An American--The Puritan Element--Attitude of England and France--Racial and Universal Qualities in Art--Art-Loving Nations 47 IV Early Days in Paris and Venice--Etchings, Lithographs, and Water-Colors--“Propositions” and “Ten o’Clock” 79 V Chelsea--The Royal Academy--“Portrait of His Mother”--“Carlyle”--Grosvenor Gallery--The “Peacock Room”--Concerning Exhibitions 109 VI The Ruskin Suit--His Attitude towards the World and towards Art--“The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”--Critics and Criticism 140 VII Supreme as a Colorist--Color and Music--His Susceptibility to Color--Ruskin and Color--Art and Nature 173 VIII The Royal Society of British Artists--In Paris once more--At Home and at Work 217 IX Portrait-Painting--How he Differed from his Great Predecessors--The “Likeness”--Composition of Color--No Commercial Side--Baronet _vs._ Butterfly 244 X The School of Carmen--In Search of Health--Chelsea once more--The End 277 Index 289 ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration: text decoration] PAGE WHISTLER _Frontispiece._ From a sketch by Rajon CREPUSCULE IN FLESH COLOR AND GREEN; VALPARAISO 22 HARMONY IN GRAY AND GREEN. PORTRAIT OF MISS ALEXANDER 50 THE LANGE LEIZEN--OF THE SIX MARKS--PURPLE AND ROSE 58 PLATE MADE WHILE IN THE EMPLOY OF THE GOVERNMENT AT WASHINGTON, 1854-55 88 ARRANGEMENT IN GRAY AND BLACK. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER’S MOTHER 114 ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK. LA DAME AU BRODEQUINE JAUNE 120 ARRANGEMENT IN GRAY AND BLACK. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE 122 NOCTURNE, BLACK AND GOLD. THE FALLING ROCKET 140 BLUE AND SILVER; BLUE WAVE, BIARRITZ 174 LITTLE ROSE, LYME REGIS 274 SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. II. THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL 282