The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-06
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Speaking OF popular education and IN.
great importance Of drawing in re,erence
thereto he ys:-However strong n,ece 80
carpeting may be made, however exquisite
may be its finish, an ugly design will ruin its
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I'm Germany mechanical drawing is one
OF the first rudiments Of the education of
youth, glance at the immense variety of
children's toys with which Nuremberg sup
plies the whole world will suffice to show the
progress due to this diffusion of the art of
drawing. ... ..t'u
The very smallest figures whether of man
or animals are all produced with almost ar
tlstic forms; and yet all these articles are
made In the cottages Of the mountainous dis
tricts Of the country. They find employ
ment for the whole population, from children
OF tender age, as soon as they can handle a
knife, to their parents; and this hone manu-
facture which does not interfere with field
work contributes greatly to the prosperity of
country naturally poor and sterile. '
To be thoroughly agricultural community
the people must be familiar in practical
science and in practical art. "When mill
tary result is required the whole people must
be educated in the military art as Prussia has
demonstrated by putting the spiked helmet
into all other schools. When an industrial
result Is required then the whole people
must be educated in the indus rial arts as
Switzerland has exemplified so well.v ser
Testimony as to the efficiency and useful
ness of technical education. I'm England IL
has been proved that the decline of silk man.
ufacture is greatly owing to lack of suitable
technical edueation.'' -lcee
Mr.. Francis Bennoch, writing upon the
causes of the declile Of silk manufacture in
England says: "We have some very good
practical dyers but few who have b en- scien-
tifieally trained to chemistry. The conse-
quence is, that, even in black, large quanti-
ties OF silks are sent, al very heavy expense
every year to the continent to be dyed, re.
turned to Spitalfeld. Coventry, Derby, Man
chester etc to b. wo Ia fact most discred-
table to the dyers of England, and great
disadvantage to the manufacturer
In France, speaking OF the same subject,
NJ. Girafdon, founder and director of the
Central School at Lyons. professor at La Mar
tinere, free technical school, says: 1.-THE
majority of the pupils of La Martiniere sue
ceed in the careers in lite which they select.
There are in the town OF Lyons large num-
ber of skilled artisans who have sat on the
benches OF the school. The principal dyers
are old pupils of the school; and to them is
due the increased prosperity of the trace OF
the town by the remarkable discovery of the
new and fashionable colors. Tne Polytechnic
school has also received many of the pupils;
and it is to their first success in La Martiniere
that they We the brilliant position they have
obtained, "a just recompense of their assidu-
ity."
Speaking of labor saving implements, he
says: ''Tho.e now employed in American
agriculture enabling, one man and two horses
to cultivate each year foity to sixty acres of
land Oh a Western prairie DO not increase
the products of the earth beyond the fixed
amount required by the population, but re-
duce the number of laborers engaged mag
riculture." -.'
The book is one of considerable merit and
is evidently the result of much research be
sides thorough knowledge OF the subject.
There is one fault, however, that we can
not pass unnoticed, viz: a tendency to sub
| stitute the ply for the moral.
f4@As 10 ON tRes whole, a n ost excellent ESSAY.
and we have no doubt will be hailed with
pleasure by educators throughout the coun-
try. -nl ar
Published by J. R. Osgood & Co., Boston.
For sale by Bailey & Noyes.
Artists and Arabs n. t 800 's ..l,
This is the title of little book of oriental
sketches taken duIinga winters sojourn in
Algiers by party of artists, who, tired of
European scenery are in search of something
new. The descriptions Of the eople, their
customs and religion, ARE admirable. The diff.
ficulties of obtaining models are not in the
slightest exsggerated;as it is well known that
the Arabs consider a portrait of themselves
as parl of their individuality, ,and imagine th at
if 1t is injured in any way that they them
selves will suffer; but even the objections of
an AraI nay be overcome by the aid of
money. Many comparisons are made be-
tween Algerian customs, and those of our
more civilized lite, some of which, especially
those relating to dress, are very just. In speas-
ing OF an Arab chieftain arrayed in the pic
turesque garb of his country the writer says,
As a picture he was magnificent and there
was regal air with which he disposed the
folds OF his bournous, which we, clad in the
costume of advanced civilization could not
but admire and envy. He had the advantage
OF us in every way, and he made us feel 1t
acutely. There was a wel-dressed French
gentleman standing near this figure; and
about lin there was not one graceful fold,
one good suggestive line, one tint of color
grateful! to the eye, or one redeemiug feature
in his tby contrast) hideous tout ensemble.
The style of the book is remarkably fresh
and natural, and it is just what We should
imagine an artist would write. The illustra-
tons are numerous and good. To a traveller
in Aigiers the book will oe found invaluable
as a guide-oook and at the same time a most
agreeable contrast to the usual stilted and
mechanical form of guide-book description.
Boston, ]. R. Osgood & Co., Portland, Bal
icy q NOyes.
Rheds Tsernson's GiFlhoed. ny MARY
q. Pratt. rfN = = - y
This story is made up after the manner of
the books written for young girls few years
ago. On the appearance of Faith Gartney,,'
Little Women" and "The Other Grls,v .
new standard was adopted, and those old
stereo.yped stories OF girls who spend Their
early years in the poorhouse but finally come
to dwell in palaces of their owl, have ceasel
to charm any but very young readers, who
have not yet come to appreciate the new
style. The dullness of this book is somewhat
relieved by one lively scene, wherein lothian
Harris gives Sam Hobart, the typical big, bad
boy of the country school, good sound fog
ging in behalf of the schoolmistress and
Rhoda. The story may be commended to
the attention of those selecting books TOR
Sunday School libraries as containing moth
ing harmful and not too much jollity.
Published by Lee & Shepard. For sale by
Lorlng, Short & Harmon.