The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-11

Blowing Soap Bubblesn One striking feature Is
The great number OF small busts and statucites.
Untl tho contents Of all the boxes brought to light
and greater number OF pictures hung. IL will not be
safe TO pass judgment upon the Italian exhibition
whole. Yet even now one can scarcely refrain from
the suspicion expressed by rather shrswd critic
corning the Vienna collection that the Italians bent
upon turning out s'wares to SELL"
AMERICA AGAIN.
II Is only when &e turn aside into tho American
ROOMS that feel quito sure OF our ground Hero
certainly the foreigner who might have doubted
capacity must acknowledge that no has done us inius
cc The array Of names and pictures ID the highest
degree effective. As before, singing out
Few, almost by chance, note Kensetts "Lake
George" with its glorious autumnal vcrdurc; Chords
vcuicc," the delicate tnts in CoIman's Twilight"
IN the Prairie" On ono wall hangs Berstads's ''Yose
mite" and near by It's crmpanion, the "Monarchs OF
the Forest and his sMount Hood" Yet whittrcdge's
"Forrcst Trecs'' do not suffer much from the prox-
Unity OF their towering neighborc Dc Haas has
some more marines, charming usual OF which the
s'Brig Heaving To for Pilot" happens to strike
hurried fancy. And then who could fail to Crop
sey's "Mil," or the 'swhite Hills,' by Shat
tuck, or Eastman Johnson's Cottage Devo-
lions" In somewhat similar strain. but
altogether different in effect is the sunday Afternoon
In Now England by Bellows Our visitors from over
tho will not fail be struck with the power and
Tho novelty Of Bispham's sstampede OF Wild Horses
on the Prairie" And the emancipation Proclama-
non," to us, perhaps, old story, will be to
thsm tho vivid embodiment Of great cpl
Bode in history We dctcct also
some very recent acquaintances made at the
last exhibition Of water coors in New York. such
Farrer's ''Old House tho HIP "a twilight scene),
W. r. Richards sSand Hills at Atlantic City" and lin
very happy contrast) 'Paradlsc at Newport" smic's
'Horse Racing the Prairie" Tifany's sold Curios-
ny Shop'A and Colman's "Mosque of Side Hallin
Tlemccn'
The Dutch pictures, all hung we believe, a very
satisfactory collection. We have only time to notice
Ladec's peasant Women at Work in the Fields"
pieces by Roster, Philippean, Hancdves and Israel
The latter has a beautiful picture Of eFishcrwomen
looking Out Of the Door, in tho style OF his mastery
efforts at Vienna Then there Roclfs Bischol,
Hlvcrcen and verricr.
NORWAY AND DENMARK
All hero are hung. Norman exhibits two character
istc views OF Norwegian jords, Nnson exhibits one
Bcnnelrcr Mcttje md Swensen have views, Ras-
messcn striking picture OF Finnish peasant girls in
costume rowing
THE SWEDISH PICTURES
In the annexed perhaps better painted than those
n Memorial Hail. but less indigenous in character
Some Of Thorn indeed treat OF tropical sbcnes. But
feel under the necessity Of doing Macauay has done
in his celebrated essay on history We longer
afford to treat OF them snely but them up by
shelves and even nations The Spanish collection still
backward. That from the Argentine republic and
Mexico is in readiness, but Il Is not Of high order
There three rooms full from Belgium, containing
many beautiful effects, which wc would gladly
lingcr II circumstances permitted. Belgium does
almost as well as IT did at Vienna France has another
room full but inferior 10 the array In Memorial Hall
After ALL mere words must fall to give any conccp-
ton Of tho fulness and variety OF tho collections
Memorial Hall and tho Annea To say that ihcy arc
tho best that We have ever own soil would
be but faint praise Even to say that the collection OF
Americana is the largest, typical and most
fully wecdcd, 10 but scant justice. One must come
and sec with his eyes, must roam for
hours scarcely knowing where TO lnger without fear OF
losing something better The readers Of the HERALD
will not do aiss In Fastening enjoy the rich feast
offered at merely nominal price. Time may do q 1T
tie In the way OF ning out the gaps and putting in
some finishing touches But as it stands
to-day, the collection cannot be essentially
changed. There is enough, ana moro than
enough for every one. Tho careful study OF Ameri-
and European art may. be begun at and con-
tinued for weeks with undimnshed pleasure. When
reflects upon the chaos tnat regned In This depart
mcnt at Vienna for entire month after the formal
opening, when ono remembers the ingenuity required
to get glimpse at half dozen pictures day by day,
the contrast positively inspiring One feels tho
lesson three years ago not learned in vain In
almost every respect wc are fully up to time
The collection is not quito SO large as the
ono at Vienna There Is not the profu-
sion OF bric-a-brac, antique jcwclry, and
carvings that graced the Exposition des Amafeura But
taken all in all the present collection will provo moro
enjoyable; tho rooms better arranged tho light
Is satisfactory. The number OF "big pictures
big in,superhcal quito limited and no ono room
contains SO many objects distract the attention
And while we willing to learn of the
great masters abroad, We may also come
without dread Of being 10 shame in the lesson In
conclusion, 1t may be added that tho minor exhibit
tions Of photographs drawings from native and for
egn ana the like still backward. But SO
much has boon in the past few days another
week will probably dispose Of everything except few
articles unavoidably detained on the road
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The grounds OF the Horticultural Department Of the
Exhibition embrace forty acres In tho midst Of which
Is the Horticultural Hail. This is one of the perma
ncnt buildings erected by Philadelphia and It's cost
may be estimated at $780, 600 The walls embrace
m area Of nearly two city acres, each OF
200 feet square. The grounds laid out in
walks borders, miniature lawns flower beds and
ornamental gardening. The space allotted exhibitors
and occupied trine over eight acres Tho
walks, roads and passage ways substantially made
mostly paved with asphalt and collectively they reach
. distance OF two miles Both foreign and domestic
exhibitors present largo displays OF aowers plants
forest and ornamental trees, among which nro choice
new species from China nnd Japan. In some special
lines England is exceng all others France, Cor
many, Netherlands and Cuba well represented
PRACTICAL GARDENING
Tho decorative ground embraces partcrre or sunken
garden SO planted 10 show carpet. bedding ribbon
and geomctric gardening. Here oil kinds OF bulbs
suited to the in bloom, others 20 bloom
In the future and the OF this planting Is to
be gathered from the statement that their number
10 over 5000 As part Of tho decoration
arc 20 DO seen fountains, statues, kiosks. summer
houses rustic Seats clumps Of evergrecns and all such
adornmens, placed with due regard TO the rules OF