Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-10
From our Regular Correspondent.
Our Boston Letter.
W'th he SeuiPfors - Bret Hlrte -Ersry
SliurfGy.-Oid and .Nslg.

The face and head are true to life, reproducing
: vividly the lamented statesman's striking and
familiar personality. The rest Of the figure and
the attitude strike one less favcr.bly Governor
Andrew's form was not imposing and the digni-
ty Of his manner was from within His carriage
was not graceful. and on the stage he would not
have made good walking gentleman. In his
later years he grew corPulent very fast. The
sculptor has toned down his rotuudity sOmewhat
u proceeding which is excused by the plea
that it was desired to represent the subject, not
as be vas At the time Of his death. but as be was
: in his physical prime in other words to give his
average appearance and not his appearance
at any particular time This may be the
reasoning which Mr. Ball used and i,
[ probably is, for as an artist he is too coz
s;ieHtious and honest to fa;ter anybody 10 mar
be. This sacrifice Of the superfuous ai:pose
adds much to the beauty Of the statute. The
/ Governor is represented in The ordinary clothing
( Of the nineteenth century, and has nothing r.
msu about him. Tie loose cloak which i
thrown over his shoulders and caught up in one
] -'---- II i4n AcAl0u. Nul az Alstplll EAluhNuA
without which he seldom appeared On the street.
. Inc psEtaloons are Of course ungrsceful and
I ugly, but nothing better can be hoped for til
the tsiors come to the relief Of the artists. MIR
Balls principal competitor FOR the contract for
making the Statue vas Martin Nillmore, Of ;his
city. At the studio Of the latter may be seen
the model which he submitted unsuocessfully to
the committee which hsl charge Of the business.
The model az q whole strikes many with more
favor than the completed work Of the victorious
rival The figure and position are decidedly
more sra,efgl and pleasing, and the well-known
features Of Governor Andrew are b-1uzh, 5ut
with eqlal accuracy Mr.. lli.lnore bears his
defeat with squaunity. and with CONNER
d-bls Ieliescy refrains from any con-
ments On the new statue lie was ouee
student with Ball and from him took his
frs; lessons in sculpture. Both teacher snl
Tap are modest, courteous and popular, and
intensely devoted to their art. Mr.. Balls friends
CLAIM Tie Anirew statue as his cis'-I'44rre,
ranking .t even higher than his equestrian
statue OF Washington. which has slways teen
rezsIiel as the most successful work # the Kind
in the ei,y. At Nlllmore's studio may be sesn
the bust Of Secretary Boutwell,, TO which the art
LET is putting The finishing touches. 1t is faith
f. portrait Of the excellent Secretary, and Will
be rlaced ia the State House as companion
piece TO The same artists famous bust Of ChArl,s
Sumner Mr. IIilmore Is slto hard at work N
bust Of Wellel Phillips. Only the model is
visible to the puolc, bu' thsJ gives premise Of
most successful performance. 4 student Of
physi1guomy can luCer long over the model
of i.r Philips superb head, snd Enj ia bis
mon ..ce, large Roman nose, high flrehead, ald
defiant 'o0ss, some KEY % he poser ~ sn orator
and his chsrscter SO nan. lt Is a Iich treat
30 hear Nr. 3Lilno,e dilate professionally upon
The aesthetic pr1pcrtc cs Of the subject which BE
has 50 successfully s.riyeu 90 reproduce in endur-
inc Marble. The bust vii. not be finished for
several weeks, aud It's destination is a secre;
ol, there Will he general feeling Of iisapp0int-
mcut IL goes cut Of the city, and elsewhere
than TO some public place where all can see it,
VI. Bret Hsrt-'s tour Of observation through
the eas- Will terminate ON Saturday. when b..
viii resch Boston. To use one Of his own Cali
foruil expressions, he is Understood to be spru,-
pectiug fora claim Il seems that the announce
meut male iy the press o. Chicago that the new
premature - least He merely STOPPED there
long enough TO ,o1k ove- the fed AMI receive
CLiclgl's uitimatum, sitter which be pushed oa
eastward TO meet the iel!lug publishers Of New
York a1i stol- st the former place he con-
terrel with The l-rpcr-, but reserved his deci-
sion. He will next visit the house OF james &
usgold Co., ami talk oger matters with Mr..
Fields aui Nr. psgoo!, and Boston is in sus-
peu-c TO learn whether she il to capture this
r-eH-
what the result VIII be, but YOU need not
be surprised o learn THAI '' Truthful Jsme-
settles quietly dowa q; No. l2i fremont Place
In Boston Ar. Har;e will be the guest Of Mr.
"I.ism D. Bowei-s, editor Of the -fHrufic
Tomorrow evening be will dine with Mr.
james i Fields ' Saturday Club - An asFo-
cistian Of wits and iterateurs
ErrrI Nrt9rd1g for the curreut week is
superb number The frst page presents good
portrait l. the calm, ti0uFltiu., scholarly face
Of the ststesmsu who. with al his flults, repre-
se1ts tl-'lay more OF the yi-tue and intellect Of
the country than any man in Congress or in
p1oI; hfe-th4rlss Sumner. Tae accompany
ing hiosrlVhic, sketch IS apprecatige but dis
c-lul'ra1li + These pictures and sketches Of
c1utemr craUe0us American statesman have be-
come regular ana tavosite feature in Ererg
N-'lrtfg. The Biographies are tie work Of one
of the best journalists OF the diy->idney Au-
lIeEs, - llng tne Nashlu1 1t0u CORES p0uteut q
TIE Dr.lg -ifrsr'.ssr under the on Dc pIune
OF Dixon and now "a this city Undergoing
medical treatment for nervous prostraton
VI Ralph kee,,r, a bright Bohemian, hiss
; iecome psrmaneutlY connected with lanes r
Osgoot Is Co., AID begins this week a series OF
rambling domestic sketches, with illustrations
The charming weekly essays which lead of the
department called Town Talk, are understood TO
be from the Ten Of llr. George B. Woods oftbe
Daily -t1rltser. Finally. to ro5 the perioli-
cal II i5s impsrsluslity bat h,;le further, the
iealcrs are mostly written by Mr.. Edwin T.
VI hppe, while Bailey Aldrch is the funny usn
and general editor ihe literary qualities ct
Ergy SgtU.cy aTe certainly something re-
msrk.tle.
Mr. Hale has male an innovation ia
the publication of OIL 1ri .Nqc. Hereafter
j; wall sppear on the day Of it,
date ami uct te.ore, au1 alvtuce cories will be
sent 0u- so tiEt il ,lu he Obtained ,imultsuelus-
ly in sil the cities u the country The Msrch
number vii. therefore be ready next Welues-
lay. /, Will contain the third paper in Rooeri
Dale Ovens series Of war "reminiscences The
Pilgrim Fathers Legacy by Rev Charles
Love, Of the Unitarian Association American
Political Science by William Barry be frst
lnst,lueut @; Mrs. A. L.. T. Whitney's serial
'Zeru0 Troops Experience - sud anonymous
papers on "Churca of England" AMI Omitted
States If ElrCpe The mum ler is ricl in roe
try, hec3utrtutors being L B. Moore. Mary n
Prescott, Lulu Gray Noble, Mary G. Peckhsm.
There are two anonymous bits, one Of these
being a translation ir0n Euupiles. The new &c
partm1nt Zine Arts contains articles on Ar
Ns'ters ia New York" q cu,que Of Fscl;er-s
Hamlet, a-I the Bse;ho7en Centennial
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