Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-08-16
DR HINDE VISITS THR FAMOUS
NATIONAL GALLERY AND
MUSEUM Ii LONDON.
WIFE WORLDS FAMOUS MASTERS.
Study Of the Everyday Home Life Of
the People Of Belgium and
Holland-A Few Hours
at The Hague-visit-
ed Waterloo.


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After writing you IN London We visit
ed the National Gallery and Museum.
/ felt highly honored in being adj
mltted, as a special favor, D hour
before the regular time of admission
and having that hour all to myself
among the masters in painting / can
only mention a few Of the pictures !
saw. In the grand rotunda I was
deeply impressed by the four sllegor-
ical paintings Of Paul Veronese Of the
venitlan School of Art: /, "The
Happy Union" 3. "seorn." 8.
Respect "Unfaithfulness."
They have stood the test Of time and
criticism and are recognized as mas
ter pieces.
In the Dutch and Flemish school i
especially admired the equestrian
painting Of Charles |. BY Van Dyek.
Among Ruben's pieces ] admired
"The Triumph of Julius Caesar and
"Peace Driving Away the Horrors OF
War; But the greatest OF his paint
iugs that / saw was "The Abduction Of
the Sabine Women" His Judgment
Of Paris" and the "Brazen Serpent
are favorites with many.
In the British school, "Titania and
Bottom in Midsummer's Nights
Dream" by Henry FuseIli, is very
fine. "The Snake In the Grass' was
the best of Joshua Reynolds pictures
that l raw. / was charmed by the
animal pictures Of Landseer. ffThe
Sleeping Bloodhound" "Steady as q
Lion" and "shoeing the Bay Mare''
were the beet. l vas delighted to see
the original OF "The Horse Fair'' by
Rosa Bonheur. The best Of Turren's
pictures in my Judgment were "Bay
of Baiae-Apollo and the sybil,"
"Oarthage; Dido Directing the
Equipment Of the Fleet" "CaleguIa's
Palace "OhIlde Harold's Pilgrimage
In Italy," and "The Goddess of Dis
cord in the Garden Of Hesperides -
We crossed the channel last night
and to-day have passed through the
heart of Belgium and Holland, between
Antwerp and Amsterdam, where ]
find myself tonight. We stopped
q few hours only at The Hague and
saw the places Of interest there. II Is
not especially noted for hne buildings,
but we were interested in seeing the
"Honse IN the Woods,n the place
where the Peace Conference mel, ana
the where we saw Home of
Rembrandt's best pictures, such as
"David Playing to SAUL" 'The Dis
section and "Homer." We also saw
the celebrated painting of Paul Pot
ter, "The BRli;" Clgnani's "Adam
and Eve" "Cain and Able" and On
Jardin's "Doubting Thomas
But my greatest enjoyment to-day
has not been in seeing fine paintings
or fine buildings, but IN studying the
home-lIfe of these country Belgiana
and Hoilanders, and witnessing the
bewitching scenery of their country,
unlike anything else in the world. We
saw the country at lts best, as they
are nos In the midst OF an abundant
harvest Of wheat, rye, oats and grass
and their abundant vegetables are Ia
the richest profusion. IL seems
strange to our American eyes to SEE
their primitive methods Of harvesting
with the sickle and scythe. We saw
many women hard ct work In the
harvest fields. There are no fenceI
on these farms, but they are divided
up In small fields By bitches, which &
seems to me our stock would readily
leap over. The white and black
spotted cows are the prevailing feature
of the scenery as they appear scat
tered everywhere over These smaf
green pastures that lie away below
the level Of the sea-. The dykes ant
windmilIs are found everywhere, aut
with the other features OF the scenery
present q wierd picture that car
never be forgotten. There are veFs
few horses and / have noticed bul
two hogs and one mule here all day
There are but few birds In sight, ths
black bird prevailing.
Having Just arrived I have seeE
very little of Amsterdam, and may
have something TO say later. Il Is {
town Of bridges, there being 600, | an
told. / have never een such = sigh
- is presented on the street .Aghl
on which cos hotel IL located. There
are are no vehicles and the street II
filled from one side to the other, q
far az the eye can reach, with pedee-
TRANS going both ways with unceas-
ing tramp. ] am told this is the case
every night. Amsterdam is called the
sevsniee Of the HoFth.n
We had 3 fine ride through the
beautiful park with winding canail
fall Of swan. We passed By raj
through the heart of old Rotterdam
which, to me, vas the most unique Of
these Holland cities with canals run
ming all through it. On our return
trip we stopped ct Antwerp and Wis
tied the museum and great cathedral.
l forgot to say that Amsterdam waE
the home Of Rembrandt, and we saw
his great statne.
Rotterdam was the hons of the
great scholar and reformer, Erasmus
the coadjutor Of Luther, and they
have 3 statute of him On the square,
Antwerp isa ane eitg, the buiIdings
mostly being Of white marble.
This is the home Of Rgbens and We
saw be statue and many Of his best
paintings butthe greatest dissppoint-
msat Of cur trip vas mIsaing hia four
masterpieces IN the Cathedral, owing
10 our being too late. But ID the
Museum ne sas his "Oruoiexion,' p
the Adoratlon Of the Magi'' and the
aDescent from The oross, Dby Thys. bis
papll. TIE beet thing In this gallery,
Think. is Che ailsgoricAl picture Of
Eporkmanss representing The petition
Of the citizens Of Antwerp 70 the
King Of Austria begging him to open
he enmmeEce Of the city. @Behead.
ing Of jena The Bapiissp by De Woes
l. Eood, Haa siso bic Doubling
Tkomas.a IalBo saw some Of Van
Dsek,s best paintings. He alec lived