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This briefly is the source of our power to measure art, and 

 to appreciate to some extent the works of the great masters of 

 the art of paint and brush. 



Pictures on the Walls. 



One of the most popular living art critics has said with re- 

 markable cogency and point, that a picture must be lived with, 

 in order that its secret beauties may become apparent to the eye. 



It is therefore of the highest importance that the pictures 

 with which we furnish our homes and our school rooms and pub- 

 lic buildings generally, should be pictures of genuine artistic 

 merit. They should be selected from the masterpieces of the art 

 of painting. 



With a view to assisting those who may wish to make selec- 

 tions of good pictures the following list is given as an index to the 

 gallery of the world's great art treasuries : 



From Famous Paintings. 



FOR 1ST, 2ND AND 3D GRADES. 



The First Step Millet The Shepherdess Lerolle 



The Age of Innocence Reynolds Feeding the Hens Millet 



Feeding Birds Millet Baby Stuart VanDyke 



Mother and Child LeBrun An Angel Bellini 



The Cat Family Adan The Melon Eaters Murillo 



Madonna of the Chair. ... .Raphael Shepherd and His Flock... Bonheur 



The Drinking Trough Dupre Hiawatha Norris 



FOR 4TH, 5TH AND 6TH GRADES. 



Feeding Her Birds Millet The Arrival of the Shepherds 



The Balloon Dupre Lerolle 



The Meeting Bashkirtseff The Holy Family Murillo 



Queen Louise Richter Holy Night Correggio 



Jeanne D'Arc Lepage September Zuber 



The Shepherd's Chief Mourner A Helping Hand Renouf 



Landseer Pied Piper of Hamelin Kaulbach 



Prince Balthaser Velasquez The Return to the Farm. . . .Troyon 



