'Gogstay, A.R.A.; and »Neighbourhood of Corpodibacco - Evening - a Contadina and a Trasteverino dancing at the door of a Locanda to the music of a Pifferaro.« - Since his visit to Italy Mr. O'Gogstay seems to have given up the scenes of Irish humour with which he used to delight us; and the romance, the poetry, the religion of »Italia la bella« form the subjects of his pencil. The scene near Corpodibacco (we know the spot well, and have spent many a happy month in its romantic mountains) is most characteristic. Cardinal Cospetto, we must say, is a most truculent prelate, and not certainly an ornament to his church. 49, 210, 311. Smee, R.A. - Portraits which a Reynolds might be proud of; a Vandyck or Claude might not disown. »Sir Brian Newcome, in the Costume of a Deputy-Lieutenant,« »Major-General Sir Thomas de Boots, K.C.B.,« painted for the 50th Dragoons, are triumphs, indeed, of this noble painter. Why have we no picture of the sovereign and her august consort from Smee's brush? When Charles II. picked up Titian's mahl-stick, he observed to a courtier, »A king you can always have; a genius comes but rarely.« While we have a Smee among us, and a monarch whom we admire - may the one be employed to transmit to posterity the beloved features of the other! We know our lucubrations are read in high places, and respectfully insinuate verbum sapienti. 1906. »The M'Collop of M'Collop« - A. M'Collop - is a noble work of a young artist, who, in depicting the gallant chief of a hardy Scottish clan, has also represented a romantic Highland landscape, in the midst of which, his foot upon his native heath, stands a man of splendid symmetrical figure and great facial advantages. We shall keep our eye on Mr. M'Collop. 1367. »Oberon and Titania.« Ridley, - This sweet and fanciful little picture draws crowds round about it, and is one of the most charming and delightful works of the present exhibition. We echo the universal opinion in declaring that it shows not only the greatest promise, but the most delicate and beautiful performance. The Earl of Kew, we understand, bought the picture at the private view; and we congratulate the young painter heartily upon his successful début. He is, we understand, a pupil of