Language: English
Published by Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, NY, 1904
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp article, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Cosmopolitan, Volume XXXVII, No. 4, August, 1904. From the opening paragraph, "The oldest of all the arts has become the stepchild of art. Alternately exalted and reviled, expressive of religious ecstasy or of wanton lust, expressive also of personal pleasure or of perfected toil for the pleasure of others, thus the art of dancing has come down the centuries." Photos include Isadora Duncan, Enrichetta Varesi, Mme. Otero, Maria Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Mmr. Guerrero, Charlotte Wiehe, and Mme. Cavalieri. Housed in protective mylar report cover.