The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-21
Huxley ON Lux Mundi--An Artists Studio
.-About Dorothy Tennant's
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hope he will enjoy his reviews and spend
his cheque merrily. Meanwhile F. O.
Burnard's burlesque on Stanley's book is
published to-day and will be read no doubt
by thousands who will shy at tho original.
Nothing does book 80 much good a. to be
burlesqued by the editor of Punch or by
that cynio of oynios, Andrew Lang. It
made the fortune of Charles Reade's "Foul
Play years ago, and more recently of
Hugh Conway's Ozark Days." The pub
fishers know this we'll and are only too
glad to supply advance sheets Gas Messrs.
Sampson & Low have done of Stanley's
book) for the purpose.
That Miss Tenants picture has been
sold to the owners of a certain soap and is
to be turned into an advertisement every
body knows already but heard a good
story of it to-day that will bear repeating.
The painting was priced in the New Gallery
catalogue at $50 guineas (1,312 dollars.
Stanley was announced the offer Of $50
guineas LIST dollars) was made for it. The
secretary thinking Miss Tenant might not
like to miss a certain market wrote and
asked If she would accept it. That clever
young lady wrote at once certainly not,
put the price up to 900 guineas (1,575 dol
fars). You will understand the reason of
this in few days." and little later on for
800 guineas it was sold to the maker of
soap.
Probably you are all reading 1.-THE Gentle
Art of Making Enemies" just as We are.
It is imp9dent, witty, and very dear at the
price. All the same we read it and pass on.
Whistler himself is enormously pleased
and gave rarity on the strength of it last
Sunday. Rather an unlucky day for
GeorRe Broughton r. A. and his, wife had q
party at Campden Hill just precisely at the
same moment, to meet the Kendals and the
crowds to their lovely house there were not
too many left for the butterfly.
sDorian Gray" Our Oscars new book is
a real surprise and it's probably one to him
that we find it SO. But the fact is we think
it unpleasant, and worse, suggestion in all
was allowed to run through Lippincott's 9
Magazine. He is being Slated" all round
for it here and does not like it Judging by
his letters to st. James, Gazette.
Has IA Marriage de Convenance" reached
You yet2 1t is a good deal talked of here
The author is G. F. Keary, clever and still
young Cambridge man who was in the coin
department of the British museum till he
broke down in health three years ago and
had to retire on one of the modest pensions
that usually appertain to government civil
service. AItor going AOOuC CtIuduy 1Or q
bit he wrote sort Of travel-book and idyll
rolled into one, which he called "a Wan
derer," and published last year. The
knowing ones said it was very clever and
excellent literature, but the circulating
library public would have little to do with
it. Now he has brought out his novel. It
is in the form of letters, about as unpopu-
lar a method of writing q story as can we'll
be imagined, but the droll part of it is first
that it is great success, and next that it is
not only very witty and amusing, but has q
good spice of the propriety in it.
Andrew Lang devoted leader in the
Daily News to it, the Saturday Review took
and George Saintsbury positively gushed
over it in the Academy.
The Nineteenth Century will be with you
even sooner than this is, and you will be
able to judge of Prof. Huxley's article on
LUX Mundi' for yourselves. It is very
critical examination of the Bible story Of
the deluge from the scientific point of view,
and is altogether bit of work that has evil
IDENTIFY been done con amore. Indeed the
great professor is never 60 happy, as whom
he has trimmed quill, doubled his fists
and gone for somebody's theory with fear
lessness and fervor.
The authors of the famous book do not
get much greater, neither does Canon Lid
den, for all the politeness with which he is
treated. 1t has gone into it's eighth edi-
tion, but one never sees it in a drawing
the study. Every clerical in the land from
the Archbishop of Canterbury down to the
poorest curate in the land is expected to be
on intimate terms with it and ready to talk
about it at moments notice. While Hux-
ley was going for "Lux Mundi'' he light
ened his labors by sitting for his portrait to
his son-in-law, the Hon. John Collier, who
painted the famous one of him holding a
skull which was exhibited in the Royal
Academy some years ago. This new picture
is quite success and represents him in
his study with his books and
confusion. He had not far to 90 to sit, for
while the building of new house, q mile
of, is going on he and his wife (who was
the youngest Miss Huxley are staying with
the professor, who actually allowed a tempo
rary studio made of zinc and bricks, to be put
up in his back garden. just large enongh
dist chapel and affords striking contrast
to the church, which is next door. for Prof.
Huxley is perhaps one of the best ex-
amples we have of the proverb ''the nearer
to church the farther from God"
One Of the most interesting portraits just
life-size one, of the beautiful Miss Mabel
Pollock. The young lady, who is fail
with lovely coloring, 10 painted all in black
large black hat, black dress with blacl
gloves, is carrying black parasol. no colol
anywhere save in the face. throat and hair
The background is grey and the whole ef.
feet most striking.
On the aide wall haAgs Alma Tadema'a
"Sculptor's Model" the famous picture OF
single nude figure that made 90 great a
sensation some years ago. It came into its
present owners hands in this way. When
John Collier vas still novice in art hi
father, Lord Maxwell, then Sir Robert Col
lier. wished him 10 take lessons from tn,
great master. Tadema objected ON tn
he added he would let John Collier see him
paint nude figure and try il that vouls
teach him to do Nssh tints properly. Thil
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