ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
Study for Head of Nike-Eirene [Title]
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Statue of Washington [8]
By Jean Antoine Houdon
Bust of Washington at Mount Vernon [26]
By Jean Antoine Houdon
Clytie [42]
By William H. Rinehart
White Captive [44]
By Erastus D. Palmer
Statue of Washington [62]
By John Quincy Adams Ward
Statue of Admiral Farragut [68]
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Memory [78]
By Daniel Chester French
Statue of Maj.-Gen. Macomb [108]
By Adolph A. Weinman
Portrait Bust of J. Q. A. Ward [118]
By Charles H. Niehaus
Marble Portrait of Baby [120]
By Paul Manship
The Golden Hour [122]
By Rudolph Evans
Horse Tamers [136]
By F. W. MacMonnies
Equestrian Statue of General Sherman [142]
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Welch Monument [148]
By Herbert Adams
Victory [152]
By James Earl Fraser
Plaquette [156]
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Bacchante [162]
By F. W. MacMonnies
Fountain Figure [164]
By Janet Scudder
Centaur and Dryad [180]
By Paul Manship
Victory [234]
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens

THE SPIRIT OF
AMERICAN
SCULPTURE

CHAPTER I
MRS. PATIENCE WRIGHT SPEAKS THE PROLOGUE