The important thing is that the individual should be born a painter. Once he is that, it appears to me that the latitude he may consider his is almost without limit. Such powerful specialised senses as he must have are not likely to be overridden by anything. He would laugh at you if you came along with your “head and pumpkin.” To sum up: On the subject of eclecticism, if there were no painters and therefore no art, the dilettante would have nothing to be eclectic about. Secondly, no good painter has ever been eclectic or very fickle in his manner of work. And if the complexity and scepticism of his time drives an artist into the rôle of the dilettante, or interpretative performer only, that is unlucky for him. It is not in the interest of painters, but only of the stunt amateur, or the dealer, to keep silent on that point. Printed at the Pelican Press, 2 Carmelite Street, E.C. THE EGOIST LTD.: PUBLICATIONS A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN By JAMES JOYCE. Second Edition, 6s. net _Mr. H. G. Wells in the Nation_: A most memorable novel. _Times_: Wild youth, as wild as Hamlet’s, and full of music. _English Review_: A new writer, a new form ... a man of a soul and what seems to be a talent original and elusively stimulating. _New Statesman_: All writing London is talking about it.... TARR By P. WYNDHAM LEWIS. 6s. net _Nation_: A work of art, of power and distinction. _Times_: Pursues the method of Dostoevsky.... A very interesting document. _New Witness_: A book of great importance. PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS By T. S. ELIOT. 2s. 6d. net _Westminster Gazette_: A poet who views life with a dry, cool derision and comments on it with the true disengagement of wit. DIALOGUES OF FONTENELLE Translated by EZRA POUND. 1s. 6d. net _Literary World_: A good workaday rendering of twelve of the poignantly intellectual, vivacious and shrewdly satirical “Dialogues of the Dead.” Just Appeared: QUIA PAUPER AMAVI By EZRA POUND. 6s. net Special limited edition on hand-made paper, 10s. 6d. net IMAGES By RICHARD ALDINGTON. 3s. 6d. net Transcriber’s Notes Retained inconsistent hyphenation. Retained inconsistent capitalization of “Public”. Retained inconsistent capitalization and hyphenation of “Nature-morte”. p. 12 changed “Péchuchets” to “Pécuchets” p. 23 added hyphen to “Gaudier-Brzeska” p. 26 capitalized “Naifs” in “a certain number of Naifs” p. 28 capitalized “Naif” in “the only great Naif” p. 36 changed “Hawaian” to “Hawaiian” p. 37 changed “castanettes” to “castagnettes” p. 41 added accent to “Dérain” p. 46 capitalized “Douanier” in “Rousseau the Douanier” p. 61 retained spelling of “tessaract” p. 65 changed “ecstacy” to “ecstasy” and “ecstacies” to “ecstasies” p. 68 changed “dilletante” to “dilettante” p. 71 changed “overriden” to “overridden”