GREAT PICTURES

As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

Edited and Translated by

ESTHER SINGLETON

Author of "Turrets, Towers, and Temples" and
Translator of "The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner"

With Numerous Illustrations







[Illustration: FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO.
_Bordone._]





New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
Copyright, 1899
By Dodd, Mead and Company