Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-25

al been exhibited IN New York. Ihese
We had frequently seen, and 80 true were
they To nature and art, that the very SAND
on which We were now standing, aud the
hinge sphynX al our left hand, and these
hoarv heaps Of monumental stone tour
hundred feet high, and covering trn acres
Of ground. now for the first iime actually
seen with these ewes. were as familiar as
the scenes of childhood. But those Cos
,noramas were nothing to be thought OF
compared to the Photographic ART assisted
BIZ the Slereoscope. We are not given
to raptures, and are not disposed TO speak
enthusiastically, but we are IN the mood
lust now of saying what We have seen al
Anthony'S Slereoscoplc Gallery, 3OS
Broadway. Netno description OF ours
viii DO Justice to the beautiful results "i
the most beautiful Of all lhe arts. There
- nothing in the Iower Of The pencil or
chisel. nothing in the skill or patience ot
man to produce such effects as lle SUM-
panling on paper, by which tie perfect
image, as in mirror, is Impressed and
peIpcua,cd, to be transported 10 the ends
Of ,he world, and there studied with tie
same satisfaction. that tie traveller enjoys
VINO looks on the scene after toIlsome
Journeys over land and sea. In some res.
poets Tie pleasure is greater. For thc
traveller has the discomIorS OF travel, 10
say nothing of the costs Of it; he has It's
risks and lis tolls, but heiheI we are be-
heved or not, we assert II lnleIhgently,
that we cannot perceive wherein II Is bet
ter to see rhe ruins of an Egyptian temple
ON the giouhd than here IN Anthony Sic.
reoscopes. Take for example lhc temple
of Abou Simbe. The carved images SIT
IN everlasting stone on the outer wall, and
the great rock remains age after age the
same, and as we look al them and II IN
lhis srereoscOpe, the Impression IS as Wv.
i'll as the stone llseli could make H. You
nav sit for hours, if you will, and study
every form and feature Of lhis wondrous
work, and lhe longer and more nlnuicIy
il is examined, the more perfect even IN
lmperlcclion comes out the representation
of the original. There is the very crack
in the stone across the bridge Of the pun
ripal figures nose, and the piece seems
ju,tTeady TO fall "ur, so real that you
would Ike to put Your hand on II and dls-
pei the illusion, and convince youEsrll rh1t
i, is the actual object, and mol picture
that YOU are now studying.
We give rhe wheel another torn and
travel by way Of the desert, and Slnal,and
the Civ oflhe Dead into the Holy Land.
and here the most sacred scenes S"d ven
Grated places are presented with hdel'y
,purcly incredible 10 bnc who has not
seen the stereoscope IN its power of beau
". We venture 10 say that no Que aller
reading these warm expression. oi ours
will have half an ideS Of the marvellous
lruthfulness of the adj in bringing before
him the very minutes and grandesi repro
ducIlons OF the objects themselves which
he has desired 10 see more than anything
else on earth. Thch leaving the land OF
Israel. VIC will visit Athens, snd Rome,
and roam among thqtcmPlcs and palaces
of the gods and tie empSfors; and tlen
seek the grandrr works OF nature IN Swift
zerand and on the banks OF tie Rhine,
and so make the tour Of Europe. But we
will not stop here.
We vii go 10 China and India and
bring home the cIies and temples Of the
Orient, the people themselves IN hEl~fess
and markets, III procession and wOFsEtfyso
IhaI we have representations Of thcIr man
neIs and customs as no other painting and
no words Of description ran possibly pre-
senl them. And this bring " Ia say that
the most astonishing power pl this beauIi.
fnI art is IN lis capacity to take lnsianlaDe-
ous views OF objects IN no ION: tie roll
ling sea, with the ship or steamer plough
ing through TIE waves, lie shadows OF
hull and spar, and every ripple on The
surface are all Reproduced with perfect
crowded street at noon.
day, men aDd women promCnsGlng. the
horses and carriages rushing "n as pleas
urc or business calls. tie omnIbusscs and
G IS iaken while under way. Vet 50 rer-
feet that the names aBd nuHfefs are read
~ easily az on those We ride IN daily.
We 90 not understand the magic ol tho
art. II seems 10 us that some mighty
u ord must have been spoken 10 -ummOu
Ihese muInludes 10 sand IN their lTscks at
east an instant, while lhe sun that shines
on all should have time to take picture
IF the pageant, whirh like all Of life is
passing away, TO be seen no more forever.
Yet that crowd pouring down Broadway
IS If the whole city were Out 10 ihr street,
; caught, is arrested is actually fastened
N the paper, and the very attitude OF eve
Y individual man, his gait, bls slaiure,hls
ompsny, are al drawn out IN living
haracIers," and recorded here in Antbo-
VS. instantaneous 'iews! IL ineredi-