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Books by Mr. Story.

POEMS. I. Parchments and Portraits. II. Monologues and Lyrics. 2 vols. 16mo, $2.50.

HE AND SHE; or, A Poet’s Portfolio. 18mo, illuminated vellum, $1.00.

FIAMMETTA. A Novel. 16mo, $1.25.

ROBA DI ROMA. New Revised Edition, from new plates. With Notes. 2 vols. 16mo, $2.50.

CONVERSATIONS IN A STUDIO. 2 vols. 16mo, $2.50.

EXCURSIONS IN ART AND LETTERS. 16mo, $1.25.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York.

EXCURSIONS IN ART
AND LETTERS

BY

WILLIAM WETMORE STORY

D.C.L. (OXON.)
COMM. CORONA ITALIA, OFF. LEG. D’HONNEUR, ETC.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1893

Copyright, 1891,
By WILLIAM WETMORE STORY.
All rights reserved.

THIRD EDITION.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Michel Angelo[1]
Phidias, and the Elgin Marbles[49]
The Art of Casting in Plaster among the Ancient Greeks and Romans[115]
A Conversation with Marcus Aurelius[190]
Distortions of the English Stage as Instanced in “Macbeth”[232]