Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-27
Literary Notes.

expanded and Is to be issued In two volumes, the
first OF which will soon appear. 1t is written on
plan very different from that of any other on
the same subject, rs will be seen from the follow
ing extract:--
"The general scope of the work is intended to
embrace:-
First An inquiry into the nature of the Gov
ernment of the United States, or the nature OF
that Union which exists between the States under
the Constitution, with the causes, or conflict of
principles, which led to resort to arms and the
character of the war, thus inaugurated.
"Sccondly, The conduct Of the war on both
sides, so fnr as 1t affected Constitutional prin-
ciples with its final results upon the organic
structure of the entire system of American DEM
ocratic free institutions"
Mr.. Stephens's theory 1t that the cause of the
war was the two opposing views of the nature OF
the government, tho one that it is fedcrative,
and the other that 1t is consolidated and nation
al government, slavery being only the subject on
which the two views clashed.
The style Of the work is no less singular. 1t
is throughout written in the coloqual form, and
Is said to be only an elaboration of conversations
that actually took place between himself and
visitors from the North during the early part Of
1867.
"BERwIoK, ,"-Jamcs Rcdpath-in a recent in
tcrcstiug article In the Boston Advertiser, des.
crbcs n visit to the studio of L. Prang & Co.
These gentlemen are greatly expanding their ca
pacity for the production of chromos, and are
dcvoting their bsst efforts to the increase of their
artistic excellence. They are now about to carry
out the details of an intention long entertained,
by the production of the Gallery of American
Painters" in which Is TO be at least one charac-
tcristic picture by each of our eminent artists
Among those now in active prearation are "a New
England Winter Landscape" by the late Mr..
Moryeillcr of Maiden; figure piece, "The Bare
footed Boy" by Eastman johnson; Easter
"Morning," by Mrs. Theresa Hart, wife of James
Hart, the landscape painter; two brilliant pic
turcs of children in the woods, "The May
Queen and " The Little Rogue" by Mr.. ]. G.
Brown; "Thc Shipwreck of Steeriorth," by Mo-
RAM The Friends" by Giraud The White
"Mountains in Octebcr," by Mr.. George l..
Brown; The Bay of New York" by the same
artist; "The Falls of the Yo Semitic" by Bier
stadt; two fruit pieces, by s. w. Fuller "CLcr-
''riss and Basket" by Mrs. cranberry; and be-
sides these he has q number of other compositions
on the casels OF distinguished New York painters.
bit Of California scenery in Bierstandt's we'll
knownstyle. Itreprescnts bright sunset on a lone
lylake, whose solitude is disturbed only by pair
OF waterfowl that hover ever and rest on the
rocks at the Shore Abrupt, steep and rugged
clifs-over part Of which tumblcs headlong a
graceful waterfall-form the southern boundary
of the lake. and fringe of gigantic, branchless
firtrees skirt the northern shore. It is careful
study after nature and every touch is Bierstadt-
ash.
The "Barefooted Boy" is true artists render
ing Of Whitter's familiar lines =
" Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy with cheeks OF tan,
With thy turned-up pantalo0ns
And thy merry wbstled tunes;
With thy red lip, redder still
Kissed by Strawberries on the hill;
With the sunshine On thy face
Through thy torn brms jaunty grace;
From my heart give thee joy
was once barefoot boy
Prince thou art-the grown-up man
Only is republican.
Let the million-dollared ride;
Barefoot, trudging at his side,
Thou hast more than he can buy
ln the reach of ear and eye
Outward sunshine, inward ioy,-
Blessings ON thee, barefoot boy!"
ltreprescnts 1t colnely rustic lad, clad in coarse
lomespun dress, with his trousers turned up, his
hands in his pockets and the brightest of aknow.
cling" vet Innocent smiles on bs facc nnd IN his
eyes Ills face is half shaded by his broad
ollnmcd hat; bis feet are firmly planted on d
grey rock he looks so hopeful, so sef-reliant, sc
entirely ut his ease, that he seems the perfect
incarnation Of Young America. The accessores
OF This picture are distant landscape with s
trre in the middle and foreground. They are wei
handled but they serve only to support the figure
which Is one of the best pieces that Mr.. johnson
has ever produced.
1t Is gratifying to know that the popular dc
ihand for pictures is almost in the cxact ratio o
their artistic excellence Every touch of nature
whether ON canyasDor in chrome, is instantly re
cos'ii1cd and applauced. The best things SCI
bcs no reputation avails against the fact MS is
kliggles's gems huve not paid expenses
whereas TAFT groups 20 of with amazing rapid
~. Of Bricher's pictures, on the other hant
THE White Mountains" and Esopus Creek" an
Sawyers Pond" "a little gem) and one or tw
others have a steady and rapid sale. while som
others do not move off at nil. The people hay
a iruer taste than they generally have been credi
I'd with in the critics doomsday book. IL is
faith in this Instructive taste tbnt has horne n
Mr. Prang to the rare good fortune that has r.
warted his efforts.
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handsomely nren,rod nannhIet Of oe noaes
mo. with this tillc II ia announced to he {.
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