The work presented here is a review of the most outstanding achievements in arts in the second part of the 19th century. The author of this book, an American art, book, music, and theater critic James Gibbons Huneker aimed to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time. Thus, in this collection, a reader may find information about such prominent figures as Walt Whitman, Max Lieberman, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Zola, and Maupassant.
