20 NOVEMBER 1920, Page 13

ROBERT BROWNING ON AUSTIN DOBSON. (To THE Ericson or THE

" SPECTATOR.")

Sie,—Mr. E. F. Benson in his family recollections records that Robert Browning, asked for his opinion of Austin Dobson's work, replied that "some people, he believed, cared for carved cherry-stones." Mr. Dobson's art is proof against such flat- footed disparagement; but one wishes that someone could have asked Mr. Browning whether his own ideal was a rough-hewn turnip dimming the light inside.—I am, Sir, dm.,

CENSOR CENSOR'S,