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 THE BALTIMORE COURT HOUSE year of the edict. In the center of the decoration, a nude boy holds the scales level, as a symbol of equity, and points upward at the motto of the Baltimores, " Thou hast covered us with the shield of thy good will."

Confucius, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Mahomet. He has used some of the richest colors on the artist's palette, but they are transmuted into satisfying harmony through the mediumof the clear gold of the back-

Cofyrighl, IQ03, by C. Y. Turner BARTER WITH INDIANS FOR LAND IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND, 1634 By C Y. Turnsr

THE BURNING OF THE PEGGY STEWART, ANNAPOLIS, MD., 1774 By C. Y. Turner The background is woodland with a sugges tion of the Bay." Quite different again are the La Farge paintings, which are set in the spandrels in the vestibule at the western front of the building. Like the Turner corridor, this too is lined with Numidian and Old Convent Sienna marbles, which make a rich setting for 'the mural decorations, in which Mr. La Farge has pictured the ancient lawgivers,

ground. His characterizations are distinct and forceful, and each of the groups makes a direct personal appeal. He has chosen to select the source of inspiration rather than symbolize the utterance of decree, and in each instance a discriminating regard for both history and tradition distinguishes his conception. Confucius, for instance, ap pears seated upon the traditional apricot altar, which is symbolized by the tree in