Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Arthur Wesley Dow (1857 – December 13, 1922)[1][2] was an American painter, printmaker, photographer and an arts educator. Arthur Wesley Dow, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1857.[3] Dow received his first art training in 1880 from Anna K. Freeland of Worcester, Massachusetts. The following year, Dow continued his studies in Boston[1] with James M. Stone, a former student of Frank Duveneck and Gustave Bouguereau. In 1884, he went to Paris for his early art education, studying at the Académie Julian,[3] under the supervision of the academic artists Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.