Pen And Brush

M. Rostand, the celebrated dramatic author, has an immense collection of the little lead soldiers of which French children are so fond. 

M. Henner, the septuagenarian French artist, is still an active worker. His favorite pastime When not painting is a game of dominoes. 

Mrs. Alice Barber Stephens, an American artist, has received a commission from Queen Maria Christina of Spain to paint her majesty's portrait.

Miss Dorothy Menpes is the youngest author in England. She is just in the middle of her teens and has already written four books and has a fifth in preparation. 

Alluding to the fact that it was the late Dante Gabriel Rossetti who induced Hall Caine to adopt the profession of a novelist, Austin Dobson recently remarked, "Yes; he raised Caine."