have given over their sumner months to an exhibition of the works of George Romney; or in other words to showing us the divine Ema in nearly every p sible yws—as, take out the Lady Hamilrons, and there woul b+ but a poor show left. However, Emma was decidedly eaptivati to have a chance of ing her vavivus moods. We are introduced to her, Reading, as a Bacchante, as andre, #s Lady oth, numberless times under her own once (ths best, to my mind, of all his works) as "**Comedy," in the well Known picture of "Shakespeare, nursed Tragedy and Comedy." There is an interesting study of the artist, painted by himself, also a_ portrait of the same fair model by another artist, Madame Vixée Lebrun, Both have caught much the sume expression, bue Madame Lebran has nude the hair far darker and has left out the lovely chestnut tint which is one of the scent charms of Romney's Emma. There are several male portraits, but none of much note, It will always be as a painter of the fair sex that George Rommey will live in history.
'The first of the numerous dramatic sions of Sienkiewiez' story, "Quo Vadis," to be produced in England, is that from the pen of Mr. Stanslaus Strange. 1 suppose the only reason why Mr. Wilson "Barrett was not beforehand was that he the production, as war, fast and furious, has raged b-tween the contending parties. Tam. only surprised that Saturday's premiere was allowed to go through unmolested. I don't know what improvements may be in store in future versions, bur undoubtedly the present ix a very poor production. To me it is nearly allied to burlesque.
Certainly G. M. Anson, as hero, might (had the character bees required) hire figured in that play where Arthur Re: orts was Mare Anthony and Ada Reve Cieopatra—and very much at home he. would have been. Both actors and actresses appeared to be under che impression that they were assisting ata 20th ezstu y play. but that their "cesses wer not quite uy to date, The scenery, however, 1 ~uperb nothing vetter thin the humin: has "een sen on any stax w thin my memory.
11th May.
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