New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-11
uaRrYR's MAGAZINE. JuIY.

HARfERS MAGAZINE. JuLr
The neyer-failinc, eyer-abundant Harper for
July gives another instalincnt of Mr.. Lossing's
popular sketches OF Scenes in the War Of 1917,
and an interesting article on "Co6l sId Coal Min
ing" By Professor II. d. Rogers, showing the inn
r,ense amount Of that mineral within the limits Of
the United Slater, together with the usual variety
Of miscellaneous reading. Several Of tho best arti-
ces In this number have been suggested by personal
experiences of the "grcat rebellion" and sharp,
ecathing rebuke is administered TO the Infamous
shoddy spectators who have made money ty
cheating tho country, In The paper entitled The
Fortunes of War" The new stories by Thackeray,
Dickens and Miss Nuock fortunately take the
place in part Of the rather wishy-washy fctions,
which have ebounded too much OF late in most Of
our American magazines. An excellent summary
Of Gen. Grants campaign, valuable for future
reference, Ia given in the Monthly Record" and
among other comments Of the wise aud witty Easy
Chair we find the following neat sllusion 10 the
ground recently taken by some Of the Iew-York
artists that they are not aInennbls to popular crit
eism:
Or are there such things &c vretebed picturesi
For that is the question really suggested ny the eireu
stances which iaNO attended Nufi" cTfHlhie o. VIE
Spring Or again If by any h nee there be poor pic.
lures, has anybody the right 10 ssy sof Where Is Tie
line be drawui Arc gentry Of The pen ~ have no
opinion a. all Of pictures nevel 10 express
II ia certainly Incredible that sensible aud good
fellows should take snoh ground and Jet II undena-
bic that hss Teen lsAsn Non lci Va ~ once uDy IN
drisard and state he total aosu diiy O! such talk lou
dear I1iirn and VelasqBez and kubcns and Raphael.
yon more maintain such rubbish then you can
oi,r Us roses nud peoples 10 smell ana ny 10 prevent
Ing that the smell sweet and he poplie- do
not neie are you nimhle fellows scaling the vale OF
the Hcspcridan orchard and Kidding up tie ui you
return. You bold II up and AK us ~ look O'Clock;
specked; some sTe gnnl!; somo Ms green; scYe ara
rOteD 10 The core. ere pure gold. DO you think
we are going 70 hur al I TIE rot We do for Tie gold
or do you think We don't know which " aad which
the otLsr' II you say that you confess that the fiuit
10 fruit at all II 700 cay that, yon scsfoss thsi art
Is Who mode Shakespeare. fAnsi Tho
ALL II made BY the people ly tie great universal
henri q 10 which he. ard ali artist asdTess them
se.d tn, .,o9y and aH .. sdonna u Tss1 dn,
Of san Sisto are they fhncus because tie painters
praised them. OF because .heir leny beauty touched
The same h.urt that would have been coached By the
lviug charnt when goa show . picture. you Up
peal to ~ finest emotions ~ the average nan 40, W
tie technical It o. the expert and you sil be ladsed
this ErsJ Chair or any sthsr. under ssy fild VI W
legation 10 say that hey are beautiful or " held hs
tongre EIsct,y the revere lie "a uHdcr sreJ espe
ois obligation u say hat they are ma beautiful be
his resd. abcul any ogrrcnt Interesting topic. And
this Chair should say-the Chair bsing Tie }sdsssLat
Brysnt sloveny. Inaccurate. alp sop ANGER tho
gentle RAIDER would probably laugh AID thai sither
the good kssy Chair was a vsg OF hnew a. much 81
poetry . bat Of Easic. And why would the gsntis
reaher sny sos Because the poems ere sddiossed -
him. although be u not poet They sppea ~ We hu
heart and thAt p inevitably and OF right declare
its verdict
Nov, win any Of our nisnds the sr.istl imagine Mr.
Bryant waiting upon the Easy Chair stsr II lad cX
pr<scd such opinion u bic poems and saying "fos
vretchcd carved wood and cushions what rieh
have you say that poems are not goodi Who the
vinegar ornes ars that yos should set up 70 correct
the pubno taste and pass Judgment rpon your eeters
What VI. poker ana Opss does Easy Chsir know OF
possryt You envious Old sersggy picce " furniture
yos have spoiled the sale OF az least I'VE hundred
ooplcs ~ my book Therefore you are thleL high
wy robbty well - = cAaIlstsa. and dsfy yos
to mortsl combat" Could any thing h safdef
o. more sbsardS The poet sings. The Easy Chair
cps bls and cr,es iorribsr and thereupon he
poet breaks al his four logs fos him. Well et Us Sup
p,se n painter paints. The spectator says "Whsvrl
and ,hereoyn the panto, sses ard behaves IN the wsy
for which small ciJres IN pcttcosts cas,igated AID
sent 20 bed Hthis IL tho kind Of lesson hch 10 70 be
taught at tho be~utifhl academy on the Fourth
svenss hope tho papil, may 10 few. III the artists
sersa.ly int cd " dispute the right end duty Of the
pubic 20 express their honest opinions sbos tbs pictures
Inch tboy pay r seeing they ere likely ~ bc s-r'u,y
dhappoiEted
The touching poem which We copy viii find All
echo in many heartA