Happily from time to time knights errant step into lists - critics, art collectors, lovers of the art, curious-minded idlers - who assert that neither Raphael nor Racine has every secret, that minor poets have something to be said for them, substantial and delightful things to their credit, and finally that, however much we may like general beauty, which is expressed by classical poets and artist, we nonetheless make a mistake to neglect particular beauty, the beauty of circumstance, the description of manners.