New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16
A VISIT TO NRW.MAvKN.
Art IN Csnnecsieat-The Yale School Of
Fine ArW-lss style Of Architecture.

Fine Arss-1ss style Of Architecture.
from Our Special Correspondent
NEw.HAvgN. Sept. IL 1865
NV short experience as traveller has taught
me that hurryisg TO get to the cars when you are
aIore IN order 10 secure seat Is mere super |
auity Of erer,on. My seat Is always kept for
me Nm to the very last minute Of starting by some
NEAT resneotabIe well behaved coored perSon-ether
man or woman-who having taken one-haf of the scat
for two finds that no American man. woman or cniu-
IA pects bmsef-wi take the other haf unless In
dir, extremity therefore. find orr ridiculous color
phoba which am ready TO cry shame upon ordinarily
yerv convenient ally to my inveterate haoit Oh pro-
crastipaion and following the line OF late comer' no
they stream through the cars at the last hour Seaohhs
and peerinc for place. quietly. and as II DY ag'ec
nent drop into the seat they have all passed ny WIN
real or affected contempt and resign myself to the dS
comforts Of my journey.
One discomfort at least travellers on the NewHaVen
Road are delivered FROM aud they ought 10 De 'n'nA
for iii, is no small mercy The whole tribe OF miAeu'
candy gun iroIe popcorn, apple. orange anu pcao"
bows which had ofloe become an intoeraoe NUISANCE
has been apparently turned away at one blessed s""oP
and the periodical boy who makes Won responsioe 'oi
The safe keeping Of his wares at the rate OF
every five minutes is the only relic OF tnat
wish even this could be sbated, and that tra'eicr'
could he trusted TO select their own rehing'io''lh
rail" before starting at the generally wehsuPp".u
.,and in the station ofen wonder VINO buys'he po'A
that .he bows bring round in the cars never ooub'
one and dom remember ever to have seen one soiui ~
vet il IS said that large sums are paid lot Tue
Of selling bookB and newspapers on the cars ""u
II I, very remuneratiye. WY does not some enter
nri.ipo man start a Railway Circulating Library. sich
"a they have In England 1t is very simple ana salts
,c,ory you take out book before leaving from the
oectjon at the station read it, aud leave 1t at the
6t station YOU come 10 after finishing il. where II you
nte xou can take ont another know Mr.. Ruskin III
,b, am,ablc humble sensible little book VI hir Just
,uhlished-" Sesame and Les"-snys that II Is very
filthy Of us to he willing to read books from orcu
Istg Library but. long rs lie admits tha' there a'
many books which il 10 well and pleasant to read Out
which are not Of lasting interest or value do' soo
that the point be makes against Circulating Libraries
which surply us principally with just such DOCKS
very well taken and / am sure i. Tor one Wouiu oe
very glad 10 supply myself with some not 700 ia's'
hook printed In good size. ceartype, on some vi
the dav which / could procure at the station ior
small sum- get lid Of when had finished ana ies' 10
rca, concern about II lost seeing that IL couu oe
ren,ced for triae We shall have suoh convenience
| some day
Its the first time in many years that nave 'i'"e'
New Haven; and. although l know no living 'ou' i"
the town have enjoyed stroling about ana taxing a"
inventory for myself OF all that IL conans-ou''iue 'no
bon,es Mounting out OF that detestaole staon "hi'"
cs the city great dscredit emerged into AL III 10
hr,vht clear and sunny ever made street anu "ou
terable. and recognizing the ems OF tue 'a"P"' \"
| the distance I made my way saunterlhgy "io"k W
| ,,s, region near which knew lay the ooJec' :" my
,,rtieulsr quest For had stopped at new maven ="
- .v IN .Ro.ton to see the "School OF fine
,,,sr in which in common suppose with every ohr
o,.r,s,ea in our national culture, bad taken deep
,cres, since IL wrs first hegun, and could not thnK
q na.sing through the town which has the honor OF
containing il without stopping to substitute Tor pho1o
,,onhs descriptions and architects drawings. the
r.ror, NJ nv own eyes; and this was my particular
GRAND in New. Haven. although am gao that na'o
b,d time enough to see much beside and get soou
notion II what must b. very pleasant place 10 I'VE H.
Coming 10 the open green. l vas drawn as'de 'ro"
the call u the cnking malets and drs hearu Id 'e
distance by the sight OF what appeared to De aver!
handsome aud imposing building and which, by con
.ulting the ampglass, found TO be the ne" '"y ha
Ii is front and little more OF good deal OF pre'en'
iou I'm, not much real merit The ornamentation and
t.ll
rho STYLES that have ever been employed by man the
most heartless mechanic and void OF power to waken
human iutercst-tho ffteenth.cehtury German Gothic
I do not know who IL the arcAitect OF TINS Oudihs
oo,d not learn; bat could not help suspecting-and
vet IL il bs the mean this building Is not equH
90 hi, aby-or rather lie has deserted in designing
t. his strong points. his power TO mass and 10 concen
,ra,e hi, feeling Tor dignity and solidity-whch have
huii linrs he mps
for these qualities that we possess. He i'd espee y
weak in ornament shows inventive power no ianey
or imagination in designing it, sense Of fitness in
its application His best buildings are his plainest
those in which he has depended proportion aisse
for all effect and in these he has manifested power
that We regret to see so seldom employed This City
Hall Of New Haven il. however. decided failure and
the cause of the failure is not far to seek. The city had
not money enough do all that It's ambition prompted
For a simple. digned building. without any ornament
At ALL depending for all attractions upon the harmony
Of ia proportion the skill OF its arrangement aud the
excellence OF its consiucton-such as the architect
could have given them-they probably had money
enough; but they wanted to make show or as their
colleceboys would call II, "splurge" and accord
ingy, with the questionable taste Of man VINO puts
large brooch OF California diamonds upon the bosom OF
not immaculate shirt they have pu! this very tswuf'
front which yet the architect had too much skill to
leave without redeeming features before large
brick building 80 starved and plain. inside Gnd out
that the eye has absolutely nothing TO rest upon row
erty ia written all over those bare. bleak. hard fin
ished walls those starved stsircases tnooe scrimPeo
cornices The whole building is melancholy exhibit
ton Of vnulting ambition. silently reoahed oy 'he
plain. rectang GUAR red brick. college d%mores oppo
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