The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
MIR. Whistler Treats the Public to an
Arrangement in Prose.
A STUDY OF DRABs.
Irony In Return for Gall and
WOrmWOOd.
1.-THE PETER FARLEY OF PAINTING. "

Mr. Ruskin;-
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hv the io,irnals in thsir cnpp,men,s Their CORR
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writer's seen nothing beyoid the imme.iiato cas-, n
law--yiz. the difference between, Mr. Rlshir and nv
SELF eliminating in the libel with Il verdict Tor the
plaintiff. Now the war; OF whichthe openin skirluish
fought the other day Mt Westminster Is r one WAS
between the Brush and the PEN and involves literally
the Attorney General himself limited the absolute
,son Il ere of the critic The cry on their mart of an
fi,u pierre most certainly meet in this case with
the appropriate answer "e en- pois pas Ia aecessta
Far from me- ut that stage things to go further
into this discussion than i did, when. cross-ex-
aniued by Sir John Holker, l contented myself
with the general answer, that one might admit
criticism when eliminating from man who had
passed las whole life ill the science which he at
Jacks" The position of Mr.. Ruskn as an art al-
thority we lett quite unassailed during the trial. TO
have said that MIR. Ruskns pose among Intelligent
men. other than "a hucratetyi is false and ridicu
lous would have been invitation to the stake and
to be burnt alive stoned before the verdict, was
not what came into court for. Over and over again
did the Attorney General cry out aloud, in the agony
of his cause .'Wha is to become OF painting IL the
critics withhold their lasb?' As we'll might he
ask what is to become OF mathematics under SINH
lar circumstances they possible l maintain
to make four. in spite OF the whine tho amateur
for three. or the cry OF the critic for live. We
told that Mr.. Ruskn has devoted his long life art
and. result is Sade professor Oxford. In the
sentence have thus his position and it's
worth. 1t suiices not. Aiessicurs! a life passed
among pictures makes not painter; else the police
man IN the National Gallery might assert himself.
AS well alege that he who lives in a library must
needs die poet. Let not Mr.. Rnskn tlatter himself
that more education makes the difference between
himself and the policeman when both stand gazing
In the gallery!
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There thev mi,,ht rana;n iii tbe AMI os +;,,o +ho
one doccntiy silent. The other SAVING in good Eng
crackl,n,r IF thorns rrdar p ~ a.
nres,nc Of the masters with whose i,e 10 s.,
eSioasly lar whose Intentions ne nterpres.
capable and whose virtues he descants i,pnn with
yerbusity and how OF longunre that wouid comid bs
hear n ,ivo INF Al, t,e ebont ~ s,,rnris that
Was I,asan,,s Vie, the arst arsat ritz sYrd
hs onnon rbis one Instance anart whore coiia-,se
was ,,nn,ediate the creature Critic ;s Of con,nara
iu,, mnScr,, IRWIN and cortauiv p; ~ rorsn nr
l,ton. OF recent datn To his comnetanass 80 cna;i
ties evolved from the latest liz illnesses Of to-day:
indeed the fine lem, of his TYNE is br,,ugb. forth i;
paris and beside him the Enyiishman is hut ronoh
hewn anI blunderin1 after ali: thnugb not nnkindlv
seritv one sntn ,ro bsnnas m WIN
truth is as compared with his brother of the Bouie
wards. the Briton was badly begun by nature. TO
at home and destr1icton TO the iauntv caraas
Of the art critic whose essence Of success lies in
consequent horror of enauger'inp his world-in
short to perceive the joke of life is rarely given 70
our people, while 1t forms the handspring of the
Parsinns sdror Ptdne The fnesse OF the Frenchnsn,
acquired in long loating and clever coe cackiethe
glib go and easy assurance OF the eM cece combined
with the cc OF great habit-the brilliant btoguc Of
the aeiiers-he aptitude or their aryot-the fling OF
the Figure and the knack OF short paragraphs which
allows him to print OF picture "Cest bien ecrit!"
and of a subject. .'C'est ben dit!'-these ele-
ments OF an ensemble impossible i'll this island.
LIE-LEr Us STUDY H.
Sill. we are various IL our specimens and sense
OF progress As noticeable when we look about among
them Indications OF their period are pcrceptible,
and curiousiy enough similarity is suggested by
TIER work between themselves and the vehicles we
might fancy carrying them ABOUT TO their livelihood.
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WHY DO THEY EXIST?
The Attorney General said, There are some people
who would do away with critics altogether" agree
with him. and am OF the rrationals he points at
but let me be clearly undersood-the art critic alone
would exunsuish. That writers should destroy
writings to the benefit OF writing Is reasonable. Who
but they shall insist upon beauties OF literature and
discard the domcrits OF their brother hutrdcurs2 In
their turn they will be destroyed by other writer's
and the merry game goes on till truth prevail Shall
tile painter thcnl toresee the queston-lccidc upon
painting? Shall he be the critic and sole authority
Aggressive as Is this superstition fear that. in the
length OF time, his assertion alone has established
what oven the gentlemen OF the quill accept as the
canons OF art aud recognize as the masterpieces OF
woSk.
A pIlsrER-pArsFuL nrr Srcrss,ny
Lot work then be received in sileuce "a n was In
thn days to which the peumen still point as nm ora
yh.n rt az AZ ~ nnog,e And Lare y,a COM, ,,n,
the Oft apology of the critic for exisnq AT
all and fid how Complete is his stutifcalion He
hr,nds him sef as tho blister for fh health
Of the painter and writes that lie NAV do good 10 h;s
al In he same ink he bcnoaps the ahout
him and declares that the best work was done when
no was not there 70 help it, No, let there be mo-
critics they are mot ucc4 ssary evil buf an oviI
mite uppecesssry though an evil Certainly Harm
ihey do and not good Furnished as they ara with
tho means of furtherur their foolishness they
snrcad prejudice abroad, and through tho papcrs n
t,ir service thousands arc warned against tho work
thew bayr yt TO lock anon And he re- one ia temutcd
10 90 further aud show the Grass iliucy and n,,ert
nencc of those whose deta are printed as law