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given" II thc heroine tf tlr inic: Int rCc, and
experience, a1,t romantlc adventure could n1tr
n%,,s sarra'stng tts fnr'' o' e' af''eSs
Only chapter from the endless chronicles 81
tho tlivinc passion fs rtttlrtt under The Me u
"Thc Time of Ro.rt." lnt II is c1nbelIshed
with alrl grac NJ lyle THAT 3ts lack Of sinking
originality l. forgotten:
Mra. Nffphnnl ia producing nnvcls Will, far Ion
great ral,ility to 10 thrtn aml her really gout
abilities Justice. Her fnlr rcnntc Ms an author
must suffer from thc repetition ri fnncrectt
wnrk like this now befnr" IL. The vtgoron.
writing md vivid figure painting OF which eho
IA capable wtin1,f any clrnrt will not atone for
G,artnc mprohal'tllttes tn TIC action Of story,
which with proper care could have been asold-
cd. Had Mrs. t,liphant wnrkcd NJ she rnt
conceived IN the nnyel, Mrs. Arthur" viii,
tho skill Gntte p<,ss,blo to her, her admirers
wo,ttt have hal ,ecason to congratulate her. n.
thcy ltayn 10 many times nau tho privilege OF
doinE heretofore.
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L'Arl. 2 Cbat,e.es d'Anttn. Now FORK: j. W.
fiout0n. T0AI l]rpA1wny.
The Juss-rcccivcd volume Of L'Art. which Is q
collection nf tho weekly issues NJ a pcrinl OF
three months, IA, 1lkc tho preceding volumes,
full OF variety. aiding to is usual interest many
Reproductions Of this summers pictures anil
sculptures in tic annual exhibitions Of London
tic iltustrations Is tho careful etching Of F.
Lcfghtou's "Ath'cto S.ranglng a Python."
Tie work is In the possession OF
Tic British Royal Academy, auIl has
received great praisc as ono OF the marvcls Of
molcrn art, br. Leighton Il painter, most
careful onh selsolarly In tho use Of the brush,
anil tlfs Is his FIRST essay In sculpture. Soma Of
the Lonilon Academy paintings represented In
L'drt arc: - genre picture b5 Murtns Stone,
entitled "sacribrc u; "Ruac,"a young la!y III
picturesque ,ircss, hy James Archer; n
"Drcc1y atarsl,," by j. Btuxton Knight. by
sniricl ctchings, W. @. Orcha.sison's "Quccn
OF the Swords" and r. W. Macbcth's "potato-
Harvest in the Fcus," arc reproduced. Tho
"Quccn Of the s~or1ts" ts q representation,
with many figures. Of the stately "Swor,l-
Dancc" Of the last century. where tho &at(tcs
N,ss under an nIclIwnt formed by the crossed
swi,rls Of their cavaliers
From the .nuc!a-laulstl Grosvsnor Gnliery OF
l-onloI, VIC have various fas-st,nsics of drawings
! Fine Arts at London Universally, which slrnw-
| tnas were cxcrutcd before ills rup,ls a. lsssons
| IN art-wofk. Ticsc show The exact knowtr,igc
AMI certain touch Of Mr. t.csros, md hls ah!lity
foreign country. Another Frcn;%man, two of
whose paintings arc rcrrcscntgl In tic tsrosrc.
nor Gallery, Il James Tlstot. flis pictures are:
Vii rsS%S{ uSk ,n ysta, ys!ns .sy !" s %eS a%es t'5;
stnwn III II full-Ingc Illustration. Tlr hitter
painting Is much praised IN London. though The
suu.farei father, bcarlng Ills little girl IN his
arms. IL sail tu bu much euboFlilintcd 10 tic
| rendering Of tic abundant tolisEe and vcgcta-
tatton, anil tho effects Of light and shade.
In rerarl lu the rari. Salon ut the present
year, told that some of the hest native aia
waiting until tt,u Universal Exposition Of tS19.
wltcrc they can sllow their efIuFts to a larger
| audience. Still, there arc 4,Clll paintings and
sculptures exhibited, and Of these We have rup-
reacitetl In Ldrt furty of the must Interesting,
| III fuii.paxr crxrnvings anl! etchngs, all 0f
loln," BY J. I: Ilennn; " "A,serfcnne." hy T.
"Drt.lat difts,'' by Oo..zalez; i" Ostobcr at vc-
zelay," by Guillou; =" The Fifticth," birthday
scene, by Maurice Gossman; "sa,utina tic
| Wonndcd," scene Of The Franco-Prussan war.
| hy Edward Detnillc, bought BY Slr. Hawk. Of
New York: Fishing" hy ultsec Bu.
5he .,p, p,ainti9g ,,, rik9; 6; A., a another e.
| Charbonnct; Woodc1,-Shoc Makers In the
Forest of Flnlstesre;" three other choice larl-
| scapcs: and ~ Fatc and Love- q drawing VI n
| piece Of sculpture By Dore, This last Is strong
and touching. Love, winged youth Of tcndcr
| nge, leans bis head upon the breast OF Fate, n
| colossal, ugcd. but immortal wonnn. At their
feet Ito an overturned hour-Elass and CULVER
guor of approaching death, and holds ltstlcssly
Ia Ills tlanas the thread OF life, upon which Fate
| with sorrow, but with determination. Ii Just
| closing her fatal shcnsa. These large cngrav-
| tn9s and ctchfnes, besides the numerous small
ones, give a most intcrcsttue aud Instructive
record OF the Paris exhibition.
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