New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

The Geological Magazine. The AZ, 11
Art he Quarterly Review t for J on s s tan
oer,odins al as,9ry OF so on Painting IN the same
SpfeeRins few years ago the state of art in
s Ba,s al the time Mr. Rnskin said mournfully
grum6llng Is of no Besides am afraid Of an
open my mouth and If caGnot yop K kPST o
ABOUT people do not look at them / may briefly
s sfs,s Is DIRECTED to tastes that in Vicious
they in the service Of luxurious Class who
must be amused, than amused / think
greater skill but far less 'Ia Snege In ufs Sa
s1efe et OF II IN the artists themselves. may
say that my chief feeling is that things are going
powerfully to the bad. but that there may be
start up and check It. Look at these drawings 81
Iurner-there is nothing wrong in them; but in
pictures either too sketchy or too a5ished
mere Is something wrong with the man-up to the
Are you satisfied with the result OF your teach
Ger .Ce9rtainly not! not in the least; have made
people go wrong in hundred ways and they
rather bitterly. AN teacher; they have picked
talking too much and doing too little and SO have
peen unable to form school; and people have not
not understand it, ~
ST. GEORGES GUILD AND MUSEUM.
In 1871 Mr. Ruskin began a series of monthly let
tiers 10 workingmen under the general title of Fors
ClaVigera," which was continued-though at irregu-
lar. intervaIs-for a number of years In these
writings Mr.. Ruskin sought elevate the character
OF the aboring class. and suggested fund for rails
ing the standard of domestic life among the pro-
ducing classes To this purpose he devoted a very
endowed "the St Georges Company" Of which he
was 10 be grand master. He Invited subscriptions
Ior increasing the fund so that ii might be large
enough for the purchase of proper estate for the
members. The number of subscribers to the fund
however. was small; and the amount received.
der the BTtsh pabc w .n5t ne had been swim
o. 3 of whit he r1iprht
have returned to them the quarter in dividends.
spending the rest pleasantly upon himself. and
then announcing the failure of the project owing
to the unprecedented state of commercial affairs
some small piece OF English ground beautiful
ppon II and no rairoadsy nn no steam engines
but the sick, none idle but the dead I'VE viii
dren shall learn to dance to ii and sing it; per-
maps 1 some OF the old people in time may also. We
II Ike the Greeks We can't make some pots
foundation of the ST. Georges Museum at WaIkIey
shet1eid. 10 interest the general public in this
membership in the St George's Company. and
corning it. He enumerated the different objects he
aimed at, stating that. though agricultural work
which he was best capable and which would be the
eonsunmation of ali that hitherto had been en-
People frequently asked him why he chose sbef
field for it in preference to other towns His an
was that he acknowledged iron work as an
h WORK in To as aRe Of it's P Rnd ana 6hs
reason was because Sheffield was in Yorkshire and
Yorkshire, Yet, in the main temper of its inhabi-
tants old English. and capable therefore yet of
land lived; finally because shef4eid was within
easy reach of beautiful natural scenery, and of the
ham, seIby and Furness Mr.. RusRin rejected the
designs prepared for him and designed the building
ought 10 be ! 1t believed that Mr. Ruskin in
ing TO- store there his pTceess Collection Of art
treasures for the permanent be1efit Of the people
formed Of companions of 81. Georges. The general
Ruskin's statements concerning the art gallery IN
II. He attached great importance 10 sculpture.
nuS ~ SeteIe H. f ~
OF az leas' asturns me unaeTstahoing OF me
and complete arrangement of the art gallery at
sculpture. 1t must be carefully observed. however,
that the word sculpture" would be there some
guides Of public taste, THE idea at first formed
q Sculpture I gaery MIL the % Ye Gi Of
Milo in the middle OF it. an undersized Laocoon at
rs ss n nf ne akie MUSEUM was on the
contrary to be arranged on Mr.. Rusktns strong
conviction and frequent assertion that "a York
looking at than any o. QUANTITY Of venuS Of Milo
while. on the other hand; "a town which is doing
benefited by the possession Of statues OF Apollo"
TRAITS AND ESTIMATES
At the beginning OF 1888 Mr.. Ruskin returned TO
the Slade Professorship at Oxford. Certainly his
popularity had not waned. The lecture was
sons were unable to gain admission that he was
persuaded to repeat his lectures elsewhere in a
larger hall. IN these discourses he took up mis-
ceIlaneous social topics and discussed them with
his old-trne freedom and vigor. After about two
years service ne finally resigned his connection
with the University account Of falling health,
but the last he gave his time and thought and
means TO the building OF ale museum at Walkley.
His successor in the Slade Professorshlp was
Hubert Herkomer, the eminent German-Englso
MI Ruskin may well be regarded a notable
geographic phenomenon-certainly as one OF the
most remarkable men OF the age. II cannot be de-
MED that he TO the last degree dogmatic AFRO
which has secured and will retain for him admir-
ing disciples. His earnestness like that OF MI Car
lyle. arrests and maintains attention People VINO
care little nothing for painting Ike 10 READ What
charmed by the wealth OF MS language alu aLe
grandeur OF bis descriptive writing lie was way
dull. He spoke always the thought Of to-day,
whether Il consistent with the thought OF yes
humblest Of his kind; and II he has failed II was
because with all his goodwill, he was unfortunate
in his methods and resolute in adhering 10 them;
Much of this biographical record was published
during 1858. in the autobographic work entitled
on what he regarded the shortcomings OF men
or n sGe nee Nth baracterstic vgor The ma ority
Of them, he would nave no Soul loE any Sllte
beyond dynamics, the laws Of chemistry ana the
like They cannot appreciate the beauties OF nature,
and they regard the imaginative mar--one VINO can
rider: as an objectionable person whom he. must
throw of Il he possibly can ISuo9 a man ab -
can embrace not only the laws that be, but who can
nature has 10 show. as the GFeator naue men,
Such a man was Won Humboldt, such man was
reesrds NV opinion OF Tyndau I admire his spen-
did COURAGE am a dreadful physical coward my
losing of it-and his schoolboy love OF adventure;
he has real and intense interest IN the subjects
viii he UP; naive to a degree-tncurabIy 50;
but he has never felt himself TO be sinner against
lie mot n