New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

do much hard work and accept cohsoerao'e
responsibility In managing these holiday cele-
brations without being thanked for their ser"
vices; but 1t will be the most effective method
of silencing unwarrantable criticisms based on
self-interest, and also of bringing together on
the three calendar days the worthiest repre-
sentation of distinguished and influential Ameri-
| cans abroad
The ROYAL Society of Painters in Water Coors
has lost Mr. Alfred Hunt. its greatest modern art
list, and Sir John Gilbert. its most accomplished
and pictorial of the old school Of draughts-
men and IL is with serious misgivings that one
enters its bright attractive gallery off Pail Mall
These apprehensions are well founded, as all
visitors at the private view, yesterday, OF the
new exhibition are constrained to admit me
walls are lined with good work, most OF 1t land
scape drawings but there are few superior ex-
amples Of the art which the two masters dio
so much to develop. The fgure-pieces are lie"
| in number and there are 10 novel schemes VI
| color The bulk of the work is conventional anu
| uninteresting.
Mr. E. r. Hughes, VINO has recently been
making great progress as colorst, mas iaiieh
back in his Italian Pastoral" Mr.. Herkomer
ha. an elaborate and strong drawing, oh
Strike" with an irresolute man standing IN ths
doorway while a careworn woman hangs upon
his shoulder. Mr.. Robert Allan has botn hhe
method and a rich color scheme in his way 70
the Village" and Mr.. Goodwin has good group
Of drawings illustrating his last sketching tours
one Of them, Bale" being fine example Oh Ms
best work. The remaining artists are recog-
nIzed at a glance by copies OF their previous
sketches Mrs Allinghams dainty cottage
drawings Mr.. Marks's vivid birds, Miss Mont
albo's peculiar cooring, Mr. Haags learned
work and Mr. Herbert Marshals Holland VIII
lagos are all charming, but too familiar
The cheapest and most comfortable winter
journey to be made this season is a flying visit
to Jerusalem and Palestine. 1t will occupy less
than hour and will cost a shilling At the
Fine Art Society's galleries in New Bond-st
there Is q collection of water-color drawings by
Mr.. Henry Harper illustrating with unerring
realism every aspect Of modern life in the Holy
Land. II Is a Tranquil journey around the four
walls of a single room. but when it is COM
pleted with the ninetieth drawing. the traveller
is convinced that he has seen Jerusalem and all
the holy places Tissot, Holman Hunt and Her.
bert Schmalz have painted the Holy Land and
idealized 1t as the background for sacred figures.
Mr. Harper has sketched il as 1t now appears
In it's desolate grandeur and tranquil, very-day
life. The visitor at the gallery is impressed at
once with the artists familiarity with his SUBJ
1ect and with the accuracy or MS work Inere
are no theatrical devices, no impressionist eff
fects. no tricks Of illusion or idealism. The
painter knows his ground and loves it. The
method is simple, unaffected realism and the
artists heart is in his lightest touch
All the characteristic scenes Of Jerusalem arc
reproduced There glimpses OF the Jaffa
Gate within the walls and from the road outside
the city; Of the Jews burial ground, with
graves running up the slopes Of the Mount OF
Olives; OF the Church Stairs frequented by bead
sellers and beggars; of the market place, with
a company Of Moslem deryishes and pilgrims
under Davids Tower setting out for the tomb
of Moses; Of the Via Dolorosa, David and Chris
tian streets. the Mosem quarter. the Jews wall
ing place the Harem Enclosure, with the trees
Of Judgment, Arab coffee houses. strings Of
baggage camels, the oil merchants bazaar, and
crumbng fragments of the ancient walls.
There picturesque views Of the city from
the north, and the south, and from Within with
fine effects Of morning mist and sunrise. One
of the most impressive studies is a sunset scene
with the paschal moon rising over the Sea Of
Galilee at the most solemn moment Of the He
brew ritual. There is a brilliant winter view
OF the same sea, and there sketches Of the
eastern and northern shores. The approaches
to sunny Nazareth, the mountains Of Gilboa the
fountain Of Cana, Mount Hermon yelled with
mist, the Mount of Beatitudes, the olive groves
of Bethlehem, Bethany with the Dead Sea- and
the Mountains Of Moab in the dim distance and
the grim scenery Of the Jordan Valley are ex-
hibited with a wide range Of treatment, from
lurid sunset fires to the cold grays of wintry
dawn with the snow drifting in the mountain