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Rh foliage are wonderfully effective. At first sight there are certain violet tones in his landscapes which appear to strike a discordant note, but the eye soon finds that they are not exaggerated, and that they combine most har- moniously with the other colours. These fewlines are the hasty expres- sion of the true admira- tion I experience after a hurried view of M. Monet's pictures. ' Sweets to the sweet ' would be an appropriate motto for the Fifth Ex- hibition of the Society of Lady Painters and Sculptors, so numerous are the flower pictures in oils, water-colours, and pastels sent by fair followers of Madame Ma- deleine Lemerre. There are no less than twenty- one lady sculptors who contribute to this Exhi- bition. Madame Ber- taux. President of the Society,has sentacharm- ing marble statuette; Madame Descat a life-size plaster cast of a reaper-girl returning from her work ; Madame Nelly Coutant an admirably modelled bust of a youthful St. John the Baptist. This lady, who is Scotch by birth, won favourable notice at last year's Salon for two charming busts of children. And the cry is ' Still they come ! ' for the artists in charcoal-draw- ing, or fusu'm, are about to form themselves into a Society under the title of the ' Fusainistes,' and it is needless to add that they, too, will soon open an exhibition 1 The illustrations ac- companying this article are placed in the follow- ing order : Monument to Delacroix, by Jules Dalou ; ' L' Amour et Bacchus ' and statue, by Walter Runeberg, of the Swedish Count Brahe, who was Governor- General of Finland ( 1 6.37 to 1640). During his administration Count Brahe founded the Uni- versity of Abo, in which city the statue has just been erected; 'La Mu- sique/ by A. Falguiere ; ' La Cigale,' by Antonin Carles ; 'St John the Baptist,' by Miss Nelly Coutant. The three last are from original drawings by the artists.

Cecil Nicholson.

'TiiK Nyjii'h,' by AVilliaui Stott of Oldham, i.s referred to in the article upon the artist. ' Good King Wenceslas,' by Alexander Koclic,— a laiKlsea))e with figures, — is suggested by the traditional Christmas Carol. ' Good King Wenceslas look'd out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about. Deep, and crisp, and even : Brightly shone the moon that night. Though the frost was cruel. When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring winter fuel. ' " Hither, ))age, and stand by me, If thou know'st it, telling, Yonder peasant, who is he .'' Where and what his dwelling ? " " Sire, he lives a good league hence. Underneath the mountain ; Right against the forest fence. By Saint Agnes' fountain." ' " Bring me flesh, and bring me wine. Bring me pine-logs hither ; Thou and I will see him dine. When we bear them thither." Page and monarch forth they went. Forth they went together ; Through the rude wind's wild lament. And the bitter weather. ' " Sire, the night is darker now, And the wind blows stronger ; Fails my heait, I know not how, I can go no longer." " Mark ray footsteps, my good page. Tread thou in them boldly : Thou shalt find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." ' In his master's steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted ; Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed. Therefore Christian men, be sure. Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing.'