New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-29

Now 10 reach this object IN even the least degree.
We must 20 back 10 principles; the principles Of
ali art The younc genius mus. not be content 10
lie on l!i- back and let the ripen bin ~ Re-
phac.; il Is vain for him to Try experiment alter
experiment in The hope that !se snail al last ~oive
the problem OF painting picture; il Is vain 10
guaT his originality with sacred care, lest hc be &c
cuecd uf being an !InitatoE. He must lay broader
foundation he must be student He must study
and know all the best thai art has ever ?r"inccd :
not merely go 10 Italy, end copy tcTv Rapnaeis or
ClauCes but study oil art uni. he knows what that
thing vas that Raphael accomplished In 4 word,
lc mus, know the sricace OF art, according TO lts
highest meaning. One such man we have had. Mr..
As,nn His namt. aid t:Sainpl,: will produce an
effect; OF higher nature than his works can do. eN
uui-i!e ~ the. nre. The student see in his va
riou. vorks. not IN imitation. but comprehension
of all the best in his ar His jeremiah tells how
well he understood Michael Angelo, at The same
time that suggests emulation ot him Ills
Landscapes interpret 10 Us Claude and poussln Let
me spca. Of another example in another art mean
our authOr. Goethe The greatest student. the
greatest scholar the world Ins seen; how great
he was as q poet we can afford TO let future times
decide And here let me not be misunderstood A.
10 the words -tuent and scholar. The student Is
no, h., yvho studies merely, but he who masters ;
and he who masters in the highest SENSE is the
greatest sinjent and scholar To see t0 what a de
gree he did This look at his Iphigena, for instance
u!icSuluU!rd rcprOducllpN pl tnS OEtch ITiuiId :
his Reincchc Fuchs, brings hack the childhood OF!
the Germans. his Hermann and Durothe;i winch II
Homer rehcarsing modern German life III HeNem
ctcrs. Yet find where types oi Fans or
Mignon. | speak thus Of Goethe not 20 e<alt hlm
but simply because in this respect he stands iii
such close analogy with what all original art must
DE in an advanced age of civilization.
Next IT. to the importance OF the subject. There
are few among us who look upon art as any thing
else than n luxury fine picture brings high
price. much in the way that a fine horse does. Sti
there arc some who vicw art as a desirable thing
and take deep though mostly mlsdlrected Interest
in ts productions. But of those who recognize IN
art an absolute essential in all high cultivation.
divine means Of harnonizing the: conflicting tcnden
cics ot humanity, point OF view from which NIL Is
seen as good. an influence that stops not with
the artist or the amateur but extends over all men,
and through all lime-ot these she number Is lew
indeed Many think thus OF poetry who do not
think oi poetry a. art but "a We have already SAID
the basis Of all sound knowledge of poetry rests
upon this fact: to he all feel the effect of poetry
and few can ever reason about IL but we are speak
ing. not only Of those who would feel passing
emotion bur of those who woud transnuie this
feeling into a principle and make il guide and
helper III lie.
Now our state in this country is the former of The
Two. and we bring down our artists and poets to
our own level. Al ask of them is 10 Producc
ali agreeable impression, pleasing emotion; per
haps the union OF moral and poetic tram OF thought
and few would credit that such Is neither poetry nor
the end OF poetry What is that end and what
poetry is can be known only by the pruioundeS
study of the greatest works. Those works were
not poctica dreams nor thoughts, but the results OF
the whole combined powers OF the greatest natures
the world has ever known. All men possess some
thing poelical. But the poetical, usually under
stood is far enough from poetry
In this book will be found the thoughts of great
do
will bc easy or interesting to those who have not
thought upon the subject. To some II may seem
obscure others not deep nor spiritual enough; but
il il here and there finds welcome a guide 10
knowledge ihc translator vii! be abundantly repaid.
DIR. f.ardRCr's Loclurcs-S;cnm Navigation.
The thrd number Of DR.. Lardners Work on
Science and Art, contains Lecture On the PRos-
PEcrs or STEAM NtvIGArIoN which at the present
moment will be read with great interest, Is we
learn that company has been formed to establish
line of Steam Packets 10 run from New-Iock To
Liverpool. Hc says
Ten wears have now rolled away since the pro
icci was frs, announced 10 the world 10 slIPers'Ge
The far famed NENv-l ORR AND LIVERPOOL FACkEi-
SHIPS by a magnificent establishment oi STEAM
LINERS. These vessels were 10 sustain constant
regular and rapid communication between the
New and old Worlds. They We're to be the great
clannei for Commerce, Intelligence, and social II
tercoursc between the metropolis OF lie W est ana
the vast nlar,s of the United Kingdom; they We're:
in n word 10 fulfill not only all The functions winch
for half Il century had been sj admirably discharged
by the packets buj 10 do with expedition IN
creased IN a ,hrccinld proportion a; the least Such
an announcement could moi fail 10 captivatc The
great body of ihe public. The results 10 be anllcl-
pa;..G We're ~ obvious. grand, and must be at
tended with effects widely spread, that all per
t.,f t,i
kn0wc,leed iiicr importance. The announcement
of tho project was accordingly hailed wiki one gen
cral shout of acciamn.ion. There Were some who
bcinr convcrsant with The actual condition Of the,
art OF stcancneinGcring as applied To navIea,Ioii
and aware Of various commcrcia! conditions winch
must infect the problem, were enabled 10 estimate
calmly and dispassonnicv the difficulties and draw
backs as well as the advantages. ot the undertah-
in" These persons entertained doubts which
cloudeh the brightness oi their hopes and warned
the commercial wCrld against tho indulgence OF too
sanlti;nc nalicipaiens Of the Immediate and un-
qualified realization otihe project. They counse!ed
caution and reserve against an inprov!dent invest
mcnt OF extensive capital in schemes which cGnld
sill; bc only regarded experimental. and winch
might provt it, grave. But the voice of reinon-
srance was drowned amid the loud shouts of public
enthusiasm excited by the promise OF IN immediate
practical realization OF Il schema 80 grand The
keel of the Grca, Western was bid ali assurance
through their changes before >hc would he followed
BIZ spleud;d line OF vessels. which should cons.sn
the packet ships the care OF the historian rs
thncs that were
The Great Western progressed and was launch
ed and the enterprise las now had fair trial dur
ins ten ycars-a sufficiently long time, II is pre-
sn1ncd To test ii. The packetships, however have
not been swcp, from the face Of the ocean. On The
contrary they have been improved in efficiency, IN
creased in magnitude, and multiplied in number
Capital instead of being drawn from them, allured
by the prospective advantages of the srEAMLINgRs.
has only collected round them in augmented
amount-obcyng. it always does, HAT irresistible
attraction which profitable results invariably cxer-
else IN Commerce. On the other hand the steam
project which was to prove their doom. has made
It's DASH and disappeared, leaving the Great West
crn--
-"alonc in her glory
10 establish at once the abstract practicabiy OF the
scheme in Il mechanical seasc, ;md the utter made
quacy of lis organization and execution in COM
mercal sense. This fine ship has for several years
maintained an occasional intercourse during the
summer months between New-Iork and one or
other OF the British ports.
The Great Western, i, must be confessed, was
o.,oI,l;.,aI ,,piar MOS, ayo-rbfp ousoires Mr.