August, 1913

THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS
NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A


CONTENTS

Page
[Childhood and Youth]11
[The First Successes]22
[The Years of Glory]45

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I.[The Lion Meditating]Frontispiece
Rosa Bonheur Museum
II.[The Ass]14
Rosa Bonheur Studio, at By
III.[The Horse Fair]24
National Gallery, London
IV.[Ploughing in the Nivernais]34
Luxembourg Museum, Paris
V.[Ossian’s Dream]40
Rosa Bonheur Studio, Peyrol Collection
VI.[The Duel]50
Collection of Messrs. Lefèvre, London
VII.[Tigers]60
Rosa Bonheur Studio, at By
VIII.[Trampling the Grain]70
Rosa Bonheur Studio, at By