The Osceola times., 1884-03-08
A RARE ALBUM
Sentiments From Famous Authors.
and Pictures From Noted
Artists.
An Album OF Royal Character Valued Among
the Thousands Contributions
OF Pen ard Brush.
CroHut's New York letter.

Exhibition is well worth seeing, and
the ultimate owner will be envied, blt
in a call on Madame Gerster the other
,lav | found on her table one far more
remarkable, whose contents have con-
ii tiscated for the benefit Of your readers.
II is owned by Mrs. MargaretC Avery,
of Boston, who, | was told by Madame
Gerster. wouldn't take $4,000 for it,"
don't blame her
This is not, strictly speaking, an auto
graph album. Their" are autographs, in
deed, and bright sentiments written by
their distinguished authors; but the bulk
of the volume of 300 pages consists Of
original pictures, pen.and-ink, pencil,
sepa, and water-colors by many of the
most famous artists Of Europe and Amer
lea. There are nearly 100 ofrhese sketch
es and their uniformity Of excellence il
eXtaordinary. 1t may he said that there
is not an inartistic picture in the album,
unless we except Mark Twain's which
j. Just what il prctends To be an effort
OF untutored ambition.
Bret Hartc holds the place Of honor.
He has inscribed on the first page, in a
level, delicate feminine hand, the last
verse Of his well known poem to Dickens.
Next, William C1llcn Bryant has
written his best verse, Truth crushed to
earth shall rise again" in the perpen-
dicular, compact, involved hand that
characterized him. Then come Beecher,
Parlic Goodwin, Gay, Clifford, Fred
Church, Palmer the sculptor, Eastman
johnson, launt Thompson, and Whit
tredsc
Augustus lloppin now sets the artists
an example which hey hencefor:h brave
" follow, and occupies page with the
bust Of a sweet schoolgirl in violet ink
Whitclaw Reid contributes the tr1ism
"Amcrican politics will be found safer
when national parties no longer divide
along lines of race or latitude"
Charles sumner says: Equality of
rights is the trst of rights" And one
might guess dozen times at the name
without once guessing right.
Huntington, the artist, writes: Draw
IN, chai actcr and expression are great
aid essential in painting, but color is its
peculiar charm lie ought to have il.
Illustrated his maxim.
Theodore Tilton contents himself 10y
quoting from It. Paul: Whatsoever
Thing, are true, whatsoever things are
lunest.' ctc-half of his words con
nqc,cl together in 4 dashing newspaper
nanuscript
!. q. Holland writes a good provcrb OF
his that think The Century has taken
fnr its guide.
who never walks save where be- sees mems
tracks
Make, no discoveries,
Thy cause, o Liberty, can never fail
Whether 10y foes overwhelmed or friends be-.
trycd;
Jhcu hc It's champions of nuight afraid
a. God Is true they shall at last prevail,
William Lloyd Garrison offers this
Original verse:
They, they alone. may Justly hc dismaycd.
Ior Truth and Right are ut thy side arra,cd,
And the whole world shall yet thy triumph
hail,
Then William Bradford paint, q wild
Arctic scene iu India ink THE steamer
Pantheon among the feld-icc, in Mel
,illc hay, 1862 believe the artist was
with thr expedition, and he rem embers
irpbcrss and white bears very vividiy.
On The next page 4 |. Hayes, the Are
g. cNolurer. has-Written:. %
Thr hills were tlr'rr suuialdcd at the hour
when other bands were silvcr'd 10y the
uoun.
D." midnigh, hour-, when down the sun did
pour E
\ Hare of light, rs clsoN here ut the noon!s
ON the next Iage Thomas Worth The
cancaturist, has made the picture of a
boy, ink bcspattcred, holding up his
name on sheet of blotted, paper, and
In the Dthcr hand the colossal quill with
which hc has written it. The expression
Of triumph on the besmcared face is adj
nirahle. "-.
T. B, Aldrich next has prettily written
In refined, neat back-hanl. almost mi
crosCopiC:
Nanoahs son, In his blind rage malRn,
TumblinE the temple down upon his foes,
Did no such feat as yonder delicate vine
That day 10y day uutircd holds up rose
W. II. Beard "thc animal artist" here
plants his large square, backnand sigma
ture, and at its end pencils wonderfully
wise-looking owl holding the pencil that
is finishing the last stroke of IL. The
Joke of it is that the owl resembles Beard
Enthusiastically.
The famous Cole here drops dainty
fock of white sheep upon the page with
black ink, and scrawls his name on the
hillside whore they feed
On the next page is outlined Jolly
eJnp OF cupids playil !: blindfol1, by
SeniG Of Florence--the theme quito
Italian.
NeN is Yacht with all sails afoat up
on arlppling page, w. Z. Norton,
George L. Brown, set his name to a
companion piece occupying both pages
two water colors, very daintily wrought,
entitled II Art Divine" and "I' Art