5 MAY 1877, page 13

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [FIRST NOTICE] IF we had to characterise this Exhibition by one word, we should call it "respectable," and feel that we had acquitted ourselves with dexterity......

The Great Artistic Want Of Engla.nd.

[SECOND LETTER) [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPICTATOR."] Sllt,—In a former letter I endeavoured to show the great advan- tages which would accrue from the formation of such a Museum......