New-York tribune., 1870-12-14
ROCKS AND ART IN PHILADELPHIA

ROOHS ANU AhI ~ II III
- ,,oss,r CAPT RECEPTIONS OF UNION
LEAGUE-RoTHERMEL's GREAT PAINTING of
1.-THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
pu1rADFIPHIA Dec. S.-As the Holday sea-
non is 40 near at hand. publishers are haS'ehns %
ward the remaining volumes Of their Fan Issues ana are
DELAYING further announcements till after Ne"-fears
Dav OF choicely illustrated new books Tor Christmas
,hcro are very few: but fine editions of standard gift
works are abundant. "Knickerbocker's New-York, 10
match the elegant style of the Artists ketchBoOk
will very soon appear from the press Of j. b. hppncott
4 IN This house will also have Light OF the World'
containing illustrated poems from The Sunday hdgdSne
new editions Of the Artists sketchBook, ana "lo
"Court OF Napoleon" For the Juveniles there aio'
"Elms Homestead" by Mrs. NJ o. johnson; O,e,e Ir'
Jack or The Adventures of Donkey, Written " M 49,
self" "Cross-PurpOses-a Christmas ExpeiI'n.o
Seven Stages" by T. c. De Leon; Ransld
Boyhood" by George Macdonald, LII D. ""oou a.
for Young People" selected from Good hO'"o ~
Yo,,lo. "The Enchanting and Enchanted
Fairy stories from the German by MIS- A. 10 a.,
T. b. Peterson g. Brothers VIII Snoi'S ,' n' ~
"Garstang Grange" a new book Oy l. "~uOip ~ .T,o
lone. 4" A Rent in n Cloud" by Charles lever i"o
80, ~, aud :. The Dead Secret" by Wilkie COLLINS
W. r the forerunners of uniform editions OF the
works OF the respective authors
Mr. Rosa vertner JefIreys poems " Daisy Dare ana
.Raby Power" with, among other hlustrauons pho'o
ronbs Of the authoress and her children, Is pupSheu
nv CLAYTON Remsen & Hafc finger who also have The
rvo Consciences or, Conscience the Moral Law anu
Conscience the Witness" and Floating of the Goodwin
sands tale by r. NJ Ballantyne; and in PREPARATION
"Hymns Ancient aud Modern" accompanied by com
plete musical scores
Porter Coates will publish "Gliswoid Prose "rIVeES
II America" revised date, within two weeks Ihey
are printing for the benefit Of retailers and bookbuye
sn unpreentious pamphlet of l5O pages, called Inc Ii
. avgar .wls sraan rriV HS
standards topcay arranged 1t will be sold at noini-
aal price. -
Art and artists may have shabby treatment in this city
his winter as the Academy of Fine Arts, having sou lts
d onarters ON Chestnut-st to the manager of cheap
concert SALON. appears to have composed ltseh Ior
comfortable nap Of several Winters pending the erection
# an ADEQUATE building Broad-st, near Arch In
his emergency the Union League has naugurated Sc
lies thee Art Receptions" to be held in its spacious
Library The first of these has been reserved for the
works Of professional artists Of Philadelphia :;
md extends from this evening till saturday
About one hundred paintings-in oil, water-coors.
md craNOn-are upon the walls, some OF which are OF
more than average merit aud of less. D. r. Knight
las al impressive picture Of Othelo rectng his aceVe-
aents TO BrabantO and DesdemOna. The trio OF the
Moran hrothers-One famous in landscape, one In ma
-ne and one in animal painting, are well represented.
Edward (Uho designs to settle in New-York city has
EQand sea scene ILLUSTRATING blo pdSedSO hO"t "'''
Hitherto shall thou come, but nofurtheI Thomas con-
tributes View Up and View Down the Schuylkl'
from Laurel Hill, in Autumn Peter has p" Chase OF
spirited dogs r. F. ROthermei reserves his masterpiece
and shows only q sketch Of "Perdta," from Winter
Tale." A. q. Heaton sends the Profile House. Mount
Washington :" 5. h. Waugh, Revere -" Gen. Grant
James Hamilton, Ironsides at Sea :" George Bonield,
"On the Coast :" James John The Crown" to form
companion chromo-lithOgraph to his Changed Cross "
W II. Wilcox ON the Wissahickon :" j. r. Lambdn
and FeDnmOre. several landscapes Ida Waugh, " Cos
cite :" Miss Wyman Little Nell and her Grandfather
RoTHERNELs GETTYSBURG.
have been favored with advance view Of P. F.
Rothermes master rpiece "The Battle Of Gettysburg,
now receiving finishing touches, and which is TO be un
vailed at the Academy of Music the 10Th inst com
mission from the state four years since amounting tC
l25c0 a years examination and study of the ground
with the help of officers, prvates, engineers and farm
srs, before the first effective sketch made then
small study followed by painting ten feet long, anC
eliminating in the present great pcturereat il
is dimensions32 feet in length by IS feet in width
must serve as the outline Of the history Of fou
years work Of one Of Americas first historica
painters, who has sacrificed TO this labor of lov
engagements exceeding this commission in value. Til
eye takes In three miles breadth ohe batescene, an
almost mile in depth Behind outcroppng ledge
sienite runs the stoneence which formed the left cent
of Gen Hancocks line; and here, in the foreground.
pictured the fierce charge OF Pcketts division OF Rebe
on the third day Of Julythe eliminating point and
deadlieSt struggle Of the whole battle. Hand to han
bayonet bayOnet, the fight proceeds with terrb
carnage In the center Gen. Hancock is taken wOundC
from his horse The Rebel Gen. Armistead has just
cciyed his death-wound Gen. Garnet, who dared TO lea
his Virginans while mounted, is falling from his hOrs
The Rebels have the right the Union soldiers the ef
The C9h list aud 72d Pennsylvania Regiments are bea
ing Of the attack To the extreme left Gel
Meade his son George, and Col Heskel, all on hOrs
back In these and all other details, the artist has
scienOusly adhered TO facts Some Of the figures al
portraits Of soldiers who held similar positions In il
minor this great painting has received mO
faithful treatment.