1913 Mentor Book: Art, Travel, Literature. Periodical

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Title: The Mentor

A Magazine of Travel, Art, and Literature

12 Issues Bound in One Volume

Volume 1:  Numbers 13 to 24

May 12, 1913 to July 28, 1913

Printed in New York City: By the Mentor Association

Each issue has 12 Pages Plus 6 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates

Size:   245 x 180 mm  (9-1/2 x 7 inches)

Hardcover.

12 Issues.   Published in 1913.    Bound in One Volume.

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Includes Volume 1 Number 13 ...to Number 24

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New England Puritans: John Alden and Priscilla

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With 72 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates (6 Per Issue)

Travel, Art, and Literature

Plus Additional Illustrations in the Text

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Snowy Heron

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With 72 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates (6 Per Issue)

Travel, Art, and Literature

Plus Additional Illustrations in the Text

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Mark Twain

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With 72 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates (6 Per Issue)

Travel, Art, and Literature

Plus Additional Illustrations in the Text

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Canoeing

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With 72 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates (6 Per Issue)

Travel, Art, and Literature

Plus Additional Illustrations in the Text

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Picadilly Circus in London

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With 72 Full-Page Gravure Illustration Plates (6 Per Issue)

Travel, Art, and Literature

Plus Additional Illustrations in the Text

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Art, Literature, and Travel in 1913

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The beautifully-crafted, weekly magazine  is a showcase of international art, literature and travel of 1913.

Each issue focuses on one subject, with many illustrations in the text.  Each issue also had 6 full-page illustration plates, beautifully printed on art-stock paper.     

Articles and illustrations include:

Number 1: American Exploration by Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University. Full-Page Illustrations: Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, The Landing of Columbus, Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean,  Columbus' ship the "Santa Maria", De Soto discovers the Mississippi River, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson,

Number 2: London Landmarks by Dwight L. Elmendorf. Full-Page Illustrations: Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace.

Number 3: Panama by Stephen Bonsal. Full-Page Illustrations:  Panama Canal: Gatun Lock, Panama Canal: Culbera Cut, Canal from Bilboa to Miraflores, Construction Shovel, Abandoned French Equipment, Culbera Cut.

Number 4: American Birds / Ornithology by Edward Howe Forbush, State ornithologist of Massachusetts.  Full-Page Color Illustrations: Blue Jay, Baltimore Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Duck, Snowy Heron.

Number 5: Netherlands Paintings / Dutch Masters by John C. Van Dyke of Rutgers College. Full-Page Illustrations: The Night Watch by Rembrandt, The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, The Young Bull by Paul Potter, In a Courtyard by Pieter de Hooch, The Christening by Jan Steen, The Avenue by Hobbema.

Number 6: Travel in Paris by Dwight L. Elmendorf.  Full-Page Illustrations: The River Seine, Place de la Bastille, Tomb of Napoleon, Notre Dame, Madeleine Church, Arc de Triomphe,

Number 7: Flowers / Horticulture by H. S. Adams.  Full-Page Color Illustrations:  American Beauty Rose, Easter Lily, Violet, Daffodil, Orchid, Carnation,

Number 8: American Humor, Comedy, and Comics by Burges Johnson.    Full-Page Illustrations: Josh Billings, Artemus Ward, Bill Nye, Joel Chandler Harris, Frank R. Stockton, Mark Twain.

Number 9:  American Sea Painters by Arthur Hoeber.  Full-Page Illustrations: Cannon Rock by Winslow Homer, The Inrush by Paul Dougherty, The Roaring Forties by Frederick J. Waugh, Mid Ocean by Charles H. Woodbury, The Wave by Alexander Harrison, Open Sea by Emil Carlsen.

Number 10: American Exploration and Discovery by Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard.  Full-Page Illustrations: The Mississippi River, Francisco Vasquez de Cornado in the American Southwest, Lake Champlain, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pocahontas Baptism, Puritans John Alden and Priscilla.

Number 11:  Sporting Vacations by Dan Beard. Full-Page Illustrations: Duck hunting on the Chesapeake Bay, Fly fishing for maskalonge, Deer hunting in the Adirondack Mountains, Exploring the American West, Forest skills, Canoeing.

Number 12: Switzerland travel by Dwight L. Elmendorf. Full-page illustrations: Lake Lucerne, St. Gotthard Railroad, Lake Geneva and Casle of Chillon, Mont Blanc from Chamonix, St. Bernard Hospice, St. Moritz.

Condition: Very Nice Condition.  No institutional markings or pen-and-ink markings.  Page are bright and clean, with No foxing spots or dampstains.  Pages are securely bound. The cover is bright, with No sunning or dampstains. The head of the cover's spine is lightly worn. Very nice condition throughout.

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