Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-01-07
Art and Literary Gossip.

Edwin Booth expects to he able
! - buy back his theater in fe ~ years.
Mime. Nilsson will appear in vi
emma, singing "Ophelii' in the Gen
man language at the Imperial opera
| house
Elaborate musical services are be
ing arranged by many of TIE leading
church choristers and organists of the
country.
: -Four Of Fortuny's principal Pic
lures brought him together s5l 0-0
One OF these was the "Acalemicians
of Sal ,manca Choosing a Model" sold
10 VI. Stuart TOR 5 1000.
Preston Powers bust Of Whittier
will probably he shipped from Leg
horn for R,ston shortly The late
Senator Sumner was the first subscri
Der 10 the fund for it's execution.
Some of the leading theaters in
GERMANY propose tn put a stop to the
system of recalls and of throwing bnu-
qnrtS anil wreaths on the stage during
tie progress of an opera or play.
M "a Anna Dickinson is in New
York this winter, and ia seen ut the
iheaters frequently This looks a little
"a il there was truth in the rumor that
she il now studying ass.duously tor
the stage.
Its announced that the present
will prove the last theatrical season Of
Madam Janau>chek, and that the dis.
tingnished lady purposes. next sum
mer, to return to Europe and retire
from the stage.
1t is now stated that the Able
Liszt will not, rs previously annonnc-
ed, take part in the projected Wagner
concerts at Vienna, ~ he intends To
go'to Pesth for two months. and TO
spend the rest of the winter at Weimar.
AT the Sale Valentine, in Paris,
there was lately dramatic represen
taii0n bv the cuitfrurS of the metrOp
oils in which two great capillary ar
lists struggled with each other 10 see
who could best dress a head of hair
&C lbrrt Munger has 81. us his
easel in St, Paul. Mimi, for the win
ter. and il now at work upon a large
canvas, giving view in the Yosemite
Val ", taken from the base of the
"Dnme" AMI looking towar Is the
"Thrpe Graces"
John Strauss has, according To-
The Npue ERIE Pressp, entered into
negotiations with great Partisan pub
Usher tn compose f.. him an opera TO
French hbretto. Twoprlncins' thea
i4rs of Paris are in competition for
the right of producing it.
AT Milan there is a regn'ar oper
attic exchange whore the imprcsSari
Of Europe 90 I" recruit their cn.npa
MES. AT the Cafe r fiji, not long
since. there wer" 1900 singers look
inn for engagements. At one tatle
might have been noticed twenty four
baritonrs giving their orders in their
most impressive tones, while at annth
or sixteen ten"rs were regaling them
selves on the f,vnrtr macarnni
In book making, haste is az apt
10 brgpt waste as in any other under
taking. In Dresden they do not pro
pose 10 run any risk of destroying the
material in their haste to finish
book In 1875 they commenced to
publish books 0t engravings from
pictures in the gallery there, AMI
those who then subscribed can now
GET the third volume, which is just
ont. althnngh it was commenced in
1880 There are 1872 engravings iii
the three volumes.
The artists are beginning to move
upon Congress. Two of Birrsta,ir's
pictures-lhp discovery OF the lIud-
son." and Rocky mountain landscape
are hung III the hall Of the House OF
Representatives, ana - proposition is
pending u buy Item. II is also pro
posed that the United States shall b1y
Carpenters, painting of the ''Singing
Of the Proclamation Of Emancipation,
bat he il said to ask 5000 for it,
and the Library Committee are willing
to recommend only SIS, 900.