Excerpt from Stories of English and Foreign Life This week there were sketches by Genelli, exquisite etchings after Richter of Dresden, a portrait of a celebrated poet by Kaulbach, a study by Schnorr for a new cartoon, and more than the usual display of pleasant genre pictures and fresh joyous Tyrolean landscapes. It really was an unusually rich exhibition. W There was a portrait, too, which attracted minute attention. E. It' was of-a lady in an old fashioned dress meditating over a book of devotion. It was rich in colour, and in every, way very cleveras a picture - but it was not alone the artistic excellence that caused this portrait to be stared at, admired, and criticized. There wasquite a murmuring aroundflthe p'icture. Ah, the Baroness von Ehrenberg's picture very. Clever free handling, correct drawing, rich colouring, -z-really eleven! Rich young talent! But too English, too. English muttered a wiry little critic, screwing up his eyes till they seemed obliterated.. Ara bella! That's something above your hand, thoughf eh, my girl? Remarked a young Englishm'agto his blooming young bride and her Bananas for a'momen't they paused before the picture Do you know, 'bella', they'say' the lady who painted it is an Englishwomanfl mind to' have your portrait painted by'her; my Bella? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.