Download or read book Ivory, Apes and Peacocks written by James Huneker and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work presented here is a review of the most outstanding achievements in arts in the second part of the 19th century. The author of this book, an American art, book, music, and theater critic James Gibbons Huneker aimed to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time. Thus, in this collection, a reader may find information about such prominent figures as Walt Whitman, Max Lieberman, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Zola, and Maupassant.