PHOTOGRAVURES
| ILLUSTRATION | ARTIST | To face page |
| THE FIRST MEETING OF DANTE AND BEATRICE, | Henry Holiday | [Frontispiece] |
| PETRARCH AND LAURA INTRODUCED TO THE EMPEROR AT AVIGNON, | Vacslav Brozik | [28] |
| A DINNER AT THE HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE AT AUTEUIL, | Georges-Gaston Mélingue | [58] |
| THE ARREST OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS NIECE BY FREDERICK'S ORDER, | Jules Girardet | [96] |
| VICTOR HUGO, | From life | [162] |
| LONGFELLOW'S STUDY, | From photograph | [178] |
WOOD-ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES
| HOMER RECITING THE ILIAD. | J. Coomans | [6] |
| THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS, | Raphael | [10] |
| OCTAVIA OVERCOME BY VIRGIL'S VERSES, | Jean Ingres | [14] |
| VIRGIL, HORACE, AND VARIUS AT THE HOUSE OF MÆCENAS, | Ch. F. Jalabert | [18] |
| CHAUCER AND THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS, | Corbould | [32] |
| TASSO AND THE TWO ELEANORS, | F. Barth | [36] |
| SHAKESPEARE ARRESTED FOR DEER-STEALING, | J. Schrader | [46] |
| OLIVER CROMWELL VISITS JOHN MILTON, | David Neal | [62] |
| DE FOE IN THE PILLORY, | Eyre Crowe | [74] |
| DR. JOHNSON'S PENANCE, | Adrian Stokes | [100] |
| THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON, THE YOUNG POET | H. Wallis | [110] |
| BURNS AND HIGHLAND MARY, | [114] | |
| SCHILLER PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS OF SAXE-WEIMAR, | Mes | [120] |
| GOETHE AND FREDERIKE, | Hermann Kaulbach | [124] |
| SIR WALTER SCOTT AT ABBOTSFORD, | Sir William Allan | [134] |
| CARLYLE AT CHELSEA, | Mrs. Allingham | [158] |
| TENNYSON IN HIS LIBRARY, | Roberts | [184] |
ARTISTS AND AUTHORS
Art is the child of nature; yes,
Her darling child in whom we trace
The features of the mother's face,
Her aspect and her attitude.
—Longfellow
HOMER
By William Ewart Gladstone
(ABOUT 1000 B.C.)
