Arts: Sargent's Murals

For the past nine months critics have been writing estimates of John Singer Sargent. All that can be said about a great man in the period immediately following his death has been said; but more eloquent than any encomium were the fantastic prices for his pictures at the recent London sale.

Last week the Boston Museum of Fine Arts unveiled certain murals on classic subjects which he had painted to embellish its walls; opened at the same time the most comprehensive exhibition of his work which has ever been shown in the U....

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