Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-11-25
PERIODICALS.


to the Christian Standard, OF Milwaus
kee:
sit was only last week that [ hap-
pened to see the fac.similes of Milleis
remarkable style of paiLt ting, in last
months ScribneT, although [ had
looked at them q number OF times but
with qualified satisfaction. / think
Mr.. Roosevelt Smith should have done
to his 125, 900 subscribers what he did
to me on happening i1tl his sanctum
the other day. That ls, he held up
the prints in the magazine against
the wall eight feet f.om my eyes,
where they should hang, instead of
icing held in the hand, If they are to
tie seen. If he had so advised all his
readers, there would have been few to
miss the breaCt1 and power of those
effects, which, If held close to the eye,
are worse than l0sf. 1t should also be
understood, in approaching the new
style of woOd-engraving introduced
by SCribner's, that the motive is genu-
ineness, or the representation OF things
as they actually appear at such disc
lance as would reduce them to the di
mansions in print. This motive, there
fore, excludes the ciear-cut definition
and Diet Ill that please the eye rather
than the instructed Imagination or
sense of reality. Unless the work Is
confined to very small subject, the
only effects that can be tfuthfully
sought are of the broadcast and simplest
character, leaving the minut 90 in the
indistinctness of distance. Explana>
ton seems t. be very generally needed
Of the meaning and purpose of the MI.
orio nf 70
nous and other Artists, to which the
lavish expenditure of scribner's Art
Depart ment has been directed, With so
much more success amongst connois-
seurs than with the general reader.
Such critics (including the artists them.
selves) give the need of astonishmenr,
higher than praise, to achievements in
wood engraving that have impaired t.
the millions in the country at large.
| tlmOst for nothing, representations Of
The state of art such as have hereto fore
been entirely wanting, or accessible
only to the few. Sometimes these
| representations are more valuable for
information than pleasure, but their
| general success Is, according to the
best judges, something unprecedented
in Europe or America
| La BiackwOOd's Magazine for No
vember, just published by the Leonal d
Scott Publishing Company, Al Barclay
street. New York. one of The princi pal
articles Is a contribution by W. w
Story, IA Jewish Rabbi In Rome
which calls to mind the poem, IA
Roman Lawyer In Jerusalem, - from
the same pen, that attracted much at
tenlion several years age. It is strik
ing picture of the corrut tions in the
church in the 10Th century, under
Sixtus ~.
"Reminiscences of an Old Fogey" is
an agreeable narrative of voyages &c
end from India in former days, In
steamers of the Peninsular and ORR
eutal company's line. with q glimpse
OF Indian life, OF the experiences o.
cadets fresh from school, and of girls
who in the bloom of youth went ou
to seek their foI1lnes.
The new story The Private Secre
tary" begins well. "Dr. Wortle'l
SCHOOL, is continued. .l
The other articles are Army Re
FORM" in which complaint Is made o
the non-action of the war office; ''Ths
Close of the Afghan Campaign AID
1.-The Unloaded Revolver which i:
another name for the Turkish ques
ton, and Is filled with gloomy fore
bodiDgs.
The periodicals reprinted by The
Leonard Scott Publishing Co. al Bar
clay street, n. " are as follows: Tn,
London Quarterly, Edinburgh, West
minister, and British Quarterly Re
views, and Black woods Magazine
Price, 81 year for any one, or only
SIS for all, and the postage Is prepaid
by the publishers.
st. Nicholas for December will be
surprise it's young readers. Specia
effort has been made to glorify tn
Christmas season, and 35OO0 extra
!. copies (maki0g an edition Of los 600
are being published to meet the antic
ipated orders from Santa Claus. Tn
new decoration for the cover will b
wintry and spir sd. Among the
greatly varied and profusely illustrates
contents will be an operetta for younl
people called The Land of Nod" II
which six little sleepy-heads visit tn
marvellous place and see many won
defs. The librett) is musical an,
vivacious verse, and the music is b,
Mr.. Anthony Reiff and Mr.. w. T
Sherwin. Mr.. Frank r. st lcktol
will contribute one of bis droll an,
quaint fairy st orfes, and Mr.. Washing
. ton GLADDEN. describes g. A Christma