New-York tribune., 1878-04-12
ARTISTS AND Art CRITICISM.

A REJOlNDER tkOM " "
WHY THE wHIRLwIND" AND LOTS WIFE"
WE'RE AsCRIBED TO THE SAME sCUIPTOR-MR
INNEss's POEMS AND HIS PIcTUREs-AN OFFER
OF COMPROMISE.
To the Edltor Of The Tribune
SIR: While venture to hope that no great
harm was done to Mr.. J. s. Hartley by my mistake in
attrbuting to him Mr.. Robertss statue OF Lots Whe
III the late exhibition Of the Artists Association, am
none the less sincerely sorry for having made H. MI
Hartley welcome TO his sneer at my veraclty Dnt lie
wrong in implying that hold myself above the neces
sitv of paying attention details It'll an essential part
m the business OF writer the press to pay attention
TO details and when he fails in doing he fails in his
duty 70 his employers and to the public. consider THIS
plain and foremost duty and while the DONG II wen
deserves particular praise the failing to do IL ADMITS
of no excuse whatever Mr. Hartley cannot possibly be
harder upon me for any blunder than am upon mysef
for H. How | permitted myself TO persist in this bum
der Is past my finding ont but easily understand
how | was deceived in the first place. For the two
statues might easily have been made by one and tie
same artist They both, alike the morbid products 0i
the spasmOdc school.
can understand how annoyed Mr.. Haitley must be
at the charge OF having made the Lots Wife," and
fear Mr. Roberts will bear me bang Tor accusing MN
Of being the author Of the Whirlwnd" But neither gen
tcan has right the writer with anything worse
than n clerical Ills perception was not at iauIt'
The two works are in all respects equally reprehensble
Both alike attempt TO do what not possible 10 De hOn
and what, II it possible, Is not deSlraDle BOth
make the vulgar appeal to the sense OF wonder ana
curiosity IN uncucacd people, has one any superb
oriy over the other I'm the manner In which the appeal
Il made Therefore writer, having forgotten the
name OF the author OF Lots Wife, aud not having the
catalogue Of the Artists Association by him When he
ca,no 70 sneak OF the Whrlwind" seeing this other
statue equally fal-fctchcd in subject. equally un-
imaginative in conception, and equally coarse
in execution fell lutO thc Of thinking there
could not be two mon able Of such waste OF tne
ard Of such perverted Of their art hope this
explanationmay satisfy Mr. Hartley; il is the only one
nave to Offer.
As for MIR George Inucss-tiH he rail the seal of
lunacy from the hc insists on tLrr5tng before
the public he but olcnds his lungs to talk 50 loud. He
ought 10 feel much obliged 20 mo instead OF showing
himself SO much my enemy did not quote his verses
spa red him much as lay IN my power lie mas uh
covered his own uaicGucss and II larger audience is
admitted gratis utter at ms doggcrel than the Cata
lop1Ic save him. IL IA his own fault. However, as
wcll-wishcr must warn him that hc shows Eiuscl q
little indiscrcst in making believe that when he wrote
this sorry stuff, IN which there f. neither rhythm,
rhyme nor rcasJn be had eye 10 me- Was hc think
ing OF me- thcu when he wrote The equally sorry stun
that Is on the frames Of his pictures IN this
exhibition Lord Bacon says, "the mixture OF
lie doth ever add pleasure " but, STIR as may into Mt
lnnc.s's few lines this ingredient iurni,hrd by
himself cannot ud That 30 maSos the verses any pleas
autcr Mr. Iuucss knows very well That however
yIuIcut may lie IN my criticism Of others, have
NOT been itramiablc 10 him. lie often paints Iuc pic
turcs but does follow tuat Dc witt good verses
Let u- compromise the pictures We must at any
rate make terms fox We are destined to go down
10 immortality arm iu arm, or more property speaking
hacl To back since the purchaser OF his fine landscape
in th, late Artists Association so pleased with my
cordial praise Of II THE TriBUSL that hc cut the sen
tcnce out Of the newspaper asked me 10 sign H. ana has
pasted It upon the back Of the frame l hope the
paste wa. cool and that the inscription may stick
Come what may viii never believe that when praised
Mr. Iunc-s'- landscape / either unnic.llsent or
wicked. an. sir, yours C. C.
Nc,r- York, April II. .I-7S.