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The Dance of Death.

literary motto. He has advocated the vague traditions ofunauthenticated Dances of Death by Holbein, and hasmade a most unjustifiable attempt to deprive that trulygreat artist of the only painting on the subject which reallyappears to belong to him. Yet, if by fair and candidargument, supported by the necessary proofs, the usual andlong standing claim on the part of Holbein can be sub-stantiated, no one will thereby be more highly gratifiedthan the author of this dissertation.