Still to-day in England the average leading citizen matches word against word,--using them as algebraic formulas,--rather than picture against picture, when he arranges his thoughts under the eaves of his mind.

To step into the Art world is to step out of the beaten path of British dreams.

Shakespeare is still king, not Rossetti, nor yet Christopher Wren.

Moreover, it was the book-reading colonial who led our rebellion against the very royalty that founded the Academy.

The public-speaking American wrote the Declaration of Independence.