Small Histories is a collection of essays and reviews by Nicholas James, 1993-2011, on examples of Western art: The Trinity by Masaccio at Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Vermeer's The Maid and Woman Weighing Pearls; Velázquez court portraits, Cézanne and Salvador Dalí, Francis Bacon, Anthony Caro, Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol, with reviews of exhibitions in London's public and private galleries. A collection of over seventy pieces reveals strands and connections that bind the continuum of classic and contemporary art.