The things we do!

picked up Titian's
mahl-stick, he observed to a courtier, 'A king you can always have; a
genius comes but rarely.' While we have a Smee among us, and a monarch
whom we admire,--may the one be employed to transmit to posterity the
beloved features of the other! We know our lucubrations are read in high
places, and respectfully insinuate verbum sapienti.
"'1906. 'The M'Collop of M'Collop,'--A. M'Collop,--is a noble work of a
young artist, who, in depicting the gallant chief of a hardy Scottish
clan, has also represented a romantic Highland landscape, in the midst of
which, 'his foot upon his native heath,' stands a man of splendid
symmetrical figure and great facial advantages. We shall keep our eye on
Mr. M'Collop.
"'1367. 'Oberon and Titania.' Ridley.--This sweet and fanciful little
picture draws crowds round about it, and is one of the most charming and
delightful works of the present exhibition. We echo the universal opinion
in declaring that it shows not only the greatest promise, but the most
delicate and beautiful performance.


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