Falkener, Edward: Ephesus and the temple of Diana (London, 1862)

PREFACE. IX

own its publication of the " Principles of Athenian
Architecture," by Mr. Penrose ; these and other
works are valuable monuments of its labours, —
labours conducted with the sole object of benefiting
art.

In contrast with our own Government, attention
may be directed to the French Government, which
has, for two centuries, sent out expeditions to
every ancient country with which it has been con-
nected ; expeditions equipped, not with the mere
object of collecting marbles for its Museum, but of
investigating the antiquities, the arts, the monu-
ments, the riches, and products of the country. It
has sent out archaeologists, philologists, numisma-
tists, architects, painters, botanists, geologists, and
scientific men in all departments ; and it has pub-
lished numerous and most valuable works on Egypt,
Greece, Asia Minor, Persia, Mesopotamia, Armenia,
Algeria, Morocco, and other countries. The French
Government has in this respect done for the Fine
Arts, what our Government has done for com-
merce ; and therefore, in treating on a subject of
ancient art, the author is bound, as an artist, and

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