Front matter
Epiphanius Wilson translation
The World’s Greatest Literature
THE Masterpieces of the World’s Greatest Authors in History, Biography, Philosophy, Economics, Politics; Epic and Dramatic Literature, History of English Literature, Oriental Literature (Sacred and Profane), Orations, Essays. Sixty-one Crown Octavo Volumes :: :: ::
ILLUSTRATED WITH FRONTISPIECES, EACH A MASTER WORK OF ART IN PORTRAITURE OR HISTORIC PAINTING
Editors
L I B R A R Y C O M M I T T E E JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P. Historian and Journalist TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D. Ex-President Yale University RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Author and Critic PAUL VAN DYKE, D.D. Princeton University ALBERT ELLERY BERGH Managing Editor A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E JOHN T. MORGAN United States Senate FREDERIC R. COUDERT, LL.D. New York Bar EDWARD EVERETT HALE Author and Editor MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, LL.D. Catholic University of America JULIAN HAWTHORNE Literary Editor
Sword Dance in a Café
Photogravure from the original painting by Jean Léon Gérôme, exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1888
THIS fine picture is a thoroughly characteristic specimen of the work of the most popular of modern French artists. Oriental subjects especially attracted him, as he had an eye for striking figures and brilliant colors. He died January 10, 1904.