The author, in his endeavors to impart and explain many things, has been obliged to sacrifice show and style upon the altar of simplicity; at least, such has been his constant aim. For all imperfections and defects he invokes the charity of a candid public. If this volume should in any degree satisfy a want that has been long felt, or add one devotee to the shrine of beauty, the author will consider his endeavors amply repaid.
JAMES H. HEAD.
Portsmouth, September 2, 1859.
PAGE [Introduction] ,[13] [The Wreath of Beauty] ,[25] [The Marble Maiden] ,[27] [Venus rising from the Sea] ,[31] [Reception of Queen Victoria at Cherbourg] ,[32] [Scene from the Opera of "Sappho,"] [38] [Flora and the Fairies] ,[42] [The Spectre Bride] ,[45] [Music, Painting, and Sculpture] ,[52] [Bust of Proserpine] ,[53] [Napoleon and his Old Guard at Waterloo] ,[56] [The Dancing Girl in Repose] ,[60] [Washington's Entrance into Portsmouth] ,[62] [Fame] ,[67] [Faith] ,[70] [Spirit of Religion] ,[72] [The Poet and the Goddess of Poetry] ,[74] [Death of Edith] ,[77] [Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel] ,[80] [Hiawatha and his Bride's Arrival Home] ,[83] [David playing before Saul] ,[87] [Liberty] ,[89] [Paganism and Christianity] ,[91] [Second Scene of Paganism and Christianity] ,[94] [The Fairies' Dance] ,[96] [Bust of Prayer] ,[99] [Morning welcomed by the Stars] ,[100] [The Statue Vase] ,[104] [Spirit of Chivalry] ,[106] [Haidee and Don Juan in the Cave] ,[111] [Poverty] ,[114] [Death of Minnehaha] ,[116] [The Mother's Last Prayer] ,[120] [Louis XVI. and his Family] ,[122] [Dressing the Bride] ,[127] [Hope, Faith, Charity, and Love] ,[130] [The Death of General Warren] ,[132] [Portrait of Prince Albert] ,[135] [The Return of the Prodigal Son] ,[136] [Single Blessedness] ,[138] [Marriage Bliss] ,[140] [The Sleeping Maiden] ,[141] [Night and Day] ,[144] [The Firemen in Repose] ,[145] [The Alarm] ,[146] [At the Fire] ,[147] [Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga] ,[149] [The Gypsy Fortune Teller] ,[151] [Peace] ,[152] [War] ,[155] [The Rescue] ,[157] [Solomon's Judgment] ,[159] [The Bridal Prayer] ,[162] [The Guitar Lesson] ,[163] [Roger Williams preaching to the Indians] ,[164] [Crossing the Line] ,[167] [The Wedding] ,[169] [Hiawatha sailing] ,[171] [The Village Stile] ,[173] [Florence Nightingale in the Crimea] ,[175] [The Fireman's Statue] ,[177] [Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans] ,[178] [The Parting] ,[183] [Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness] ,[185] [The Fight for the Standard] ,[187] [Jonathan's Visit to his City Cousins] ,[189] [The Three Graces] ,[190] [The Guardian Angel] ,[191] [The Pyramid of Beauty] ,[193] [Coronation of Queen Victoria] ,[195] [The Brigands] ,[198] [Death of Sir John Moore] ,[200] [The Fireman's Rescue] ,[203] [Catharine Douglass barring the Door with her Arm] ,[205] [The Masquerade Ball] ,[207] [Irish Courtship] ,[209] [The Fairies' Offering to the Queen of May] ,[210] [Belshazzar's Feast] ,[213] [The Valentine] ,[217] [The Fairies' Rainbow Bridge] ,[219] [Little Eva and Uncle Tom] ,[222] [Love triumphant] ,[224] [The Banditti] ,[226] [Portrait of Louis Napoleon] ,[229] [The Return from the Vintage] ,[230] [Lovers Going to the Well] ,[232] [The Italian Flower Vase] ,[234] [Portrait of the Madonna] ,[236] [The Shoemaker in Love] ,[237] [Prince Charles Edward after the Battle of Culloden] ,[239] [The Flower Girl] ,[242] [Presentation of Fireman's Trumpet] ,[243] [The Painter's Studio] ,[245] [Portrait of Gabrielle] ,[247] [The Elopement] ,[249] [Fireman's Coat of Arms] ,[251] [The Soldier's Farewell] ,[252] [Ike Partington's Ghost] ,[254] [The Peasant Family in Repose] ,[255] [The Soldier's Return] ,[257] [Notes and Explanations] ,[259] -264
