The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-01-17

bOS ycb PuOIiSueus oituouku II 10 ucdIlf
ready for the msiket. Il entirely eur,
passes ell his previous efforts. It is
Correggio's "Magdalena, and can hard
lyi fail, We think, to command quick sale
and hearty recognition.
Like every modern discovery. chrome
liIbography has its paftieats and detrac-
tors-those who claim for it perhaps i'm
possible capabilities, ard those who re-
gard it IS mere handicraft, which no
skill can ever elevate into the dignity oil
an art. We do not careltS enter int these
disputes. Whether an art or a handi-
craft. chrome photography certainly re
produces charming little pictures vastly
superior to any colored plates that We
have had before; and il is, At least. clear
ly entitled to be regarded as a means OF
educating the pupulsr taste. and there.
by raising the rnational ideal of art.
A correspondent. locking at chromos
from this point of view, thus indicates
Tit may be somewhat enthusiastically
their possible influence OF the culture OF
the peeple:s esIDZa x757.ifof s5.E -
&c What the discovery Of the art of print
ing did for the mental growth, of the PEG
pie. the art of chrome TYPOGRAPHY seems
destined 10 accomplish for their aesthetic
culture Before types were first made.
scholars and the wealthier classes had
ample opportunities for study, for even
when Bibles were chained In churches,
and copies of the Scriptures (then ap,ly
so styled were worth herd of cattle.
there were large libraries accessible TO the
arlsioeracy Of rank and mind. But they
nd h. h1yf kte
double doors of privilege and ignorance.
A b 'ok TO ,sessed no attractions for the
man who could not read the alphabet; and
because they were rare and bard to get at,
be lad no lpcltement TO master their mys-
terles. Made chap and common, the
meanest peasant, In the course of q few
generations, found solacs for his griefs in
the pages OF The greatest authors of his
times aud of ailaitimes Mental culture
became possible for whole nations; and
democracy. with its ilimitabe blessings.
gradually grew up nader the little sha-
dow the FIRST printers proof Et.a
Until within quite recent periud, art
has been feudai in-its associations. GAL
Eleries of priceless painting s, indeed. there
have always been in certain favored cities
and countries; but to the people, as a
whole, they have been equally inaccessi-
Die aud unappreciated,, because no preyi-
Gus training bad taught" the community
hon to prize them. It was like Harvard
College without the district school
planet without satellites. and too far re-
moved from the world of the people for
it's light to shine in the cottage and 10 the
homes of the masses. gllaa
Now, ehromo-lithography. although
still in its infancy. promises to ditfuse not
a love o! art merely among the people at
large. but to disseminate the choicest
master pieces Of art itself. 1t is art re-
publican lied and naturalized in America.
It's attempts hitherto have been compare
lively unambitions; but it was not Homer
aud Plato that were fret honored by the
printing press. It was dreary catechisms
of dreary creeds So will il be with this
new art. As the popular taste improves.
tie subjects will be worthier of an art
which seeks to. give back to mankind
what has hitherto been confined to the
few" Boston Daily Advertiser.