There is Ellen Thesleff, a figure painter; there is Elin Danielson-Gambogi (wife of the Italian painter, R. Gambogi), well-known for her portraits and landscapes; there is Julia Stigzelius de Cock (wife of the Belgian artist, Césare de Cock), a clever landscape painter; there is Amélie Lundahl, figure painter; and Ada Thilén, with her landscapes; and Hanna Rönnberg, with her subject pictures and outdoor scenes; and Anna Sahlstén, a figure painter; and last, but not least, I name Annie Torselles-Schybergson, a good painter of animals. HELENA WESTERMARCK. [Illustration: SILHOUETTE BY NELLY BODENHEIM.] [Illustration: RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 1884 "A MEETING." AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY LEVY & SONS, PARIS Mademoiselle Marie Bashkirtseff, Painter 1860-1884] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, XVII CENTURY PLANT STUDY PAINTED IN WATER-COLOUR ON VELLUM. AFTER ONE OF THE MANY DRAWINGS BY THE SAME ARTIST IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THEY ONCE BELONGED TO SIR HANS SLOANE, WHO PURCHASED THEM AT A HIGH PRICE. Maria Sibylla Merian (Frau Graff), Painter 1647-1717] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, XVII CENTURY PORTRAIT ETCHED BY HERSELF OF ANNA MARIA SCHURMAN PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS LINGUIST OF HER TIME IN EUROPE Anna Maria Schurman, Painter-Etcher 1607-1678] [Illustration: PLANT STUDY PAINTED IN WATER-COLOUR ON VELLUM. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM Maria Sibylla Merian (Frau Graff), Painter 1647-1717] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, END OF XVIII CENTURY GYPSIES ON A COMMON AFTER GEORGE MORLAND Frau Maria Catharina Prestel, Engraver Died 1794] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, 1817 AND 1820 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN. FROM THE ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM] [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A MAN. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL ETCHING IN BRITISH MUSEUM Anna Marie Ellenrieder, Painter-Etcher 1791-1863] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE XIX CENTURY A GIRL OF BOHEMIA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Caroline von Maupeou, Painter] [Illustration: BRETON GIRL PRAYING. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Frau Adelaïde Salles-Wagner, Painter] [Illustration: GERMAN SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF FRÄULEIN VON SYDOW. FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Fräulein Maria Davids, Painter PORTRAIT. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HANFSTAENGL KINDLY LENT BY THE ARTIST Jeanna Bauck, Painter] [Illustration: GERMAN AND SPANISH SCHOOLS, CONTEMPORARY A WOODLAND LAKE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Jeanna Bauck, Painter, Germany] [Illustration: THE CASTLE AND PALACE OF PENA IN CINTRA. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. LAURENT & CO., MADRID Maria G. Silva Reis, Painter, Spain]