, 1875-07-18

riet7 Of matter. The Juns number has nineteen
pages, including plates. and the table OF contonts

riety Of matter. The Juns number has nineteen
psges including plates. aud the table Of contonts
is Is follows:
H.,ioaal a4llsry-sir Jo.has Reynolds Heads of
h os : Hoa.s; sy Z
seura, Ter, by ]. Y. cosayns CIR.
etched by /. Rlcheton African Hounds, By dsfome,
fac-simile engraving; Willy Iotts House. by Consta-
Bic, etched By r. 8. chattock; Figure and Group Of
1oS nsat,ns iron Dnrea engraving
Of tha !. virgin with the Busterdy.~
The Portfolio is altogether out OF sight OF the
other journals 10 the reputation Of its contribu-
tors. The editor 4r; Hame1son, shs a9thor Of
he Highlands" II Etching md Etchers," etc, ID
perhaps, next to Mr.. Ruekin, the best known
iy1nx writer upon fine art, besides being IN az
complished paluter aud etcher.
Reue 3lenard iB tho editor OF the 6dzette dts
Be4xx Arts and contributes to the Portfolio Ibis
wear notlces Of contemporary painters OF the
French school.
the most distinguished artaats-Caldeson, Hol-
man Hunt. Leighton, Lewis, Alma Tadama,
Wyid, etc.
Ralph n. Wornum, ESQ.,. furnishes notes upon
the etchings trem pictures IN the National Gat-
gallery:
The names Of Prof. Coavin, Mf. Champneyz
and Darlington Atkinson are also: among the
contributors. No illustrations are admitted e1-
cept such as are supposed to have some peculiar
interest for parsons of artistic tastes Etching
il the strong point, and every nqnbes contains
original otcbings often by the Very best living
etchers, such as Flameng, Ratou and JacQue-
mari whose single etchlngs sell Tor considers
ble price in the art stores- 4 Photographic pro-
cess OF Messra Goupi! ia this year applied to the
reproduction Of pictures Of French artists. The
result Of this array Of talent is tbs production of
tblu magazine OF = dozen Nide-nareined pages
Of text, couple OF etcoingB, 3 "photo-
erayure," and two or tbree Rmah Wood-cuts.
The hyprage business man would by NO means
sssee the money in it," for It Is the highest
priced ii all the Journals, number. or S12
ur,--and the least SNOWY. It is reverthe-
}saa great deHl more than worth tho monay to
persons OF special artistic tastes. Ihe etchings
are valuable ia single pictures and every page
Of the text is worthy OF permanent place in an
artists library. There is no agency in Chicago
aud tho publisher wrltes, somewhat plAntiFe)y,
that Chicago is the "only p!aee o. any msgn:-
tude in the United States ~.hert have not. be-
times to be found at the bookstores (seldom,
howeyer), and the best way to get 1t is to cor
respond directly *ith the publisher, J. VI. Dou-
ton, 706 Broadway, New York.
Tho prices and the aims OF thsse journals are
40 different that there would ba no tairness in
pronounclng ono unconditionajsy better than the
others. The 4Aldine has the advantage Of being
the lowest in price, the mcst popular" iu
character, and Of presenting ths greatest pro-
portion Of wood-cues OF scenery. The Portfolio
has ths most value for persons whose speciality
is IN fac art the ax.i-t and th. auaateur.-bat
it's flight ia so high that eyen cultivated people,
unless they have especial artistic tastes, rould
scarcely find it interesting. It's audience is lrn-
tied in tho samo way With the audience Of highly
ctg9slcal music.
Observation-Disclosures fAm,l4es made up Of
persons Of various ages aud corresponding de-
grees OF cultivation and attainaents, literary
rather than artistic in their tase, Applst07as'
Art Journal ma, be unhesitatiugl recommend
ed as tha most satisfactory Of our artistic peri
odicala. ''.
It NAV be worth while to refer ts tho
Two PRINCIPAL FRENCH ART J9UnSALg.
The I" Gazette tles Redur ArEs" is .dited by the
well-known Rene Menard. and the subscription
price is 322.50a year '.LArt" isa new weekly
journal already described in th,se columns,
highly literary and artistic, with Time, Renap,
Flaneng, Gilbert, etc.. among its contributors,
aud u, Eugene Vernon as edito. The sub
scription price in this country is about $32
Mr. Hamoxton is the only Englishnan. and Dr..
HIN. Powers, OF this cty, the only American, On
the s.aif, 80 taE AZ We kcow- !.
AIT At THE EXPEDITION,
The following correspondence exalains itself,
md gives evidence Of the exerlions that the Art
committee OF the Exposition Ire making to
secure fine exhibition this fall. Important
historical pictures are go few ln this country, and
sl1ese so valuable, that art-lovers il the West
ousat 70 feel under obligations to she Massrs.
Leayitt for a favor which picturs-ovners are
often ce!uctaut 20 grant, and 20 wleh, these
gentlemen hAvo been 1npelled BY tho most gen
erous OF motives-the Wish to promote good taate
among their countrymen:
CHICAGO, May IS, 167s.-Hon. raris Lerttt: One
Of the strongest educational influences at work in the
Northwest Is the annual Industrial ExpozitpR IN this
city. Its nrt-ga11ery Is visited by hgadre<s Of thou-
sands at persons every year. The gallery this sea-
son Is to Be OF uaique excslence For she lrxt time
IN this country comprehensive colleceiono OF Amer
can a1t Will be ahown The gse.t aEtiata are heaFti
IT u viii viii do the same. You 10 the for
inmate posseasoG Of Leutzeg two znaserPeces. The
ton" In the interest Of popular education and as
mans OF giving impetus to the art ev,opment Of
ths whole Northwest W ask you to allow the exhibt
til Of theae two famous paintings In thu gallery Of
tn 1eez. Wary respectfully yours,
Chairman OF Art C.11nittee,
p. TnoAAs DauNMoSp.
H.", R19poET1|, 1,,.... 1..u.
I'D. oor?;z. :; :: o'''Fb' Judge
81; Me91a17 aas271 ezt.o. cr,,xx
~. F. SroHEx,
,e.or and Editor Chicago 7Fmes
J.. II. WAILER,
President G., B. q B. B.
GREAT HARRINGTON, Mas, July i, 1s7s-John F.
STAFFORD Esq: In reply to the request Of our CHAIR
man. F1ankhn Macveagh, Esq, Judge Irummond-.
Judge Blodgett, and others, as well as your own
personally to my father for ths loan # 1entzes
Battle Of Monmouth" have to express lis regrets
andthose Of the members Of his family that circum
atances peculiar to household this summer (which
T trust explained to Tour satsfactfon) reluctantly
decide us 70 decline your request. However, my
sister, Mrs. Fisher Howe, places at your spoeitiou
her two Paintings by Ieutze' The First Iews from
lexington" and his smaller Battle Of Mon
mouth" With the latter Mr. Leutze took as