrootedinhim, , someday, , stillinthegerm, , , andthereasonmaybeseeninthesecondvolumeofthisedition, thatthesapmayhavebeenwithdrawnfromthatancientsoilofarchitecturewhichhasbeenforsomanycenturiesthebestfieldforart.
Nevertheless, thereareto-dayintheartisticyouthsomuchlife, power, and, sotospeak, predestination, thatinourschoolsofarchitectureinparticular, atthepresenttime, theprofessors, whoaredetestable, produce, notonlyunconsciouslybuteveninspiteofthemselves, excellentpupils; quitethereverseofthatpottermentionedbyHorace, , urcensexit.
