Excerpt from Exhibition of Thirty-Eight Paintings by the Late George Inness, N. A., From the Ainslie Collection and Others: New York School of Applied Design for Women, 160 Lexington Avenue, Cor. Thirtieth Street, April Sixth to May Sixth, 1912<br><br>It is a unique happening that the New York School of Applied Design for Women has been able to secure the present collection of pictures, all of which represent the man at his best, while some of them are among his undisputed master pieces - and the word is used with full realization of its significance. The display of the pictures is a chance that this generation will never live to see again. That this exhibition should be offered to the general public is the citizen's great opportunity, for the show is a liberal education in itself, while in all probability there will never again be such an occasion for the collector to augment his posses sions with such representative American examples. Happily, too, the collector is beginning to fully appreciate the advantages of an investment in the best of native art. It is no longer a hazard but an admitted fact that our own men are worthy to stand with the best in the world. It is not necessary to recall such names as Homer Martin, Alexander H. Wyant, Winslow Homer and others to note the increase in values which in a decade have gone up by leaps and bounds. Already the advance in prices is almost unbelievable, and the men being dead and gone, no longer capable of reproduction, is a factor that adds materially to the values.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.