CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
Interruption[ix]
Introduction.—A Yankee Heritage[xiii]
I.Making My Early History.—Concord, Massachusetts[1]
II.Finding My Wings.—Harvard College[24]
III.In Search of a Career.—Out West[43]
IV.On Being a Tenderfoot.—North of California[76]
V.Adventures in Æstheticism.—Paris and Student Days[117]
VI.The Middle Ages.—Brittany; Spain[141]
VII.From Breton to Briton.—St. Ives, Cornwall; London[162]
VIII.Summer Adventurings.—i. Carrière St. Denise. ii. Barbizon. iii. Montreuil. iv. Grez. v. Stuttgart[184]
IX.First Decorations[202]
X.Democracy and the Fine Arts[219]
XI.Stanford White[237]
XII.Fine Arts in Relation to “A Number of Things”[256]
XIII.The Players[279]
XIV.American Humor[303]
XV.Paint and Painters[321]
XVI.In Retrospect[342]