The flower pictures by Mme. van de Sande-Bakhuyzen, of the Hague, so well known, tempted that excellent engraver, Philippe Zilcken, who has "translated" with marvellous success their freshness and their _éclat_. Mme. Bilders van Bosse, of the Hague, is well known by her skilfully drawn and powerfully painted landscapes, and Mlle. Thérèse Schwartze, of Amsterdam, a painter of high merit, has the art of giving character to a portrait; and knows how to group her figures and paint them in strong and sombre tones. Mme. Mesdag van Houten, of the Hague, wife of the famous marine painter, affects the landscape at dark, and realises fully the melancholy tenderness of the hour. It may be interesting now to name a truly remarkable artist who never exhibits--Mlle. Barbara van Houten, niece of Mme. Mesdag van Houten. She is an excellent painter of figure pictures and still-life; her etchings are of the highest quality, and embrace a large number of subjects--interiors with lamp effects, children's heads, landscapes, dead birds, bouquets of enormous sunflowers and gaudy tulips. Further, she has interpreted in masterly fashion, Eugène Delacroix, Jules Dupré, Gustave Courbet and other great masters of the French School. Mention must be made of Mme. Bisschop-Robertson, who paints popular subjects with astounding vigour; Mme. Marie Heyermans, whose pictures deal with the life and surroundings of the poor; Mlles. Anna Abrahams and Anna Kerling, whose charming still-life pieces are coloured now in bright, now in sombre, tones; Mme. la baronne Hogendorp S' Jacob, of the Hague, who has turned her attention to flower painting; Mlle. Nelly Bodenheim, who does some very clever comic scenes, for the benefit of children; and Mlle. Wally Moes, of Amsterdam, a painter of portraits and peasant subjects. Last we come to Mlle. Marius, whose fair-tinted and most distinguished still-life works have been seen and admired. She is an excellent art critic, and is now publishing an important work on Dutch painting of the 19th century. N. JANY. [Illustration: FLEMISH SCHOOL, 1552 PORTRAIT OF A FLEMISH GENTLEMAN. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, FROM A CARBON PRINT BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Catharina van Hemessen, Painter 16th Century] [Illustration: DUTCH SCHOOL, XVII CENTURY YOUNG MAN ENCOURAGING A GIRL TO SMOKE AND DRINK. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. A. MANSELL & CO., AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION Judith Leyster, Painter 1600(?)-1660] [Illustration: DUTCH SCHOOL, XVII AND XVIII CENTURIES PICTURE OF FRUIT WITH INSECTS AND LIZARDS. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDERSON AFTER THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE IN THE PITTI GALLERY, FLORENCE Rachel Ruysch, Painter 1664-1750]