_School opened in the Passage Stanislas, Paris--Whistler and Mr. Frederick MacMonnies propose to visit it--History of the School written, at Whistler's request, by Mrs. Clifford Addams --Her Account--His Methods--His Advice--His Palette-- Misunderstandings--Mrs. Addam apprenticed to Whistler--Men's Class discontinued--Third Year begins with Woman's Class alone --School closed--Mr. Clifford Addams made an Apprentice-- Mr. MacMonnies' Account--Comparison with Other Art Schools_ CHAPTER XLV. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED 393 _Whistler authorises J. and E. R. Pennell to write his Life and Mr. Heinemann to publish it--Whistler gives his Reminiscences--Photographing began in Studio--Paris Universal Exhibition--Interest in the Boer War--The "Island" and the "Islanders"--The Pekin Massacre and Blue Pots--Domberg--Visit to Ireland--Sir Walter Armstrong's Reminiscences of Whistler in Dublin--Irritation with Critics of his Pictures in Paris-- Increasing Ill-health in the Autumn--Serious Illness--Starts for the South_ CHAPTER XLVI. IN SEARCH OF HEALTH. THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO 407 _Tangier--Algiers--Marseilles--Ajaccio--Winter in Corsica-- Visit from Mr. Heinemann--Dominoes--Rests for the First Time-- Return to London in the Spring--Work in the Summer--Illness in the Autumn--Bath--No. 74 Cheyne Walk--Annoyances--Journey to Holland--Dangerous Illness in The Hague--Mr. G. Sauter's Account of his Last Visit to Franz Hals at Haarlem_ CHAPTER XLVII. THE END. THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 423 _Return to No. 74 Cheyne Walk--Illness--Gradual Decline--Work-- Portraits--Prints--Exhibition of Silver--Degree of LL.D. from Glasgow University--St. Louis Exposition--Worries--Last Weeks-- Death--Funeral--Grave_ APPENDIX 437 INDEX 439 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _G., after an etching, refers to the Grolier Club Catalogue of Whistler's Etchings, 1910_ _W., after a lithograph, refers to Mr. T. R. Way's Catalogue of Whistler's Lithographs, 1905_ Page PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (_By Himself_) (_Oil_) _Frontispiece_ In the George McCulloch Collection PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER AS A BOY (_By Sir William Boxall_) (_Oil_) 12 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art THE TWO BROTHERS (_Miniature_) 12 Lent by Miss Emma Palmer; formerly in the possession of Mrs. George D. Stanton and Miss Emma W. Palmer BIBI LALOUETTE (_Etching. G. 51_) 20