Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-07-03

yet published although It Is nearly ready ia
the market. Il entirely surpasscs al his
previous efforts. I, il CorregiO's Macs
DALENA,n and can hardly fail, we think, to
Like every modern discovery, chrome
TYPOGRAPHY has lis partisans aud dctract1ra
those who clsin Tor it perhaps impassible
Capabilities, aud those who regard j, as q
mere Landicras which no kill can ever Gle.
va'e into the dignity Of "a art. Wedo at
care 10 enter into these Z disputes. Whether
an art or handicrait, chrome. TYPOGRAPHY
certainly re produces charming little pictures
vastly superior to any colorcd plates that
we have had before. and il is, at leaat.
clearly eatilled 10 be regarded a. . mctrs 1f
educating tho popular tate, aud thereby
raising the national ideal If art.
A correspondent, looking a, chromos from
this point Of view. thus Indicates CT may be
some villa, Enthusiastically their possible
influence On the calt.re u the people -
" What the discovery Of the ar, Of prints
ing did for the mental growth Of the pso-
pie, tie art OF chr0no>l!ihograph seems
destined to accomplish for their as,het;c
culture. Before types were FIRST made,
scholars and The Weather ella .ses hal am
Pile opportunities FOR study, for even when
Bibles were chained an churches. and cop
les Of the Scriptures Chen apily so.styledj
were worth herd Of cattle, there w,r.
large libraries accessible u the aristocr.,ry
of rank and mind. Bat they were guarded
against the masses By the double doors q
privilege and ignorance. A book possessed
no attractions for the man who could not
read the alphabet, anl. Jceause laey were
SO rare and hard to get ct, lie had no incii,.
ment to master their mysteries. Maze
cheap and common, the aeanest peasant
Ia the course Of a few generations, ioaad 10
lace for bis g:iess N the pages of the greatest
authors OF his times and OF all time. Mem
tai culture became possible for whole uaiions
aud democracy, with It's iilinitable blessings,
gradually grew up uLder the little shadow u
the first printers proof
Until within quite u recent period. art has
been feudai ia It's associations. Galleries
Of priceless paintings, indeed there have al
ways been IN certain favored cities and com
tries; but TO the people, as "a whole, they
have been equally Inaccessible aud and tn,
appreciated. because no Previous training
had taught the community how to prize them
l, was like Harvard College without the dis
trict school, - planet without satellites. ana
too far removed from the word of the peUpl.
for is light to Shine in the cottage aud in lie
home OF the masses.
"Now, ehromo-li,hographv, although s,ill
in its infancy, promises to daGse not a love
of art merely among the people at large, bat
to disseminate the choicest masterpieces of
art itself. Its art rspablieaaizeG and na.u,
rallied in America. It's attempts hither.o
have been comparatively unamu bilious; btt
il was not Homer and Plato that were fr.i
honored by the priating>press. Il was
dreary cn,echisms Of dreary cyee&s. s. il
will be NiGh this new art. As the popular
taste Improves, the subjects viii be wor;hier
of an art which seeks to give back to man
Kind What has hi.horto been confined to tie
fau