, 1877-06-02

~ lHt Pbputhttk1 Os SsIe httie y! All "IlGH "h6
in fashion twenty-five yeara aRn. Pictures hy
ans1 Catter'nn1c. fell in somc tnttnn-cs con-
slocrah'y ''clow tho prices paid fof them.
str r. Chant!eJ,tho English por,rait-seutptor,
who died rl!ifIlcss IN 1871. be1ucathetl, after
proyIdtne for hi, widow, the largc fortune ho
hat aee1,mq!ase1 BY ii: profss,lon to nrtlstie
trey. tho Royal Academy Ut Art c,,ilcs Into
lx,sseshton Of fund yfridinx from Sis, ,0N To
500 snnual1y, which sum + TO l!e expended
in tlis purchase Of "rofks OF art F" Z,
tsp' The Fofs.;"s Tofss sscn aie M to ba Ti u .Se
Highest, ,tncnt, and executed In Great Britain,
by native Ut foreign arttets. Tho first wu!k
statae Of IAN IN Xss1ste o. fe:siinq sie % y,ta ~
Fython," recentIy completed iy MI. Leighton,
and placed In the prcacnt Academy Exhibition.
The choice of the Council ls generally COM
m9en'lei, rs the statue has been pronounced b!
e1o,0W was paid for 1t.
q. ?. Putnam's Bons, New York, hare intro
ducea novel feature In thefr catalogue Of tho
picturcs IN tho present exhibition of tic Nation.
a Academy of Design. Tho pamphlet u en-
productions in facsimile, from drawings Gy the
artists, u ilO of tha pictures tn the Annual Ex
hibtEvu for 1877 of tho National Academy u
pctIRn. with descriptive notes by Menu"
AlLnOlRn u II !mnOe6lDIe tIaL 1nchc fhfHlh%ufe
copies 81 drawings sl,ould do justice 10 tic
fnislled xorks which they represent. theT arc
welcome fot Tho ltBts and tokens Ut the orig
inals. which they convey with much greater sat
lsiaetlon than words alone are cnpab'c of doing.
Zig steel plates ln the June A,s Jeuraa' 70,
n!Seuss Sas ,an ts n psatag y, ~ G. p Lele Of
Bonlleur. of The slscplcr.t u; and The Rro y
in marble. BY !. Adams Acton q THE wid.
= long and intetcsting. LIST gls.: The works Of
hallway; U"slased Fotitsiy; Aacient III i1t.l, Att Art;
Norway; American Furniture; At the Foun-
tain; aud The Uhe Of AnItnal Forms In orua-
montal Art. Otlor papers IN tic nulnbsr treat
rrsspeytlyelv Ct Tne SCHOOLS Of Holland and
Churcl-licstoratlons In Italy; Art-Notes from
Paris; Spring Exhibition 1T the Philadelphia
Academy Of Arts; mud Notes from American
Cities. The number is rich III It's literary and
pictorial coateuts.
Tho leading article IN the May number Of the
iurttutiois the continuation u Prof. CoI7in's
essay upon Albert Durer. Tho relation te-
tween the German mastcr and the celebrated
cngavcr, sandro Botticelli, is carefully lnYes,'-
gated y she present paM7; ana ais1 thu an.hos-
Mas,tcgan, Il Taroch! dl Mantecna.''
Sketches. of c!arkson Stanaell, the English
lan!scaptst, anl Of Jules Dalon, the French
atukukGI1 1hIN4HFEflGW VI -1E6s41C4kAJBlb EUNCf
With ass-noses. sosMp!stethe literary contents u
ithc number. Tho Illustrations comprise all etet-
lug, BY X Kent Thomas, after Stsnifeid's
Entrance to tho Zuydcr Zcs y: portrait Of
5Ases Dainn, ctehSa BY LeTros; m engraving Of
Scenes aud objects Of fntcrcst In vcn,te.
The publication Of M American edition Of tie
German periodical entitled drl- Etorknaashi1
l,as been undertaken, BY E: ste!ecr, New York,
,rile work Is edited BY b. Bishsr md A.
movement In Europe which Is creating schools
and Museums OF industrial Art. lth MIN Is te
produce. for tic benefit Of tho artisan, copies oi
treasured IA public and private Coliecttons
conta!bs eight pfates, giving examples Of gold.
srniths york, furniture, sculpture, locksn,ith'a
work, and texture patterns.
Tho aatnc ll1iisc also issue tho WorfshoP, I
German monthly devoted 10 toart-tntlustEy, aud the
elevation aud progress OF tastes In manufacture
construction, md decoration. It glvea ,lescrip
tfons and designs Of beautiful examples oi
workmanship IN all tho trades involving the Gle
l1cnta Of csthctlca.
SKETCH OF WALT WHITMAN.
Those who have known Walt Whitman per.
soually testify 10 tho singularly generous ia
ture Of the man; 10 his unaffected kindftncss
which extends Without rcscrru to all humanity
His simple, gcnuiuo warm.lGarteincss, loinct
" a vigorous, hcalthful physical and incnta
constitution, gives him strong magnetic
quality which altEncts al minds To hin. MIR
John Burroughs, tho essayst, who enjoyed al
Intimate acquaintance with tho poet, has intro
duccd an ongngIng sketch Of him IN long IN,
ysfy !nsef'eislnE a,' pspeF Included a0ng t''
~ Five hoso lha wr!tesl . g'impso Of HIN !,
Washington. Ia a Eavy.fard horse.caE, towAsi
the close Of tho Var, ono autnnloF At enndoWn.
Tho car Ii crowded and sutIucatfAgsy hot, With
thenl bearded, horid.isced man. o1tiurly hu
agle resting against the dash, BY the sltlc Of tA
fftsna Tic man wears @ Sroad: bril-. wills lss
Amung the Jam lna,ds tho door, young EnsiHl
wnnan " tho working cass, with two children, In
iat, ftstfui, 6fISht babe Of ii Of il months, wid
t!dn faif to worry the mother completely out, be
.Edcs bceominga howiinE nulsanfe ;., p eye!yooey
| tn tuu!o dtnaansac linn eser, anA thc huthuh Int
peI.plring mother !, ju.t ready 70 burst INTO tear
top oi tho h,l 10 ct % most Of tho r-pasforn
pasRrngct.. tni tho Whit. halted man reaches tn
sIdc. and, reut'y but GrMiy Jacnsaglng ths Bah
It In his own, and uut In tito air. Tho stton1shet
Guild, partly In fear, partly In oatsfaetfon nt t9
.t"n. H. ssrsalng II aoa .; as a1 -
ca, 81. .. gooi ia. ieek :aaaI:s,!, ,.!:,!
| ~ Al4 14cAs knatl, ~ II AaA1aS1s AhaEXleI
uuwn with it, head on hta neck, and Il
| 1ess than Minute ID sound aud pencsfull.
nt!aep, without another whlmpof, utterly fas2e,
out. 4 square or p more, and the eondneto,, VII
work, gets OFT for lila nfst meal aud ruIief slnc
| morning. Ana nuw Tho white .hxtied mAn. ho}d,n
tho ssumberng baho also, acts ~ conductor the
OF tho distance, keeping hls cye IN t.s pasaenxer
Inside, who hava BY thIs tinc thfhncl out greatly
lIs makca very good conductor, TOO. pulling e,
bull ~ stop 70 On ~ needed and eJenla to erlD
the occupation. Tho ba bc meanwhile rests !tt ~
| chuokA cluso On his ueck aud gray beaEl - one y
BIZ arms vlgi!ant!y surrounding It. whi!e tho othu
pgnaIa, f9ot tins TO t.Tne with the ntsap; una b
| flushed nlothcs inside has yno1 half.aouf t
| breathe, anu cool. and recover befsoie.
SEVNEa.
A studio for mosaic-workcrs has bccn eatat
llshcd In tho new auvrcs mandatory vt Parla
| The construction OF mosaics has never bcfor
been attempted In FRANCE, but tho Government
has now malo proylaton Tor tho support Vt tn!
expensive art, anu workmen nave been IMPORTS
froIn Fiorcnce to carry II ou. The arst pIec
| they hays undertaken Ia decorative frtcza 10
| the iacule OF ths luanufactory.
Thu rich COLLECTIONS OF the CernIllc Museum
! have In tue tnulu building Of the ManufactoFy