Herculaneum, past, present & future . es, or careers in the United States ;others had to take their place in the excavations and be trainedanew, sometimes leaving before the task was completed ; andthe delicate and confusing work on the finds at the Museumoften passed from hand to hand. It was even impossible tosecure the services of some who had taken part in the excava-tions for the work of final publication. I myself, the haplessdirector of the whole excavation and responsible editor of theresults, resided in England, and could only pay occasional visitsto Greece, there to maintain some sys
Herculaneum, past, present & future . es, or careers in the United States ;others had to take their place in the excavations and be trainedanew, sometimes leaving before the task was completed ; andthe delicate and confusing work on the finds at the Museumoften passed from hand to hand. It was even impossible tosecure the services of some who had taken part in the excava-tions for the work of final publication. I myself, the haplessdirector of the whole excavation and responsible editor of theresults, resided in England, and could only pay occasional visitsto Greece, there to maintain some system and order in thearrangement and publication of the material. Moreover, thebook was printed in America, under the guidance of an Editorial Committee of the Institute, with whom, while Iresided in England, at a distance of several thousand miles,complicated questions of ways and means of publication (to befinally ratified by the vote of a large and heterogeneous generalcommittee), of illustration, editing, printing, etc., had to be. :^.w^rK- -mm WALL-IAINTING. TOILET style. 32 CHAP. I REFORM OF EXCAVATION 145 agreed upon and settled. The assistants, to whom I had justlyassigned the publication of the several chapters over their name,were scattered over Europe and America, and all criticism,suggestions, advice, and injunction had to be conveyed to themby me through correspondence. The misunderstandings anddelays spread over years, and the final official publication at lastappeared, when later discoveries had caused the objects and theviews originally expressed in many cases to be antiquated andsuperseded. How can justice be done, under such conditions, to thepriceless treasure which the spade of the excavator reveals tothe world ? How can accuracy and thoroughness in theexcavating work and in the elaboration of its result be thusensured .? No doubt there have been many excavations moreamply provided with means, with a more adequate staff otexpert assistant
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