. Review of reviews and world's work . of the Zodiac in the second and aboveall in the third act which from Diocletians ap-peal to his beautiful archer till the suffocation bywreaths and flowers of the Holy Youth amid thechorus of worshippers of .Adonis is one magnificentoutburst of praise to Beauty and Life. Leon Bakst, the designer of the scenery andcostumes is one of the group of Russian painterswho with Benoist ha\e so radicalh- modifieddecorative art. Together with Claude Debussxsmusic, Bakst is doubh- ])otent. Both belong tothat school of restless analysis made up of timid-ities and dari


. Review of reviews and world's work . of the Zodiac in the second and aboveall in the third act which from Diocletians ap-peal to his beautiful archer till the suffocation bywreaths and flowers of the Holy Youth amid thechorus of worshippers of .Adonis is one magnificentoutburst of praise to Beauty and Life. Leon Bakst, the designer of the scenery andcostumes is one of the group of Russian painterswho with Benoist ha\e so radicalh- modifieddecorative art. Together with Claude Debussxsmusic, Bakst is doubh- ])otent. Both belong tothat school of restless analysis made up of timid-ities and daring that is re[)resented annualh b>- theSalon DAutomne. DAnnunzio speaks of stainedglass in the prologue but rather I should say thedecorations resemble four frescos painted byGustave Moreau who might have copied in thefirst a legend of Pinturicchio, in the second aHenri Bles or Maitre des Moulins, in the third adispute b\ Filippino Lippi and in the fourth a(uirden of Paradise with fountains and kneelingancestors b\ Benozzo LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH WHO DISCOVERED ANESTHESIA? TT is related of the late King Edward of*^ England that when, after his operationfor perityphlitis, he regained consciousness,he asked, Who discovered anesthesia?The reply given was, Dr. Crawford Long,your Majesty. According to Miss RosaPendleton Chiles, writing in the AugustMunseys,t\ie English have for years acknowl-edged Dr. Longs rightful claim to the George Foy, of Dublin, author of Anes-thetics, Ancient and Modern, more than ayear ago, wrote to Dr. Longs daughter asfollows: Of one great fact I am sure, to wit: the princi-pal anesthetists of London recognize that yourfathers claim to the disco%ery of general anes-thesia is well founded. And in their hospitalclasses they so inform their students. No writingor talking can now affect his position. It has beenaccepted, and is acknowledged b>- writers andteachers. And Dr. J. Marion Sims, one of our leadingsurgeons, says: Vaccin


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