LAUGHING TORSO- REMINISCENCES OF NINA HAMNETT by Ray Long Richard. Originally published in 1931. Contents include: I. VERY EARLY DAYS I II. THE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES . . 7 III. AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL ., . IO IV. I BEGIN TO BE AN ARTIST . ., 1 6 V, COMING OF AGE ., . . - 31 VI. LIFE 44 VII. WAR AND ART 72 VIII. PEACE AND POVERTY . . . . 115 IX. PARIS REVISITED 120 X. THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, . . . 138 XL BACK TO PARIS AND TO CELEBRITIES . 154 XII. SOUTHERN FRANCE AGAIN . . . 250 XIII. PARIS . . . . . . .262 XIV. HYERES AND NICE . . . - 2 73 XV. PARIS AND BRITTANY . . . . 279 XVI. SOUTH ONCE MORE LONDON . . . 307 INDEX 323 Vll ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE THE TORSO . Frontispiece MYSELF AT SALT ASH, 1 89 1 . . . . 2 MYSELF AND MY BROTHER IN FANCY DRESS, TENBY, 1899 10 MYSELF AT SEVENTEEN, 1907 . . . 1 8 MYSELF TO-DAY, 1932 . 22 RICHARD SICKERT, R. A 37 THE FRIDAY MODELS AT WASSILIEFF S . . 50 MODIGLIANI 60 A FANCY DRESS DANCE IN THE AVENUE DE MAINE, 1914 67 W. H. DAVIES 98 EDITH SITWELL 105 Drawing in the possession of Richard Sickert, R. A. MY CLASS AT THE WESTMINSTER INSTITUTE OH p. 11 MYSELF, 1920 133 ONE OF EDGARS MARIONETTES . . . 133 THE POLE .... OH p. 137 AT THE DOME 172 THE ACADEMY COLOROSSI . . OH p. 183 THE PLOUGH MUSEUM STREET . OH p. 203 MADAME WALTER. DURANTY . . . .214 PEASANTS IN A CAFE, DOUARNENEZ, 1923 . . 234 NOW THAT I AM SO MUCH OLDER I THINK PERHAPS I AM BETTER OFF AS I AM 1932 266 LYTTON STRACHEY 305 Drawing in the possession of Philip Gosse PORTRAIT On p. 321 IX