PREFACE 



XI 



whose ardent imagination was voluntarily subjected to the 

 toil of study so profound. 



If the example of Barye, with whom we associate the 

 names of other great modern painters of animals, can deter- 

 mine the conviction which we seek to produce, we shall be 

 sincerely glad. To contribute to the propagation of useful 

 ideas, and to see them accepted, gives a feeling of satisfac- 

 tion far too legitimate for us to hesitate to say what we 

 should feel if our hope be realized in this instance. 



EDOUARD CUYER. 



