Lovers of high art are flocking in thousands to see the life-size replica of the "Light of the World" which has been painted by Mr. Holman Hunt and pur-abused by Mr. Charles Booth, by whom it in to be taken round the country before ing gi ional collection. Interest in the picture has been increased by statement issued (0 those inspecting it in which the reasons for printing it are explaine!. It seems that Mr. Ho'man Hunt was dissatisfied with the manner in which the authorities of Keble College dealt with his famous picture. He accuses them of having refused to allow it to be shown at a loan exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London, and with having forbidden He therefore came to the conclusion that his work was being "permanently hidden from the world," and consequently he printed a replica larger and to that extent more imposing than the original. Dr. Lock, the Warden of Keble, has, however, now made avery convincing reply to these charges, He shows that the authmities of the college have not abused the trust reposed in them when Mr. Holman Hi jcture was presented to them; particular he alleges that they were quite willing to lend the picture to the City Corporation for their Guildha'l exhibition, and that it, was Mr. Ho'man Hunt himself why vetoed the proposi. We have not yet received Mr. Holman Hunt's reply to this statoment. However, the quarrel has had one good effect. It has given the world 'a replica of a famous picture; and the authorities of Ki magnet
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