New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-26
LITERARY NOTES.

TO America II seems that the comedies sell
far more freely than the tragedies Dante is
more popular than Byron. Twenty thousand
copies OF the Paradise have been sold, where
only a third OF that number Of copies OF Chlioe
Harold" have been circulated The Essays OF
Ella" are the most frequently sold OF All lhe
books published in the series.
Modern mural decoration is an art IN process
Of formation Individualism runs riot IN lt, ana
where an occasional master. like the late Puvls
de ChaVannes, labore with perfect seIf-posses-
sion along settled lines many painters entering
this field leave their works with an air OF eN-
Recommendation hanging about them Every H.
telIgent effort TO clarity the subject is. there
fore welcome, and glad to note the I'M
narration by the Scribners of a convenient
oc,a,1o called Mural Painting by Mr. f. H.
Jackson. in the series Of ''Handbooks for the
Designer and Craftsman" in which good DOOM
ON ssIntarsia and Marquetry oy the same az
,bor WAS published some time ago. MI. Jack
son's object is to stimulate the modern aF1lsI
by calling to his attention the best work OF the
mast and in this volume he has gone very care
Ell, into the history Of his subject. He writes
or the preparation of the wall and OF the diner
emf modes of mural painting which have been
-,r-sc+ised in the great epochs. He brings To-
gather a quantity Of useful technical lnIorfna-
zion. and his lucid presentation OF 1t shouio 10
Of real service to the craftsman HIS i44u0'
4ions are practically all from the old nas'eiS
They have q special value, inasmucn as lhe O'N
masters when they have taught Ihe II4o0e-
much as to technical matters nave sun M
to teach him in respect TO design anu sly &c a.
mural decoration One Of Raphal s VAST s0.o---e
a. +ra Vatican is worth innumerable lectures
- - .be decorator the principles that
.,o,,15 govern the filling of a given space MI
T.cl-son gives toward the close OF his NoIuIne
oa Interesting notes early studio usage %
.s+sbIished by the Guild OF the Painters
,,.. most scrupulous honesty was prescTloe9 N
the use Of colors anq In1IsH eunnI1 themselves
& zine by humorous expedients, It was cq BE
sidered an act OF anv but the best colors ANY
r1euaber of the guild who saouiG GaIT color other
70 use N I ms have promised to employ-as for
INSTANCE alioyed gold for me gGo' for azure red
copst que esrmine for cinabrese-should be pun,
shed and fined upon every Se USE Of good coiors
s . RELIGIOUS obligation, and most especla1ly "a
poTIsynag f fae his work God and Our Lady viii
Teconpense him in the soul ana III tte gIfyerent
e. s-arcaIv necessary 70 point OUT now oIlIeLe 90 ~
-, sItz Is from the temper which prevails IN lle
most cultivated art centres ad f ne frt produced
IS Of different kind which is 10 De eApeteeuI m
ing Of The craft OF painting was much more 10
than 1t is now There was hrst S eati % and IN
sg to make it worth while TO teach nm II
the master was satisfied the BOY vas sworn v never
q Adix1iise the secrets of the art till. having pc
come nn Sno1Id then teach them first binding
them by similar oatn e nnaI t 49, Years in an
ant school is considered sufficient equlpHenI 10
enabe the asprant TO wTestie Win tne H1s a6 he
cannot have the advantage Of having seen tnOs S
S1-obIerns approached from different points ana
.o,2e5 more or less successfully by his masters
In 1.-The METROPOLITAN there is clever paper
nv Mr.. Max Beerboh1n on Whistler as writer
Max cherishes the famous painters famous oooK'
saving. When I dub Whistler an immortal
writer. mean precisely that so long as there
are people interested in the subtler ramihcatlons
of English prose as an art, so long Will there
be e. few constantly recurring readers Of The
Gentle Art" Continuing. he says;
Whistler was that rare phenomenon, the good
tslker who could write as well as ne ta1ke1
sna 1,o7 will hear voice in it. and face in It,
and see gestures IN it And none OF these Is qulIe
Hon never knew WHISTLE never even on
him You see him and know him heTs Inc AZ vo fe
end OF every sentence and sometimes rising 10 d
sudden screen as OF If tbe tker are ashng out at
you and his long. nervous fingers are tracing QUICK
seen Whistler to know what he was like He pro-
5ectsd through printed words TIE ceancut mae I
Writer achieving perfection through pains which
Ike himself. necessarily. his style was cosmo-
and Boweryisnls and Partisan argot, with constant
"reminiscences OF the authorlzed version OF the Qlh
shreds and tags Of what-not snatched from a nun
ato,ve n st stvle II was stve Of the maddest
motley. but S Of motley 50 deity cut and fitted
come q gracious harmony for all beholders.
~The London Chronicle" alludes TO one Of the
most charming customs Of the French the cleo
ton Of Muse, daughter Of the people whose
Office It IS TO place the laurel crown upon the
efigy OF some ilustrious parsonage when this
receives public honors. AIichelets bust in the
Place de PHotel de Vile was crowned by Mile
Eruestine Curot, seamstress. chosen for this dis
stnction by the votes OF twenty thousand Paris
fan workwomen in her reimbursement. Mile
Curot is Mime. Drefoyel. and on the occa-
sion Of her marriage she received the felicita-
tons Of other Muses.. The Muse OF Victor Hugo
was unhappily IN the hospital. but the Muse OF
Montnartre. representing the prodigious and
varied inspiration OF that most poetical quarter
appeared at the wedding clad in elegant mourn
ing" All the municipalities OF France have
their Muses. and they ell testified their pride in
Ernestine Curct.
In the new Life and Letters Of 'Trelawny''
Eswker fun account will be given OF the visit
which Tennyson paid to the Vicar Of Morwen-
stow. in his Cornish home It is said that they
talked poetry and kindred matters for a whole
day. that Hawker recorded all that the laure-
ate said. and that this report OF his has never
before been printed Much other new material
viii also be given in the book
That there IS e. public for books which are not
novels-a fact which we have again and again
insisted upon-is shown by the case Of THE