Nottingham Castle. Half hours among its art treasures. A guide for visitors and students. 1928
'The appeal of art is universal. How can we ensure that its gracious influence shall be made to shine in upon all minds? Much pity has been wasted on the rich man who has made himself the owner of art treasures to whose merits he is blind. The people are in much the same plight. Large expenditure of public money and boundless private generosity have gone to the provision of the treasures of our art galleries and museums.
However, if people are at present too apt to regard an art gallery as a convenient place for the consumption of oranges and buns, it must be admitted the fault is not entirely theirs. Their failure to appreciate what is so richly placed within their reach is to be charged rather to a defect in the methods of those who provide and mange the institutions in which the treasures are exhibited.'
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