x, 296, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page [301]).
Contents
Introduction -- Detective stories -- The Jefferson portrait -- Fresh paint and postage stamps -- Chicago, New York, and the saving of Soho -- The storm before the calm -- Dr. Barnes and the devil -- Rose and Morton Neumann -- The war of the museums -- Julien Levy -- Artists' vestals -- The Bute "Trumbull" -- Baksheesh -- The power of the press -- Mary and Leigh Block -- Gertrude Stein: the inheritance.
