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Contents: Introduction; Materialism and Culture - The Struggle for Wealth; The Field of Art; Art in the Home. New Influences - Some Aspects of Japanese Painting; The Evolution of Impressionism; Claude Monet; Current Impressionism; The Lesson of the Photograph. The Public Arts - Saint-Gauden's Lincoln; The Outlook for Decorative Art in America; Municipal Art. Architecture - The Difficulties of Modern Architecture; The Profession of Architecture; An 'American Style' of Architecture. Music - The Isolation of Music; Grand Opera in America. The Theatre - The American Drama Revisited; The Stage as a Moral Institution.