of the greatest of modern sculptors, Antonio Canova, and he named his eldest son for him. About this period he was persuaded to construct some artificial limbs, none at this time being made in the -United States. Seeing that those im- ported from France were imperfect in the knee joint, he invented a

Isaac L. Williams, Artist and Portrait Painter, As the subject *of my sketch is not found mentioned in any of the ency- clopedias or journals at present ex- tant, it was necessary to collect the data here gathered from relatives and personal friends of him and from the works he left as testimonials

the fifteenth century, was the foremost flourishing city in Southern Germany, and from 1663 to 1810 was the per- manent seat of the Imperial Diet. This city occupies an important position in 'the history of mediaeval art, and in it remain many remarkable structures of that period. There is the