London, Jan. 2.
Over a thousand masterpieces. of French art from the 13th to the 20th century enraptured visitors to. Private view of the French Art exhibition at Burlington House to-day. The exhibition includes pictures, sculptures, ivories, the work of goldsmiths and manuscripts of the Lith and 15th centuries, The crowd, which included most of London's prominent people, was sprinkled with many young artists of the modern school who loudly complained that if they painted as realistically as the exhibits they would be promptly accused of being photographic-—Reuter,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.