, 1879-08-16

In tho charming picture OF Prisclli1t which ha
contributed this year 10 tho Royal Academy,
Mr.. Bouahton reproduced for lis tho English
maiden whose characteristics ase still to he
traced in tho population Of The United States.
lie las OIL the easeI Evaugclino, an e,nLudlmcnt
Of tho NormnnFrcnch type. which also brought
no inconsidcrab!o contribution to the American
stock; and proposes, b5-and-by, to complete Ills
purpose by study Of q third important clement,
tho Dutch.-4ieadtmy.
The ACADEMY is Indignant over IN arttc!a In
The Ntp Quarterly -uagd:iHs gu the AZ Poetic
Phase In English Art" When We read about n
"puny, nautllln Pygmslinll, his eyes dsstendel
with tears, bis Checks hollow with fasting anl
melancholy. Ills Eaaut hl!ds trembling with
sck desire; ~ says 'he .iemteMgs IVY rceoenizc
the familiar cxacgcth!ons Of those who
have long dccrlel the works Of Mr. Dnrnc-
Jones without. SD far rs It 10 possible to judge
from their words, ever with n1ly caro- looking ut
rs WIFI !: Who - .psns an!sOF o te nr M @ spme
troally extraordinary Inability to drnw
tlie human counteHaDcc.' rraisfng almnst with
out rcsrfye the wurk Of tltat charming designer,
hut ycrr far from perfect tIraslr,ts,na,l, Mr.,
Walter Crane, who would certainly be himself
tile first to laugh at nrhise bestowed In such
connection. II is still more amusing to HUI this
writer solctnnly 'thnl13,= 1t time to sound
with which the works Of sr. 3urnc-JOucs have
bucn received, when the trutl, Is that by l,,a
1ority Of newspaper critics tliasb WptkB have
hiti.crto been received With Il cuurus, not OF
praise, but OF 1cers, AMI that TIC hotter-ln:
nsrucicd writer's whp saw their merit have hAd Il
lcnYy uphill task to procure for them any rcn-
sonah|c recognition ut o'l."
Mr. srnaleY writes to sllc New York Tribune:
An American arttst, ~: Rra=Eer, las latoty
Bond street. It is Il good t!kcneas, and the
palnttng Is Of quality both good in itself anl
fu'l Of prolnlse: Tho modelling. Of thu
tase H. ts especially tre, an, a.; + IL, t,,s nesh M b
SAYING thss Mr. bragasr J. stil! yo!ny ina,'I
those whos!nil London endnraLe, mn! wlo I'LL
than in Parts that hc onght, TN co,l.tnon gratI.
sudc. to like London: Tile Dors cutlery
aM Bond street Is open. believe. nl the yrar
through, and steady stream OF English nMl
srablo dcpost u gold. Such a piienu1nenon
cannot bo witnessed in tie artlst'A own ctty,
whcro Ills paaHion fur vast canv$scs mud lurfd
hues "a lightly iaur'ud mt by thu critics, who
Adraugltsmau u.ll Ills forco OF Imagination.
No American fails to visit the Duro gallery
burg. Rcnnan1 NJ, Dore how nopaIar " WI.
III Tho Unlted States, asked him II he dill i,at
mean to 20 there sumo tlay. hut ho snd ITO.
1t was too far, the voyage was too long, i
voull. take him away from hls art,-ln word,
he vii! notgo.
correspond snt sonds thu New YORK Herald
tha 10llpWIlE interesting communication
"ycribner's -ndgazind fnr A,sgust contains &
we}l-written aMd very interesting nrtirlo upon
Whistler. the artist, but III reading 1t not!Gu
that thu writer nnkes all error In Regard to hin
which has frequently bten tnatla by others, nti.l
that ia IN regafd TO hls birthplace. THIS 1alnouH
artlat Is 0 native American, born IN the CITY
Of Lowell, Mass, FLU l4thcr wns TIC cela'
brascd cngiuoer, Nal. George w. Whistler
who, ailei BY Ills brutl.er-in-iaw, Gen. VIII,
lam AtcNe!l, planned nnd carried Into cre.
cutlon Bonlu ot thu oliuss and llnrst railroads
now In this country. In 1bta thn Emperor
Ntcholns sent for Mnj. Whistler, IN order tia
llo might lay out tlie gruat road DetwauH Atos
cow a1id thu capital. fIc ihun left for Kt,ssta
j., With Ills fatntlY, Of which James was th9 trt
Bnn.' Maj, WMstrr tlied after residence VI
seven Years III vt. Petersburg. lta had during
tllat time had fruln tbs Emperor thu ll!ghcs
turks OF bis esteem GId rcvnrd; Indeed, he wa
the only American cltzen whu over sn
without restraint ur turMotitY Ill t4'
presrnro Of that great nutucrnt. Ate!
thu death Of Mai. Whistler his widow, wltl
her two SOLE. canu again to her llome IN thl
conutry. Ills fnt!ler's tu,,o mud fu1nH, null thu
initutncn Of his uncle, Gen. Joseph swift, casll,
obtained for james = eadetshtp Ut West Foiut
but he suon found that life In tfG urnly wa
one IL whcf, he was least suited. uA " hi
0fGent request ha was allowed t0 abandon tht
Art OF war to pursue Lis eno for which hi
natural talent had lostined him frDlu hi
earliest childhood. Alai. Whistler was
thorough aMd true American 10 every though
Rud acs, antl tbs country which he loved an'
eeEYcst 90 faithfully Must faei proud TO clailA q
her own Lis CliAtluuu!shrl slfu