New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-14
FINE ARTS.
AMERICAN PICTURES FROM THE FRENCH EXIT
BfTION. IL.

Sign anxious to do something to attract the atten-
fion Of the public which it by no means succeeded
in doing in its Fall Exhibition, has hit upon
the expedcnt of securing the pictures by
American artists which were sent from TINS
country to the Paris Exposition, and add
ing them to those already view at its galleries.
OF the 1O7 works which were exhibited in the Ameri-
can gallery In Paris only 60 were returned to TINS
country, the rest having been either purchased
abroad during the Exhibition, having already been
owned there The GO which were brought back were
after some difficulty secured by the Academy anu
the greaterpart of them have been hung IN tue SCUM
gallery They are al pictures with when the p"oHo
Is famil lar and few Of them we are always gau Oh
In opportunity of seeing Mr.. Churchs Niagara
loses nothing with time, nor is Mr.. Eastman John-
sons Sunday Morning" less interesting to-day
than when it was first exhibited. Mr., McEntees
Last of October" is q landscape that must have
bravcy held its own by the side of any French land
scape in the Exhibitions; he has never execlled 1T
himself nor have many artists here approached ls
peculiar beauties. Mr.. John Weir, Jr's, !" Parr0tt
Soundery" barring the color, and that owing 10 the
subject less disagreeabe than rs usual IN ms PFC
lures sterling work, painted with great th0rough-
ness and full of truth Mr.. Kensetts two landscapes
that hang on either side the Niagara" tirst-rate
specimens of his ability, and Mr. Leutze is fortunate
In having had one 0I ms of Sx5bonY His First
Mass Of Mary Queen OF Scots Is not go0u pletuLe
i'm any sense, but il is one of Mr. Lentzes BEST NJ
that we are ashamed to find it in such collection;
md Mr. Huntington's " Republican Court Is a very
good match for It. On the whole 1e reto;ns u mo-
great work, il contains many that are respeclaole,
and that eyince artistic capacity we are WY tbS
glad that th receive sem 10 r 1oi Who
by no self supposed moved by personal feeling, has
ssted, och as TO give our artists, and Americans
bee6ad juster idea than they are allowed to get at
home of the relative value of American art compared
with the art of Europe. If the verdict has not been
iattering IT has not been diseonragine ana u mas
been consolation for much of the abuse that honest
critics this side of the water have received for re-
90 find that the best judges on the other side the
water-English and French at least-have In every
rase ratified the verdict which has long been pro.
nounced here. We did not need this assurance that
Sye were right but it is by no means unpleasng to
receive 1t.
We spoke, some weeks ago, of an improved
portable stereoscope, invented by Mr. Goldbacher,
The oculist and ipstrsinent-maker Mr. Goldbaoher
has e.; perfected his model and manufactures these
stereoscope-hoders for SALE and certainly, they are
very convenient. When folded up, one of them can
lie packed in d little box, five inches long three
broad and three deep which enables one to carry it
easily In his travelingbag When opened, it is seen
chat il is simply one of the ordinary hand sereo
scope-holdels with all the parts not necessary for
holding the glasses firmly, and for shutting OIL the
light ffom the ewes reduced to a skeleton and made
ms small and light as is consistent with strength
but this Improvement makes others possible ana
;cnpe nearer to his eve or to put it further Of
eordng he is near or far-sighted and; as many
persons do not equally well with both eyes tne
clips that hold the picture are SO c0ntnyed tHao
they be moved nearer TO one eye than 10 10 lhs
other. These stereoscope-holders ere neatly anu
strongly made, and we recommend them TO all those
who do not own and do not care to own, the more
cumbersome and expensive instruments.
ID. b. Paul publishes very large wood-cut
portrait of Gen. Grant, which, if any party SHAH
nominate him for President will make very erect
I've picture for electioneering purposes 1t quite
well cut although the lines rather fine for SO large
"a picture master in the difficult art of wood-cu-
cling would have put half the work into it that Mr.
Paul has nut and made it twice as effective We
have never seen Gen. Grant, and so do not know
whether this is good likeness of him or not but We
home that nj any rate il it be good 1t is true only to
~ nfericr part Of him. 1t would be impossible for
E nost acute physiognomist we should thnk, TO
ti'a inlIIg In this face but certain everyday
hbers Is no genius in tie Yace no s s & y
ordinary of any uncommon ability, no pecu-
liar moral elevation and intellectual expression.
At this looks like Gen. Grant then Gen. Grant with
all respect be ii said looks like any one OF ~ oTdl
parry American farmers sitting round stoves IA cogh.
Try stores selling goods behind the counters OF he
came driving oxen in the field. The qualities that
make any one of these men a worthy member OF the
society he moves III are written leglbly enough on
This face but the qualities that make ought to
make President Of the United States are not writ
ten there in any lines that we can read.
How the island of st. Thomas looked before
earthquakes ana tOlnaUOtS CONeIeu IL WIN uehtn
ruin. any one may get a fair notion by looking at
pretty Autograph by Fl. c. Melby, which IS pub
lshed or imported and sold, rather by W. H. Schief
feln. Nos 10 and III William-st. 1t looks a some
what attractive island but when we know what sort
Of place il really u.s. il is hard to think well Of it, IL
we hold this picture IN one hand and in the other the
syood-cut in the last number of The Illustrated MeTs
showing how the Island 1e Of it. we shall be
enabled to make very Palni1l1 contrast; out one
against rashy making purchase that may, any day,
v perfectly possible repetition of the recent caam
5ties cost us, TO use a homely phrase, good deal
more than II comes TO.
We quoted rather incredulously the other day
from the Chronique des Arts paragraph relating to
certain rich American who was spending large sums
In PARIS in the purchase Of modern pictures, pllnci'
pay by French artists. 1t seems, however, that ne
K mot myth. but real person, an ironmaster In
Chicago we believe Nor is he alone, for In recent
umher of the Buletin da BtoGophile. we find the fol-
Iox;nO. "A rich American bbhopole, during visit
40 Paris this last Summer, has purchased large
pumber of books II il said that he bought OF one
,ovo IN Paris IN the amount of 100 600 france Ho Is
snost interested in books printed upon Veluni anu
20 tbo, that are in splendid bindings, TchIy glided
some specimens have cost him 20OO ana Iooy francs
:, volnme for the binding alOnel 1t Is SAID tnat M
Name of Tours refused 100000 francs ofered MN Dy
10; oentleman for his series of magnificent publica-
lens nrinted upon vellum and that he refused, IN
daed In sell them to him for any sum- Nevertheiess
We has secured many prizes. and he takes with him
from France, which they will never see again. many
.nrious and rare books, and many examples OF an
Gent buildings, very precious, ana not 10 DC re-
placed"
cUpSyy,s PORTRAIT OF Mr.. CHARLES DICKENS
Quincy has published Photographic portrait
f Mr. Dickens which deserves TO be mentioned among
Al. 1teNtn auNiaan