James HunekerJames Gibbons Huneker (January 31, 1857 - February 9, 1921) was an American art, book, music, and theater critic. A colorful individual and an ambitious writer, he was "an American with a great mission," in the words of his friend, the critic Benjami De Casseres, and that mission was to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time. Read More Read Less