ESSAYS ON CENSORSHIP AND ART


By John Galsworthy



"Je vous dirai que l'exces est toujours un mal."
--ANATOLE FRANCE



TABLE OF CONTENTS:
ABOUT CENSORSHIP
VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ART




ABOUT CENSORSHIP

Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free
institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider
the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the Censorship of
Plays, a bulwark for the preservation of their comfort and sensibility
against the spiritual researches and speculations of bolder and too
active spirits--it has become time to consider whether we should not
seriously extend a principle, so grateful to the majority, to all our
institutions.