New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-21

tail piece. Foor Of tbese fo,s have now ben pub
Gtbed, being one-baf the number to be issued; the
designs are all BY barley, 80 tina. there is the
uy Of Character and style 10 the illustrations that is
foupo IN the text which ADDS greatly to their value,
and give the work homogesou.nses of design that
is rarely fund in illustrated editions II viii not be
say ing han all competent critics will subscribe to-
that rs an Illus. rator f other meas writings Mr..
barley ranks, or at least deserves to rank, at the
head Of living artists; and. If there Is not
the power Of expression in these Illustrations that
Distinguishes The ust atoms Of Ju6ds Margaret the
fault s not in the arist bur in the author. There is
great fertility Of invention AID beauty Of drawing in
y diversified subject which Mr. barley has lustra
ted and the sngravers have rendered with 'nderfu
spirit and accuracy bis sce conceptions The beet Of
his designs are undoubtedly hose Illustrative Of Indian
and border life and the least effective those Hue
tratDe the Tea stories in which the artists lack OF
technical knowledge will strike the eye of pro-
fessional observer. The names of the engrav-
ers are Grsch, PhillibIown. Jones, Smile,
Wriebtson Smith, Hinshel wood Peasc, Marshall and
Stslty These engravings and etcbings revive that
school Of pure and severe art rendered popular BY
Woolle aud Strange, which cheaper methods Of illus.
tratoD Rave In later years almost wholly superseded.
John Ru-kin has pronounced maedictiou on line en-
craving bur il is style of that will ouive his
erraiic criticisms. Eoits portrait of Cooper which
pal, ted expressly for this pulication has been
engraved by Alfred Jones, m a very superior style.
TIE original which is one Of the artists moet vgor-
ous heads and ie-like portrait, is on exhibition at
the sore of Williams & Stevens in Broadway.
"A Morning in Venice" is the subject of charm
ing landscape just finished by the Baron de Trobriand,
and now exhibiting at Goupils Gallery. We have
before seeD good many Of the Baroas landscapes but
never one that contained so much excellence is do
veoped 10 this Vepetan scene.
Mr. Kensett has returned to New-York from
Washington and after a short tour to the western
part of the State be goes the coast Of Massaebu
sets, in the Deighborhood Of Cohasset- So great
number of artists have gone down to the side
this season, that there will be water, water every
where" no doubt in next years exhibition of the
National Academy.
Pages picture Of the "Flight into Egypt" which
has Iecen ~ been sent from Rome is in the exhibition
room of Mr.. Snedecor, in Broadway. 1t is small
canvas and W III not be cassed among his great sue
cesses.
Wonderful stories have been told of the fabulous
prices paid by Mr.. LeDox for the Turner'S, in that
gentleman famous collection in Fifth avenue, which
every body has heard of but nobody has In Les
lies autobiography however, the correspondence of Mr.
knnox snd M Leslie in relation to the purchase Of
one of these Turner'S is given from which we learn
that Mr.. Luox commissioned Mr. Lesle to pay five
hundred pounds for picture by Turner, and that Mr.
Lenox was Dissatisfied with the picture when he re-
oeived it. though be acknowledged in subsequent let
t.r that otener he looked the picture the better
he liked it.
The last number Of TIE Dublin University Maya
zine, in an article entitled American Imaginings,'
gives us so generous ard glowing tribute 10 the genius
of our countryman, William w. Story, that are
tempted to copy it for the qualification of his many
friends who know him, and for the benefit Of the
many who DO no. In mentioning Hawthorne Mar
bic Fsup, the writer in question says:
" He bias chapter in bis first volume entitled Cleo
patra in bic prt face he has rghteousy restored what
there be styles in simJ prea DRY prose, this nag
nifcert sisue to its real living flesh, and blood de-
signer, William Story. The fitness OF the epithet Is
such that who ready 10 youch for that htneSs
1uhi not for art that Mr. Hawthorne wegaed be-
fore he ~ nped the very word magnificent We who
know the statue aud the designer WELL know, not only
that the obiter diOtum Of Mr.. Hsw horne's preface
nav be allowed but that Mr. Torys Cleopatra, in her
actual arble nav brsyely stand the test btw her.
e.f ind Der couster part il the romance We cite her.
not to confirm eontrovert in this place, our writer
asthetcs appreciation hut rather Tor enter
ing her modelers studio, thence TO illustrate and TO
ei large remarks upon the strange promise which
the trsirpg of American realism maklng TO the lde
in plastic ess than in poetic and other hctye art
Rebel al home against American monotony, the Amer
lean artist will not, even IN Rome wear the shacKles
of convent mallsm. See there, among his earlier ell
forts a wolf which il not the savage nurse OF Rom
ulus but the familiar of nursry days. eye
ing Red RidginE hood hersef-hn"ger scarcely giozed
over with deceit OF attery. Then there If Hero stu
in girlish form, lifting torch, " hIch shows an agony
In the sweet eyes of the watcher, hose dainty naked
feet are get uron the sand Of that cruel Helespout
D1aped severely in the close bodice sud skirt OF Ger
msp naid H. lir Ike IN the pay OF her delicate myers
thinking the dyning flow of lovers, ghOstke IN the
peI sve droop of her eyeds snd the slim Outline of her
tbadowy frame Fausts injured Marp uerite stands In
nocept as yet Heavy fall the mali't stokes on chs
els searching out the tawny terrors OF the Eypan
pantber-heauty from the marble bock:-that Is
The Cleoratra whom our author has shown
10 YOU Now push open the lnle swi' ging door that
guards the inner stufio. You shall almost starr and
draw back your foot before the towering night aud
uassonae energy of her who hfts hand hea ven
for help and IN tie Other gssps sci nar She If DO
Greek you see it by gan st the bold arch nnter
which culver Dosfrils breathing vengeance. CIy-
iemnestra prsyed not so when hglsthens was 10
strike She il no Roman either. Lucretia looked not
mn bu, down along the sword, shame blending with
savage indignation before sh- burie0 1t bltdrep 10 the
breast q TarqulDs touch had solid. lie wio)w OF
Mapaeseb knows Clyennestrs wllilng nor Lacfe,
tias forced ignominy Hebrew judith looks no and
lrays before her wOmans deals the d cad execu-
tior blow upon the tyrsnt drunk with wine,
ard lust, and blood. Now this William story,
TO whom few SHORE years in Italy have
furnisbed time 10 master 20 much OF that hard
craft which teaches arts fingers to give sub
stance % the visions Of artist brain; this William
story whom biz countryman is not too bold 70
saw bis country aid The world will not long fail to
apr reciats"-he lie only graceful poet and 'erary
ah are
10 develornen, of M artistic ower-but he is, 10 all
sober serou sness. New Ed gland barris'er Anonly
SON he iuheris from lie father more than mere name
illuftrious in the annals Of Jurisprudence IL hls early
- =, - he. h.. fallacious token the