The World.
OSCAR――I have read your exquisite article in the _Pall Mall_.
Nothing is more delicate, in the flattery of “the Poet” to “the
Painter,” than the _naïveté_ of “the Poet” in the choice of his
Painters――Benjamin West and Paul Delaroche!
You have pointed out that “the Painter’s” mission is to find “_le
beau dans l’horrible_,” and have left to “the Poet” the discovery of
“_l’horrible” dans “le beau_!”
J. A. McN. WHISTLER.