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However, all these studies slightly influenced the externalities only of the whole series of pictures, for the knowledge obtained by detailed study had been covered to a remarkable extent at the beginning when I made my first sketches on the first inspiration. Still they have proved of great value to me since they gave me the assurance that historical fidelity has been preserved in my work.
Munich, Bavaria.
OLGA KOPETZKY.
[1] Two volumes, 1896, Published by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council.
[2] Chicago, Open Court Publishing Company.
During the time of printing "The Gospel of Buddha" the following valuable works on Indian art have come under my notice:
nanda K. Coomaraswamy: The Arts and Crafts of India and Ceylon.
E.B. Havell: The Ideals of Indian Art; Indian Sculpture and Painting.
Dr. Curt Glaser: Die Kunst Ost-Asiens (Leipzig, Insel-Verlag).
