New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-08
NOTES FROM LONDON
IN ART. BOOKS, WRITER'S AND MAGAZINES.


AZ Alma radema's portrait OF the duchess al
CLEVELAND is completed aud affords 7ery drahio
indication of this artists views in portrait painting
Tbs AfhsNcHa says:
"The high finish and pure cooring Of tins Work
are doubtless designed to protest AGAINST me 1''h-
ionable mode of painting which sacFhces a"
seucninq execution and learned All loi l"o
tokc Of 81 ing labor. aud tho concoalhent o4 lax
etudies and insufficient accomplishments Apart
from this the Duchesss picture might Dc a. sc" '"'
n Van Eyck If it had not something Oh -H'to"o
More and most of q 1adema. AS likeness T" Is
perfect ,,o
That IL pretty plain speaking. II conl" oc "'"o
plainer by naming the artIsts who nave oe'""'
f,shionahe Inv sacrificing all searching execution
aud learned art" But they need not be nau'eu uor
il II des,rable 70 fmneut jCalOuSes already eN"-
eicntly keen How keen they are may he C"esS'"
from the simultaneous appearance OF two para
graphs i'm two rival journals. each derl"t"s III
the same manner this duplicate COMPARISON 10
have attacked Mr. Tadema directly "ould nave
shown 100 plainly tho auimus of the writer III
was better tactics 10 ridlcule his euosist t"s'
slbly in America 1t may be safe to say that th''
portrait il exhibited Is likely to 90 Tar 10 reverse
or defect that ,ery current OF fashion "hlch 'HS
critic thinks OF evil influence. The p0f'rdli "' 'ne
Duchess of Cleveland apart from all otfcr merits
painting that have been of late wears ID Lon
don No point of rinolauce has heen Sacihceu 10
pictorial effect There Is 1t is needless 10 saw Il"
aim AT prettiness OF popularity yet the picture mas
only to be seen to he admired by Vbcdy who IS
capable of adnring anything IN art Nor Wi.I an!
caprice of fashion be likely to Withhold rom 'nS
mastery canvas the tribute due TO sincere and
noble work.
An engraving by the late w. II. Simmons of Milo.
Rosa Bonheurs Au Old Peusioner is published
by Mr.. Lefeqre It's doubly interesting as the
last work of tho engraver and 4 skilul rendering
OF a picture very characters &c OF popular
artist The old peusoner is Il pet ass OF when me
head and shoulders ale here to he SEEM panic"
III the most sympathetic ana suggestive way ano
engraved in a mixed style hich might well enough
pass for drawing III black and white
Miss Calhoun who does not lack for couIage.
played ROsaLnd on Saturday at the Imperial
Theatre. Clearly ont of her range" is the sum
ming up of the general judgment me ItmtS CON
meuts with harshness on her temerlty III anhnuhc-
ing herself as a celebrated actress, and hel manifest
bid for nororety in SO closely following Mrs. Lang
try ReeI:lng a little, it Comedies to her YOUTH
Ambition, passably good looks, IA graceful uRuIe'
and fair share OF the dramatic instinct Du' MIS-
Calhoun is really very pretty. AS TO her Rosdtin
would do much for countrywoman, but to sec and
hear Mr. T. Swinbourne a. JdqUeS is more than can
fairly he asked of the most patriotic American The
writer have been quoting says that Miss Calhoun
looks graceful" i hope she was more graceful
than his phrase
Tie AfheaGlna understands tina: Mr.. John Morley
has abandoned the IDEA of bringing out net mag
mine. That is misunderstanding. The proiec,
L.y ia
the scheme haze long since been settled The form
of the magazine the plan Of il. the publishers
everything but the title. The ERgtiSh trit'c has
been mentioned as the title That Is ono OF severa
that have been talked over and will probaOly he
rejected. Messrs. Macmillan are to publish the
magazine aud they will leave MI Morley entirely
free TO edit IT, lie will make such periodical a.
to him seems good. l said the other day that the
issue of the Ist number had been deferred because
MI Morley wished for time to devote himself
mainly to The Pail Mall nasette. That WAS true.
! might have added that he wanted brIei
respite from the double and triple pressure under
which he has been working. But cannot SAY
everything bv cable. Mr.. Morley American readers
would | am sure, regret to hear that they were
10 part company with him altogether, as editor OF
monthly review. If they have mOuIned over The
AtheadEm paragraph. they may take comfort
They will see the first number of new review
edited by Mr. J0hu Morley about the time, rs Lord
Beaconsfeld would say, when the buds open. Mr.
Morley IS not Ill. He is hard at work his paper
and on other things.
As rumors about Mr.. Matthew Arnod's proposed
visit 10 America continue to fly about it may be
well 10 state the facts more. Mr.. Arnold con
sidered the matter last July. lie then had in mind
a visit TO the United States at the end Of this year
or tine beginning of next. That scheme. tor
l..
open the question whether he should 20 the ycaI
following. The idea of visit the future he
never reiinquished, bat has always kept before
him His desire to sec America is strong aud he
still meditates making journey thither, but the
earliest date he now THINKS possible Is January,
1854. 1t is not determined that lie will go then.
is is determined that he is not to 90 before If he
goes. he will lecture and his views abont ecturng
are those which he mas all along held. and which |
stated in letter written when his decision not To
go this gear OF next taken. Meantime. one
paper revlves the report of immediate trip, ana
another unbunss the story that he is going to
Australia which nevsr had any foundation at all
But the facts above given.
A new translation of Household Stories from the |
collection Of he Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane |
aud done into Pictures by Walter Crane" Is pub
lished by Messrs Macmillan. The book is pretty (
enough in ita ordinary issue, but 1t is only in u |
large paper copy that the merit VI the illustrations
can really be perceived. In tins special edition OF |
$50 copies they are printed, the text is, in |
special INK. sepia Vandyck brown IN Color and |
though the paper is too glossy the whole effect is
quite charming. Miss tor is IL MrsfJ Lucy Cranes
version of these popular tales is fluent, with
the proper note of simplicity aud chidhke sin
ceIity Fault may be found with Mr.. Walter
Eruna Gra <tn l,,tb o 10
few illustrators who illustrate. lie is not abcv,
studying the text which he is to TRANSLATE into pic
lures and he designs with q feeling for his subject