Show HERMIT IS SCULPTOR In the June Wide Vide World Magazine Mr 11 Frederic Lees writes Interestingly of or orThe The Hermit of ot or Abbe Abb Fourre to call him b by his real name who has his home near St St. Malo where he lie has sculptured the rocks for miles mUes around As you descend the steps which he has cut In the hard rock sa says s 's Mr Lees you suddenly come upon one of tho the most extraordinary sights In France On all sides are standing or reclining figures figures fig fig- ures urea some of them isolated others in groups The entire face of the cliff seems alive with saints devils and fantastic animals Though you ou may not notice all at the first glance you OU quickly discover that there is hardly a 0 square yard of rock that has not been ben carved to resemble resemble resemble ble some human or animal form The natural irregularity of ot the tile surface of or the rocks has been ben utilized by the sculptor in a most clever pr manner Here Hera he has seen a suggestion for tor a head there a II ahong along long hong granite boulder that could be converted cop con Into a a. couchant saint with a long beard and a curious head dress and there again a series of ot Irregularly shaped rocks that wanted little change to turn them into a family group that group that of or ofa ofa ora a fisherman of or his wife wIre and their five fi children one of whom Is lying on its mothers mother's lap You will w-UI notice too that a a. fish bearing a a. certain resemblance resemblance blance to a shark appears appear beneath the rock on which the fisherman is sitting and that by the position of Its snout It would woul seem see to be about to devour his fa family mil The religious element in tho thu I Abbe Fourres compositions Is strong as I T one would naturally t expect There a arc saints and angels anels Innumerable two or three altars and at least one representation I tion of ot the almighty nut But ut he be has by no means limited himself to church and biblical subjects Sometimes he has ta taken taken taken ta- ta I ken his inspiration from local history One of ot his most ambitious compositions represents scenes in the live of the lords of neuf Actuality too has often I f given him an for ra a group or single Ini figure For Instance n I at the time of the Boer Hoer war and the death doth of Col aol de df hhie bols Mareuil he ho set et to work ork to compose a 1 avery avery 1 v very ry lifelike sepulchral statue of that I misguided hero |