has had a nasty blow from the Corporation of the City of London. They have declined with thanks the lange collection of Old Masters which he offered them as the nucleus of a permanent collection of pictures m the City of London. Doubts having been cast on the value of the pictures, the President of the Royal Academy and the Director of the Guildhall Art Gallery were asked to report upon them, Their report was unfavourable as regards the bulk of the collection, and the gift is declined. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Sellar, whose collection, it is understood, has cost him a considerable amount of money. It is a loss, too, for the City, but they have acted wisely in refusing 'a collection which is not of the first quality. Respect for the memory of the donor always makes it very difficult to weed out rubbish from a collection when it has once been admitted.
19th November.
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