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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
March, igil
-THE ORIENT-
A Myriad of Attractions and
Allurements for the Tourist
From San Francisco via palatial (27,000 tons) steamships of
Pacific Mail S. S. Co.
Touching at Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Manila,
Hong Kong
For the Transcontinental trip use
Southern Pacific Sunset Route
New Orleans to San Francisco
Superior Service All the Way
TWO THROUGH TRAINS EVERY DAY
CHOICE OF ROUTES FROM EASTERN POINTS
L. H. NUTTING, G. E. P. A.., 366 or 1158 or 1 Broadway, New York
ARCTIC
r\ CRUISE
INTO THE
FAR NORTHWITHIN
10° OF THE POLE
BY THE
OF GREAT
EDUCATIONAL
^INTEREST
Jj IT >
CAUCASUSDLACK
rimea-Dsea
MEDITERRANEAN
BY THE 7,000 TON
S.S. SCHLESWIG
Unusual opportunity to visit famous
lands and peoples of early history
by a ship constructed solely for
cruises in these waters. Every
comfort,excellent cuisine.etc.
LEAVING
GENOA.
APR.28
RETURNING MAY 30
CONNECTING FROM NEWYORK APR.I5
9,700 H P
13,782 TONS
* SAILING
FROM
BREMEN
JULY 18
RETURNING AUGUST 16
A Chance to Hunt Big Game
IN 5PITZBERGEN
TQAVELE R5 CHECKS GOODALL OVER
THE WORLD
►NORTH Gq»
Wl L LP YD'T.
OELRICHS&CQ.,Gen.
Asts. 5 BF,C2 vo^JtAV
HONOLULU TA™ VOLCANO
THE TRIP MOST COMPELLING and worthwhile, excell-
ing all others for novelty and pleasure. The volcano of Kilauea
—the largest in the world—is tremendously active. It is now
possible to make this desirable trip with SPEED and comfort,
and the price is low, J110 first class, San Francisco to Honolulu
and back, and S45.5o for side trip from Honolulu to volcano, in-
cluding rail and auto to Kilauea, hotel at Hilo, also Volcano
House. No other trip compares with this. Be sure to visit the
island, and DO IT NOW, while the volcano is active. S. S.
SIERRA (10,000 tons displacement) sails Feb. 25, March 18,
April 8. Write or wire Oceanic S. S. Co., 673 Market Street,
San Francisco.
JAPAN FOR A WEEK
By A. M. Thompson
I 2mo. Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage 12 cents
“A new and bright type of the globe trotter’s
travel tale.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
WHAT PICTURES TO SEE
IN EUROPE
By L. I. M. Bryant
Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50 net
Postage 1 5 cents
A valuable chapter dealing with the mistakes
made by the casual sightseer in Europe and sugges-
tions of how to avoid the same.
150 half-tone reproductions of famous pictures.
THE REAL FRANCE
By Laurence Jerrold
Cloth. 12mo. $1.50 net. Postage 15 cents
“One of the best studies of France and the French
written in recent years.”—New York Tribune.
THE DOLOMITES
By S. H. Hamer
16 Illustrations in Color by Henry Rountree
Cloth. 8vo. $3.00 net. Postage 20 cents
The Dolomites is a series of mountain ranges in
the southern part of the Austrian Province of Tyrol,
stretching over the border into Italy. A charming
glimpse of a beautiful corner of the world.
A VAGABOND IN THE CAUCASUS
By Stephen Graham
8vo. Illustrated. $4.00 net. Postage 25 cents
The Caucasian mountains and valleys are among
the most beautiful in the world. Here is the Mount
Kasbec, where Prometheus was bound, the home of
the “Roc” which dropped Sinbad into the Valley of
Diamonds.
ON THE WOOL TRACK
_By C. E, W. Bean_
12mo. Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage 15 cents
A picture of the “red country” of Australia and
the wool industry carried on there.
JUNGLE BY-WAYS IN INDIA
By E. P. Stebbing
100 Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. $4.00 net. Postage20c.
John Lane Company, New York
the reproduction we find it hard to read
genius into any of these sketches. Mr.
Homer had not yet come into his own.
They do, however, illustrate well what a
recent critic of Mr. Homer noted, his in-
tense interest in the “human problem.”
They deal less with maneuvres of armies
than with the joys or sorrows, the gay en-
joyment or the grim endurance of the indi-
vidual soldier.
How rapidly Mr. Homer’s ability devel-
oped and with what strides he gained favor
both here and abroad may be shown by ex-
tracts from Henry T. Tuckerman’s “Book
of the Artists,” published in 1867:
“At the late Fine Arts Exhibitions in
Antwerp and Brussels several landscapes
by American painters attracted much at-
tention. The American Minister at Bel-
gium, Mr. Sandford, writes that an artist of
Brussels of much merit and celebrity de-
clared the works of our artists there exhib-
ited to be among the most characteristic of
the kind ever brought to that city. . . .
“No one is likely to mistake an Ameri-
can landscape for the landscape of any
other country. It bears its nationality
upon its face willingly.
“Homer’s Prisoners from the Front, an
actual scene in the War for the Union, has
attracted more attention and, with the ex-
ception of some inadequacy in color, won
more praise than any genre picture by a
native hand that has appeared of late
years.”
Twelve years later, after such pictures as
Snap the Whip, The Village School, Cotton
Pickers and A Visit from the Mistress had
appeared, and after Homer had twice been
represented in a Paris International Expo-
sition, the Art Journal, published in London
reproduced Homer’s Watermelon Eaters
and commented thus on the artist:
“Mr. Homer can see and lay hold of the
essentials and he paints his own thoughts—
not other people’s. It is strange, therefore,
that almost from the outset of his career as
a painter his works have compelled the
attention of the public. They reveal on
the part of the artist an ability to grasp
dominant characteristics and to reproduce
specific expressions of scenes and sitters,
and for this reason it is that no two of Mr.
Homer’s pictures look alike. His negro
studies, brought from Virginia, are in sev-
eral respects—in their total freedom from
conventionalism and mannerism, in their
strong look of life and in their sensitive
feeling for character—the most successful
things of the kind that America has yet
produced.”
In the same year Mr. Homer contributed
to the Exhibition of the National Academy
of Design three pictures, which called forth
from the editor’s table of Appleton’s
Journal this prediction:
“In three pictures this year there are
more reach and fullness of purpose than in
his recent works, and they indicate unmis-
takably, we think, that when conditions all
unite favorably Mr. Homer will produce a
truly great American painting. The ele-
ments are all within him; they are simply to
be adequately mastered and grouped.”
These words of high appreciation and
confidence become doubly interesting when
we remember that they were written before
Mr. Homer had produced the works by
virtue of which he is called a painter of the
sea. To us he stands fdr much more than
to his earlier critics, for a matchless inter-
preter of the language_of_the sea.
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
March, igil
-THE ORIENT-
A Myriad of Attractions and
Allurements for the Tourist
From San Francisco via palatial (27,000 tons) steamships of
Pacific Mail S. S. Co.
Touching at Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Manila,
Hong Kong
For the Transcontinental trip use
Southern Pacific Sunset Route
New Orleans to San Francisco
Superior Service All the Way
TWO THROUGH TRAINS EVERY DAY
CHOICE OF ROUTES FROM EASTERN POINTS
L. H. NUTTING, G. E. P. A.., 366 or 1158 or 1 Broadway, New York
ARCTIC
r\ CRUISE
INTO THE
FAR NORTHWITHIN
10° OF THE POLE
BY THE
OF GREAT
EDUCATIONAL
^INTEREST
Jj IT >
CAUCASUSDLACK
rimea-Dsea
MEDITERRANEAN
BY THE 7,000 TON
S.S. SCHLESWIG
Unusual opportunity to visit famous
lands and peoples of early history
by a ship constructed solely for
cruises in these waters. Every
comfort,excellent cuisine.etc.
LEAVING
GENOA.
APR.28
RETURNING MAY 30
CONNECTING FROM NEWYORK APR.I5
9,700 H P
13,782 TONS
* SAILING
FROM
BREMEN
JULY 18
RETURNING AUGUST 16
A Chance to Hunt Big Game
IN 5PITZBERGEN
TQAVELE R5 CHECKS GOODALL OVER
THE WORLD
►NORTH Gq»
Wl L LP YD'T.
OELRICHS&CQ.,Gen.
Asts. 5 BF,C2 vo^JtAV
HONOLULU TA™ VOLCANO
THE TRIP MOST COMPELLING and worthwhile, excell-
ing all others for novelty and pleasure. The volcano of Kilauea
—the largest in the world—is tremendously active. It is now
possible to make this desirable trip with SPEED and comfort,
and the price is low, J110 first class, San Francisco to Honolulu
and back, and S45.5o for side trip from Honolulu to volcano, in-
cluding rail and auto to Kilauea, hotel at Hilo, also Volcano
House. No other trip compares with this. Be sure to visit the
island, and DO IT NOW, while the volcano is active. S. S.
SIERRA (10,000 tons displacement) sails Feb. 25, March 18,
April 8. Write or wire Oceanic S. S. Co., 673 Market Street,
San Francisco.
JAPAN FOR A WEEK
By A. M. Thompson
I 2mo. Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage 12 cents
“A new and bright type of the globe trotter’s
travel tale.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
WHAT PICTURES TO SEE
IN EUROPE
By L. I. M. Bryant
Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50 net
Postage 1 5 cents
A valuable chapter dealing with the mistakes
made by the casual sightseer in Europe and sugges-
tions of how to avoid the same.
150 half-tone reproductions of famous pictures.
THE REAL FRANCE
By Laurence Jerrold
Cloth. 12mo. $1.50 net. Postage 15 cents
“One of the best studies of France and the French
written in recent years.”—New York Tribune.
THE DOLOMITES
By S. H. Hamer
16 Illustrations in Color by Henry Rountree
Cloth. 8vo. $3.00 net. Postage 20 cents
The Dolomites is a series of mountain ranges in
the southern part of the Austrian Province of Tyrol,
stretching over the border into Italy. A charming
glimpse of a beautiful corner of the world.
A VAGABOND IN THE CAUCASUS
By Stephen Graham
8vo. Illustrated. $4.00 net. Postage 25 cents
The Caucasian mountains and valleys are among
the most beautiful in the world. Here is the Mount
Kasbec, where Prometheus was bound, the home of
the “Roc” which dropped Sinbad into the Valley of
Diamonds.
ON THE WOOL TRACK
_By C. E, W. Bean_
12mo. Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage 15 cents
A picture of the “red country” of Australia and
the wool industry carried on there.
JUNGLE BY-WAYS IN INDIA
By E. P. Stebbing
100 Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. $4.00 net. Postage20c.
John Lane Company, New York
the reproduction we find it hard to read
genius into any of these sketches. Mr.
Homer had not yet come into his own.
They do, however, illustrate well what a
recent critic of Mr. Homer noted, his in-
tense interest in the “human problem.”
They deal less with maneuvres of armies
than with the joys or sorrows, the gay en-
joyment or the grim endurance of the indi-
vidual soldier.
How rapidly Mr. Homer’s ability devel-
oped and with what strides he gained favor
both here and abroad may be shown by ex-
tracts from Henry T. Tuckerman’s “Book
of the Artists,” published in 1867:
“At the late Fine Arts Exhibitions in
Antwerp and Brussels several landscapes
by American painters attracted much at-
tention. The American Minister at Bel-
gium, Mr. Sandford, writes that an artist of
Brussels of much merit and celebrity de-
clared the works of our artists there exhib-
ited to be among the most characteristic of
the kind ever brought to that city. . . .
“No one is likely to mistake an Ameri-
can landscape for the landscape of any
other country. It bears its nationality
upon its face willingly.
“Homer’s Prisoners from the Front, an
actual scene in the War for the Union, has
attracted more attention and, with the ex-
ception of some inadequacy in color, won
more praise than any genre picture by a
native hand that has appeared of late
years.”
Twelve years later, after such pictures as
Snap the Whip, The Village School, Cotton
Pickers and A Visit from the Mistress had
appeared, and after Homer had twice been
represented in a Paris International Expo-
sition, the Art Journal, published in London
reproduced Homer’s Watermelon Eaters
and commented thus on the artist:
“Mr. Homer can see and lay hold of the
essentials and he paints his own thoughts—
not other people’s. It is strange, therefore,
that almost from the outset of his career as
a painter his works have compelled the
attention of the public. They reveal on
the part of the artist an ability to grasp
dominant characteristics and to reproduce
specific expressions of scenes and sitters,
and for this reason it is that no two of Mr.
Homer’s pictures look alike. His negro
studies, brought from Virginia, are in sev-
eral respects—in their total freedom from
conventionalism and mannerism, in their
strong look of life and in their sensitive
feeling for character—the most successful
things of the kind that America has yet
produced.”
In the same year Mr. Homer contributed
to the Exhibition of the National Academy
of Design three pictures, which called forth
from the editor’s table of Appleton’s
Journal this prediction:
“In three pictures this year there are
more reach and fullness of purpose than in
his recent works, and they indicate unmis-
takably, we think, that when conditions all
unite favorably Mr. Homer will produce a
truly great American painting. The ele-
ments are all within him; they are simply to
be adequately mastered and grouped.”
These words of high appreciation and
confidence become doubly interesting when
we remember that they were written before
Mr. Homer had produced the works by
virtue of which he is called a painter of the
sea. To us he stands fdr much more than
to his earlier critics, for a matchless inter-
preter of the language_of_the sea.