The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-20
THE NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.
TLiDDincott's."

Davidson, U. S. Coast Survey; "Fata Nor.
gans," by Mary Il. Atkinson; "The French
Empire," by George NJ. rowle; CDR. Aar," by
Kate p. Kerevep; "Forest Recollections," by
Charles Lanman "Sillouettes," by Prof. J.
d. Bruins; illegal Interference with the Hours Of
Labor" by Hon. Amssa Walker; Emmanuel
Leutze, the Artist" by Anne Brewster; "In-
Oognita," by Miss Harriet McEwen Kimball;
"Riccardo il FalCone," an Italian story by
Robert Boggs "Aoout Strength" second
paper, by Walter Wells; "a Day at Cherry
patch" by Rev. J. A. Harris; "Monthly Cos
sips" Literature of the Day." etc.
Miss Anne Brewster's interesting reminis-
cences of the lamented Leutze we give entire: -
twenty-five or thirty years ago an Old English
man, Jonn Rubens smith, taught drawing and
perspective in FIlbert street, near Tenth. Phila.
delphia. He called himself professor of Draw.
ing and Perspective in the Philadelphia Academy
OF Fine Arts," with pride that made you fee /
sure the old man iDnoCently imagined it was
some foreign royal academy.
professor" Smith was an excellent teacher
and curious, eccentric man, full OF English
gossip, particularly relating TO engravers of the
latter part OF the last century, such as Bartalozz
Strange, and Wollaston, and others he had known
or heard OF in his youth "at home.p as he called
London. nave often recognized my old mas.
tel's anecdotes when l have since read
memoirs OF English artists famous IN palette
or buskln.n
Smith had a curious way of teaching. After
our class assembled and each member was
seated at the desk, working at piece, he would
Sit down by any oue just as the fancy took
hln call all of us around him, place paper
over the diminished drawing, take pencil,
and begin sketchng, at the same time saying:-
when you wish to draw tree,'
(or whatever the offending passage of
the pupils piece might be), you do thus-and
SO ne would proceed pointing out each part
wherein the copyist or student had failed, When
all the faults were made very glaring, he un-
covered the drawing and displayed his own
work with great triumph beside the poor con-
FUSED pupils uniortupate study.
uur master insisted upon having full portfolios
brought to the lessons: he wished TO see every
thing we drew at home as well as at school.
Sometimes he would open one OF these, pretend
to take 1t by chance, as If he did not know to
which pupil 1t belonged, and again assemble the
class around him.
He turned over piece after piece: every little
bit was carefully scanned. Tue more finished
sketches received the severest Crtlcisns:
indeed the old man was hercely ironical on
completed pieces: woe bctided the pupil who
called any study "hnishPd." Suddenly Smith
took pencil and paper and the above process Of
sarcastic teaching began:-
''lt you wish to make such a study, you do so.
You begin by sketchiug IN the whole lightly
never finish any one point Then sou do thus
Tben followed a hasty but correct
copy of some detective study in the
portfolio - the very one probably that
was the pupils pride and an object OF admlra-
ton to the associates in tue class. The master
placed his sketch, after t had arrived at Il GER
tain point OF completion, beside the imaginary
chef dOe1tUre, and began ruthlessly to destroy
1t Is very pleasant to dwell on these old
lesson hours, aud ! could de,crib be much that
was interesting as well as amusing about the
old man; bat did not intend to do more than
mention his name when 1 began this sketch.
/ am already transgres sing one OF his great
rules BY dwelling on him so lo1g-maklng an
accessory too prominent.
AS our class descended the stairs from the
painting. room on the lesson days, we often met
a class ascending of young men, aged twenty
years or thereaoouls. Iney were academy
students" as Smith called them with innocent
pride. . c..
with our master. | never heard the old man
praise pupil so much sometimes he showed
us das hing sketches MAZE by this student, or
fine perspective studies; and at last, when the
Young man seized upon success by painting
that was exhibited at a public exhibition, one
mig hit have thought from Rubens smiths eXul-
tatiOu that the old man had painted it himself
This Young artist was Emmanuel Leutze, and
the painting was an Indian gazing az the sunset
remember well how Leutze looked IN those
young day :; and through all these loug and
eVenttul thirty years, whenever have heard OF
the great artist ana seen his works, have re-
looking young German whom used to meet on
Rubens Smiths stair gay, whose face was more
intelligent than goodlooking, and who always
passed US with shy haste In all this time
never met the young Artist again.
Last spring, IN Washington, noticed at a
little company one evening middle'sized,
thiCkset extremely plain looking man. He had a
brlstly, red brow moustache, ill-kept beard ana
thick, rough hair: square, hard, German face,
with a concentrated preston, that was IN
creased by. the spectacles he wore and his
extreme sholt sightedness. His head was
massive; he looked about fifty; serious man,
Indifferent to, indeed regardless of, convention
alities; quiet, uno6truslve, but selt,possessed
and observing. He was large, had a broad
chest and healthy looking physique, although
his habit seemed little plethoric; but when
this was noticed, the quick, energetic move.
ments of the man. the fire in his eye seemed TO
correct all fear of injury that might arise from
this tull habit. A long life, and the most un'
limited liberty of meat ana drink, it seemed,
might belong to this healthiest and strongest OF
Teutons.
When l first observed him, he was in
q corner, with a small paper book and pencil in
his hand and Was busily employed sketchiug
the head Of a picturesque-looking man. who,
with the rest OF the company, was listening tC
some fine music.
A little while after, was looking over a large
book filed with water colors, many OF them by
English artists of great note. A gentleman who
was showing them to me said. as he turned Lc
one
''You surely remember that?"
did not: the picture had faint resemblance,
to some place had seen, but could not name
''Strange! !" exclaimed my companion. "Why
that Is Lake Geneva just above VeVey."
''Yes indeed, replied; lit seems odd that
should not know it, tor lived nearly a wear a
LA Tour de Pez. the point from which tina
view must have been taken, and looked on tn
landscape daily aud hourly from my parlor ant