Upon the walls of the buried city of Pompeii still are frescoes that seem painted yesterday, so fresh is the color. The work of Michelangelo and of Raphael in the Vatican at Rome is perhaps the greatest of any known decorative efforts. Throughout France and Germany the work has been greatly fostered by commissions from the state for public buildings of all sorts, for splendid mansions and palaces of royalty. In France, particularly, great attention is given to mural work. The work of the French painter Puvis de Chavannes today is a return, to a certain extent, to the ideals and methods of expression, to the simplicity of theme and treatment of the early masters. He remains by general consent the greatest of all modern decorators, and we are fortunate in America in having admirable specimens of his work in the Boston Public Library. Our modern men, in their mural work, use as a rule oil paints mixed with wax, in order to secure a flat effect and to do away with any reflection on the surface. Complete Your Mentor Library Subscriptions always begin with the current issue. The following numbers of The Mentor Course, already issued, will be supplied at the rate of fifteen cents each. Send your list, and the numbers will be shipped at once, charges prepaid. Serial No. 1. Beautiful Children in Art 2. Makers of American Poetry 3. Washington, the Capital 4. Beautiful Women in Art 5. Romantic Ireland 6. Masters of Music 7. Natural Wonders of America 8. Pictures We Love to Live with 9. The Conquest of the Peaks 10. Scotland, the Land of Song and Scenery 11. Cherubs in Art 12. Statues with a Story 13. Story of America in Pictures: The Discoverers 14. London 15. The Story of Panama 16. American Birds of Beauty 17. Dutch Masterpieces 18. Paris, the Incomparable 19. Flowers of Decoration 20. Makers of American Humor 21. American Sea Painters 22. Story of America in Pictures: The Explorers 23. Sporting Vacations 24. Switzerland: The Land of Scenic Splendors 25. American Novelists 26. American Landscape Painters 27. Venice, the Island City 28. The Wife in Art 29. Great American Inventors 30. Furniture and its Makers 31. Spain and Gibraltar 32. Historic Spots of America 33. Beautiful Buildings of the World 34. Game Birds of America 35. Story of America in Pictures: The Contest for North America 36. Famous American Sculptors 37. The Conquest of the Poles 38. Napoleon 39. The Mediterranean 40. Angels in Art 41. Famous Composers 42. Egypt, the Land of Mystery 43. Story of America in Pictures: The Revolution 44. Famous English Poets 45. Makers of American Art 46. The Ruins of Rome 47. Makers of Modern Opera 48. Dürer and Holbein 49. Vienna, the Queen City 50. Ancient Athens 51. The Barbizon Painters 52. Abraham Lincoln: Volume 2 53.