The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-30
Of cuirass,ers blush for shame. In copnectic

q Suirassiers blush for shame. In connection
eryaton the other dsS bes ssEea Whether
the salon this year promised to be remarkable.
he said after some hesitation: II lie very odd.
nate In the annual exhibitions; historical pic
lures. alleRorloai or poetical SUBJECTS. inc
o s e@
Topographic subjects FREEDOM mate, and rs
they are treated with innntc talent, We cannot
draw your own conclusion"
m ShTcR0fi that al aoas Inst % @
dR2neb VII apTsaT IN Go n @ Gas lev @
DO Il faithful picture OF the manners and morals
OF the Partisan middle classes has been. as
have already intlmated, disastrous spccula;
ton for the Gouiois newspaper, which paid
SO 900 for the privilege OF publishing 1t IN it's
feuilleton, From literary point Of view. " Pot
length Of the volume there are not half a dozen
pages worthy OF Lolas work previous to the
AsSoTmSr From the ro S9nt Of view Of
value than from the point Of view Of litera-
iure; 4 is utterly false. The author has
story house In the Hue Choiseul. He represents
the half dozen families inhabitiny the house as
being acquainted with each other; whereas, in
u Partisan house. ono never secs, much less
knows, ones. ncighbors above or below. Into
this house lola Introduces u young counter
love to oil the women succassively. from the
ground floor to the attic II does not even re-
CURE man to have lived At Paris. in order to
not, be- true; that while the French
middle classes may contain black sheep
they are described in " Pot Bouillr.' Finally
the middle classes brlongto humanity. and hu-
ing to night and from night to morning with
the conception ana satisfaction oi curnal
thoughts; 1.-the characters in Pot Bouillc'
are prurient brute. In no country does lu-
mainly exist In such conditions. But ns Pot
iio rspresepts Srea'pres OF pure iwngina-
Tn or M TG p Eas b Ian al Ia
entirely without plot The successive seduc-
tions, and adulteries nie nccompanie led ~ Q
multitude OF foul details infinitely described
in coarse and disgusting terms. and W Ill q pre-
meditation OF the foulest orotisln. In France
this yalueless and harmful production Of a
man who ut one time had talent. have spoken
OF the book frankly. and without circumlocu-
contain lnation Of it, and In order TO beg them
not to imagine for u moment that they will find
TO my mind, Pot Bouile is the work OF a
man who ia becoming victim to terrible
monOmnnR
In a previous letter announced the opening
in May next OF an international Xhib!tion OF
pictures in the new galleries Of the Rue de
SIZE. Among the names OF artists mentioned.
some may have felt surprised not TO SEQ
america represented. The organizing com
ss a Mr Rf 10 n%s Aa
/ Mr. Whistler on the ground that be WAS so un-
! certain. not to say eccentric. He might send u
! fine picture. or he might send a picture that
was merely eccentric, At this stage Of the pro-
ceedngs a preliminary list of exhibitors was
| published, rather prematurely, Since then the
! list has been much modified. and although
even now | cannot give the complete
and final list. can state positively
that the following artists have promised to
exhibit, For America. George Boughton; for
Millas; for Belgium. Stevens; for Holland.
Israes for Italy. De Nittis; for Spain. Ma
drazo: for Russia. Bogoluboff: for Germany.
Mcneil and Knauss: for Austria. Makart; for
Frnnce. Gerome, Baudry. Gustave Moreau. and
Jules Duprd. Munkacsy's impressario. a Pa
painter TO exhibit and at the last moment
Meissonier withdrew into the innermost
depths Of his monastlc abode In the Avenue de
/ Niliiers. and refused tn communicate with the
world OF mortals. However the success OF the
exhibition is assured, and the opening is an
nounced for the middle OF May.
speaking OF pictures. q itne genre work by
hibition this week at Goupirs gallery previous
/ to its departure for America. This picture wns
i'll the Salon of 1880, when it was bought by Mr.,
Stewart. 1t is now the property OF q we'll known
New York dealer who; finding the Paris mar
ket cleared Of all the fine works Of Diaz, Rous-
deavor to discover the DiaZ and Milet OF the
future. To give some idea of the extent TO
which the United States drain the Partisan pic
ture market may state that between the years
1876 and 1881 the pictures. engravin9s, and
statuary imported from France into America
Undoubtedly the future historian OF French
art in the nineteenth century will have to 20 70
America to see its finest works.
THEODORE CHILD