. A painter of dreams, and other biographical studies. n a Coachman 268 between pages Sketches by E. Burne-Jones ..... 332-333 facing page Patience on a Monument smiling at Grief . . 336 Painted by Roddam Spencer-Stanhope Roddam Spencer-Stanhope ....... 344 From a profile in bronze by Mrs Percy Harris A PAINTER OF DREAMS AND OTHERBIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES A PAINTER OF DREAMS A GEORGIAN SCRAP-BOOK of -ly ds ?s,od ve As this Book is in great demand,it is respectfully requested that it maybe returned to the Library as soon asread. -relal composition, source of mingled pain and prideto the victims, who
. A painter of dreams, and other biographical studies. n a Coachman 268 between pages Sketches by E. Burne-Jones ..... 332-333 facing page Patience on a Monument smiling at Grief . . 336 Painted by Roddam Spencer-Stanhope Roddam Spencer-Stanhope ....... 344 From a profile in bronze by Mrs Percy Harris A PAINTER OF DREAMS AND OTHERBIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES A PAINTER OF DREAMS A GEORGIAN SCRAP-BOOK of -ly ds ?s,od ve As this Book is in great demand,it is respectfully requested that it maybe returned to the Library as soon asread. -relal composition, source of mingled pain and prideto the victims, who each deprecatingly inscribedthe result of untold labour, with untold care,upon a virgin page. All verses which figured inthe volume were of a sentimental character ; alltruisms to which these gave expression were uni-formly praiseworthy. All extracts were carefullyselected to show the superior cultivation of theowners mind or the delicate sense of humour withwhich she was endowed. Nor was artistic skillunrepresented. Here and there the letterpress. A PAINTER OF DREAMS A GEORGIAN SCRAP-BOOK IN bygone days it was the custom for every ladyof culture to own a Scrap-book or Book ofExtracts, in which she inserted a miscel-laneous collection of quotations, diligentlycollected from the books she had read or the friendsshe had met. In these strangely assorted pages,epigrams, anecdotes, riddles and acrostics jostledeach other promiscuously, interspersed with frag-ments of information of a curious or an instructivenature. From such of her acquaintance as wereequal to the task she would claim some originalcomposition, source of mingled pain and prideto the victims, who each deprecatingly inscribedthe result of untold labour, with untold care,upon a virgin page. All verses which figured inthe volume were of a sentimental character ; alltruisms to which these gave expression were uni-formly praiseworthy. All extracts were carefullyselected to show the superior cultivation of theowners mind
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