The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
THE STORY OF AMERICAN PAINT
ING. by Charles III. Caffin. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company, OF New

erick Al. Stokes Company, or New
York, publishers.
American painting has been too FREE
from American natlonalllfe and his
tory American artists have gone
asbrond for. their education. and too Of
Ten Ten, also, for their Inspiration. In this
nnt.on's life Is connected with every
other thh, expression sof It's energy. All
ss s. made 10 individuals. the book
painting. IT aims to trace the gradual
ddee.yc!opment OF art III American con-
siys impulses in this country.
re = author treats OF American art
as it!exlsted under Colonial and Revo-
lutionary conditions, and brings into
after the conclusion OF peace He then
passes to the growth OF the national
spirit rs evidenced in landscape paint.
lnE, showing how English tradition
the, middle of the nineteenth century.
chapter on the influence upon
american art of Dusseldorf and Munich,
French influence, especially Of the
Barbizon painters, lis succeeded by a
sketch Of John La Fargo and a descrip-
ton OF his work.
tlnuance of French influence consid-
cred with relation to realistic and inn.
pressionistic school. Special considera-
t lion y. accorded James Mcneil whistler
raj painting and summary Of results.
whlch> closes the book.
Artists mentioned included, among
others others BepJam,n Yves West; John Singleton ,L j
Church Church. Thomas sui1y. william Nor
ris Hunt George Inness. John La
MaEer. john e s. saixent. eeelia Reaus
John w. Alexander. Robert Henri.
James Men. whistler. Colin c. Cooper.
Frederick b. Williams. Luis Mora and
Dwight w. Tryon.
we'll selected. including many OF the
most famous examples of American
figure and landscape canyases, and
ing, Of the text. which treats ade-
quately of most OF the leading Ameri-
can artists. In selecting paintings for
reproduction-143 In number, more than
any Other book on American painting
choice. He has employed the happy
device Of long caption notes under the
illustrations to elucidate his criticism
acterIstics OF artists. 1t is hook that
should be widely read and should
prove Invaluable to all! who have occa-
sion to discuss or speak on matters
OF art.
y PAUsANIAS. BY CHARLES William
Kennedy. PHI. D., and James South
all Wilson, Phi. D. The Neale Pub
fishing Company. OF New York.
"Pausaniss" is II. &, FIRST effort In the
Charles William Kennedy. OF Prince
ton University, and James southall
Wilson. OF the College of William and
Mary. Or. Kennedy is the author Of
Gan artistic TRANSLATION OF Cynewulfs
tJuliana" and DR.. Wilson's alexander
Z Wilson: Poet-Naturalist" was recently
published by this house.
~ The beginning OF real poetic drama
I'm America dates back to George Hem
ry Boxer. whose first tragedy. Galaxy
nos. held the boards successfully in
Lendon In 1919. His "Francesca da
the prototype OF the plays OF Stephen
Phillips and D'Annunzio. It Is only OF
late. however. that there has been
in the poetic tragedy. and the critics
have watched the literary heavens with
their telescopes to find some new poet
&c star that shall excel his brothers
In glory.
"Pausanias: A Dramatic Poem" is
among tht most recent attempts to
catch tho spirit OF the dramatic past.
When the splendid city has been taken
mand OF Pausanias.. the Spartan hero
OF Plataea. Pausanias. beloved by his
soldiers. but hated by the Athenian
torn by conflict between love for
Greece and fidelity to his wife. for the
one part: and on the other his thirst OF
an and SeautSl fSs int
He forEets for time his Spartan wife
and woos Cleonice to become his bride.
The noble girl. true to her own be-
grows fercer. and he thinks TO win her
by force.
How the mother of Cleonice receives
back her child; how the heart-broken
Pausanias strives vainly to undo the
evil that he has begun; and how at
last so many lives are wrecked by the
heroic man. is the tragic story of the
closing scenes. It Is indeed a drama OF