The things we do!

A.--
Perhaps poor Goldsmith's exquisite little work has never been so great a
favourite as in the present age. We have here, in a work by one of our
most eminent artists, an homage to the genius of him 'who touched nothing
which he did not adorn:' and the charming subject is handled in the most
delicious manner by Mr. Smith. The chiaroscuro is admirable: the impasto
is perfect. Perhaps a very captious critic might object to the
foreshortening of Moses's left leg; but where there is so much to praise
justly, the Pall Nall Gazette does not care to condemn.
"'420. Our (and the public's) favourite, Brown, R.A., treats us to a
subject from the best of all stories, the tale 'which laughed Spain's
chivalry away,' the ever new Don Quixote. The incident which Brown has
selected is the 'Don's Attack on the Flock of Sheep;' the sheep are in
his best manner, painted with all his well-known facility and brio. Mr.
Brown's friendly rival, Hopkins, has selected Gil Blas for an
illustration this year; and the 'Robber's Cavern' is one of the most
masterly of Hopkins' productions.


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