Life of J.M.W.Turner. IN the year 1775 a barber lived in a dark little shop, No. 26, Maiden Lane, standing on the left of Hand Court, which lies close to the south-west corner of Covent Garden. There was a gloomy, low archway, with an iron gate, and coming out of the sunlight a stranger would have to stand a moment in the dim light before he could see. the narrow door to the left which led into the hairdresser's shop. There was a window gay with both bob and cauliflower wigs, the name over the door was Turner. Mr. Turner was a cheerful little man, spare and muscular, with small blue eyes, a hook nose, a projecting chin, and a fresh, healthy complexion. He talked fast with a rather transatlantic twang, but always had a smile upon his face. The barber had come to London in early life from South Molton, in Devonshire, and had married a lady named ,Mallard or Marshall, who lived in the village of Islington. The barber's wife had pale blue eyes, an aquiline nose, and...

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