The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-31

pictures in the sand of the groups she around her
After studying and copying in the Loye she frequently
made long pedestrian excursions into the surrounding
country, sketchng fields and waterfalls, drawing the
portraits of and horses and climbing mountains
with enthusiasts that often wrecked her health She
had that quality Of perseverance, often called otstinacy
which, though not always successful generally belongs
10 those who win success In any sphee--lsttcfs art
commerce. politics. not excepted After long snd
painful years of preparation, she first obtained marked
notice at the age OF seventeen by the exhibition OF two
pictures Keeping steadily al work. she received from
the French gosernment by the hands of vernct mag
nicent Seyres token of the esteem in which she
held 1t in 1850 that she finished and exhibited
the Z" Poughed Field, and she soon after oompleted
the picture in connexon with which she is best known
In America the world -renowncd Horse Fair The
peculiar value OF this picture snot its drawing, wchis
faultes any preRaphealte could DESIRE s color
ing which is worthy of any old master, but the wonder
fal grouping and the arrangement of accessories demand
the Of genius for its author The parsl conceal
ment with dust of the legs of the horses in order TO
direct gaze to the wonderfully e-like heads the
ingenious oontyancc for giving the pyramial form 10
the picture by the rearing of the black horse and the
dome in the back ground and the beautiful management
of light and shade, all stamp the picture with the auto
graph of born artist who has recognised the Law that
while Genius may kndle its fire. Industry must sup
ply the fuel The best of all is that the womanly in
stncts have not been cped crushed by her
Large wealth has accrued to her from her art and yetshe
has been known ia recent years. to pledge, at tho
Mont de Pete the very medals gained by her pictures In
order to assist struggling artist thus aording
another instance of that aternal good feeling which has
been SO often manifested by successful artists towards
their less fortunate brethren Powers could have told
very similar story of Greenonghs generosity pgrzo
r ~ From France to England tssa
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to "sir Walter Raleigh and His Times with other Pa
pe collection Of reviews and lectures by Kingsley
and the Journey Due North,' by THAT witty George
Augustus Sala with whom the M. A. nj. has enjoyed
many delightful Re-Union in times quite post diluvia
The firm of Tcknor Fields, which publishes many
good books deserves well OF the public for this issue of
these excellent books Kingsley is heroic soul who
has never written line which did not photograph The
beating of his heart Hypatia, Alton Locke and
Two Years Ago. volumes Of for the people
which had virtue in them for making bad men better
by showing the evanescepce of what is gained by wrong
doing, and for making discouraged souls hopeful, by
showing the eternity Of what is right and pure The
present volume gows all with living warmth 1T
is not Kingsleys book il is Kingsley Hear him dis
course of herocal souls Thesc heroes are 90 far
removed from after all. They of like pas
sions with ourselves with the flesh about them the
spirit within them the devil beneath, the
GOD ab0ye. their uecdS were very
wonderful Every child who is born into the world is
Just as wonderful and, for aught know, might naa
n,aa,d do just wonderful deeds. If accident and
circumstance helped them the may help us have
helped u.s. il will look back down years, far more
than we have made use Of They were men, certainly
very much of level but may we not put that
level somewhat too low They certainly not what
for, If they had been they would have done no
more than we but Is not mans real level not what he
u.s. but what he be, and therefore ought to be No
doubt they compact of good and evil Just
but SO was David--no more-thongh more herocal
parsonage save only one does not appear in all human
records. But may not the secret of their success have
been that the whole Though they found II bat
te) they refused the evil and chose the good ri
MIR. Sala has given us glimpse of Russian interiors
in of the most readable books published With
infinite fund of wit and keen power of analysis and
description he porrays Russian life in agreeable
style that he ought Immediately to make another our
ney Due North to obtain materials for second volume
Thus, like our modern dramatists l have prepared
weekly entertainment out of part French two parts
English and part American, THAT is the funny part)
and now notwithstanding your uproarous applause and
calls for to continue at the fooighs must make my
best bow and for another week let the curtain hide tho
'""r''.' % MIDDLEAGED MAN.