Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07

and which naturally commentaries the
together an Elizabethan exhibition which
would have recalled the giories OF the
occasion rather from geographical than
a historical point Of view. 1t would not
have been a difficult matter to have brougnt
great Tudor queen The British Museum
alone possesses not few personal relics
of Elizabeth, among which Is gem In the
shape Of book Of morning and evening
prayer which belonged to her. The little
Tirwftt in 1874. and is contained In an
enameled gold cover. on which are the
'brazen serpent" and the Judgment OF
Solomon" =
This is only one of several Elizabethan
objects which 1 have seen in the gold orna-
ment room The coin room possesses hne
collection of coins. medals and tokens as
ISOLATED with the reign, and in the manu-
script department are many letters, procia-
nations and other documents which could
appropriately be shown in connection with
the commemoration of SO notable an event
in history at the tercentenary OF the death
Dean Farrar Did Not Believe In the
Mass. -
= Why was Dean Farrar not made a
: bishop? He was eloquent he was learned.
he was pious and he had been school
master. He had one great fault, which
was fatal in the eyes of Mr.. Gladstone and
the Marquis Of Salisbury-he did not be-
lieve in the mass, either In Its Ro-
man form, or. as Mr.. Disraeli said, In
'masuuerade:' Dean Farrar drew men to
public worship In a manner that all the
ritualists combined have failed to do; his
books were sold In millions. and translated
into all European languages. He was q
real power in the Church Of England, and
yet If 1t had not been for the Earl of Rose
harx, he ~ how honn q dpQn
some men were made bishops who were
absolutely incapable Of preaching an intel
igible sermon.
The fact that so distinguished a man as
Dean Farrar was not made bishop clearly
proves that in the event Of the ascendency
Of the extreme rituahsts In this country no
faithful son of the Church of England Will
have chance Of preferment OF any kind,
Salisbury owed their positions as prime
minister, the one to the Professionalism OF
nonconformity and the other to the Pro-
testantism of churchmen. and yet in their
church appointments they disregardeo the
sentiments of both powerful sections OF
their supporters Canon Fleming, one OF
the most eloquent men living, Is set on one
side because he Is moderate churchman
Ecclesiastical patronage Is falling thick
on the prime minister. Though he has been
but eight months in his present office. Mr..
Balfour has already appointed the primate.
four bishops wiz: Winchester. ST. Alban $,
Newcastle and Exeter. two deans west
minister and Winchester) and one canon
CDR. Beeching of Westminster). Now, by
the death of Dean Farrar the deanery of
Canterbury, for which there Is certain to
be many aspfrants, has fallen to his gift.
Dean Farrar was we'll known to the older
members Of the house Of commons, having
been selected by the present Viscount Peel,
when speaker, as his chaplain
The late dean was a member Of the old
school of liberals, and when, having been
fn invited
to preach the sermon before the members
OF the house at his old church Of st. Mar
garet's. Westminster, on the occasion Of
the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, he
the eyes of some Of the unfonist members
that formal objection was taken to the mo-
ton to have the sermon officially published.
But, despite this, DR.. Farrar was highly
esteemed as a man by all parties in the
house. and very pleasant memories are
cherished Of his association with it.
Spring Art Season On.
The spring art season is in full swing. So
far from the Royal British Artists having
1t all their own way. yesterday with the
private view Of their nineteenth exhibition
nine or ten like invitations were sent out
to picture lovers. To assess the worth Of
the art of Fantin Latour one can do no
better than to go to the Dutch Gallery in
Brook street. where Mr.. Van Wisseldngh
has brought together twenty-one examples
from his brush. 1t is no trivial, lightly-to-
be-dismissed exhibition which attracted
visitors to the Fine Art Society's. Here are
school and two others-R. p. bennington
and Peter de Whit. They form one of the
most carefully selected private collections
anywhere to be found.
By John Crome are deep toned forest
scenes. a view OF a castellaaed height, river
flowing at the base, red-frOnted cottage,
in the manner of De Hooch: a marine at
sunset. ominous cloud overhead. reminis-
reigns In Cotmans study of fishing boats,
their white sails unruff1ed; Crome's Re
turn to the Flock with a rhythmic bend
Of river. a sky beautifully gradated, is
view of Lincoln from the Witham belonged
to the artists widow; there is a blithe
French landscape by Bennington, and other
Interesting examples from his brush
Pictures in the Haymarket.
In the Haymarket Messrs. Tooth and
Messrs. Mclean have arranged spring
shows. Each contains at least one mag
| ni1cent assertion of the worth of art At
Messrs Tooth's there is f1gure-study OF
Meissonier, miniature-like in finish; a la1 se
and impressive Pass Over the Hills" by A
Shreyer; recently executed presentmen,
Of Highland cattle. by Mr.. Peter Graham
assertive portraits. by Royaet: things OF
note by Dupre. Bourguereau. Harpignies-
the Coup de Vent is unusual-Corot and
| others. But 1t is to the painting by Diaz
OF the celebrated oak in tie forest of Fon.
tainebleau that one is attracted. It is also
the work of a Barbizon master which forms
the attraction at the Mclean Gallery; be
yond this. however. there is little in com.
mon between the structural oak of Dtaz
and the exquisitely winnowed dream ex-
pressed by Corot in "L'Etangnde Morte-
fontein." The girl, in faint pink skirt
whose upstretched arms rest on the slender
birch; the f1Ower-starred grass Of the fore
ground; the silvery lake, Swallowed by the
hill to the right; these are unforgetable
features in a picture that haunts the i'm
ag1natfon.
At the Graves Galleries Mrs. Adrian C.
Hopes Friends. and Fancies' are the at
traction; at the Woodbury. Gallery stu
dents Of the Grovenor Life School, past
and present, show ninety-four works; Miss
Norah Butson, fiftyfour water-color draw
ings. mostly of Venice; at the Holland Fine
Art Gallery, Graston street, are modern
Dutch pictures to the number of about
fifty-three, notably a series by A. Van
Anroey. skilled II uninspired, and one or
two church interiors, seldom met with. by
J. ]. schenkel a contemporary of Bos-