FACING PAGE STORY OF PYGMALION, "THE HEART DESIRES,” BY SIR EDWARD BURNEJONES 25 Photo: Fredk. Hollyer, London. 42 HOMER SINGING HIS POEMS а 43 PREPARING FOR THE SIEGE OF TROY From a drawing by Paul Chenavard in the Museum, Lyons. Photo: Braun 44 "THE WINE OF CIRCE” (Coloured Illustration) From the painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Reproduced by per mission of Frederick Hollyer. 46 . GREEKS AND TROJANS OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF TROY From a drawing by Paul Chenavard in the Museum, Lyons. Photo: Braun 47 50 “THE FORGE OF VULCAN,” BY VELASQUEZ Photo: Rischgitz Collection. "PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS,” BY J. W. WATERHOUSE Reproduced by special permission of the Director of the Aberdeen Art Gallery “CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE,” BY LORD LEIGHTON . From the painting in the Manchester Art Gallery Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 51 56 57 60 “ULYSSES IN PHÆACIA," RUBENS. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. “CIRCE AND THE COMPANIONS OF Ulysses” by BRITON RIVIÈRE, R.A. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. “THE JUDGMENT OF Paris,” by RUBENS National Gallery, London. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. 61 61 70 “THE SCAPEGOAT,” by W. HOLMAN HUNT Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. FACING PAGE Moses: PROPHET, LAWGIVER, STATESMAN, AS CONCEIVED BY MICHAEL ANGELO 71 74 "Moses BREAKING THE TABLES OF THE LAW,” BY REMBRANDT VAN RYN Photo: Braun, Clé nent & Co. 75 "AND THERE WAS A GREAT Cry in Egypt,” by Arthur HACKER, A.R.A. Reproduced by special permission. 78 "JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH's DREAMS,” by HAROLD SPEED ” BY Reproduced by permission of the artist. 79 A PAGE OF THE Codex Sinaiticus Reproduced by kind permission of the British and Foreign Bible Society David, THE GREATEST OF THE HEBREW KINGS . 82 ISAIAH: THE STATESMAN AND PROPHET ROUND WHOSE NAME Photo: Anderson. 83 84 JEREMIAH: PERHAPS THE FINEST EXAMPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OF A Photo: Anderson. 85 EZEKIEL: The Mystic AND Priest Who, MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAN, From Michael Angelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Photo: Anderson. 88 “RUTH AND NAOMI,” BY P. H. CALDERON From the picture in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Reproduced by permission of the Liverpool Corporation. “TOBIT WITH THE ARCHANGEL,” BY BOTTICELLI 89 CHRIST, AS IMAGINED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI 92 93 “CHRIST WASHING PETER'S FEET,” by FORD Madox BROWN . Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. 96 . THE CONDEMNATION of Jesus (Coloured Illustration). From a painting by Antonio Ciseri. 98 “Jesus Mourns OVER THE City,” by Paul H. FLANDRIN Photo: Braun, Clément & Co. Masaccio's FRESCO OF ST. PETER VISITED IN PRISON BY ST. PAUL. 99 102 BISHOP WESTCOTT Photo: Elliott & Fry, Ltd. 107 TINDALE's New TESTAMENT, THE FIRST PRINTED TRANSLATION IN THE From a specimen in their Library. 116 “THE DAWN OF THE REFORMATION” After W. T. Jeames, R.A. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 117 READING THE BIBLE IN THE CRYPT OF OLD ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL After Sir George Harvey. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 120 "St. Paul PREACHING AT ATHENS,” by RAPHAEL . The Vatican, Rome. Photo: Anderson. 121 "Isaac BLESSING JACOB,” BY MURILLO The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. 122 “JOB in His AFFLICTION," By Leon Bonnat. The Luxembourg, Paris. Photo: Neurdein. 123 “SAMSON AND DELILAH,” BY SOLOMON J. Solomon, R.A. Reproduced by permission from the original painting in the possession of the Liverpool Corporation. 124 HAGAR AND ISHMAEL (Coloured Illustration). Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. 126 “THE MEETING OF JACOB AND RACHEL,” BY PACECCO DE Rosa . National Museum, Naples. Photo: Brogi. 127 “THE TRIUMPH OF DAVID,” by Matteo RossELLI The Louvre, Paris. Photo: Neurdein. 130 “THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM,” by REMBRANDT The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Photo: Hanfstaengl. FACING PAGE 131 “THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS,” BY REMBRANDT VAN RYN The Louvre, Paris. Photo: Alinari. BRAHMA, THE CREATOR; VISHNU, THE PRESERVER; Siva, THE DESTROYER 142 143 BUDDHA PREACHING Statue discovered at Sarnath, 1904. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. THE TOMB OF CONFUCIUS 148 149 CONFUCIUS, THE CELEBRATED CHINESE PhiloSOPHER, 551 B.C. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. LAO-TZE. 149 By permission of the Open Court Publishing Co. 156 A PARSEE TOWER OF SILENCE, BOMBAY . Photo: H. J. Shepstone. THE MOSQUE OF Sidi OKBA: THE Most ANCIENT MOHAMMEDAN BUILDING IN AFRICA . 156 “N. D." Photo. 157 BIRD's-EYE VIEW OF MECCA, THE RELIGIOUS CAPITAL OF ISLAM Photo: H. J. Shepstone. “HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH FOR THE BODY OF ALCESTIS,” BY LORD LEIGHTON By permission of the Fine Art Society, Ltd. 166 166 HYLAS AND THE NYMPHS. From the painting by J. W. Waterhouse, in the Manchester Art Gallery. By permission of the Manchester Corporation. 173 “CASTOR AND Pollux CARRYING OFF TALAIRA AND PHæBE, DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPUS,” by RUBENS. Munich. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. “THE RETURN OF PERSEPHONE” (Coloured Illustration) From the painting by Lord Leighton, in the Leeds Art Gallery. 174 “PERSEUS, 176 BY CANOVA . 176 JUPITER The Vatican. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 177 “ECHO AND Narcissus,” BY J. W. WATERHOUSE Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Reproduced by permission of the Cor poration of Liverpool. THE 190 “AN AUDIENCE IN ATHENS, DURING THE REPRESENTATION OF AGAMEMNON,” by Sir W. B. RichMOND, R.A. Reproduced by permission of the Corporation of Birmingham. AMPHITHEATRE AT SYRACUSE IN SICILY, ONE OF THE Most PERFECT Ruins OF A GREEK THEATRE IN EXISTENCE . Photo: Brogi. 191 191 COMIC ACTORS. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES Photo: Rischgitz Collection. |