competition. He acted asorganist in one of the Italian cathedrals, and wasmade an honorary member of the Royal RaphaelAcademy of Urbino. It was not long before commissions began to pourin upon the young sculptor, until, according to a mag-azine article published in 1888, At the age of thirtyMr.… … ALEXANDER DOYLE EDWIN McMASTERS STANTON 387 statement would not hold good now, for others havecome to the front since 1888, but it is a noticeable factthat where he has once placed a statue and it has beendetermined to have another in the same locality he hasusually received the commission. For…