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Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Vases in the Museum of Fine Art s

This article presents information on the books "Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Vases in the Museum of Fine Arts," by Edward Robinson. This book, reportedly, solves a twofold problem of modern art. It furnishes the visitor to the museum with a convenient and instructive guide to an important section of its contents, and at the same time gives to the classical scholar, specially occupied with the study of ancient art, an account, faithful and scholarly, of the treasures of a collection which must henceforth be ranked among the important sources of our knowledge of ancient fictale art. This has been accomplished by dividing the work into two parts. An introductory portion contains a short chronological sketch of the history of Greek vases, followed by a study of the various processes of their manufacture.