ARGUING THE QUESTION _T. W. Wood_ 116 THE ROSE _B. F. Mayer_ 118 DRESS PARADE _J. G. Brown_ 120 A BED-TIME STORY _S. J. Guy_ 121 THE MOTHER _Eastman Johnson_ 123 SAIL-BOAT _Winslow Homer_ 124 THE SCOUT _Wordsworth Thompson_ 126 ON THE OLD SOD _William Magrath_ 127 "A MATIN SONG" _Fidelia Bridges_ 129 STUDY OF A DOG _Frank Rogers_ 130 LOST IN THE SNOW _A. F. Tait_ 132 EVE BEFORE THE FALL _Hiram Powers_ 135 ORPHEUS _Thomas Crawford_ 137 COLUMBUS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. } FROM THE BRONZE DOOR } _Randolph Rogers_ 139 OF THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON } THE GHOST IN "HAMLET" _Thomas R. Gould_ 141 GEORGE WASHINGTON _J. Q. A. Ward_ 143 MEDEA _William Wetmore Story_ 146 THE PROMISED LAND _Franklin Simmons_ 147 LATONA AND HER INFANTS _W. H. Rinehart_ 150 ZENOBIA _Harriet Hosmer_ 152 EVENING _E. D. Palmer_ 153 BUST OF WILLIAM PAGE _William R. O'Donovan_ 155 ABRAHAM PIERSON _Launt Thompson_ 157 THE CHARITY PATIENT _John Rogers_ 158 THE WHIRLWIND _J. S. Hartley_ 159 ADORATION OF THE CROSS BY} ANGELS. ST. THOMAS'S } _Augustus St. Gaudens_ 160 CHURCH, NEW YORK } THOMAS JEFFERSON'S IDEA OF A MONUMENT 162 THE MOWING _Alfred Fredericks_ 165 BIRDS IN THE FOREST _Miss Jessie Curtis_ 169 REPRESENTING THE MANNER OF PETER'S COURTSHIP _Howard Pyle_ 171 SOME ART CONNOISSEURS _W. Hamilton Gibson_ 173 WASHINGTON OPENING THE BALL _C. S. Reinhart_ 175 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON 178 THE ASTONISHED ABBÉ _E. A. Abbey_ 181 A CHILD'S PORTRAIT _B. C. Porter_ 184 A BIT OF VENICE _Samuel Colman_ 185 THE OLD ORCHARD _R. Swain Gifford_ 187 A LANDSCAPE _George Inness_ 188 LA MARGUERETTE--THE DAISY _William M. Hunt_ 189 MOONLIGHT _John J. Enneking_ 191