New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12

was showing to some gentlemen OF the hrst
standing" his beautiful collection Of engrayn ~
when one among them exclaimed; Have yon
really done all these siEcs you came here How
hard yOu must have worked" And another gem
tleman Of high Cincinnati ton AMI critical IA ms
taste for the fine arts, having u drawing put into
his hanls representing Hebe and the bird unquhIle
sacred to Jupiter. demanded in p sat'rcal
tone: q What IL this" lebc," replied the
alarmed collector aHohc.0 sncerol the nan Of
taste. @What the D. has Irebe TO do with the
American eagls " Mrs TrylOpra talk in stage
coach with apparently Intelligent man on the
subject OF art ludcrously introduced phrase once
very popular here. " lie named American ARTIST
with whose works was very familiar and after
having declared him equal to Lawrence Judging b.
his portrait of West now NJ New-York. he added
And what more, madam be is perfectly SELF
| tGUghH I prudenty took fcw moments lefore
| answered; for the equalliug our immortal Law
renee e. q most vile dauber stuck n my throat
bat at last remarked tho frequency With which
had heard the phrase Of s,l'-taa mt used rot
| apology. but a. positive praise Well. madam. can
| there he u higher praise Certainly not If
spoken of the individual merits OF a.person without
the means Of Instruction, but do not understand It
| whoa applied ~ praise 10 his works Not under
stand H. madam Is It not atrributing genius %
the author aud what is teaching compared 70
that ! would willingly il could give An idea Of
the mixed Indignation and contempt expressed by
our companion nc the idea that study was necessary
10 the formation of taste and to the DEVELOPMENT OF
genius At last, however, be closed the discussion
thus There is no Use disputns point that is
already settled. madam; tho best 'ulg's declare
that Mr. It--s portraits equal % that Of Law
renee who is In who has passed this Judgment,
srY Tho men Of taste Of America, madam.
then asked him # De though. it was going 10 rain
A fitting pendent 10 this story Is Mrs. Trollope's
account Of the &" most literary conversation she
ever held in Cincinnati. Her iuter,0sutOr was "a
serious gentleman Bsid TO be "a scholar aud man
OF reading. Our poor Lord Byron, rs nay be sup
posed" she SAYS, the bullseye against which
every dart in his black little CULVER was aimed.
had never heard any serious gentleman tal1 OF
Lord Byron at full length before aud ! listened
attent1veiy r. was evident that the noble pas
sages winch are craven on the hearts OF The genuine
lovers Of poetry had altogether escaped the serious
2eutemans attention; it was equally evident that
be know by rote az those thai they wish the
mighty master had never NI.tten. / tod him So.
and shall NOT soon forget che look he gave me.
"Of other authors his knowledge was very i'm
perfect. hlt LIS criticisms worry amusing. or tore
De SAID he so entirely gone by that % gUr ooun-
TRY 1t y Considered quite flstan 20 speak o. him.
AT the name of Dryden me smiled and the
sr.le spoke al, plainly as % smile could spca- hov
the ola woman tWadlle,.
ave only know Dryden bv quotations. madam.
ana these. indeed. are found oa-y ia books that
have long since had their day.
4Ard oto-.,n.,-e. s,rr
a..hak.s.csre MADAM, fs obscene. and th7rk
God ,, ara sufficiently advanced to have founI n
ortt r ~, mist have the abom.nation of sage
ni,rs Ie- r1aul no least DE marked bv the sine
| meut OF the lre in which W. live.
.Cbggc,r and Spcnsar he tied in % couple ami
dismiss by s.ine tha. he rhou-lt Il w-s neither
,,r., nor less than l4e,tq-.o1 70 talk Of authors
| ,ybo v-ro+, in a .,f.ae no LONGER Ineligible"
The r.r,arl-,lls familiarity of her poorer re g',-
,,-, ,,,. m .-,,- .,-r~.sa IN file ls.r accustomed
?, tts r-,+..b a bob and crr-,.rr She could mo-
o~,,, ,c.n.-o,,l 70 heinz called 4 On, English oil
woman 20: nor could sh, alm,y endure rhe long
and tsliou, ylsitatcns accompanied by the state
ment tb4t a fastened door would be CONSIDERED Is
an atfronr b. the whole 1-'ghborlood. That any
man, son may become the equal of auv other mans
.on WIS the only feature ia American society shat
sbe reco,u.lsd a5 Indicative O.. the equality pro-
fessed. The consciousness of this, she conceded.
was certainly spur to exertioa; on the other
hand she hela Tat It was also spur to that coarse
| familiarity untempered By auy shadow OF respect
which WIS assumed by the erossest md the lowest
| in their intercourse with the highest aud most re-
! fined. While Mrs. lIOI0pe vas living Iu NMclh-
natl Andrew Jackson then the newly elected Presi-
| deaf. was publicly received there on his way to
| Washington. He passed. uncovered. through "a
crowd Of men each Of whom kept Oh his hat IT. tho
sturliest republican fashion. lie wore his gray
hair carel-ss,y" says Mrs. Troiloae. "but net an
gracefully arranged, and, iG srto of ms harsh,
g,unt features bee looked Ike @ gentleman aud 90
soldier lie was I'm deep mourning. having cry
recently lo,s Lis wife: they were said % have been
very ,ppy torerher and was patued by hcariny
a voice near me excaim as b. approached THE s0ot
where I stood: There goes Jackson whore