Beerbohm occupying Orpen's place. Max has hitherto been the only begetter of such chefs-d'oeuvres but he will now have to look to his laurels. It is quite true that no master can equal Max's 'Tennyson reading his verses to Queen Victoria,' or write essays like 'More.', Such masterpieces have justly earned him a claim to inimitability, but Dulac, though only a newcomer in the field, has already won rare triumphs. We are credibly informed that when Her Majesty, Queen Mary, first came upon the little figurine of Sir Claude Phillips, not only her gravity, but that of her dignified ladies in waiting, was for an appreciable space of time seriously upset. It is our national misfortune, that Charles Ricketts, the owner of this priceless possesion, would hot permit it, or its companion, 'Mrs. Gibson the collector of Conder fans,' to run submarine risks. For the time being, therefor, they fittingly repose among the Greek marbles, Leonardos, Rodins, Watteaus and Daumiers, in the famous studio on Lansdowne Road. Mr. Edmund Davis, who has enriched the Luxembourg with a splendid collection of Modern English art, is another fortunate collector. He owns an entire group of drawings and caricatures, among which
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