A Zealous Inquirer

"A brown-paper covered catalogue ... compiled by Mr. Whistler....

The World, Mar. 23, 1892.

"Several opinions (and his 'evidence at Westminster') are quoted of 'Mr Jones, R.A.,' in the year 1878. Who is Mr. Jones, R.A.? Mr. Jones, R.A. (of whom the Duke of Wellington—but no matter...), died in 1869. Mr Burne-Jones was not elected an A.R.A. until 1885. I am afraid I expose myself, but I still venture to ask, who is 'Mr Jones, R.A.'?"

Final Acknowledgments

Atlas,—Your correspondent proposes that "Mr. Jones, R.A." is not R.A.—but A.R.A.

The World, Mar. 30, 1892.

You know these things, Atlas—perhaps he is right, and curiously microscopic—for surely here we have "a difference without a distinction!"

However, R.A. or A.R.A., and, in my opinion he deserves to be both, I personally owe Mr. Jones a friendly gratitude which I am pleased to acknowledge; for rare indeed is the courage with which, on the first public occasion, he sacrificed himself, in the face of all-astounded etiquette, and future possible ridicule, in order to help write the history of another.

These things we like to remember, Atlas, you and I—the bright things, the droll things, the charming things of this pleasant life—and here, too, in this lovely land they are understood—and keenly appreciated.

As to those others—alas! I am afraid we have done with them. It was our amusement to convict—they thought we cared to convince!

Allons! They have served our wicked purpose—Atlas, we "collect" no more.

"Autres gens, autres mœurs."

Paris, March 26, 1892.

Butterfly

FINIS

INDEX

Action, The, 2
Admission, An, 71
Advanced Critic, An, 244
Advantage of Explanation, The, 245
Another Poacher in the Chelsea Preserves, 233
Apology, An, 107
Apostasy, An, 250
'Arry in the Grosvenor, 72
Art Critic of the "Times," The, 35
Art Critic's Friend, The, 277
"Aussi que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère?", 225
Auto-biographical, 288
"Autre Temps autre Mœurs", 189

"Balaam's Ass", 41

Committee of the "National Art Exhibition," To the, 164
Complacent One, The, 196
"Confidences" with an Editor, 47
Conviction, 88
Correction, A, 66
Critic "Catching on," The, 194
Critic's Analysis, 44
Critic's "Copy", 50
Critic's Mind Considered, The, 45
Critic-flâneur, The, 197

Distinction, A, 119
Document, A, 121

Eager Authority, An, 70
Early Laurels, 176
Easy Expert, The, 113
Editor's Anxiety, An, 264
Embroidered Interview, An, 219
Encouragement, 74
End of the Piece, The, 282
Etchings and Dry-points, 93
"Et tu, Brute!", 259
Exit the Prompter, 283
Exploded Plot, The, vii
Extraordinary Piratical Plot, An, v

Fate of an Anecdote, The, 81
Final, 39
Final Acknowledgments, 333
Freeing a Last Friend, 262
Full Absolution, 46
Further Proposition, A, 177

Great Literary Curiosity, A, ix

Habit of Second Natures, The, 236
Hint, A, 118
Home of Taste, The, 230

Imputation, An, 188
Inconsequences, 79
Inevitable, The, 173
In Excelsis, 86
Ingratitude, 195
Insinuation, An, 187
Interview with an Ex-President, An, 205

"Jeux Innocents" in Tite Street, 110
Just Indignation, 243

Last Effort, A, x
La Suite, 61
Later, 54
L'Envoi, 285
"Les points sur les i", 130
Line from the Land's End, A, 111

Market Place, In the, 239
Mr. Whistler and his Critics, 91
Mr. Whistler "had on his own Toast", 289
Mr. Whistler's Paper Hunt, viii
Mr. Whistler's "Ten o'Clock", 131

Naïf Enfant, 68
New Dynasty, The, 218
"Noblesse oblige", 174
Nocturnes, Marines, and Chevalet Pieces, 293
Nostalgia, 184
"Nous avons changé tout cela!", 169

Official Bumbledom, 223
Official Letter, An, 229
Opportunity, An, 181
Opportunity Neglected, The, 183

Painter-Etcher Papers, The, 52
"Pall Mall" Puzzled, The, 221
Panic, 241
Philanthropy and Art, 166
Played-out Policy, A, 199
Point Acknowledged, The, 43
Position, The, 37
Professor Ruskin's Group, 20
Prologue, 1
Proposal, A, 51
Propositions, 76
Propositions—No. 2, 115

Quand même!, 165
Question, A, 279

Rassurez vous!, 265
Rebuke, A, 129
Red Rag, The, 126
Remonstrance, A, 75
"Rengaines!", 161
Retrospect, A, 213
Royal Society of British Artists and their Signboard, 226

Sacrilege, 124
Seizure of Mr. Whistler's Pirated Writings, vi
Serious Sarcasm, 38
Statistics, 211
Straight Tip, A, 69
Suggestion, A, 235
Suspicion, A, 87

Taking the Bait, 106
Talent in a Napkin, 193
Tenderness in Tite Street, 162
Testimony, 247
Troubled One, A, 46

Unanswered Letter, An, 78
Uncovered Opinions, 80

Warning, A, 67
"Whacking Whistler", 269
What "Mr. Whistler had on his own Toast", 291
Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics, 21
Whistler's Grievance, 266, 273

Zealous Inquirer, A, 332