CHAPTER XXXVIII. TRIALS AND GRIEFS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX 327 _Du Maurier's "Trilby"--Apology--Mrs. Whistler's Illness-- The Eden Trial--Whistler Challenges George Moore--In Lyme Regis and London--Portraits in Lithography--Mr. S. R. Crockett's Account of the Sittings for his Portrait--Mrs. Whistler's Death--New Will_ CHAPTER XXXIX. ALONE. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX 336 _Work and Little Journeys--Mr. E. G. Kennedy's Reminiscences-- Evenings with Whistler--Visit to the National Gallery-- Whistler goes to live with Mr. Heinemann at Whitehall Court-- Mr. Henry Savage Landor--Mr. Edmund Heinemann--Eden Affair-- Last Meeting with Sir Seymour Haden--Christmas at Bournemouth_ CHAPTER XL. THE LITHOGRAPH CASE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX AND EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN 346 _Mr. Walter Sickert's Article in "Saturday Review"--Joseph Pennell sues him for Libel--Whistler the Principal Witness-- In the Witness-box under Cross-examination--Verdict-- Whistler's Pleasure_ CHAPTER XLI. THE END OF THE EDEN CASE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-NINE 350 _M. Boldini's Portrait of Whistler--In London--Visits to Hampton--Journey to Dieppe--The Eden Case in the Cour de Cassation--Whistler's Triumph--"The Baronet and the Butterfly" --The Whistler Syndicate: Company of the Butterfly_ CHAPTER XLII. BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED 357 _Illness in Paris--Fever of Work--Portrait of Mr. George Vanderbilt--Other Portraits and Models--Pictures of Children-- Nudes--Pastels--Spanish War--Journey to Italy--"Best Man" at Mr. Heinemann's Wedding--Impressions of Rome--Mr. Kerr-Lawson's Account of his Stay in Florence--Winter in Paris--Loneliness-- Meetings with old Student Friends--Dr. Whistler's Death--Dinner at Mr. Heinemann's--Mr. Arthur Symon's Impressions of Whistler_ CHAPTER XLIII. THE INTERNATIONAL. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 369 _The International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers-- Whistler elected First President--Activity of his Interest-- First Exhibition at Knightsbridge--Second Exhibition-- Difficulties--Third Exhibition at the Royal Institute-- Exhibitions on the Continent and in America--Whistler's Presidency ends only with Death_ CHAPTER XLIV. THE ACADÉMIE CARMEN. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE 377