London, Dec. 1, mere fagan de' parter to say that every-one is talking of the Chinese Art Exhibition at Burlingtoa House. That the "Evening Standard" has already published four long. articles, and is to publish mors, speaks for itself: if an evening paper Jeannet hit the popular taste, it is not Jon evening paper long. All seals for half of the 16 lectures on Chinese art to be given during the exhibition Jare already sold out; a hall three times the size of the Royal Society's would not have held all who wanted hear the first lecture; and the dally Jattendance at the exhibition promis-s to make records.
One ote oather frequently repeat-jed in the newspapers seems to me a mistake. They dwell on the expected aimeulty of understanding Chines Art, to assure readers that there really 0 such difficulty. Might not readers find that out for themselves?
may quote my own experience. [know nothing of the bronze artistry Jof the centuries before Christ, but nothing fascinates me more than these severe yet incomparably graceful urns and bowls, wine-vessels and incense-burners. And how marvellously alive they are in, spite of their three or four thousand years! But the life of every object in the exhibition is its most startling quality.
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