REVIEW
revealed in his full splendour at the gates of Death, or Death's twin-brother Sleep—must be left to the judgment of the readers of the pages of this book.
It is enough once more to point out the subtle harmony which subsists between the poetic and the pictorial faculties of the artist's genius. Those who desire a comment on the figured allegories of Mr. Solomon will find it in his Vision; those who wish to see his vision as he saw it with their very eyes have only to turn to his drawings for full and ample illustration. The frontispiece of the book is itself a good example of the painter's style, at the same time that it sets forth the relation he desires to establish between the seer and the soul.
If any definite criticism should be added to this account of Mr. Solomon's Vision, it must be that there is a certain vagueness in the succession of the scenes, and that his literary style, while it shares the delicacy and peculiar flavour of his pictures, has somewhat also of their profuse perfume and languor. To lay stress on these points would be ungrateful. We should rather be thankful that such an artist as Mr. Solomon
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