by
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY

Published, February, 1906

The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S. A.

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CHAPTER I. A Brief History

CHAPTER II. Revival of Dutch Art

CHAPTER III. Various Opinions about Art

CHAPTER IV, Nature and the Poets

CHAPTER V. Modern Dutch Art

CHAPTER VI. Johannes Bosboom

CHAPTER VII. Josef Israels

CHAPTER VIII. James Maris

CHAPTER IX. Anton Mauve

CHAPTER X. Matthew Maris

CHAPTER XI. William Maris

CHAPTER XII. J. H. Weissenbruch

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APPENDIX The Opinions of John Ruskin on various artists

The Decay of Art, by W. J. Stillman

Landscape, by J. A. Symonds

Realism and Idealism, by J. A. Symonds

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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I. A Storm Coast of Zeeland

J. H. Weissenbruch

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II. Adoration of the Magi Hubert and Jan Van Eyck 2

III. In S. Maria del Popolo, Rome Pinturicchio

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IV. Madonna del Cardellino Raphael

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V. Scene in the Cadore Country Titian

VI. Autumn

Rubens

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VII. Diogenes Throwing away his

Shell

Nicolas Poussin

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VIII. Cephalus and Procris

Claude le Lorrain

IX. Prince Balthazar Carlos. Velasquez

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X. Landscape with Church Jacob van Ruysdael

XI. Landscape with Stormy Sky John Constable

XII. Crossing the Brook

J. M. W. Turner

XIII. Paysage

J. B. C. Corot

XIV. Potato Gatherers

Anton Mauve

XV. The Fisherman

J. H. Weissenbruch 56

XVI. The Tow-path

James Maris

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XVII. The Sea Shore

James Maris

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XVIII. The Sower

J. F. Millet

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XIX. At the Cottage Door

Anton Mauve

XX. Sand Boat Evening

J. H. Weissenbruch

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XXI. Children of the Sea

Josef Israels

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XXII. Evening

Anton Mauve

XXIII. Church at Oosthuisen

J. Bosboom

XXIV. Interior of Church

J. Bosboom

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XXV. Scheveningen

J. Bosboom

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XXVI. Girl Sewing

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XXVII. The Anxious Family

Josef Israels XXVIII. Interior of a Cottage

Josef Israels
XXIX. The Peacock Feather

James Maris
XXX. The Canal Bridge

James Maris
XXXI. Dordrecht

James Maris XXXII. Sand Dunes

Anton Mauve XXXIII. Entering the Village of Laren Anton Mauve XXXIV. Crossing the Moor

Anton Mauve XXXV. Boy with a Hoop

Matthew Maris XXXVI. The Ox Cart .

Matthew Maris XXXVII. The Dreamer

Matthew Maris
XXXVIII. Milking Time at Abcoude William Maris
XXXIX. River Merwerde

William Maris
XL. A Cool Retreat

William Maris
XLI. Autumn, near the Hague J. H. Weissenbruch
XLII. A Bend of the Canal

J. H. Weissenbruch
XLIII. Nieuwkoop

J. H. Weissenbruch XLIV. Early Morning in Holland J. H. Weissenbruch XLV. Nearly Home

J. H. Weissenbruch

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