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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14729, 11 July 1911, Page 9

After tho death of Ibsen, Brieux confronted Europe as tho most important dra matisfc west of Russia. In "that kind of comedy which is so true to life that we have to call it tragi-comedy, and which is not only an entertainment, but a history, and a criticism of contemporary morals, lie is incomparably the greatest writer Franco has produced since Moliere. And Moliere never indicted society. His quarrel is really a quarrel with God for not making men better. But in the case of Brieux his fisticuffs are not aimed heavenward; they fall on human noses for the good of human souls. Bernard Shaw. One of the cleverest sculptors in. the United Kingdom is Miss D. Stanton-Wise, who is particularly gifted in the art of sculpturing in wax and plaster. She has been deaf and dumb from birth. After passing through the South Kensington School of Art, Miss Stanton- studied in Paris and Florence. At the Royal Academy she has been represented on two occasions. Miss Wis© has just produced 96 miniature figures representing scenes in Indian history for the Indian section •of th© I?estivaJ ! <>i Empire.