The New York herald., 1870-05-08

mense advantage ,yer not only his brother artists
but q critics, and pretty nearly every one else u
scenes are apt 20 be PLACED xe .ne
PEAKS, from which even the white suhiisne lai's
wearled, pale and slvery, probably rom exhaus-
tion Sheltered on three sides by these perpenucu.
lar mountains IL seems but reasonable 10 SUPPOSE
the fourth side proportcnateIy dii1icnt, anu GER
tainy lew ever got 10 such places anu Ietutneu ~
alive 10 tell the tale ess IL IL MT. Bierstadt nun.
sell, who may have facilities not In tue reach VI
every one. We are obli1ed thea, 70 take the wnoie
thins ON simple ialth. as we try 10 DO tne heusva'
miracles, or mo ern municig pal me.rop man lustcs.
III there are such places outside the arlsts very
graceful Imagination II IL quite llkey tnere may "
Just such details OF calcium ght metallc akes anu
lewelled chns-tne exquisite be uty Of which no Que
would pretend 60 question, except a. representa-
uon Oh nature on the earth In us present state:
o3o. "A Fdnttv Group. on ID. Huutngtol, w. A.
Wien the portrait painter has reached tnat point
wnen ne can give us the pleasing re emblances ana
unconscious attitudes peculiar to photographs, with
the accessories OF co or, we seem 10 nave nearly
reached that time anticipated by many, when the
photographer Will add 10 faith ul Likeness IN color
the artistic grace ana ense oi good POI trait.
342. Nothing bW Le0reS--Ihe arList has evidently
become disgused, aud not thout considerable rea-
son, with the nower-twisted crosses and gynbOls
which have wedrlel all uncompa ning puDl.c for
some time, ana has de ermined 10 take u new view
OF ne subject, which is the best tlng 10 get.
ting rid Oi IL altogether.
344. Bdbys YaSe-some flowers stuck In chIids
shoe might appeal 10 maternal feelings; hut, apart
from any such ext aneous consideration, ~ would
seem AZ n ne ther the flowers nor shJes would lose
sny sweetness or sentiment by being considered
separately.
35s. fhNadelphia rom the Ne,o Park, ov Edcard
M0r0n.-lmagne "a peaceful citizen OF that most
excellent aud orderly e ~ Tor q moment awakened
from the pacific influence OF the place, and, tax ng
nowned park, nndng himself on the standpo mt and
behoidng any such view as presented Itself 10 Mr..
Moran's enthusiastic Imagination. To say he
would recognize 10 NJ once would be 10 do bOtl
artist and picture double injury and TO accuse the
Phadephnn with cruel injustice OF precip taiion
OF Judgment. IL he should ever recognize il all it
"a II a. y i.ipra l.t
far commit himself as TO admit it. rhe tranquil aud
sedate abode o. conscious but not altogether unoD-
trusiye social and moral exec lence stands before
us invested witt halo OF poetry and sentiment,
than wnicn nothing could wen be more distant
from her well-ordered and prosac borders, or more
utterly repugnant 70 her practical Common sense.
There ~ IN the picture general ar or sent mental,
dream-like beauty, peculiarly foreign TO anyInini
IKE the right angles giays and drabs o that regu ar
sober city. Midway IN the heavens Is a sun, whose
golden beams never could nave tound tnelr way
into her narrow, nolseless mudless streets.
tell of deeper, broader Views, and more
living, loving instincts. Here is sunlight ralhel
than endure which the excellent people wo0ld sil
forever hid away in their ltLle damp BACK par.ors
amt they would lnr ra,har de any day. with til,
prospect OF thoroughly respectable iunera, tilal bt
guilty of living IN Mr.. Muram's atmv pli re- sC
dreamy with ssntlneDg anu irelnu Gus with warmth
and emotion. The SchuyIkil lazily nows along, b.
tween lovely, yerdant banks In the ma dstaiic'
banks on which Arcadlan sheph rds migu
live, but on which no Philadelphian ev
could have been persuaded 10 build hi
three story BRICK, with the Inevitable Rrcsl
slut ers and marble door steps, ghastly white witt
their diurnli dren nil ~. Long since would III,
whole pac nc maternity have moved away rom Mir
Moran's nippant river in silent horror and II
ordered confusion. The IrreproachaDe manners ant
un .xccptlonabe speech OF that Guet unruilel
people would be a continual r. buke 10 the eAub;r
ance of MI. Morans NaCure. Let him call M picture
Paradise, Palmyra, Paris, any place IN the world
but Philadelphia. Anything bur the appalling
contrast offered by the poetic and feeiiue
Misrepresentation Of Mr.. Moran 10 IN.
ceanest, most proper and most pracucal o
mOiern retreats, vince impulse IL AS unknown "A.
wrong supposed to be; wnere progress II regarded
and treated n iusaiiiy. and where the peope, qul
# not happy. With ali the irappugs OF exc ssive y. o
priety pass their lives III The iethargc calm vi sta
nation. We mu admire the loyal impaise wni,
ac uatel the tist 10 pay TINS tribute 10 hS nat.v
city; but n thorough appreciation OF his pic ure n
less than CONSCIENTIOUS regard FOR truth, forbid
us 10 accept without protest, The grac .fu net on
whose expense he has so profusey c0mp;Inenie
fnat ri