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"Outside and inside it is a thing of beauty. The text is in large, clear type, the paper is of the finest, the margins broad, and the illustrations printed with artistic care. The volume contains brief sketches of fifty prominent American artists, with examples from their works. Some idea of the time and labor expended in bringing out the work may be gathered from the fact that to bring it before the public in its present form cost the publishers over $12,000."—Boston Evening Transcript.
"This book is a notable one, and among the many fine art books it will rank as one of the choicest, and one of the most elegant, considered as an ornament or parlor decoration. The engravings are in the highest style known to art. Mr. Sheldon has accompanied the illustrations with a series of very entertaining biographical sketches. As far as possible, he has made the artists their own interpreters, giving their own commentaries upon art and upon their purposes in its practice instead of his own."—Boston Post.
"'American Painters' consists of biographical sketches of fifty leading American artists, with eighty-three examples of their works, engraved on wood with consummate skill, delicacy of touch, and appreciation of distinctive manner. It is a gallery of contemporary American art."—Philadelphia Press.
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D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 549 & 551 Broadway, New York.
THE
FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH.
Being a History of France from the Beginning of the First French
Revolution to the End of the Second Empire.
BY
HENRI VAN LAUN,
Author of "History of French Literature," etc.
In 2 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $3.50.
"As a history for readers who are not disposed to make an exhaustive study of the subject treated, the book impresses us as eminently good."—N.Y. Evening Post.