That the artist was a very great painter indeed was admitted by every one; the only question which cultured persons felt it their duty to settle was whether he was the greatest painter that ever lived or merely the greatest painter since Velasquez.

coming!" said the painter, cheerfully; "and some were here before us, and some have arrived since.

"Well," said the painter, curiously,anxious, as he had said, to have it over,"why the deuce don't you say something?"

I want you, you don't know how much; but if I had you here in my European garret, we should but talk over such stuff as I have written, soThose "Tales from Shakspeare" are near coming out, and Mary has begun a new work, Mr. Dawe is turned author; he has been in such a way lately,Dawe the painter, I mean,he sits and stands about at Holcroft's and says nothing, then sighs, and leans his head on his hand.

He was, moreover, essentially a fresco-painter, working with rapid decision on a large scale, aiming at broad effects, and willing to sacrifice subtlety to clearness of expression.

" "A question of focus," said the painter, hastily.

Ain't nuthin' he can't dewspryer 'n a painter, stouter 'n a moose, an' treemenjous with a sword.

The painter, Giottino, the greatest and the most interesting, personally, of the Giottesque artists, was, as Vasari says, "of a melancholy temperament, and a lover of solitude;" "more desirous of glory than of gain;" "contented with little, and thinking more of serving and gratifying others than of himself;" "taking small care for himself, and perpetually engrossed by the works he had undertaken."

To criticize adversely a painter, actor, or singer is necessarily damaging, and is really a libel, but to sustain an action real damage must be proved, or it must be shown that malice and ill-will have prompted the objectionable adverse opinions.

Veronese was precisely the painter suited to a nation of merchants, in whom the associations of the counting-house and the exchange mingled with the responsibilities of the Senate and the passions of princes.