But Michelangelo must have gone on producing them long after her death.

With these phantoms of stupendous works to be, the Museums of Europe abound.

We cannot bring them together, or condense them into a single centralised conception.

Their interest consists in their divergence and variety, showing the continuous poring of the master's mind upon a theme he could not definitely grasp.

For those who love his work, and are in sympathy with his manner, these drawings, mostly in chalk, and very finely handled, have a supreme interest.