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Contents.-1. The Bell of Rouen : George d'Amboise, Minister of Louis XII.-2. The Poet of Sorrento: Torquato Tasso.-3. The Woodman's Son: the Story of Corregio.-4. The Painters of Maaseyk: the Secret of the Brothers Van Eyck.-5. The Young Musician : Mozart.-6. An Artist's Vocation: Michael Angelo.-7. The Little Picard: Galland, the Orientalist.

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