to noble tapestries or Morris wallpapers."--_F. Wedmore, "Four
Masters of Etching."_

7.--NOCTURNE--BLACK AND GOLD.

THE FIRE WHEEL.

"Mr. Whistler has 'a sweet little isle of his own' in the shape of an
ample allowance of wall space all to himself for the display of his
six most noticeable works: 'Nocturnes' in black and gold, in blue and
silver, 'Arrangements' in black and brown, and 'Harmonies' in amber
and black.

"These weird productions--enigmas sometimes so occult that OEdipus
might be puzzled to solve them--need much subtle explanation."--_Daily
Telegraph._

8.--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN.

THE FUR JACKET.

"Mr. Whistler has whole-length portraits, or rather the shadows of
people, shapes suggestive of good examples of portraiture _when
completed_. They are exhibited to illustrate a theory peculiar to the
artist. One is entitled An Arrangement in 'Black and Brown.'"--_Daily
Telegraph._

"Mr. Whistler is anything but a robust and balanced genius."--_Times._

"Whistler, with three portraits which he is pleased to call
'Arrangements,' and which look like ghosts."

_Truth._

"Some figure pieces, which this artist exhibits as 'harmonies' in
this, that, or the other, being, as they are, mere rubs-in of colour,
have no claim to be regarded as pictures."--_Scotsman._

"We are threatened with a Whistler exhibition. The periodical
inflictions with which this gentleman tries the patience of a
long-suffering public generally take some fantastic form to
attract attention. It is an evidence of the painter's worldly
acuteness that this should be so, for public attention may be drawn by
such outbursts of eccentricity to such work as would never impress
sensible people on its bare merit."--_Oracle._

9.--NOCTURNE.

BLUE AND SILVER.

_Lent by Mrs. Leyland._

"It seems to us a pity that an artist of Mr. Whistler's known ability
should exhibit such an extraordinary collection of pictile
nightmares."--_Society._

"MR. BOWEN: 'Do you consider detail and composition essential to a
work of art?'

"MR. JONES: 'Most certainly I do.'

"MR. BOWEN: 'Then what detail and composition do you find in this
"Nocturne"?'

"MR. JONES: 'Absolutely none.'

"MR. BOWEN: 'Do you think two hundred guineas a large price for that
picture?'

"MR. JONES: 'Yes, when you think of the amount of earnest work done
for a smaller sum.'"