New-York tribune., 1884-12-29
NOTES FROM LONDON.
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fatlainen'si; W. thS, h ,etsuade Nj Cohttpey 10
Glads,oue u'I Il,sssis.s Il has Been said before
NM Sa,!ls eBiie4eue A proportion 10 MS qp't3 i3
el.sS iAe aNiss 8f Ms htpHttieh' hni caris
nli,e MlaI se.l ~ hrnfe ie etts ~ the 'iouse'
nntiLiag .ges WfgNs M tte ilBHse w u'arS'o one o s
iGtl. iQ 5e u fiehi iHl tttN NJ U'a''i9ne oSnit
moi Aigerise ihe hepatt tNeHtNl Ntstiesg n,Sn,aicr
bg iaLmg lhis peeAlmNif w WE ltiinr WI A,r
,nta at lpnui hal ils the'tFi ~ tTWnn, ii,e lie
i'g ap ealeagne Va ihe Nahine' 70 fHf,ip1N't
,mf'n,l 'nn Il. NOW lord Monk llrel'pA ans 9N' w
~ tabinc and In hs roliremenl NhN'H Nn,'"e
'',not ,hai the force of general oplnlVh pllhW" :.
,Lo and over Nh Gadstouos personal P'o'"'N'''
81, neoulc who can add np columns o' hSW'f a..
A., rondneya arllhmctical talents are llpnapH
.a,io, ,o tord Monk Bretton's as his lnlelleo'""'
vifts certainly are IN a very hlgh ooe'o' ,,n.
aI,ni,,hle man of business In natnral i"ou''"'
,l,oronsly trained and developed III a' NV" "''
exaot knowledge. he hae few su'e' ~ ~ Wv,
Iiouse of Commons lie has, witha'' p""',
work which his friends thluk 'o"'S ''''' -
49, o. Mr. t;ladsionos, of whom II has boon S"'"
,h., hc oes as much work IN m honr nS n'oS' Wv"
,n fan, and can work sixteen hours out OF '"o"'N
g.. L,,i,c slx days ont of seven without Nno"'nR
..h., A ,ne,n. 10 be tired. Mr. Courtney was oi'o
-. journalist and leader writer on The Iimcs, '"o
traattion of the Office IN that he con'd W'l''
,eaaers week and often did essays, tnn. ~ '",'
over n column In lcngth, on diilcuit S"pl''" ~
ouitlpr lie most serious treatment "l" '"'
fuu and exact information Inc pes' n''" va
great Io.don journal think they 90 wen u ~
,roduce III the course of q week, iouI VI ~ w.
articles The lightning editorial wrI'er VI '"o 49,
West. | believe lin Alaska let us say' 'o''' ,i''
.or, &c Journalism SLOW and prefers to state "''"'
he knows of IA given subject III thrcc-''"'
g,anhs He il. doubtless. the best Jnugo VI Inv
snace r,onired for the full display of his knowic"so
I'm, the English method. whatever may DC s"''
ogoinst II explains the immense influence N",."
the Tnel,sh press still wieds. Men look u u %
thc serious discussion of serious h"""'.
Conrtney was ole OF the very sIohBVH' NV
xyho ever wrote for The iiheS. ii ho o'''''U'
,o retun 10 his old profession no o'o
,v,ul1 be moro eagcfy welcomed. IN ihe HOUSE, Nv
b,s mover achieved the commanding Po'''''" ~
which his commanding abilities mgh aoo" W ~
title him. Like lawcctt, whose ihthha'o i'''"" ~
- and with whom lo had much Ia common hr j.
Too conscous Of his superiority. lha' "o"'' "'
uuch matter perhaps. bu; what does mat Is 'n''
L .bovs he IA conscious of It. aud that H pI''N'N
10, tho Ilouse will not stand. His speech OH l'h
,,o,,,n - mn illustratiOn. II WAS nn exceedingly
.hle arc,ment In favor of minority representation
I,, I, ,yas peryadcd ~ the House thouRht' WIN
4hc cxprcSscd belief OF the speaker tbat ho was
4alkhg on a subject ho knew all about 10 men "no
knew nothing OF IT, J.. uo
pos,,cu-I enage-is that name known IN the
art world of America, the world wlich Se's S"o'
s,ore ~, modern French art' lie who ownen H. anu
wboowns II no longer. was one OF the greatest, P'
lops the greatest, among the younger men oi 'n'
French school II cannot be more than ten years
.;rca be sprunc all at once from obscurity into
fame. and now he is dead at thirty-iiye HIS,
t,ov of him from Mr. Huntington who pointed
o, % me one of his earliest pictures that was ex-
b;hited In the Salon before he had become ceie-
b,,.ed There is man you will hear more oi'
,,;, tbo, nenetrating critic and 1t was but
s,lo, or two later that his name was
nm eVerrbodS's lips He an artist II ever there
xyas o,,e a man 10 whom art was all IN an "uo
satea litte FOR popularity who refused TO paint 1ot
ansees. Dt fortnne who had his ideal ana wrought
s,,aAit ,5waid II whc cared Tor what was ttue
.nisiirBeand thorough and not NJ al fof hat WAS
sa.irr vs. TIC pittrte bhybt us technicai sEiH E
ass .,s44eiiBHs iie is Hne 81 The iew iiooetns
|hsse Naliiss hate bttn HeHtibhrn hy ebmpe'en'
salles in ia. sa,ne seHieAee Niih iBbhit Htl Nith
k,ter, nnreg u Nae hls H3ffA'ls Nii'tH NdN h'it
iLathoaDl SQme ~ ihe.n AFe hAANN AiNFif 'NF
I,unee ol Waise, Mme, sasah bpFANsfih ~ NNet'
AoIA aud lately Aime. inQueI, Nh4N NilfN hNrNe
frepds know 80 we'll Tie was never e0N'F"f W
psini faces he painted characters.
To public educated IN less searching me'n'HS'
evas only puzzle. Few OF the scnre' o' 'ho"-
sands OF visitors 10 the Royal Academy 'onlu """o
much Of his masterly portrait OF the iiino' W
W,les TO have painted the Heir Apparent how
eyer canIers celebrity OF q certain klhd III Eng
land and there was u moment when bastieh-
In,ace seemed likely to be tho fashion lie came
here two or three years in succession. l met nm
6,st in the house where so many celebrities Ill 'he
many worlds of different artsare To he met MrAima
sradsmas lie was reserved and quiet III manner
Int would soon talk freely TO anybody VINO oared
fo hear him talk about his art. Few menoi MS
prp.ession ever were more uoIhopuo"'''
4, earnest. His patience and power
Of continuous work were not inferior to Iadema :
and th, two artists mighty valued each o'her :
worx Some Of Bastien's studies oil peasant me
were exhibited in London, III the "r"sVehor cei-
family and think also in the Academy III mas
been well said of him that the peasanlry of France
was depicted in a single peasant on Lepase can
wa The astonishing fidelity of his work, the pro-
Souud sentiment the learning, all failed to impress
shs Enolish public He went back TO his studio III
Paris not much richer fear, for his English visits
How WAS "A man To grow rich who demanded thirty
eirht sittings for "A portrait some twelve ihches
souarei That is the number he eXaeteh OF NINE
Sarah Bernhardt aud when the picture was nm
Sshed he offered il Ia her the homage oi ono artist
to another HIS studio Is stocked win master
pieees which people do not care to p"N Any h"''
than during most of siliets lifetime they cared TO
buy his The subjects were not to the general
taste. Iut he ryaled Miei IN his power OF subtle
psrcsplon and knowledge oi what 10 paint ana
how 10 paint II. aud he has secure place III 'he
history of French nrt,
Tie popularity of "ihe Candidate az The
Criterion Theatre hurpilsen, ! hear everybody con-
eefnod in ~ production MI Charles NShdhhin'
lLe every other manager in London, was at HIS
wits end for play iic accepted MI hdaptht'oh oi
N ulsson's "Lo Dopui6 do ,ombianao' bocnnre
nothing better offered. NJ. Bison han bscn known