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either write Morris or see him personally, and tell him how we feel.

I wish that some of the managers of American shows would follow the plan now being practised in Venice. I have seen both of their two late international exhibitions, the one of two years ago, and the one of this year, both of which were models worthy of careful study. They evidently pay a great deal of attention to the selection of pictures, the hanging thereof, etc., etc. In the present exhibition, there is a group of superb specimens, about ten in number, of the Barbizan School from one private English collection. They are given a special space with plenty of room, and, of course, form one of the star attractions. Another small but charming room is given over entirely to the work of Rodin: another room is occupied by a chronological collection of thee work of a particularly interesting Italian landscape painter, who was contemporaneous with Corot, and so on, and so on. The result of all this is lack of confusion, sympathetic surroundings, and perfect opportunity to observe or study the exhibits in a proper way. Their methods seemed to me the most intelligent of those I had seen anywhere.

With best regards to yourself nd Mrs. Tryon,
Faithfull yours,