[Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, 1897 "STEADY THE DRUMS AND FIFES!" FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, BY KIND PERMISSION OF LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER AND OF MESSRS. GOUPIL & CO., LONDON AND PARIS, PUBLISHERS OF THE LARGE REPRODUCTION RECENTLY ISSUED Lady Elizabeth Butler, Painter] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY AFTER THE BULL-FIGHT FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Miss Margaret Cameron, Painter] [Illustration: WINTRY WEATHER AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Lily Blatherwick (Mrs. A. S. Hartrick), Painter] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY A YORKSHIRE TROUT STREAM. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Miss Alice Fanner, Painter PORTRAIT OF MISS ANNA ALMA-TADEMA. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Anna Alma-Tadema, Painter] [Illustration: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONTEMPORARY BABY'S TOILETTE. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PASTEL, BY PERMISSION OF MESSRS. DURAND-RUEL & SONS, PARIS THE OWNERS OF THE COPYRIGHT. Miss Mary Cassatt, Pastellist and Painter] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY FROM THE ORIGINAL PEN-DRAWING Miss Jessie M. King, Illustrator] [Illustration: THE MUSIC LESSON Mrs. J. M. Swan, Painter PANEL OF A SCREEN AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Amy Sawyer, Painter] [Illustration: BRITISH AND AMERICAN SCHOOLS, CONTEMPORARY. OPHELIA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTOTYPE CO., NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON Miss Offor (Mrs. F. Littler), Painter, England.] [Illustration: PRAYER. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, FROM A CARBON-PRINT PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Mrs. Cecilia Wentworth, Painter, U.S.A., America.] [Illustration: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONTEMPORARY THE PEACE BALL AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: THE FRENCH OFFICERS, LAFAYETTE AND ROCHAMBEAU, BEING INTRODUCED TO WASHINGTON'S MOTHER. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF C. KLACKNER, HAYMARKET, LONDON Miss Jennie Brownscombe, Painter] [Illustration: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONTEMPORARY. PORTRAIT. REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING KINDLY LENT BY THE ARTIST. Miss Cecilia Beaux, Painter.] [Illustration: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONTEMPORARY THE BAMBOO FENCE. FROM A WOODCUT DESIGNED IN THE JAPANESE MANNER AND PRINTED IN COLOURS BY JAPANESE WORKMEN. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF C. KLACKNER, NEW YORK, U.S.A., AND 12, HAYMARKET, LONDON. DATE OF COPYRIGHT, 1904 Miss Helen Hyde, Designer] [Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, 1755-1842 Portrait of Madame Vigée Le Brun and her Daughter. After the painting in the Louvre, from a Photograph by Braun, Clément & Co., Paris Madame Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Painter 1755-1842] Of Women Painters in France By Léonce Bénédite. Translated into English by Edgar Preston