I went to the R.A. yesterday. Every one has turned portrait painter--Briton Riviere does ladies and their pet animals--Orchardson all portraits--Herkomer also. There is one picture I think beautiful. It is 'Hylas and the Nymphs'--the water is covered with water-lilies and the girls' heads above the water suggest larger water-lilies, somehow. They are beautiful, so is Hylas, so is the green water shaded with green trees--it is a beautiful picture--I forget the legend. Then there's one other that impressed me so much--I can't remember the man's name but I should think he's young and new. I think it is called 'Love's Baubles'. A boy goes along, his hair stuck full of butterflies and carrying a basket of fruits, followed by a train of girls trying to get them; some apples are dropped which the girls are picking up. The colour LOVELY--strong Rossetti; it's colour to its highest pitch, and to my mind it is splendid. There's a girl in front smiling--in a green dress lined with purple shot silk; she has red hair. Her dress is so beautifully painted. The ground is covered with daisies. I shall go on Monday and look again. There--it's all true.