The New York herald., 1879-02-01

A TART CORRESPONDENCE.

TOM TAYLOR REPLIES TO MIR. wHIsrLERs "AE-
RANGEMENT IN BROWN PAPER"
[From the London worldl
Mr.. Whistler having forwarded to Mr.. Tumtaler
copy of his recently published pamphlet. inscribed
with the words 'sdns rancune, the following corre
spondence has taken place. ana has been forwarded
to us for publication =
LAVENDER SWEEP Jan. 6, 1879.
"Sdns rancune by all means, my dear Whistler
but you should not have quoted from my article Of
June 6, 1874, velasqucz in such a way to give
exactly the opposite impression to that which the
article, taken as a WHOLE conveys I appreciate and
admire veasquez entirely and, allow me to say,
intellisently yourself. have probably seen and
studied moro of his work than you have And l
maintain that the article you have garbled in your
quotation gives fair and adequate account of the
picture it deals with ('Las Mcninas' and which
any artist who knows the picture would. in essentials
subscribe to-
God help the artists if ever the criticism Of pictures
falls into the hands of paintcrs 1t would be
of vivsection all round. Your pamphlet is very
natural result Of your late disagreeablc legal cxpe
rienccs. though not very wise one. Ii the critics
are not better qualified to deal with the painters than
the painter in your pamphlet shows himself quail
art when the hands that have been trained to the
brush lay it aside tor the pen.
If you had read my article on velasquez I cannot
but say that you have male an unfair use Of ii in
quotin. detached sentence, which, read with the
context bears exactly the opposite sense from that
you have quoted IL as bearing This is bad throw
or in the critical line. whether it affect e premier
li.tsrateur re,,u' or yours always. TOM TAYLOR.
L. S.-As your attack on my article Is public re-
to myself the right OF giving equal publicity
THE WHITE House., Jan. 8. 1872
Dead for ducat. dead. my dear Tom; and the
rattle has reached ine by post.
'Soas rancane say you? Bah ycu scream unkind
threats, and die badly.
Why squabbc your article? You did print
what quote, you know Tom; and ii is surely
important what moro you may have written OF the
Master That you should have written anything at
all is your crime.
No; shrive your naughty soul, and give up
Veasquez, and pass your last days properly in the
Home Office.
Set your house in order with the government for
OF time and paper and leave vengeance to the
Lord. who Will forgive my .garbling Tom Taylors
writing j. y. Men. WHISTLER.
LAVENDER SWEEP, Jan. q, 1879.
Pardon me, my dear Whistler, for having taken
you au scyieur for moment. ought to have
remembered that your penning like your painting,
belongs to the region OF ''cha will not forget 1t
again; and meantime remain yours always
TOM TAYLOR.
'why, my dear old Tom. never serious with
Won, even when you were among us. Indeed. killed
YOU quite us who should say. without seriousness,
"A rat. q ratl' you know, rather cursorily.
"'Chah Tom. as in your present state you are be-
ginning to perceive was your fate here and doubt
less will be throughout the eternity before YOU
With ages at your disposal this truth will dimly
dawn upon you: and ~ you look back upon this liic
pcrchance inany situations that You took serienn
TART critic. who knows, expounder OF Veasquez. and
what not will explain themselves sadly--chaf Go
back j. A. Men. WHISTLER.