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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

by James McNeill Whistler

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  1. 1An Extraordinary Piratical Plot
  2. 2Seizure of Mr Whistler’s Pirated Writings
  3. 3The Exploded Plot
  4. 4Mr. Whistler’s Paper Hunt
  5. 5A Great Literary Curiosity
  6. 6A Last Effort
  7. 7“Messieurs les Ennemis!”
  8. 8The Action
  9. 9Professor Ruskin’s Group
  10. 10Whistler V. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics
  11. 11The Art Critic of the “Times”
  12. 12The Position
  13. 13Serious Sarcasm
  14. 14Final
  15. 15“Balaam’s Ass”
  16. 16The Point Acknowledged
  17. 17Critic’s Analysis
  18. 18The Critic’s Mind Considered
  19. 19A Troubled One — Full Absolution
  20. 20“Confidences” With an Editor
  21. 21Critics “Copy”
  22. 22A Proposal
  23. 23The Painter-Etcher Papers
  24. 24Later
  25. 25La Suite
  26. 26A Correction
  27. 27A Warning
  28. 28Naïf Enfant
  29. 29A Straight Tip
  30. 30An Eager Authority
  31. 31An Admission
  32. 32’Arry in the Grosvenor
  33. 33Encouragement
  34. 34A Remonstrance
  35. 35Propositions
  36. 36An Unanswered Letter
  37. 37Inconsequences
  38. 38Uncovered Opinions
  39. 39The Fate of an Anecdote
  40. 40In Excelsis
  41. 41A Suspicion
  42. 42Conviction
  43. 43Taking the Bait
  44. 44An Apology
  45. 45“Jeux Innocents” in Tite Street
  46. 46A Line From the Lands End
  47. 47The Easy Expert
  48. 48Propositions — No. 2
  49. 49A Hint
  50. 50A Distinction
  51. 51A Document
  52. 52Sacrilege
  53. 53The Red Rag
  54. 54A Rebuke
  55. 55“Les Points Sur les i”
  56. 56Mr. Whistler’s Ten O’Clock”
  57. 57“Rengaines!”
  58. 58Tenderness in Tite Street
  59. 59To the Committee of the “National Art Exhibition”
  60. 60Quand Même!
  61. 61Philanthropy and Art
  62. 62“Nous Avons Changé Tout Cela!”
  63. 63The Inevitable
  64. 64“Noblesse Oblige”
  65. 65Early Laurels
  66. 66A Further Proposition
  67. 67An Opportunity
  68. 68The Opportunity Neglected
  69. 69Nostalgia
  70. 70An Insinuation
  71. 71An Imputation
  72. 72“Autre Temps Autre Mœurs”
  73. 73Talent in a Napkin
  74. 74The Critic “Catching on”
  75. 75Ingratitude
  76. 76The Complacent One
  77. 77The Critic-flâneur
  78. 78A Played-out Policy
  79. 79An Interview With an ex-President
  80. 80Statistics
  81. 81A Retrospect
  82. 82The New Dynasty
  83. 83An Embroidered Interview
  84. 84The “Pall Mall” Puzzled
  85. 85Official Bumbledom
  86. 86“Aussi Que Diable Allait-Il Faire Dans Cette Galère?”
  87. 87The Royal Society of British Artists and Their Signboard
  88. 88An Official Letter
  89. 89The Home of Taste
  90. 90Another Poacher in the Chelsea Preserves
  91. 91A Suggestion
  92. 92The Habit of Second Natures
  93. 93In the Market Place
  94. 94Panic
  95. 95Just Indignation
  96. 96An Advanced Critic
  97. 97The Advantage of Explanation
  98. 98Testimony
  99. 99An Apostasy
  100. 100“Et Tu, Brute!”
  101. 101Freeing a Last Friend
  102. 102An Editor’s Anxiety
  103. 103Rassurez Vous!
  104. 104Whistler’s Grievance
  105. 105The Art-Critic’s Friend
  106. 106A Question
  107. 107The End of the Piece
  108. 108Exit the Prompter
  109. 109L’Envoi
  110. 110Auto-Biographical
  111. 111Mr. Whistler “Had on His Own Toast”
  112. 112What “Mr. Whistler Had on His Own Toast”
  113. 113“The Voice of a People”
  114. 114A Zealous Inquirer
  115. 115Final Acknowledgments

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