New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-08

--o-t may be deferred until the monu-
,,+ - Queen Victoria outside of Buck
.-b.r., Palace is completed King Ed
,-s-d took a keen interest In that elah-
o-.te and complex design. and attempted
., hasten the tedious processes by re-
-.,;,65nr the sculptor, constructors and
,.,5scspe gardeners that he wanted TO
= - 57nished before his own end came.
-,a -ovsl lest is now recalled with sor-
-ouf,,l regret 10y all connected with the
big Undertaking
Until subscriptions are opened for
-.,ions: memorial TO King Edward the
.,s,ious projects Of armchair patriots
,,ith leisure for writing long letters TO
the newspapers are not to be taken seri-
,,sIv The reconstruction of the east
-, facade OF Buckingham Palace is one
3 these suggestions. 1t is a work Of
,-,ne-isl dignity and necessity. which
Oh. not to be long neglected. and 1t
-,o,.ls not cost more than & modern
1,o+tleship, and yet it is not an under
to1,t,r which can be properly associated
,.i,b the great King. Palaces should be
ob,,i,t OF enlarged for the convenience
:. living royalty and not as memorial
or dead King
--,,ore is also the inevitable Mr..
s-o.fr,t. who persisted in proclaiming
~ Man for the marble arch improve
-7,ent until it was finally carried out He
L,ss project for converting the shape
,oss onen spaces between Hyde Park
go and Constitution Hill into
~...a1v King Edward Place. Incl
..,-s1lv Decimus Burton's arch and the
wellington statue will have to be shifted
fresh ground and Green Park in
- hit an available site for the
-,.,-esneare Memorial Theatre will be
.,-;dad and another one marked out
4o- national opera house Mr.. Speaight
,-.na-ed 10 adapt his elastic scheme
~ -,jhIic undertaking which may
-,-onosed. and he has figures at his
--o-s, -ips for demonstrating that the
- ,laoe will be grander than anything
= -he kind IN either Paris or Vienna,
IN Rome OF Berlin.
The monument in honor Of the ar
..,rs-v officers who fell in South Africa
= NOT a brilliant addition to the Pro-
cassio-al Way. designed during the last
-eign. massive bronze group depict
,nc Var under the control Of Peace sur
mounts the plinth; and q wall Of Port
land stone bears at each end bronze
nsnels representing the garrison and
mounted artillery. Something more orig
fnal and shapely was needed for the
commanding site in the Mall opposite
the Duke OF York's steps
The CampbeiI-BanneTnan monument.
which is to be unveiled IN Westminster
Abbey during the. autumn, Is a more
promising work. AS now seen in Mr.
Paul r. Nontford's studio II is a colas
81 bust Of the late Prime Minister in
the robes Of a Companion Of the Bath.
II will be placed probably in the
.,Whies' Corner at the Abbey. The
statue Of Sir Henry Irving will not be
unveiled until the late autumn
Among the changes Of the new reign
ere fresh designs for coins and postage
stamps NJ Bertram MacKennal will
~ RESPONSIBLE for the coins, and MS
-eputa1ion as z sculptor has justified
The expectatlon that the new money
vii be artistic He is an Australian by
birth and q recent recruit for the Acad-
errly: and this gives an overseas aspect
- \ imperial commission
The opening OF the reign has also been
seized as an opportune moment for the
<orna don Of the academic committee
# English. letters. It begins with TWEEN
t,-seven members and thirteen vacant
seatg. and representing Literature as
-ha ROYAL Academy does the Fine Arts
il nav be expected to uphold the stand
ard Of purity Of style and good taste IN
letters. The Royal Society Of Litera-
.lIre IS the mother OF this promising
child. and the Society OF Authors Is now
rocking the cradle strenuously-
T. y. F.