For the new material included in this edition the authors and the publisher are indebted to friends and numerous sympathetic correspondents, and they wish to express their indebtedness especially to Mr. John W. Beatty, Director of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh; Mr. E. D. Brooks; Mr. Clifford Gore Chambers; Mr. E. T. Cook; Mr. Leon Dabo; Mr. Frederick Dielmann; Messrs. Dowdeswell; M. Théodore Duret; Mr. A. J. Eddy; Mrs. Wickham Flower; Right Hon. Jonathan Hogg; Mr. H. S. Hubbell; Mr. Will H. Low; Mr. Burton Mansfield; Judge Parry; Mr. H. Reinhardt; Mr. H. S. Ridings; Mr. Albert Rouiller; Miss Alice Rouiller; Mr. William Scott; M. Ströhlen; Mr. Ross Turner; Mr. C. F. G. Turner; Mr. C. Howard Walker; Mr. J. H. Wrenn. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I. THE WHISTLER FAMILY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN THIRTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN FORTY-THREE 1 _Whistler's Ancestors--His Parents--Birth--Early Years_ CHAPTER II. IN RUSSIA. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FORTY-THREE TO EIGHTEEN FORTY-NINE 6 _Life in Russia--Schooldays--Begins his Art Studies in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts--Death of Major Whistler-- Return to America_ CHAPTER III. SCHOOLDAYS IN POMFRET. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FORTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-ONE 18 _The Pomfret School and Schoolmates--Early drawings_ CHAPTER IV. WEST POINT. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FOUR 20 _Whistler as Cadet in the U.S. Military Academy-- His Studies--Failure--Stories told of him--His Estimate of West Point_ CHAPTER V. THE COAST SURVEY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FOUR AND EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE 27 _Life in Washington--Obtains Position as Draughtsman in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey--First Plates--Resignation-- Starts for Paris_ CHAPTER VI. STUDENT DAYS IN THE LATIN QUARTER. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE 33 _Arrival in Paris--Enters as Student at Gleyre's--His Fellow Students--Adventures--Journey to Alsace_ CHAPTER VII. WORKING DAYS IN THE LATIN QUARTER. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE CONTINUED 46 _His Studies--Work at the Louvre--Visit to Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester--Etchings--Paintings--Rejection at the Salon and Exhibition in Bonvin's Studio_ CHAPTER VIII. THE BEGINNINGS IN LONDON. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE 53 _In London with the Hadens--First Appearance at Royal Academy--Kindness to French Fellow Students--Shares Studio with Du Maurier--Gaieties--Mr. Arthur Severn's Reminiscences --Work on the River--Jo--Etchings Published by Mr. Edmund Thomas_ CHAPTER IX. THE BEGINNINGS IN LONDON. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE CONTINUED 63