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First published September 1909 as "The Children's Book of Art"
Reprinted in 1914, 1927, and 1935

Made in Great Britain.
Printed by R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, Edinburgh.

TO
MY LITTLE FRIENDS

AGNES AND ROSANNE

NOTE

My thanks are due and are cordially rendered to the Earl of Yarborough, Sir Frederick Cook, and the authorities of Trinity College, Cambridge, for permission to reproduce their pictures; to Lady Alfred Douglas and Mr. Henry Newbolt for leave to quote from their poems; to Mr. Everard Green, Somerset Herald, for all that is new in the interpretation of the Wilton diptych; to Miss K. K. Radford for the translation in Chapter VIII., and to all the friends who have helped me with criticism and suggestions.

A. E. C.

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I[INTRODUCTORY]
II[THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY IN EUROPE]
III[RICHARD II.]
IV[THE VAN EYCKS]
V[THE RENAISSANCE]
VI[RAPHAEL]
VII[THE RENAISSANCE IN VENICE]
VIII[THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH]
IX[REMBRANDT]
X[PETER DE HOOGH AND CUYP]
XI[VAN DYCK]
XII[VELASQUEZ]
XIII[REYNOLDS AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY]
XIV[TURNER]
XV[THE NINETEENTH CENTURY]
[INDEX]