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...death of Anatole France deprives contemporary French literature of its leading figure. Not since Victor Hugo has any writer exerted a more profound influence upon the thought and writing of his time. Unlike Hugo, however, Anatole France stands not in the role of magi, pointing the way that to others lies hidden. His delight was the unrestrained play of ideas. Not partisan, except in the larger service of Truth, he loved to stand aside and give every idea its inning, while with characteristic French humor he poked fun at them all. Stimulating and suggestive to individual thought...
...paintings from his famed collection. The event is to take place at Christie's in London early in July. The collection includes works of Murillo, Teniers, Cuyp, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt, Wouwerman, Van Dyke, Rubens, Gainsborough, Velasquez, Brouwer, Turner. The two examples of Rubens are the Adoration of the Magi and The Fathers of the Church...
Tomorrow.--Analysis and Appreciation of the Music in Liturgical Scenes of the Type of Visitatis, Pastores, Magi-Herodes...
...from one play of the Hegge Cycle. This year one play from the Towneley Cycle has been chosen. It treats the infancy of the Christ, beginning with the Annunciation to Mary and continuing the story to the Flight into Egypt, including the stories of Elizabeth, the three shepherds, the Magi, and Herod, who is of course the villain of the piece...
...most imortant Rubens in America, The Adoration of the Magi, has been exhibited in Toledo. ¶The American Miniature Society is exhibiting at Pittsfield. ¶The Chicago Institute has exhibited rare etchings by Rembrandt, Whistler, Anders Zorn...