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translations from Gruyer, Goethe, Fromentin, and others, which were unfortunately too long to be included entire, I have not allowed myself to condense, but only to cut. This is true, also, of the English extracts.
E.S.
NEW YORK, September, 1899.

Contents
THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO Bordone 1 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER.
THE BIRTH OF VENUS Botticelli 5 WALTER PATER.
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA Veronese 16 JOHN RUSKIN.
THE LAST JUDGMENT Michael Angelo 18 ALEXANDRE DUMAS.
MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT Correggio 27 AIM�� GIRON.
BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS Van der Helst 33 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.
L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR L'?LE DE CYTH��RE Watteau 38 EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT.
THE SISTINE MADONNA Raphael 45 F.A. GRUYER.
THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA Carpaccio 58 JOHN RUSKIN.
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS Rubens 62 EUG��NE FROMENTIN.
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE Titian 71 I. CHARLES LAMB. II. EDWARD T. COOK.
THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN Fra Angelico 77 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER.
JUDITH Botticelli 80 MAURICE HEWLETT.
THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS Hobbema 88 PAUL LAFOND.
THE DANCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS Andrea del Sarto 93 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI Fabriano 98 F.A. GRUYER.
PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE Holbein 101 ANTONY VALABR��GUE.
PARADISE Tintoret 106 JOHN RUSKIN.
AURORA Guido Reni 114 I. CHARLOTTE A. EATON. II. JOHN CONSTABLE.
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN Titian 119 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER.
THE NIGHT WATCH Rembrandt 124 EUG��NE FROMENTIN.
THE RAPE OF HELEN Gozzoli 138 COSMO MONKHOUSE
MONNA LISA Leonardo da Vinci 142 WALTER PATER.
THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB Van Eyck 154 KUGLER.
THE DEATH OF PROCRIS Piero di Cosimo 168 I. EDWARD T. COOK. II. JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
THE MARRIAGE IN CANA Tintoret 172 JOHN RUSKIN.
MADAME DE POMPADOUR De la Tour 177 CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE.
THE HAY WAIN Constable 184 C.L. BURNS.
THE SURRENDER OF BREDA Velasquez 191 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER.
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Murillo 196 AIM�� GIRON.
ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN Giotto 202 JOHN RUSKIN.
LILITH Rossetti 212 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI _D��rer_ 215 MORIZ THAUSING.
MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE Hogarth 218 AUSTIN DOBSON.
THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS Leonardo da Vinci 234 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER
BEATRICE CENCI Guido Reni 239 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
THE TRANSFIGURATION Raphael 249 MRS. JAMESON
THE BULL Paul Potter 256 EUG��NE FROMENTIN
COR��SUS AND CALLIRHO�� Fragonard 262 EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT
THE MARKET-CART Gainsborough 268 RICHARD AND SAMUEL REDGRAVE
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE Tintoret 273 HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE 278 ANONYMOUS
LA CRUCHE CASS��E Greuze 280 TH��OPHILE GAUTIER
PORTRAIT OF LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN Reynolds 282 FREDERIC G. STEPHENS
ST. CECILIA Raphael 287 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
THE LAST SUPPER Leonardo da Vinci 289 JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. Van dyck 300 JULES GUIFFREY
THE FIGHTING T��M��RAIRE TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838 Turner 306 JOHN RUSKIN
SPRING Botticelli 313 MARCEL REYMOND

Illustrations
BORDONE Fisherman presenting the Ring to the Doge Gradenigo Venice Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
BOTTICELLI The Birth of Venus Florence 6
VERONESE The Queen of Sheba Turin 16
MICHAEL ANGELO The Last Judgment Rome 18
CORREGGIO Magdalen Dresden 28
VAN DER HELST The Banquet of the Arquebusiers Amsterdam 34
WATTEAU L'Embarquement pour l'?le de Cyth��re Paris 38
RAPHAEL The Sistine Madonna Dresden 46
CARPACCIO The Dream of St. Ursula Venice 58
RUBENS The Descent from the Cross Antwerp 62
TITIAN Bacchus and Ariadne London 72
FRA ANGELICO The Coronation of the Virgin Paris 78
BOTTICELLI Judith Florence 80
HOBBEMA The Avenue of Middelharnais London 88
ANDREA DEL SARTO The Dance of the Daughter of Herodias Florence 94
FABRIANO The Adoration of the Magi Florence 98
HOLBEIN Portrait of Georg Gisze Berlin 102
TINTORET Paradise Venice 106
GUIDO RENI Aurora Rome 114
TITIAN The Assumption of the Virgin Venice 120
REMBRANDT The Night Watch Amsterdam 124
GOZZOLI The Rape of Helen London 138
L. DA VINCI Monna Lisa Paris 142
VAN EYCK The Adoration of the Lamb Ghent 154
PIERO DI COSIMO The Death of Procris London 168
TINTORET The Marriage in Cana Venice 172
DE LA TOUR Portrait of Madame de Pompadour Paris 178
CONSTABLE The Hay Wain London 184
VELASQUEZ The Surrender of Breda Madrid 192
MURILLO The Immaculate Conception Paris 196
GIOTTO St. Frances before the Soldan Florence 202
ROSSETTI Lilith _Rockford, Del._ 212
D��RER The Adoration of the Magi Florence 216
HOGARTH The Marriage A-la-Mode London 218
L. DA VINCI The Madonna of the Rocks Paris 234
GUIDO RENI Portrait of Beatrice Cenci Rome 240
RAPHAEL The Transfiguration Rome 250
PAUL POTTER The Bull The Hague 256
FRAGONARD Cor��sus and Callirho�� Paris 262
GAINSBOROUGH The Market-Cart London 268
TINTORET Bacchus and Ariadne Venice 274
GREUZE La Cruche Cass��e Paris 280
REYNOLDS Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her Children London 282
RAPHAEL St. Cecilia Naples 288
L. DA VINCI The Last Supper Milan 290
VAN DYCK Portrait of the Children of Charles I. Turin 300
TURNER The Fighting T��m��raire London 306
BOTTICELLI Spring Florence 314

GREAT PICTURES
DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS

THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO
(_BORDONE_)
TH��OPHILE GAUTIER
This picture, which represents a gondolier returning the ring of Saint Mark to the Doge, treats of a legend, an episode of which Giorgione, as we shall see in the next hall, has also painted in a somewhat singular manner. Here is the story in a few words: One night while the gondolier was sleeping in his gondola, waiting for custom along the canal of S. Giorgio Maggiore, three mysterious individuals