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cinated Turner, and he presented their glories and their mystery 

 with a splendor that makes the best of the impressionists seem cheap, 

 and, as was fitting, he passed into another world when in this he 

 had ceased to see anything save the blinding glory of light. In each 

 aspect of his art he is without a superior, and in the breadth of his 

 achievement he is without a rival. Compared with him, how piti- 

 fully narrow seem the great landscapists of France ! When we have 

 seen one Rousseau, one Daubigny, one Diaz, one Corot, we recognize 

 the others at a glance ; but Turner is limited only by nature's infinite 

 variety. 



The last painting in date in this remarkable collection is a view 

 of Edinboro by Turner, one of his latest works, when his pictures 

 had become dreams of light and air. The castle is there and the 

 palace ; but what we see is a dream of golden light. 



