foliage are wonderfully effective. At first sight there
are certain violet tones in his landscapes which appear
to strike a discordant
note, but the eye soon
finds that they are not
exaggerated, and that
they combine most har-
moniously with the other
colours. These fewlines
are the hasty expres-
sion of the true admira-
tion I experience after
a hurried view of M.
Monet's pictures.
' Sweets to the sweet '
would be an appropriate
motto for the Fifth Ex-
hibition of the Society
of Lady Painters and
Sculptors, so numerous
are the flower pictures
in oils, water-colours,
and pastels sent by fair
followers of Madame Ma-
deleine Lemerre. There
are no less than twenty-
one lady sculptors who
contribute to this Exhi-
bition. Madame Ber-
taux. President of the
Society,has sentacharm-
ing marble statuette; Madame Descat a life-size
plaster cast of a reaper-girl returning from her work ;
Madame Nelly Coutant an admirably modelled bust
of a youthful St. John the Baptist. This lady, who
is Scotch by birth, won favourable notice at last year's
Salon for two charming
busts of children.
And the cry is ' Still
they come ! ' for the
artists in charcoal-draw-
ing, or fusu'm, are about
to form themselves into
a Society under the title
of the ' Fusainistes,' and
it is needless to add that
they, too, will soon open
an exhibition 1
The illustrations ac-
companying this article
are placed in the follow-
ing order : Monument
to Delacroix, by Jules
Dalou ; ' L' Amour et
Bacchus ' and statue, by
Walter Runeberg, of the
Swedish Count Brahe,
who was Governor-
General of Finland ( 1 6.37
to 1640). During his
administration Count
Brahe founded the Uni-
versity of Abo, in which
city the statue has just
been erected; 'La Mu-
sique/ by A. Falguiere ; ' La Cigale,' by Antonin Carles ;
'St John the Baptist,' by Miss Nelly Coutant. The
three last are from original drawings by the artists.
Cecil Nicholson.
OUR PLATES.
'TiiK Nyjii'h,' by AVilliaui Stott of Oldham, i.s referred to in the article upon the artist. ' Good King Wenceslas,' by Alexander Koclic,— a laiKlsea))e with figures, — is suggested by the traditional Christmas Carol. ' Good King Wenceslas look'd out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about. Deep, and crisp, and even : Brightly shone the moon that night. Though the frost was cruel. When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring winter fuel. ' " Hither, ))age, and stand by me, If thou know'st it, telling, Yonder peasant, who is he . Where and what his dwelling ? " " Sire, he lives a good league hence. Underneath the mountain ; Right against the forest fence. By Saint Agnes' fountain." ' " Bring me flesh, and bring me wine. Bring me pine-logs hither ; Thou and I will see him dine. When we bear them thither." Page and monarch forth they went. Forth they went together ; Through the rude wind's wild lament. And the bitter weather. ' " Sire, the night is darker now, And the wind blows stronger ; Fails my heait, I know not how, I can go no longer." " Mark ray footsteps, my good page. Tread thou in them boldly : Thou shalt find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." ' In his master's steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted ; Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed. Therefore Christian men, be sure. Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing.'
