The record-union., 1897-07-11

to some extent, fettered by the tfaol-
tions of the ancient art canons, but the
painters have burst their bonds ana
established ideals of their own. In so
doing they have freed themselves, not
only from the thralldom of the ancient
art rules, but also from the almost
equally rigorous bondage Of the Re-
naissance art. The present age, IN art
as in almost everything else, has broken
away. to no inconsiderabie extent. from
the domination of it's predecessors, and
the artists have created for themselves
new ideals, which appeal more strongly
than those of former times to the public
taste, because they are more truthful to
nature. than their predecessors. One
touch Of nature in art, as in poetry or
fiction, makes the whole world kin, and
In this fact may be found an explanation
of the popularity of such paintings as
1.-The Angelus." 1t is to art what the
picture Of Tiny Tim, with his plaintive
God bless us every one" is to litera-
ture-a perfect bit Of Characterization,
done in irreproachable style and with
the strictest regard to detail and color
ing.-Anon.
An additional volume of the Modern
Readers Bible" entitled Select Mas
terpieces of Biblical Literature is an
nounced for early publication by the
Macmillan Company, New York. This
VIII not be a book of extracts. 1t will
contain only complete and Independent;
literary compositions, or integral and
separable parts of the longer compost
I'll,
they have appeared in the various vol
umes of the Modern Readers Bible. ;"
The selection has been made, not only
on the basis Of literary beauty, but also
With the view of Illustrating the several
varieties of literary form, many of
them unfamiliar, in which the books of
Scripture are cast. Explanatory notes
are added. The volume is designed for
the use of schools, or of reading circles
desiring an introduction to the Bible on
its literary side.
The shareholders of the Suez Canal
Company, on the motion of the Prince of
Arenberg, have decided to erect an he
roic statue to the late Count de Lesseps,
the engineer of the canal, at Port Said,
the entrance of that waterway. The
cost of the monument will be about 250,-
600 francs.
From Rubinstein's autobiography:
The following gives an idea Of the status
of a musical artist in Russia few years
ago:
I Will relate what lin itself unimpor-
tant incident led me to consider the un-
satisfactory social condition of the mu-
sical profession here, and first gave me
the desire of establishing the position of
my brother artists. This is what hap
pened Once, during the fifties I went
to confess in the Kasan Cathedral (Pe-
tersburg). After had finished I ap-
preached the table to have my name in
scribed in the book.
Your family, rank and .calling?'
'Rubinstein, artist
What, do you serve IN the theater?'
NO. The deacon was annoyed
also
I am an artist-musician'
e Yes, yes. I understand: are you in
service?T j. e.. Of the Government.
Il repeat fNo-I do not serve
But who are YOU then? How am
to describe you?
These questions continued several
minutes, and don't know how matters
would have needed if the deacon had not
had the happy thought of asking,
But who, then, is your father?'
"A merchant of the second guild
'Ah, all right, now we know who you
are said the deacon. joyfuIly, we will
write you down as the son of mer-
chant of the second guild"
From The Chautauquan: Thiers'
great achievement at AK was in win
ming a prize offered by the Academy
for an essay on Vauvenargues The
way in which this prize was secured
was characteristic of Thers He wrote
one essay which would have been sue
cessful but for the fact that it was
known to be his. The essays We're sent
anonymously, but Theirs had been un-
able to refrain from reading his to a
literary society. The royalists on the
committee, knowing its authorship
We're unwilling to grant it The prize
and postponed the decision. Theirs at
once wrote another in different style
which Mignet copied and sent in anon
ymously. This essay won the prize
and the whole town laughed at The
clever scheme. The money which he
received enabled him to go to Paris.
He had hoped to practice law, but
found he had not money enough to be
admitted to the Paris bar He tried
unsuccessfully writing, fan painting
and the duties of a private secretary
but earned barely enough to keep from
starving in his garrett Finally he got
a chance to write for the "Constitu-
tionnel" The editor, to whom he ha6
an introduction, had thought to get rio
of him by asking him to write a re-
view of the Salon for that year He
supposed that Theirs must fail in such
2 task. The artistic taste which had
been developed at AK made this review
a literary event. While doing justice
to Davids great service to French art
in the past. Theirs urged emancipation
from the fetters with which David haC
bound the French school, and in con
trast called attention to Delacroix, ther
an unknown painter. This single arti.
Gle did much for French art, aad alsC
secured the author a position as {
Journalist. For this he was eminently
fitted, as he was clear headed, went
right to the heart of affairs, and al.