The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-24
LITERARY NOTES.

many NhflNlHus uerpll regret une
fact that there is no authentic por>
trait of their Master. Others think
it hetter that the world should not
know the exact hnenmcnts Of its
Redeemer. 1t is certain that this lack
Of recognized likeness has given op
portunily for the highest Al tistic gem
fuses to portray their conception of
his appearance But the personality
of the printers, necessarily obtruding
itself even into their ideal Chrsts, de-
stroys the value of these pictures for
many people. 1t would seem, how"
ever, from Mr.. N. II. IngersoPS arti-
Gle in the May Harper's ("Portraits
Of the Saviour") that there probably
was an historic portrait of Jesus
known to the early Christians on
which The most ancient pictures of
him were based, for they all agree
in the principal characteristics, and
point to commonly received likeness
Beginning with these Mr. lngersolI
traces the history OF the subject down
to the present. Among the many
rare illustrations perhapYthe most GU
rious is copy of the Emerald Ner-
nicle portrait, which is supposed to
be the only true portrait OF the Saw
iour. The original is said to have
been carved on an emerald for Iiberl>
US Caesar, seized by the Turks at the
capture cf Constanlinople, and after
ward returned to Christeudom AS
gift to Pope Innocent VIII. from the
Turkish Emperor for the redemption
of his captive brother. A beautiful
engraving of Da Vinci'5 impressive
cartoon, "The Man Of Sorrows" ac-
companies the article. Two modern
paintings Of great power, also given,
vindicate our age (but not our coun"
try) from the charge Of low artistic
ideals. These are Faith by E.
Armitage, r. A., and IA Head Of
Christ, by Hugues Merle, The latter
combines wonderful amount of re-
fnemenl, gentleness, and strength.
The present owner obtained it i'll all
odd way. Late one evening for
eigner brought into a New York art
store a painting which he was very
anxious to sell for cash, being in II fl
naucia strait He would not say
where he got it or how. A wealthy
gentleman of the city who knew good
pictures happened to be in the store,
and at once saw that it was u treas
ure. file bought it for trihe, and
carried it home himself, not daring to
leave it over night. 1t is regarded an
extraordinary gem.
The Southern Bivouac for May
closes the first volume Of the new Sc
ries most creditably. The first arti2 Gle
is an illustrated story by Dan. E.
OSullivan, well told and dramatic in
movement and incident. A paper of
unusual interest is contributed by
James W. A Wright, on prison life
at the North, entitled "War Prisons
and War Poetry" Miss Rowland's
second paper on the Virginia lava
liers" is even more interesting than
the first. Col Il. L. Duret concludes
his papers on the Resolutions of 1893,
1899 with n very interesting biograph-
ical sketch of John Breckiuridge.
These papers are of unusual value and
have attracted much attention. The
last is illustrated with IA portrait OF
John Breckinridge aud by a picture
of his law office. Two poems in the
May Bivouac will be widely read
One is an illustrated poem by H. g
Wright, Of unusual imaginative force
The other is memorial poem by
Maurice Thompson for Decoration
Day, simple but striking. The fou
closing lines are as follows:
What without love is victory worth?
What is defeat if love be won?
Hearts of the South, hearts of the North
Throb louder than the drum or gun.
The first years record of the South
ern Bivouac shows clearly that tn
South is able to produce and is will
ing literally to support representa-
t,,o Etnr,,,,