 True, there are in the collection a number of good paintings, and a few of more than passing merit.This, at least, might be considered guaranteed by the presence of several names in the catalogue pleasingly familiar to the connoisseur, but in a collection of over two hundred and sixty paintings exhibited, a selection doubtless from a larger number, it would not have been unreasonable to have expected a more frequent recurrence of that pleasure with which visitors linger near an occasional work of art.The article goes on to discuss 19 of the pieces in detail and eight in passing "deserving of special mention."