The record-union., 1898-07-24

england, Palestine and Italy.
only few days ago the author of
Lorna Doone'' passed his seventy-third
birthday in good health and pleasant
temper showing absorbed interest in
MS approaching crop of rawberries.
The always bewitching Lorna Doone'
was written about thirty years ago,
yet it is still sold by the thousand.
Even the author is amazed at it's con-
unued success, evinced among many
ways by the naming of ships and
coaches after it. ''Oh, that book!" he
exclaims, annoyed if it is mentioned in
his presence 1T is pity it was ever
written; it ought to be destroyed''-
he is tired of hearing about it. An
English friend writes of him that he
has an intense dislike to the modern
interview" and the word boom is
to him accursed, and he adds: In all
Mr.. Blackmore's work there is clean
manliness and geniality that ever
emanates from him when in his pres
ence, fine hatred of humbug, and a
sharp insight into character especially
rural character. His books are tinged
with the humorous sarcasm that rip
pies from his lips when you are talking
With him. He has a great love and re-
spect for the giants of literature of his
own early days"
New York Tribune: The death of Sir
Edward Burne-JoneS is deeply regret
ted, and it is natural to say that it
means a severe loss to British art, yet
the first thing realized by a careful
observer is that it leaves the develop
ment of that art quite unaffected. This
not merely because the famous painter
who has just died was Of advanced
age and had run his course, but be-
cause from the beginning he had held
himself aloof from the ideas and events
which had chiefly interested his con-
temporaries. He had no predecessors.
He leaves no successors. RosSetu was
his earliest master, and, with William
Morris, had a certain influence upon
the evolution Of his art, but when
the historian of the nineteenth century
comes to Burne-Jones he will describe
him as a romanticist and medievalist
born out of his time, as phenomenon
unexplained by anything save the
tendency of many artists and authors
in this century to concern themselves
with everything except the life about
them. In this respect Burne-Jones was
characteristic of his time. The list of
men of genius who have withdrawn
themselves from modern life to dwell
with ancient and even with mytholog-
ical things is a long one; the list OF
men of talent who have done the same
thing is longer. Burne-Jones is hard
TO classify He had something more
than talent, but he had something less
than genius. The ambiguity Of his po-
sition colored his art and constitutes
its most interesting aspect for the stu
dent.
Academy Fables: A man waited upon
the Secretary of the department OF let
ters and asked for employment.
What are you?" inquired the Secre-
tary.
We'll, I have had extensive expert
ence in the larding of regulations"
quoth the man.
"Ah!" sighed the Secretary, 1--WE are
already very much over stated in that
direction. What we need just now is
a competent person to comb FOOLS
The small birds decided 10 give con-
cert. And the linnet went round and
invited the stork.
Thanks" said the stork but my
voice is neither here nor there"
"Come-and bring your family!" cried
the linnet. 80 many of US have volun-
teered to warble that we are bound to
be badly put to it for an audience.
The Salons medal of honor this year
was voted to Jean jacques Henner IN
painting. to George Gardet in sculpture
and NJ. Patriot in the section OF en-
craving and lithography.
Miss Caroline Kane Mills, who Will
soon marry Leo Everett, a grandson OF
the late Edward Everett of Boston, Is
one Of the best known portrait paint
ers in New York, and she will not give
up her studio after her marriage.
one Of the popular attractions of the
Paris Exposition of 1900 will be CO.
lossal picture of THE Coronation or
the CZar." by Gervex, which Will seem
asmost as big as the original scene, Tor
the chapel in Moscow. where the coro-
nation took place is uncomfortaply
small. The picture will contain no less
than 300 figures, all Of them PORTRAITS.
The Car and CZarina and seVeral
Grand Duchesses have already gwen
several sittings.
AS a race the colored people have
made so little progress in the direction
of art that few people give thought
to the part they may in the future play
in the artistic world. However, of the
MANY significant echoes from the Paris
salons this year there are few more
fuu of meaning than those which con-
Germ the work of the young American
negro Mr.. Tanner. His father, VINO
was a colored minister, was anxious
that his son should follow in his foot
stems. but the young man felt himself
best fitted for a painters career, ana
told his father that he would do as
much for Christianity with his brush as
he ever could preaching the Gospel Up
to the present time his subjects nave
always been religious, the Annunciation
heinp the theme of his latest salon
nictnre This work has received high
praise from many quarters, and one
critic has gone so far as to say that
in the whole of the two salons only one
picture came nearer TO the greatest In
art Mr. Tanner has already had the
signal honor of seeing one of his pic
lures placed in the Luxembourg. Sure
ly there is food for thought in his sue
cess. and II tends to confirm the predic-
ton Of one of the best known local ar
lists. who believes that the colored peo-
pie are by temperament unusually we'll
endowed for artistic work, and prophe-
sizes that ii will only be a question of