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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| NIOBE, from the pediment in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence | |
| NIOBE vainly attempting to shield from the shafts of Apollo the youngest of her sons. Demidoff Collection | |
| ALCESTIS. The celebrated Strozzi Herakles. Blacas Collection | |
| ATALANTA stopping short in the midst of her race to pick up the Apple. Berlin Collection | |
| ANTIGONE. Sphinx seated. King Collection | |
| KLYTEMNESTRA. Head of the dying Medusa. King Collection | |
| HELENA. Venus. Leake Collection | |
| PENELOPE contemplating the bow of her absent lord. Blacas Collection | |
| IPHIGENEIA. Pallas Athene | |
| KASSANDRA. Ajax about to drag away Kassandra from the Altar of Pallas, where she has taken sanctuary | |
| LAODAMEIA. Hera. Berlin Collection |
The above, except the frontispiece, are from "Antique Gems and Rings," by Rev. C. W. KING, who has kindly allowed their use here.
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