St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-07

ings. The little wife has far away, (
expression, as if it were all
she expected. The table service and
elegant surroundings are painted with
careful accuracy. "Down to the
River" by Alma Tadema, contains
mastery painting of swarthy boat
man, who exhibits il nObleness of fea-
ture despite his condition Of servitude
The conception and work of ''Mig-
non," by Jules Lefebvre, is to us the
dreamy picture of the whole collection.
.'The thoughts of youth are long
thoughts" and the young Italian girl
stands in her immature beauty and
what her life will be. Bougereau's
'Italian Boy" is work of great
strength of drawing and delicacy of
coloring. 1t is a brighter picture and
pleased us more than his f'Going to
the Bath The latter work is faded,
and consequently much of the beauty
is lost. Vibert's Committee on Moral
Books" shows cardinal and priest
absorbed in and greatly amused by the
literature they are examining. No
doubt they condemned the books and
hindered others from the feast they
found SO delicious. Among the nu-
merous paintings of Diaz land the
great number exhibited at every col
lection begins to excite wonder) the
"Forest of Fontainbleau" stamps itself
upon the memory. 1t is not painting
lit cannot bet surely is the 10y
forest itself and you are quite sure you
can hear the notes of familiar birds.
Millet's water Carrier" and "SOwer"
have tender indeseribable charm of
which any pen might well hesitate to
undertake IA description.
A whole volume would be made
quate to tell of the panel effects and
mastery handling of De Neuville's "Le
3 DULY anu lldIuSCCl hltCl
Chase" Pass Il door of the conserva-
tory giving you Il glimpse into very
! fairy-land and you will come Suddenly
upon the flashing cOlors which pro-
claim Turner. Recall Ruskin's &c
Stacies as You may, you can hardly
/ pass over the pictures of this great an
fist, which escaped the vigilance of
the London Academy, without recall
| ing the anecdOte which attaches to
every artists studio,- how the ubiqui-
/ tous small boy came in and sat down
Oh palette covered with varieties of
fresh paint. and how when he went
out the despalring artist exclaimed,
'That boy is carrying off a Turner "
| wonder if it be possible to imagine
anything more dainty and exquisite
than "The Young Brother" which
bears the name of Meyer Won Bremen.
The faces of the two children that
bend over the cradle regarding with
childhoOd's questioning curiosity the
tiny new member of the family, are
wonderful in beauty, and of rare inter
est
All too soon came the time when we
might not linger in this enchanted
: palace, but many moons shall sink in
yonder west before the memory of itt
delights fades away. and before WE
can forget that for once we have seen 6
picture gallery of which every picture
was Il gem, in which there was not d
single discOrd of color. The DISPOSE,
zion to hopelessly shatter the tenth
commandment was tritie tempered
by the discovery that the roof leaked
Remembering how had reused many
times from the heavy sleep of my
youth to look after the treacherOus
'sky light" and how | had turned &
deaf ear to the repeated explanations
of ice Setting back" it was refresh,
ing to see among the elegant surround
ings two most commonplace wash tub:
waiting to catch the water which the
costly roof failed to keep out.
: 1t is recorded of Ralph Waldo Emer.
son that he once said to genial Father
Taylor, 'If | should die now, do you
believe | should go to hell ?" and the
good father answered, II am afrait
you would, but how it would moderate
the temperature The newspaper
collector of useless information hai
told us repeatedly of Mr.. Vanderbilt,
profane and unkind remark concern
ing 1.-The public" If his maledictior
should avail may we not hope that th'
memory of the beautiful galleries, o
the charm of pictures, of the sight o
rare eXotics, of the gentle steps OF
, priceless rugs, may somewhat mOder
ate the fate he SO carelessly invoked
for that public he has so magiticently
entertained. c. NJ.
Wendell Phillips Dead.
; THE GREAT ORATOR AND AGITATOI
PASSES QUIETLY AWAY
Wendell Phillips died at his Boston