Identifier: stnicholasserial31dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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rare talents, and ever since then her workshave held an honorable position in Europe. America, always appreciative of true worth,was not slow to acknowledge the merit of herwork, and one of her pictures gained a highprize at our Centennial Exhibition, where theywere first brought before the American public. In 1850 Henriette Knip became Mme. Ron-ner, and, with her husband, went to Brusselsto live. When first married, their income wasvery small, but the young artist had broughtwith her to her new home that which I amsure each boy and girl will agree with me ismuch better than mere dollars and cents, andwhich in the end usually gains all things, dol-lars and cents included, and that was her 1904.) PUSSY S FRIEND. IO93 Dutch pluck and perseverance. With these on canvas so truly all their different moods andshe set to work to overcome all difficulties, expressions, which are almost as varied as theAt this time she would often be at her easel expressions on the faces of the boys and girls.
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A PUZZLED OBSERVER. as early as four oclock in the morning. LaterMme. Ronner devoted all her time and tal-ents to the painting of dogs and cats, whichhave ever been the favorite subjects of herbrush. These household pets, indeed, havefound a true friend in this gifted artist, who un-derstands them so well, and who reproduces No more sincere compliment could havebeen paid to Mme. Ronners skill than wasoffered her by a dog. The Queen of Belgiumand her sister-in-law the Countess of Flanderseach had several favorite dogs whose portraitsthey wished painted by Mme. Ronner. Theywere brought to the studio at different times for 1094 PUSSY S FRIEND. (Oct. their sittings, and on a certain occasion oneof the countesss dogs, a rather savage, ill-tempered animal, coming into the room, foundthe newly finished portrait of one of his com-panions standing on the floor. Barking furi-ously, he rushed excitedly to it, prepared for aviolent battle, when, seeing his mistake, he stoodquite still with astoni

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