CRAWFORD H. TOY, A. M., LL. D.,

Professor of Hebrew,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass.

THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL. D., L. H. D.,

Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn.

WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH. D., L. H. D.,

Professor of History and Political Science,

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N. J.

BRANDER MATTHEWS, A. M., LL. B.,

Professor of Literature, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D.,

President of the

UNIVERSITY Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WILLARD FISKE, A. M., PH. D.,

Late Professor of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
and Literatures,
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, N. Y.

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A. M., LL. D.,

Director of the Lick Observatory, and Astronomer,

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Cal.

ALCÉE FORTIER, LIT. D.,

Professor of the Romance Languages,

WILLIAM P. TRENT, M. A.,

TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.

Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of
English and History,

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.

PAUL SHOREY, PH. D.,

Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL. D.,

United States Commissioner of Education,

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A. M., LL. D.,
Professor of Literature in the D

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D. C.

BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C.

Much Taste and Small Estate ('The Progress of Taste')

The Scandal Class Meets (School for Scandal')

Matrimonial Felicity (same)

Sir Peter and Lady Teazle Agree to Disagree (same)
Auctioning Off One's Relatives (same)

The Pleasures of Friendly Criticism (The Critic')
Rolla's Address to the Peruvian Warriors ('Pizarro')

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CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL.

From a commentary on the Epistle to the Romans illuminated by Guilio Clovio.

In Italy, the art of illumination had been carried to the highest excellence by Francesco and Girolamo dai Libri, who executed works worthy the pencil of Raphael himself in beauty and design and delicacy of expression. These decorators were succeeded in the glories of their art by the designer and painter of the accompanying illumination who was a pupil of Raphael's greatest scholar, Gulio Romano. Some of his most valuable work is preserved in Italian Museums, cased in gem covered bindings, kept under lock and key and shown only to a favored few. His fame as an illuminator was greater than we can conceive to-day, for there is extant a fine medal which was struck to his memory.

The manuscript from which this illumination is taken, is probably the only authentic example of the artist's work, outside of Italy. It came into the family of the English Duke of Buckingham by purchase, over $5,000 being paid for it. Our plate is the frontispiece of the manuscript, and with a similarly highly decorated first page, a border or two, and a few capital letters constitute the only ornaments. At the time it was executed, the price of labor was high and furthermore the more artistic character of the work required did not, except in rare cases, admit of the profusion of ornament that marks earlier works. The production of these works was no longer the labor of a convent, but as in the example before us, were frequently the work of artists who received immense sums for their handiwork.