Munsey's Magazine, October 1893

This October 1893 issue of Munsey's Magazine contains two distinct features. "Modern Artists and Their Work" by C. Stuart Johnson surveys contemporary French painting, discussing the dominance of Paris as the world's artistic center. The article examines how modern picture buyers prefer genre works with human interest over classical or landscape paintings, traces French art history through three phases, and profiles individual painters including Tony Robert-Fleury (known for historical subjects), Jean Geoffroy (specializing in boy life), Nathanael Sichel (a German painter of feminine subjects), and others. It critiques excessive realism in modern French art while praising the school's treatment of color. The issue also includes a short poem "Yesterday and Today" by Nathan M. Levy about courtship, and the opening of Phillips McClure's serialized story "My Mare Sally," a narrative about a gentleman seeking investment opportunities who receives a exceptional horse named Sally—a trotter-bred mare with unexpected talent for jumping.