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Jarvis, James Jackson

author, was born Aug. 20, 1820, in Boston, Mass. he was an art connoisseur who lived in Hawaii in 1838-49, and subsequently for many years in Florence. He was the author of Why and What Am I? Art Studies; History of the Sandwich Islands; Scenes and Scenery in the Sandwich Islands; Parisian Sights and French Principles; Italian Sights and Papal Principles; Kiana, a Tradition of Hawaii; A Glimpse at the Art of Japan; Art Hints; The Art Idea; Art Thoughts; Italian Rambles; and Pepero, the Boy Artist. He died in 1888.