The record-union., 1898-11-20

New York Tribune: Our cores
pondent, M. B. E., writes: "As is we'll
known, the world famous painter of the
Horse Fair leads life of strict ar
tistic seclusion. / have, however, .oW-
ing to a rare piece of good fortune, just
had the honor of being received by the
great artist. Still hard at work as
ever, active as a girl, and full OF VI
vacity, it is difficult to believe that
Rosa Bonheur is in her 18th year AS
my visit was not that of the inter-
viewer (never allowed to cross her
courtyard, but of the friend OF dear
English friend, will say nothing of her
surroundings her animals, her park,
her conversation, or of the stupendous
canvas she has in hand. / will merely
record the unforgetable impression OF
the greatest living Frenchwoman and
the greatest living woman artist.
Rosa Bonheur's physiognomy, in its
intense intellectually and animation,
continues M. B. E., recalls the por-
traits of Michelet and Theirs. Her hair,
in silvery slips is worn short, and
adds to the impression of similitude. |
do not think / ever saw SO striking a
over, as are those of the two great
writers just named. Her hands, too,
are remarkable, the delicate, taper fin
gers and filbert nails being eminently
characteristic of her countrywoman. On
the breast of her black alpaca blouse,
or rather short coat, she wore the ro-
sette of the Legion of Honor-most
priced, naturally, of her many decora-
f|an%
would interest your readers. will only
add, as illustrative of character, that
my introduction was from friend lost
sight of for upward of forty years. Here
comes out the sincerity which is typical
of French character-your French
friend, through good and evil fortune,
remains your friend for ever."-West-
minister Gazette.
Among the foreign pictures at Pitts
burg is 1.-The Disciples at Emmaus," by
Dagnan-Bouveret, which has been pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.. Frick, as
a gift to the. Carnegie Institute. The
painter has selected the moment when
Christ has broken the bread. A pure
white light streams from His person.
His divinity is revealed. One disciple
recognizes it with eager acceptance, the
other shields his face with his hands as
if dazed by the revelation. A serving
girl stands in wonder, and on the other
side of the picture the painter has in
trodueed portraits of himself and wife
and boy. The expression on his face
suggests mot proven; the wife ac-
cepts the miracle with her intelligence,
the boy with child's unquestioning
faith. The composition of the picture
is boldly StatueSque; the coloring, a
brilliant central mass contrasted with
the sober richness of the secondary por-
tions. The effect is as far as possible
from being sensational or theatrical
Earnestness and reserve are felt
throughout.
New York Times: Certainly London
is becoming a center of American paint.
ing. If Mr.. Broughton is not to the
manner born, Mr.. Sargent is, and so is
Mr.. Shannon and Edwin Abbey and the
unique Mr.. Whistler. There is some
thing fine in the way John Bull artistic
John, welcomes any one who can paint
and can draw, irrespective of nation
ality, and. take it all together. England
is a mighty free country and liberal
minded. In a literary way, that is, as
far as our recent writer's go, the Eng
lishman is beginning to be interested in
them. When he sees that such and
such book of American origin is at
tracing attention in New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston or Chicago, John says:
''These fellows that fight their ships so
WELL and show such pluck in the field.
or two. and maybe their tastes are Not
so different from ours" Just on ac-
count of that newly awak ed feeling
there will be more Anne an books
taken up in England, thor Sir Walter
Besant's millennium year, Hth a single
edition of a million of V umes of one
and the same book, we may still have
TO wait for.
1.-The Land of the Pigmies" is the
title of a new book in which Guy Bur
rows, Captain commandant in the SER
vice of the Congo Free State, tells
many entertaining things about the
queer little African people among
whom he lived for some time. Crowell
announces this volume for immediate
publication.
It Is mentioned by correspondent
of The Writer" that Mark Twain gives
exceeding care to composition. He.
sometimes rewrites an article a dozen
or more times, studying the whole range
of syntax to give precision and lucid
ity to. a thought. For some fourteen
summers he lived at Quarry Farm. near
Elmira, the home of his sister-in-law.
Mrs. Crane. One day he disappeared,
and no trace of him was found until
at dinner time he reappeared at the
house. Where in the world have you
been all day?' he was asked. T-have-
ing-for-a-word,' replied