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Show 8oclety of th. Dlllettantl. H An Interesting old orgaulxatloa fl which formerly existed In Ijndon Iho Dllleltantl society originated I with cerinln gentlemen who, having I traveled In Italy, tried to encourage at home what they had enjoyed B nbroad. This society of lovers of th. I line arts lasted 110 years. Walpole I doe. not seem to have looked upon It I with a very favorable eye, for he says: I "The nominal nuallll, alien waa to B havo heeu to Italy, the real on. was I being drunk." 1 |