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 CHILE OF TO-DAY 417 scientific gentlemen interested in its success. The museum of fine arts publishes a review and has a very creditable collection of foreign and native works. An annual salon is also held in the capital, where several hundred works of art compete for the prizes offered. Schools of painting and sculpture have been started, but the attendance is only nominal. To encourage the fine arts, the government offers to send the most pro- ficient pupils to Europe with pensions. The conser- vatory of music at the capital has a fair average at- tendance, considerable interest being taken in this branch. Indeed, the pianoforte is a common article of furniture in Chile. On the whole, Chile is taking a step in the right di- rection for the formation of a true republic, she is edu- cating her people.