Apart from its technical beauty and its charm of design, this picture has a special interest as the only contribution which the artist ever made to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. It was shown at Burlington House in 1886, and was painted purposely, during the months that intervened between his election as an Associate in the summer of 1885 and the opening of the 1886 exhibition. In the treatment of the subject there is a touch of slightly grim humour, unusual in the art of Burne-Jones, a humour which finds expression particularly in the face of the mermaid, who drags a human being to her cave at the bottom of the sea without thinking or caring that her sport means death to him.] BURNE-JONES by A. LYS BALDRY Illustrated with Eight Reproductions in Colour [Illustration: IN SEMPITERNUM.] London: T. C. & E. C. Jack New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Plate I. The Depths of the Sea Frontispiece In the possession of R. H. Benson, Esq. Page II. Sidonia von Bork 14 In the possession of W. Graham Robertson, Esq. III. Sponsa di Libano 24 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool IV. Sibylla Delphica 34 Manchester Art Gallery V. The Mill 40 South Kensington Museum VI. King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 50 The Tate Gallery VII. Danae (The Tower of Brass) 60 Glasgow Corporation Art Gallery VIII. The Enchantments of Nimue 70 South Kensington Museum [Illustration: Drawing of Burne-Jones]