CHAPTER XLII. BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.

THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED 357

_Illness in Paris--Fever of Work--Portrait of Mr. George Vanderbilt--Other Portraits and Models--Pictures of Children-- Nudes--Pastels--Spanish War--Journey to Italy--"Best Man" at Mr. Heinemann's Wedding--Impressions of Rome--Mr. Kerr-Lawson's Account of his Stay in Florence--Winter in Paris--Loneliness-- Meetings with old Student Friends--Dr. Whistler's Death--Dinner at Mr. Heinemann's--Mr. Arthur Symon's Impressions of Whistler_