ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES FACING PAGE 



I. WISDOM, OR THE SPIRIT OF SCIENCE. BY EDWIN 



AUSTIN ABBEY - -Frontispiece 



II. THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT. BY LORD LEIGHTON 48 



III. SCIENCE. BY KENYON Cox- - 112 



IV. URANIA THE MUSE OF ASTRONOMY. BY B. 



EARLOM, AFTER G. B. CIPRIANI - 144 



V. THE THINKER. BY AUGUSTE RODIN - - 192 



VI. SCIENCE. BY GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA - - 224 



VII. SCIENCE REVEALING THE TREASURES OF THE EARTH. 



BY EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY - 256 



VIII. APOTHEOSIS OF THE SCIENCES. BY PAUL ALBERT 



BESNARD - - - 320 



