. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . arters thatstudents seek, — quaint old cafes where foodAvas good as well as cheap, and character abun-dant. What is there so fascinating about the Bohe-mians life? The Philistine, I fear, generallyconsiders him an eccentric, indolent man, withno thought for the morrow, no notion of econ-omy, no home save the place which affords himtemporary shelter. He never stops to thinkthat the Bohemians are the men who make oursongs, who paint our pictures,
. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . arters thatstudents seek, — quaint old cafes where foodAvas good as well as cheap, and character abun-dant. What is there so fascinating about the Bohe-mians life? The Philistine, I fear, generallyconsiders him an eccentric, indolent man, withno thought for the morrow, no notion of econ-omy, no home save the place which affords himtemporary shelter. He never stops to thinkthat the Bohemians are the men who make oursongs, who paint our pictures, chisel marv^el-lous creations out of wood and stone, composeour sweetest poems and write our is a grievous mistake to assume that theyaic merely a lot of idle, luckless fellows. Theyare men with brains of good quality, andhearts in the right place. All classes andtrades of men have burdened the world Tviththeir wants and woes. Not so the , too, has his heartaches and bitter disap-pointments, but who ever hears of them? Thehumourous tale over which you laugh so heart-ily, recounting the adventures of a poet in ?>?. PORTRAIT SKETCH OF FANTIN-LATOUR. Quartier Latin and Chelsea 15 search of a publisher, had the authors per-sonal experience for a basis. He could notsell his poems, but needed bread; so, out ofhis misfortune, he had good cheer. The ordi-nary man, rebuffed by fortune, would sit downand mourn himself into illness. The Bohe-mian utilizes these very reverses, and both heand the world are the merrier eventually forthem. He lives in a world distinct from thatof common men. Talent, love of comradeship,a sunny disposition — these are the magnetsthat will draw one toward it. It has its obU-gations, its trials, its code of honour, rigid asthe most unbending militarism; but there ischarm of companionship and an absence ofjealousies and pettiness within it that makesyou powerless to rid youiself of its enchant-ments. The Bohemians life is apart fro
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