Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Preface / James J. Rorimer -- Proposing a new view of Homer -- Biographical sketches -- The art world of 1840-70 in Boston and New York -- Homer in Paris -- 1867 -- Homer's world : friends and strangers, the generation of 1830 -- Homer as illustrator of books and magazines, 1859-75 -- Homer and the "etching craze," 1860-90 -- Homer's masterpieces -- Summing up -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Index of illustrations -- Index of museums and private collections -- Index.
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