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Title: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Author: James McNeill Whistler

Release Date: February 19, 2008 [eBook #24650]

Language: English

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Transcriber's notes:

Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. All other
inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's
spelling has been retained.

Page 170: The end punctuation of "What means this affectation of
_naivete_." has been changed to "What means this affectation of
_naivete_?".

All illustrations are sketches of (possibly) Butterflies.

THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES

by

JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER

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THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES

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_Chelsea_

_AN EXTRAORDINARY PIRATICAL PLOT_

[Sidenote: _"American Register," Paris, March 8, 1890._]

_A most curiously well-concocted piratical scheme to publish, without
his knowledge or consent, a complete collection of Mr. Whistler's
writings, letters, pamphlets, lectures, &c., has been nipped in the
bud on the very eve of its accomplishment. It appears that the book
was actually in type and ready for issue, but the plan was to bring
out the work simultaneously in England and America. This caused delay,
the plates having to be shipped to New York, and the strain of secrecy
upon the conspirators during the interval would seem to have been too
great. In any case indications of surrounding mystery, quite
sufficient to arouse Mr. Whistler's attention, brought about his rapid
actio