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 E. 



EARLOM, AFTER G. B. CIPRIANI - - 144 



V. THE THINKER. BY AUGUSTE KODIN - - 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 



