The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of This Earth, Carefully Exasperated, Have Been Prettily Spurred on to Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right

292 pp. 8vo. Light brown cloth spine, dark brown paper over boards, gilt titles. A publication detailing the legal action Whistler took against critic John Ruskin for disparaging marks made in a review. Whistler sought 1,000 pounds damages; he was awarded one farthing. This work was pirated several times in the U.S. and Europe (this is referenced in the front matter).