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balance than in the Italian there is even less
~ g 80 5 It ~ II 49, J,oI5 a sorH Of
shorthand of Tintoretto. and later on mere jot-
ttngs and hints at method Of his own; al times
his figures have the 1.-THE and trenchant aspect OIL
No one would apply to the work Of Fl Greco
the statement that art is the expression OF that
seem to have been governed by another craving,
and 10 have been Of the nature that makes man
and dizzy. or patient touch 4 wound to see If i
FL Greco is too thin, too whimsical, too arbitrary
TO command absolute praise.
II would not be possible to frame judgment
on FL Greco more sympathetic more just
than the one whose character We have indi-
Gated by the foregoing quotation. AS with this
painter so with all of the other masters he dis
cusses Mr.. Ricketts, uses insight and discretion.
The predecessors of Velasquez and the great
man himself; Murillo and the rest OF the not
able Spanards down 10 Goya; the Italians rep
resented in the Prado especially Titan, and
NOT only Rubens and Van Dyci but the Flemish
primitives, ali analysed briefly luminousy,
and with the charm OF a distinctly personal
point Of view. Save that in order to accommo-
date the beautiful plates this book has been
printed OLA an imposing scale il is precisely the
book which the visitor 10 the Prado might most
probably take with him
Mrs. Ady's quarto volume. Tine Life and Art
Of Sandro Botticelli." is expansion Of the eX-
ceIlent little book which she brought out year
or so ago II is one of many contributions TO the
subject which have recently been made in Eng
land and On lie Continent. Since Ruskins
practical discovery Of the great Florentine art
ist-a discovery which Mrs. Ady. are glad 10
see recognizes with all possible appreciation
Rotticeui has been a favorite stalking horse Of
the critic Gathered up into his works some
of the finest and most characteristic elements
Of The humanism of his time; he is a perfect
type of fifteenth century Italian culture, with
It's eager interest in poetry. aesthetics, phlos-
ophy and the classical ideal and one writer
after another has gone to his life and works
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vel translated by Mrs. Gustavus W. Hamilton
ana published iu a comeIy quarto with forty
one Plates Besides these major publications,
-ss1ed since the opening Of the season. half
eozen excellent minor volumes have been
brought out and stil we have TO reckon with
Hie works enumerated At the head Of this col
uIn- Decidedly the art book is conspicuous at
OH''s'nas time now as il never was before.
In The Prado ana Its Masterpieces" Mr.
flcSetts has paid q unique tribute 10 picture
ts-iery The great collection At Madrid is richer
Al NE works Of certain masters than any other
VI he Continent, and il has, moreover. wheA
N@hen as a whole, . character Of its own in
SANITY felt by the sensitive observer, though
hot perhaps very easily 10 be defined. Perhaps
Il Is the magnificent array of portraits that
'aFes one captive on entering the Prado: por-
us!is hling 1He place as with the shadowy pres
eioes Of dead kings and queens. stately grandeos
@ao aaGsi.tr princes Of ihe Church Perhaps
" . The iA-t ihat the masters here ere more
efpsciail; tie masters II technique Titan and
'e-esquez. RuUecs and Van Dyck which makes
g conscious 3f an atmosphere simpler in a
esHse' and ye, 40 less impressive Than that
"iiich - encountered III the other famous mu-
a'ls o. Europe, wherein 40 single note so
'4ufnpnaArly prevails. There is an individual
- aoout he Eagnifcence Of The Prado which
e'ocHes tie imagination. Il has been noted by
1y writers but none Of them has produced
D'ok on the subject quite comparable TO that
Hich we now owe 10 Nh Ricketts,. He has
-0'ea the collection neither as an historian
,.'i ar critic. but as artist qualified to draw
poh ne resources Of both. He has written
1eeo' not a treatise, but an essay. which n
N"etance and in style might pass as the dis
uise Of some gifted cicerone whose com
@ii'hship IN a gallery Of masterpieces is a boon
HseI. The illustrations 10 this volume
e'-'eA ihe illusion They superb photo
u'es' reproducing 50 many of the salient
|iss III the Prado that with them before him
"s reader OF NJ. Ricketts's text may be said "a
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enjoy more than d mere glimpse of the great
gallery.
What we like best about Mr.. Ricketts,, after
ms FACULTY Of Interpretation, is his temperate
way of talking about the painters with whom
he deals. Take, for example, his pages on Ell
Greco. Very recently that eccentric painter has
come in for some rather fervid audation at the
hands Of writers, who have just discovered his
merits. The situation is not difficult To under
stand. His pictures in Toledo and in Madrid,
when seen for the first time. are apt to take
one by storm. for the violent power in them is
indubita bly, fine in its way. Reflection modif1es
the spectators opinion. Mr. Ricketts, always re-
fleets, to what good purpose may be seen in
few Of his scattered remarks on the painter in
10 threads by wind of passion, by extrava-
Outwardly the more central Of FL Grecos work
seems founded entirely upon TntOretto his wild
est and most hammered phase; his figures torn
10 shreds by a wind of passion. by extrava-
CANT effort at impressiveness- His pictures
might at times have been painted by torchIight
in a cell OF the InquiSltion.
The aim Of TlntOrettO seuSa tiOnal. but
1uent in its sensa:iCnalism. its tendency was de-
clamatory and romantic. tending always toward
an emphatic statement Of dramatic or romantic
effects. With Ell Greco the imaginative impulse
fickers and twists upon ITSELF there is even less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17
PART II.
TEN PAGES.
THE SEASONS ART BOOKS.
Historical and Critical Studies Beau
hfully illustrated.

The PRADO AND ITS 2IAsTERPIECES. BY 9
o,, tG X YIN Ff'E button Bn2t o
THE LIFE AND ART or sANDRO BoTTICEL-
Il BY Julia caTtV-right Alrs- .Addy). Illustrated
ryRER STUDIORI-M. J. NJ. Y. Turner With
an Historical Introduction. By c. r Bell. illus
trated. o blons tto; Pr. 16 xxx. Imported by
IMPRESS MYSTIC PAINTING: ITS GENESIS
AND DENEL0PMENT By wexford Dew;
~ Charles Scribncr's sons
SAMUEL. COUSINS. BY Alfred Whitman. (..Nine-
reenfE Century McZzotints y illustrated 4to
~ XII l4s The Macmillan Company
PORCELAIN. p Edward Dillon. NJ A. c@The Con-
R 24s q u3nd i's'E sofs Royal Sv0 pp
yAJNuER AND. GAEARNI. With Critical and
Tzanre Special winter number OF the In
terrationai studio: edited by Charles Holme)
Illustrated 80. John Lane.
Some years ago the art book a. a Christmas
,Yblcar!on was a solitary affair. One Example
,ro1ld appear in the course of d season. in con-
,rss1 10 z perfect food Of miscellaneous holiday
,o,urnes. Recently. however. conditions hGve
changed. and every Christmas witnesses an in
r-.sse in the number of books devoted TO artis-
-. subjects written with serious intent and
,,osuced with all the pomD and circumstance
=, Ane p-esswork and beautiful illustration This
season is no exception to the new rule The
foregoing list alone shows how many important
a. hooks are in the field. and must mention
a, addition to-day several notable works which
-ps have already reviewed. Conspicuous among
,h.se $ Mrs Frankau's William Ward. A R
Z snd James Ward r. A" CThe Macmillan
Iso-,nspy1. brought out IN an illustrated octave.
ACCOMPANIED by large portfolio of forty en-
cravings This gives full account Of two Of
.b. famous mezzotnters of the eighteenth cent
xry with catalogues of their works The latter
sre superbly reproduced in the portfolio of
plates the stipDles being given in color. The
'cRonney" (Charles Scribner's Sons) of Mr.
Humphry Ward and Mr.. ". Roberts is another
suuptuoUs monument 70 an eighteenth century
Englishmar. L contains a biographical and
critical essay on the painter and a catalogue
raisonne Of his works. and reproduces intact
the diaries in which he noted the sttings Of his
patrons. q document fixing the chronology of the
portraits and possessing some historical value
The Two large volumes in which the book is
published are illustrated with some seventy
photogTavuTes. One more contribution TO the
literature Of portrait painting which We have
previously noticed is Dr.. George c. William
Hon's History Of Portrait Miniatures" CThe
Macmillan Company. a treatise Of real magni-
sude in TWO folio volumes, containing hundreds
Of good Illustrations from famous examples
The whole history of the subject, from Holbein
down 10 the modern minia1urists. is searchingly
examined Famous portraits likewise Gin little"
but executed in q very different medium are
discussed IN Cornelius Von Fabrjczys Italian
Medals" e. P. Dutton & Coz. which has been
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SATURDAY,
DECEMBER, y. 1904
ITALIAN DITHYR1NBS.
Mr. Hezrietfs Joyous Progress
Through Tuscany.

THE RQAp N lISCANY- \ Commentary. -
svo. % xiv Be. x.. Ie i sf,sTilIs1
Con,r any.
About ter years ago Mr. Hewlett published
Is little book OF Italian essays -Earthu-ork out
Of Tuscany aaG therein dawned upon a few
discerning readers 90 "a man Of genius having
something Of his own 20 say. Since then a good
deal NJ water hes flowed under The bridges. and
this author. who for "a Ittl- while nee!ected.
Is now famous Tine Forest Lovers II ,1ss thar
captured the great reading puu.lo for him a
book OF golden romano then d. wrote Little
Novels of Italy" an even inner thing. and his
fortune with public sna critics alike was made
Richard Yea-dnd-Nay~ followed. a sood work
OF ART. though not 50 good as il might have been
made; after thar came some New Canterbury
Tales, in which some superb flashes OF genius
made up for the presence OF one ~ TWO stories
not superb; and only the other day. in Tbs.
Queens QUAR-" Mr.. Hewlett gave us another
tun blown novel like The Forest Lovers and
his Richard not the masterpiece for which
we have been looking. but all events a mag
hlucent tour de force such as ne alone could have
produced The essayist- il is thus made plain.
has for decade given way TO the romancer.
But the author OF ''Eartnwork out Of Tuscany
could not forever abandon the vein so Brilliant
~ exploited in that book. and now. revislJins
ITALY he has written some impressions OF the
charm of that inimitable first EFFORT
The difference between The Road IN Tus-
cany and its early predecessor Is not simply a
difference OF form II is the difference between
youth and maturity. between artlassness and
art We do not forget the culture saturatfnzr
Eartnwork Out of TUSCANY" the literary anti
tude, running now and then into a certain
preciosity, which distinguishes that book Mr..
Hewlett was then, in fact. probably more con-
scious Of his pen artistic Instrument than
he is now; that is to say, ne probably handled
il with more pride in the wonderful things thar
I he could do with il. But all the time he wa,
! intoxicated with the sunshine OF the South. i'm
| love with Italy one IS in love With beautv
itself, and the ring of a splendid sincerity was
in every line he wrote. The things that wers
precious in his pages only made the Iatter
more delightful for they seemed but the natural
outpourings OF genius. the by-products. so to-
say. of man suddenly come into a heritaga
of great riches and not vet absolutely settled
in his gait Well Mr. Hewlett has found his
gait; he has written a number of books and in
the writing Of them he has confirmed himself in
a certain habit Of mind. with the result thai
in The Road in Tuscany" that culture which
once promised TO be his servant now seems
his master. and gets between US and his charm
The charm is there. of that there can be no
| question. The old love OF Italy is still potent
| the old zest for whatever is at once human and
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h s 6sh II Ns3aye 5s b r e2s @ &
him with their utmost skill II is a truth that in
his penitental years viewing some OF those pieces
scattered in his youth. he Wish't they had been
witnessed their funerals: but. though he was no
friend to them. he was not so fallen out with
decIining age: Witnessed then by many Divine
sonnets. and other high, holy, and harmonious
CoInposures.
He was of Stature moderately tall. Of strait
y" w'Fqs anG ee5ioS aa1c53iv and 1eE1t
advantage 10 the other and made MS company
unmitably high. equaIled only by his great wit;
both being made useful by a coInInandIns judg-
ment. His aspect was chesrful and such as gave
silent testimony OF clear knowing soul and o,
eye showed that ne had soft heart fun of noble
compassion; of too brave soul % offer injuries
others. He did much contemplate especially after
he enLIsd into his Sacred Calling the HercleS Of
kind OF sacred extasie.HBessed 10 God mat ne IS
God only and dIvinely like himself He was by
nature highly passionate but more apt 20 re-
luct at the excuses of II
Prose like this must be treated by the printer
with respect and thus 1t has been treated in the
present edition of the Lives" We have praised
certain volumes in The Chisvick Library of
Noble 'Authors' before and We have gladly
sloken we'll of all of them but TO this Walton
a special need of appreciation is due Perhaps
the greater bulk OF the book accounts, in a
measure, for its superiority to lis predecessors
1t is fine imposing folio. Perhaps also the
series of portraits included has something 10 do
with the general impression OF UNIQUE beauty IT
conveys. They are full page plates in photo
gravure. magnificent reproductions of paintings
and engravings. Huysmans portrait Of Walton
himself has never been more brilliantly repro
duced than on this occasion and the plate Of
Dome is equally perfect. With r~esswork in
nocent II a single haw set forth upon the most
luxurious paper, this stately vosurn- In its SIM
pie cloth binding is a piece of boolxnnakng such
as the bibnophi!e encounters only rarely.
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beautiful IN her art and IN her literature 10
undiminished. and Mr. Hewlett has even a
deeper sense now Of the importance OF going
10 the bottom of the matter. ON his opening
page he boldly says: Il have sIvays preferred
the road to a church. ALWAYS a man 20 a master-
piece. a singer 10 his song; and I have never
opened book when I could read what I wanted
on the hillside by the river bank Never
theless the trail OF what we can only regard
as an incurablc bookishness is over all Of The
Road IN Tuscany" From beginning 90 end we
are conscious I'm il Of the devoted and practiset
man Of letters, COMPOSING description with
the shrewdness of a painter composing picture;
turning phrase with almost painfully con-
sunUate deftress. and iu short. bringing into
his work the smell OF ch- lamp % conflict with
the earthly frasvaua- OF the road. Written with
q hiEh resolution 20 avoid ueGartry. saa1.nen-
tal!sm and all che other pitfalls ~ the traveller
VINO would wrap the soul OF things Italian in
a mystery. the book actually requires iu The
reader, y IL is to b@ appreciated ~ irs full
value, some prior Initiation into the secret Of
the Peninsula The exclamation or e.. aU is SIM
pie enough. Jr- Hewlett, consciously o. un-
consciously. embarked u2ou his tar, I'm ditE-
yrgrnbic vein. a.-5 under tho goes. which oaly he
artist knows ho has =trIve1 vulia~rly tc svs-
tain his work u-Cu ou- level \ G.-r-ranh n
two volumes is oDvioueI- a tremendous under
takins and il is NOT. pevhaps To- be El>rvered
az that Mr.. Hewlett has urado his bNcs a shade
700 literary. too artistic. that he often stops
AT tickling thr iadst palate 81 ~ conroisseur
OF effects where he should have done something
TO touch the imagination n SimDler bur no less
serious souls. THIS much .1 criticism where ths
way I'm which the thing Is dona-en tWportant
point with such a WRITER'S concerned LOOK
ing now 20 the essential substance OF the book.
we md only matter for the warmest praise
MI Hevjett aas no taste Cor a modernizsd-
italy. Hence BIC avc.darc- Of the railway and
his search Tor sensations rot so much IN COS
mopolitan Florence as In those villages and
towns whose very names seem somehow 10 suz-
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His Biographical Monographs in
Sum ptuOuS Form.

THE LIVES OF DOCToR JOHN DoENE. SIR
HENRY WOTTON, KNIGHT. MR. RICHARD
HOOKER. MR.. GEORGE HERBERT AND
DOCTOR ROBERT SANDERSON. BY Izaak
Walton Crhe Chswck Library OF Noble Au-
thors). Folio Pr. 269. The Scott-Thaw Com
pany.
waltons Lives is one of those books for
which place apart is kept in the heart of
the lover of old English literature. In the
brief monographs of which it is composed. the
author wrote with all that fine simplicity which
has ever seemed less a matter of style than
matter of the mans Unborn character. The
devotional note. when he strikes II, seems Pc
culiarly human and sincere. He was never in
any narrow sense a literary man. He wrote
without affectation, out of an inexhaustible
fund of feeling. and his graveIy balanced pages
of biography possess remarkable vitality and
charm. Consider these tributes Of his to John
Dome. both poet and as personality:
The Recreations OF his youth were Poetry. in
which he was so happy. as if Nature and all her
varieties had been made only 10 exercise his sharp
wit and high fancy; and in those pieces which were
facetiously Composed and carelessy scattered most
OF them being written before the twentieth year OF
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THE ROAD N II SCANY. = Co-s-.e1-arv 30
Naurise Hewlett Iu twc v1HImeS Illustrated
sFo- % Aiv- 5S, Ni. @17- 1Ee Macmillan
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-06-15
KEEPING UP
Proportionate Gain in UniDstruCt'
ed Vote to ST. Louis C0nVen
tiOR.

The result of Democratic State
Conventions held during the past
week continues to show pro-
portionate gain of uninstructed
delegates to the National Demo
cratic Convention at st. Louis.
Five conventions were held during
the week-Nebraska, Michigan,
Oklahoma, Georgia and Wyoming.
The first three send their delegates
uninstructed, Georgia votes for
Parker and Wyoming for Hearst.
The total number of delegates Sc
lected to the st. Louis convention
is 632. OF this number 304, or
nearly one-half, are uninstructed
Parker, the leading candldate, has
less than one-third of the instruct
ed delegates, with 172 He leads
Hearst, who has ninety-eight votes,
by seventy-four votes.
The situation up to date, there
fore, stands as follows: Unin-
structed delegates, 304; for Parker,
172; for Hearst, 9S for Olney. 80,
Massachusetts; for Wall, 26, Wis
consin.
With a continuance of the pres
emit ratio up to the meeting of the
National Convention, the unin-
structed delegates combined with
those who are instructed for other
candidates have the votes necessary
to nominate a candidate independ
emily of the Parker vote-460 out
of 632, or more than two-thirds.
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westl

3 NJ McQuin, of Menefee coun
Is, was 10 town on Monday to Sc
cure passage for himself and family
on next Tuesday to Mondamon,
Kiowa county, Oklahoma, where he
as 100 acres of fine farm land
bought for ST 900. Dan Morefield
was here with him.
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For Rent.

Five room cottage on Winn St
Oae acre of land attached. Cali
on [37-ttl j. w. GROVES.
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They hold their shape they fit; we fit; more meat
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You can tell them; others say they
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found in no others. It's not secret
with us-it's knowing how. Elegant
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Scotches and Irish Home-Spuns,
worked up into some fetching double
and single-breasted styles ready for
you now. Don't buy hand-me-downs
or poorly made-to-order clothes that
will hang on you like a sack-come
here and you'll look different. The
price is no greater. $500 buys the
best $500 suit on earth here.
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which had just begun to unfold into
the sweet graces and blooming charms
of womanhood, have felt the chill Of
an untimely frost; and they who 3 few
days since mingled with us. sharing
our joys and participating In our
hopes, have been suddenly launched
into eternity.
A voice comes to us from their
speeChless lips tells of a deed Of noble
daring, which for moral sublmity has
not been surpassed upon the pages Of
history. Even the poet David, when
he swept the melody from his old
Jewish harp which hae heen tuned for
him in Paradise, could have had no
loftier theme than the recital Of this
act of these two brave young spirits,
who without thought Of self and with
hearts fortified with the intrepidity Of
angels, FASTENED to the rescue OF their
friend and for her gave up their own
lives, 30 fun Of hope and promise.
To weep with those who weep lie not
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-06-01

The piano recital given by tire pu-
pills of Mrs. Sol. Kirby last Friday
night at the College was n of the
best ever given in Okolona. All the
little ones, and the large ones too,
showing rare skill In the handling Of
their respective pieces, paying q high
compliment to the ability of their
teacher.
Your watches and clocks repaired
cheaply and CORE city by G. B. Brand
over Turner & Carter. Call and see
him.
The W. F. Tucker Chapter U. D. G.
will meet with Mrs. Frank Elliott Fri
day afternoon at 4:3O. All are re-
quested to come out.
Miss Mama Darden leaves this week
for her home In Spartanburg s. o.
Her host Of friends regret her early
departure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-06-01
H.. 1. RANDOLPH.
]. N. DULANEY.
II. L. MORRISON.

The Commencement Exercises Of
the Okolona High School which closed
the term Of 10000 under the man
agement Of Prof. j. ]. Higgins was
one of the most interesting and large
" attended ever witnessed in our city.
The exercises Of Friday consisted of
choice musical selections together
with THE Song Of Hiawatha" for the
benefit Of Public and School Library.
The Annual Sermon was delivered By
Rev. H. A. smoot, Pastor First Bap-
fist Church, which was Of unusual int
crest. The Graduating exercises took
place on Monday Morning. These pu-
pills essays were characterized By
deep thought thorough training, and
polished finish. The Musical program
Of the day rendered by the advanced
pupils was 3 rare treat to all who were
present. Monday evening closed the
exercises with other Choice Musical
Numbers. An interesting Address b.
Hon. :. n. Powers Snpt. Of the West
Point Graded School and the Presen-
tation Of Diplomas.