The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-01-08
The Aldine for January,

This superb enterprise is bcin.
steadily and surely carried forward
to an artistic development tha
even its most sanguine fricnd
would hardly have anticipated
The issue for January, coming q.
it does upon the heels of the great
/ Christmas number, might possibly
miss some Of the attention which
the enhanced artistic value de-
serves. As the initial number of .
New Year, it is most important as
a sort of justification of the expcc.
tation excited by the promises of
the publishers in their widely.
scattered prospectus. While it
would be hardly possible 20 note
any marked change in the uniform
and unrivaled excellence Of the
mechanical execution, which has
given The Aldine a. worldwide
reputation, we think there is an
advance in the art standard of the
designs-at least, it is very evident
that the conductors arc now able
to give their subscribers designs
which aside from their intrinsic
merit, are interesting and valu-
able as expositions CT the style of
our foremost artists. The prospec-
tus gives a list of contributors
which includes nearly all the pain
tors Of high standing in the coun-
try, men who have never before
condcscended to come before the
public through the medium Of the
wood-engraver. In the January
number we have no less than
three large designs from Thomas
Moran, whose large picture Of the
Yellow Stone Valley was purchased
by Congress for $4,000. Probably
Mr.. Moran is the strongest man in
his line in America, and the exhi-
bltlon OF designs from his pencil
was the best card, The Aldine
could possibly have played. Mr..
Moran's pictures illustrate an ar
ticle on "The Pictured Rocks of
Lake SUPERIOR" and while they
are ell extremely good, the storm
scene (full page will take the
palm as a powerful and successful
delineation Of Nature in its ster-
nest mood. Peter Moran, a youn-
ger brother (E. Moran, the great
marine painter, is an elder), gives
US a sketch, which he entities
"The Critics" The Aldine certain
ly has had no special reason to
introduce this picture, and from
the great merit Of his drawing,
we can hardly think the artists
experience at their hands should
suggest such a representation of
that much abused class. Still the
picture is good humored, and
eminently worthy Of the position
it occupies. An artist, seen in the
distance, sketching, hasleft a partly
finished picture on bis easel, by
the margin Of a piece of woods
.wo donkeys, a calf, and sheep
come to inspect. The drawing Of
the animals is simply perfect and
would make horse laugh, to say
nothing of good-natured donkeys!
John S. Davis, the rising man on
the figure, gives very pleasing
design, "Atter the Frolic," in
which a child of tender years is
caring for the benumbed limbs Of
a still younger specimen. The
kindly parental care which a slight
advantage Of age always gives a
child, has been caught, and very
happily rendered by Mr.. Davis,
and his drawing manifests the
care and thought which is charac-
teristic of this artists work and
which is sure to give him high
position in American art. The
is varied and excellent.
Mrs. J. G. r. Dorr contributes a
pleasant sketch, entitled, "Hal's
and Mr.. William Perci-
val, Lady De Sade's Chaplet," a
legend, Of which Pc
trarch's Laura is the heroine; Miss
Clara F. Guernsey objects, and
very properly, to that brute in
fiction. ''Tbe Lady's Hero; "Our
Noses" is one of the most enter
tanning papers We have read in
years; the difference between
"Puritans and Cavaliers" is we'll
stated in q brief but scholarly
and "Eton College" and
"The Pictured Rocks" are clever
descriptions ofthese localities. The
poetry is charming, as usual, Mr..
Stoddard furnishing "He is Late!
a dainty little lyric; Mr.. Henry
Richards, a witty "Chinese Song"
and Mr.. Robert Kelley Weeks, a
little cluster ofairy "Love Songs"
Literature and Music receive due
attention, as does also Art, the
latter department being mainly
devoted to a memoir Of Rogers,
the sculptor. The subscription
price is $500 per annum, which
includes the pair OF oil chromos
that are making such a stir. The
are James Sutton & Co.,
So Maiden Lane, New York.
These are Spanish proverbs:
Love, a horse, and money will