The correspondence between Berenson, an art critic, and Gardener, a wealthy art collector, documents the development of the Gardener Museum collection Gardner, Boston socialite, art collector, and founder of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, maintained a personal and business relationship with art connoisseur Berenson from his student days at Harvard in the late 1880s until her death in 1924. Their letters record a deepening friendship along with a long succession of business transactions as he assisted her in purchasing art works. The letters document travel, illnesses, purchases, and the social life of elite society, and are sprinkled with famous names. Included are chronolgies; a directory of artists; some letters from Berenson's wife, Mary; and 50 halftone illustrations. Of interest to informed laypersons and specialists. Kathryn W. Finkelstein M.L.S., Cincinnati Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.