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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
Prints, Old and Modern-A
Picture by Ell Greco.

This IS the season OF prints. The art
of the painter is not by any means in
the background. The winter show of the
National Academy Of Design was opened
at the Fine Arts Building yesterday. and
there are plenty Of pictures to be seen
elsewhere, but always, and very appro-
priately, around the holidays. the work
Of the engraver IS brought into the fore
ground. This is natural enough It is
very decorative wcrll, and it comes
within the scope of many a collector for
whom paintings represent TOO ambitious
d venture. This year. as it happens, too.
the prints available are Of uncommon in
terest. They range through more than
one school. from the eighteenth century
nezzotints. which may he seen at the
Kennedy. knoedler and Williams gal
ierIes, TO the Ministers at KeppeTs and
the plates by Axel Haig and Hedley
Fitton which Mir. kraushaar is show
ing
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made by Whistler. He shows you what
verita BILE language Of expression re-
sides in the etched line and, into the
bargain. what an intensely personal
thing 1t Is. He used 1t at the outset
with something like severity and. at all
events, with a simple force. placing his
statement upon the copper in plain.
could be more or less the magician.
straightforward fashion Even then he
handling the needle with cOnSummate
dizziness; but the exciting thing in the
study Of Whistler as an etcher is TO
watch him giving himself more scope,
growing 1t once more audacious and
more sure, until finally. while he still
respects the truth of nature, he uses 1t
as a basis on which to improvise webs
OF enchantment in line. We need not
particularize in pausing for a moment
upon this exhibition. The masterpieces
in il are all old friends familiar TO
every ConnOisseur. But their stimulus
never fails Every year we have our
Whistler shows. and every year, as in
this case. they give us a new JOY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
AN ETCHING OF PRESIDENT TAFT.

In the midst of this time Of print ex-
hibitions one of the most accomplished
of our etcherS Of portraits. Mr.. Jacques
Reich. has published a plate in which he
has fairly surpassed himself This is q
large plate of President Taft. based on
familiar photograph. but developed
with the aid Of close study from life r.
Mr. Reich has surpassed himself il is
because ha has made his work more
painterIike than ever. securing an
amazingly rich and transparent tone in
his treatment Of the sitter's dark coat
and the dark but not dense background
IN the modelling Of the head he has used
an exquisitcly delicate touch as regards
line and, again, has beautifully modu-
lated his tones. The light falling on the
brow is perfectly managed. AS a study
in portraiture the plate is one Of pene-
trating sympathy and of great dignity
Mr.. Taft's kindly and genial tempera-
nent is clearly revealed. but overlaid
upon it, as it were, is the weight of IN
telIect, the calm power of the statesman
There is life in this portrait, it has color
and it has style. Mr.. Reich has deIin-
Gated many public men, but never has he
been more completely successful than
in this instance
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A NOTE ON Ell GRECO.

ln1pre.siouisrA usual, delightfully."-
asserts itself at tho Durand-Ruel Gal
lery. An Informal gathering of Morets
there illustrates the art OF that leader
through many OF It's phases, beginning
with a beautiful landscape, containing
figures also, done IN the early period
which witnessed peculiar harmony be-
tween hts style and Manets. and coming
down to GONE OF his most recent and
most luminous open-at- studies The
special show Just now Is given to Bou-
din, that painter Of shores and shipping
who was In close sympathy with the
Inpresstonistio hypothesis as regarded
the play OF light, but ever retained a
sharper touch in the definition OF form
than was cultivated by the group at
large. The collection Of some twenty
odd pieces Is Of all dates. even including
III beach scene painted at the outset OF
nis career. when he was still feeling his
way through problems Of luminosity. II
Is for his light and air. quite as much as
for his good composition and his skill in
generaIizing such details as those in the
rigging OF q vessel. that the connoisseur
| prizes Boudtn, but there is still come
| thing more involved in his charm This
| is his beautiful color. There are grays
in some OF these pictures that By them
| selves exercise a suave enchantment
II would seem absurd 20 leave these
masterful studies Of nature, so full of
the appeal of living tone. for a little pho
| tograph. and that a rather obscure one.
| but the temptation is irresistible Some
time ago NJ. Durand-Ruel had the good
luck to secure from the collection OF the
| Comtesse de Paris four important paint
| ings by Goya, one Of them a portrait Of
Ferdinand vi, which has since passed
| into the possession OF Mr.. James Still
man At the same time he acquired from
the collection Of the Due de Nontpensier
large example OF Fl Greco, The
Death OF LAGOON" This remarkable
souvenir OF the most eccentric OF the
Spanish painters may now only be seen
at the cost of a journey to Munich
where, through DR.. Won TschudFs en-
lightened action, it was promptly Sc
cured for the Royal Gallery. It IS the
photograph OF this TO which we have
Just referred Even in so small and un-
satisfactory q reproduction we easily
identify en- extraordinary manifestation
Of FL Greco's genius. Il was Ike him 20
set a motive taken from classical Iitera-
ture against q Toledan background
Thus he was wont TO satUrate an mag
NATIVE conception in the atmosphere OF
reality, and at the same time to give 10
visible fact, to human bodies and to the
landscape OF Spain, the glamour Of Gre
alive art Perhaps the best OF all cpl
gTammatic sayings on Fl Greco Is that
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Matters of Art

IL you like. shade artificial IN this
holiday realm Of theirs. Glance at
WheatIey's "Cries Of London" The ser
wants in them might float quite Apo
sitely into the drawing room and sit
themselves down to a dish of tea II IS
in vain that the artist gives himself over
to a tragic mood. Even when he pict-
ures The Family Distress Occasioned
by the Loss of a Child" the actors in
his drama are scrupulous in their OBJ
servance of the emotional proprieties, and
then. too. he promptly produces a ron-
panion plate in which the missing in
FAINT reioices everybody by turning up
once more. The very titles OF these en-
cravings smack of a genial humor-
Rustic BenevolenCe." "A Dedication to
Cupid" "F1irtilla." "Perdita Discovered
by the Old Shepherd" Strawberries,
Scarlet Stra wberries." "Prmroses, TWO
Bunches a Penny" The Favorite Rao-
hit" and The Fruits of Early Industry
and Economy" How odd 1t is. and how
delightful to find these tender pleasan-
tries emanating from a coarse and tur-
bulent as we'll as sophisticated age!
Moreover, Bartolozzi and his fellows had
technique to keep pace with their
pretty subjects. Their stippling and
their color are refinement itself, AMI.
with little Of the genius for arabesque
which belonged to the French school,
the London engravers nevertheless
achieved decorative effect IN fact, on
some walls. amid certain Of our modern
surroundings, there are few things more
felicitous than these amusing color
DriutS
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WHISTLER.

It is suggestive to turn from the mez-
zotints dealt with above to the etchings
and dry points by Whistler which hang
in the Keppel Gallery. 1t is an excellent
collection of about one hundred pieces
and illustrates his art in practically all
of its phases. There are many beautiful
impressions on the walls, instances Of
that significance OF the press for the
print collector to which we have already
referred. The transition, of course, from
the mezzotint to the etching IS one
from tone TO line, and there is no master
not even Rembrandt himself, to make
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s. Paris cor 8 certain enemy. Coming
ava from the opera house late at night,
he suddenly falls IN with naftre d'h6tel
who has long seen TO his dining well in
London Straigtltway this functionary
takes him IN tow-always carrying him
self with becoming deference-and car
.1es him Of 70 supper al a cafe fire.
ouente6 by the Site os the criminal
world. From this point the action IS
rapid. Captain Rotherby meets his
enemy and leaves him half dead The
next day lie finds that he IS auto
,naticalIv allied with scoundreIs. Back
in London the plot thickens and the sub
lime Louis, q creature unique in the his
1cry Of restaurants, entangIes him IL a
EE-cession CT tragic incidents. We shall
not reveal the upshot Of the bewildered
officers adventures. They embrace in
reference with the transactions Of gov
e-nrler-s. and. of course, they bear upon
TIE ultimate disposition Of immense
E--rs q money. L is ali prodigiously
tactaI.z-ng and amusing. The Lost Am
hsssaG9ES' IS a first rate specimen OF the
CrperLeirn genre.
The IMPLEMENT OF A BARON
TIL CARATANERS BY the author Of
Elizabeth and Her German Garden.
Illustrations by Arthur Little. 12no, pp.
= eVe Doubleday. Page & co.
From the moment that the noninaIly
nnonyuous author OF Elizabeth and
Fer German Garden" began 10 charm a
-h-oag Of readers-and she did this in
her first book-it was apparent that she
lad 10 Illusion as TO the foibles Of the
German folk among whom she had cast
her lot But not the sharpest Of her
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vidual. It might be thought. would make
but distressing company through long
novel, but the gayety Of the book throws
over him q cloak beneath which he jus
titles himself as an object OF entertain
1nent Fate takes him to England.
where he and his wife Join party cara
-aning through the countryside. The
experience IS a lesson for the baroness.
She returns to Germany with her spirit
somewhat euancipated. But the density
Of the baron is bombproof, and one great
source of the fun in this book IS his IN
consciousness of what Is going on about
him. of the appalling extent to which
he is shocking his well bred companions.
The satire is more than biting; II burns
and consumes. But the effect for the
reader is wonderfully droll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

and is entertaining. Decidedly this is
good show for the Christmas season.
The National Society of Craftsmen
has just opened at the Arts Club its
fourth annual exhibition. The Salma-
gundi Club is showing collection Of
water colors painted by its members At
the Willow Brook Gallery there Is a show
OF water colors by Mrs. W. j. Stillmau,
pictures OF old English manor houses
and gardens Little pictures painted in
Alaska. Iceland. Arizona. the West Indies
and elseW here by Mr.. F. :. Dellenbaugh
are visible at the Powell Gallery At the
Elite Art Rooms there are paintings in
oils and water colors by Fukawa BaskaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GAYETY.

A. the grand style Of the seventeenth
century French engraver gave way be
fore the adorable levities Of the Sue
ceeding period. the art developed on that
side Of the Channel along lines OF Wit
and fancy practically unattainable by
the British temperament. The decora-
tive glamour characteristic Of Vatican
and his followers could hardly flourish
amid the fogs Of London. on the other
hand the English school was not with
o,7t its resources of delicate humor and
sentiment. Some foreign strains We're
imported into its membership and, be
sides. by one of those paradoXes which
occur in the history Of art. the very
peoDIe who drank themselves under the
table. patronized the prize ring and pun
fsbad sheen stealers with barbara feroc-
NV had their moments Of wholehearted
svrnDathy for things gentle and sweet.
II was in such moments that the supple
eugrayer and the maker OF COiored prints
<ound his chance. and what he made OF
If NAV be we'll seen in the exhibition at
tbe Kennedy gallery. Devoted entirety
~ coIor nrints. it includes a generous
-r,cbar Of portraits, but its special note
Is supplied by those fancy subjects
,,,b;cb we illustrate in a reproduction Of
HarnfIton's December the concluding
r1a+a in q series Of twelve dedicated to
the months Of the year.
rus+ as the engraved portraits of the
o4o,r+,.en+b century bring their sitters
within fauItlessly urbane formula of
COURT life. so these anecdotic plates of
tho same period envelop Lucinda and her
swain in g kind of daintiness- The girls
Gro ,retty and the lads have a simple
ga1Iantry about them. The innocent
continent OF this Christmas scene is
characteristic. When Morland. Peters,
Singleton and their comrades drew their
bannv "bucolicks' or studied, with
all the Iordly politeness in the world. the
figures and little domestic events of the
town they were not wholly artificial but
Neither for a moment were they stern
reaIists. All is gracious, charming, and,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

in which the brilliant English critic,
Charles Ricketts,, suggested that his pict-
ures looked as If painted by torchIight in
a dungeon Of the Inquisition. The say
ing is. perhaps. u bit rhetorical but it
connotes nothing OF melodrama. There
is q piercing sincerity about these turbid
visions OF FL Grecos a Balkan gravity
and poignancy OF emotion 1t is said
that this LAGOON" which dates from
his last period, is prodigousIy rich in
color. a thing fiery and individually in
spired, 1t is certainly one Of the most
vivid examples of his originality and
volcanic power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
q The drama grows more and more

evil. The drama grows more and more
-o-7plex and thrilling II moves, as II
we're. or the solid earth ana into realms
- magic. 1t therefore loses something
oe ifs credibility, but this does not mean
that # loses anything Of its new and
strange fascination On the contrary,
as Mr.. Gwynne heightens the metaphysi-
cal and fantastic aspects Of this tale, we
<ollov him with a more breathless in
-e-est- It Is an odd book, with senu-
gre inspiration wandering through It It
= cordially commended 10 the reader
Who enjoys release from the thraldom
81 tie coruonplace.
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successive Cars. Il IS said that the de-
/ ter1nined Pobiedonostsef. the procurator
OF the Holy Synod. proposed to Alex
ander III. that he should shut up the
/ author in g monastery and forbid him TO
write again for the public. Il forbid
] YOU" said the Car. Il will not allow
/ you 70 interfere with Tolstoy. I do not
wish 70 make him martyr, neither do
I desire to bring upon myself odiun IN
Russia, nor the Reproduction Of the civil
lied world" Exit Pobiedonostsef. Toll
/ stoy's diaries, it is stated. VIII not be
published til ten years after his death.
n the review which we published last
Sunday Of Mrs Emily James Putnam's
hook on THE Lady" the imprint on the
volume was incorrectly given This
work is published by the Sturgfs &
Walton Company.
Mr.. Andrew Lang has suffered much
IN his time from persons eager to add
his signature to their collections. Every
now and then ne utters an amusing
plant against the "fends" who thus in
tIude upon him. Here. from The Illus
trated London News" is his latest OBJ
servation on the subject;
In Nj Broadley's new book on the IN
I haIlowed art Of the aUtograp h hunter he
mentions wretChes who act thus: They
write letter 10 any well known person.
not asking for his autograph, but pleading
Tor information on some point Of history
or the like. They receive q courteous re-
NV. and then sell Il for what il will fetch.
/ These replies then come 10 he published.
and the question arises, IS it legal TO pub
issh them without the permission OF the
sII-ho~s2 This problem ought to be settled:
il Is certainly q great wrong to publish a
mans letters without his leave Mr. Broad
lev himself publishes g poem of mine, to
the extent Of six lines OF verse. Though
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
4 SUBLIME MAITRE D'HoTEL

-4F LOST AMBASSADOR: OR. TIE
SEARCH FOR THE MISSING DE-
TORA. BY T.. Phillips OppenheiT1. With
chandler Christy. I2mo, PIP. Vi. %
Boston Little. Brown * Co.
Tho su17osititious narrator in a tale
1,v aI-. Phillips Oppenhein is always a
lucky saul Vaguely, we remember hay
ta- seen og7ewhere that this author is
won't 70 Ir,x Up some Of his material
As he SIS Watching mankind In the great
c.DitaIs a.. the world Occasionally a
Not falls into his lap. Thus is his hero
served The Captain Rotherby Of che
lost Ambassador" a young English
officer Oh the retired list, is idly looking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

Venetian studies are painted with
promising breadth and have more orig
inal color quality than most painters
bring back from that part Of the world
Two or three OF our deceased veterans
are represented IN the show-Homer
Martin, Swain Clifford and John La
FARCE Among the La Fargo water
colors there is one piece. the familiar
Autumn Leaves" which CLOVIS like
Jewel. and Is. besides, one Of the most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

Grusls between the joints Of the leu
Ton 5 armor had quite prepared US Io'
fae lightheartcd ferocity OF 1.-The cara
Faners.' Il this book she takes q type
q conyLaceut selfshness and stupldlty'
G middle aged Baron Won Ottringel OF
h1oreAWeder. impales him and fays MN
~. He is indeed, d dreadful person.
'il= more dreadful because he is painted
Wa uDmistakable truth. He can scarce
l. ~ hand or say a word without dis
Crossing incuraDIe defects. Never wa.
h-e-e such Z bounder. Such an indl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

enhancing OF his decorative compost
tons on small scale. The sculpture
gallery is filed with clever bits-grace-
full figurines, studies OF animals, and
pieces Of a unitarian purpose like Mr..
Roth's Book Pushers" and Miss Link 8
Door Knob" Mr. BeaCh's picturesque
Iron Worker and his subtle Marble
Mask the firm little study in 1.-THE line
which Mrs. Bracken calls The Boy
Mr.. kendaTs characterize Head Of
Breton Girl" Mr.. MacNeiI's simply mod
elled Indian portraits. and Mr.. Laeseus
amusing studies Of frogs, turtles and
the like. are the pieces which more i'm
mediately detach themselves from their
surroundings. But there Is a good deal
else IN the exhibition which has merit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
SOLID CONSOLATION.

Mayor Dahlman OF Omaha at a recent
political banquet. said OF a defeated candi-
date.
''He requires solid consolation No other
kind VIII satisfy KIM He is like a certain
widow
- Has Mrs Dash ConSolcd herself over
her husband : death yete' said an Omaha
man
'' No. not yet his wife answered 'Thos.
Eastern insurance com pdnieS YOU know
take al awtully long time 10 settle Up /"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
AMERICAN PAINTINGS.

AT the Macbeth Gallery there is a hoIi-
day exhibition of water colors and pas
tells. with a number Of small bronzes.
In the collection Of pictures there are
several capital things by Mrs. Conan,
Mr. {. NJ Dewey, Miss c. T. MacChes-
ney Mr.. Taber Sears and others, and We
note the appearance Of a new man of
talent in Mr. Ivan @. Onnsky, whose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
a FRAGM EMIT.
By JOHN AIASEFLELD

BIZ JOHN AAS-F L1LD-
n7ust go down to the shore again, 10
the lonely sea and the sky
T ask is a tall ship and a star to
steer her by;
- +ba wheels kick and the winds
anu cong. and the white SAIL shaking.
And a gray mist on the seas face ana d
gray dawn breaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

Painting. by the old masters N the
Enrich Gallery, and drawings OF the
early school, formerly owned by the
Duke Of Rutland. are exhibited by Gin-
pei & Wfldenstein. The Katz Gallery Is
devoted Just now to thumb box sketches
by various American artists The Mont
ross Gallery announces an exhibition Of
photographs by Alvin Langdou CobWn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Rider Haggard has paused in the
writing Of novels TO prepare book de-
scribing the social work Of the Saliva
ton Army. He has given 10 II the title
of Regeneration"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

scarcely worthy OF my muse there Is no
La~,o IN them but the practice Of such
furnishings is not TO be recommended
ShelIey's journal and that OF his second
wife are TO be published in 1872.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

Tolstoy's escape from the rigors meted
out by the Russian government to lib
erals is ascribed by n. CASTOR Des-
champs to the personal protection Of the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-09-06
SoclalistiGno gibanje ma ia.
pOnSkem. Pritisk Wade.

V julijski Stevilki revije "'The
International Socialist Review"
Je izSel izpod peresa japonskega
sodruga S. Katayame sledeci "a
niniv clanek:
V majhncm industriaIncm kra-
Ju 80 mill scvcrno cd Toxic .ie BIZ
10 dine 26. maja t. !. a~retiranih pet
soelallstoy: Tadao Niimura. Taxi
III MiaSite, Icnbi Niimura. L. Nj
Ia IN Rlkigo Furukava. Imenova-
nj sodrugi so zelo inteIegentni ze-
leZarSkl d~clavci. Xxi so nedavno
postal socialist.
Vladne oblasti so skrbno pri-
krle vsako vest o tenn dogodku.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-09-06

V Bostonu .ie umrl professor
James $ Harvard universe. Bill je
psiholog in yes cas- svojega xiv
ljenja je navduSeno verjel V -
duhove. Njegovi ozji prijatelji so
Sc zdaj nastanili V pokojnikovi
sObi in Gakaio, da Sc jim prikaze
- prOfesorjev duh, kajti James
Je pref obliubil, da Sc gotovo
''prikaze''. Re tri dni cakajo -
a zaman. Cakajo lahko Sc tristo
let. a medtem pa ina pameten
svet spet priliko, da Sc poSteno
nasmeje ''razumniStvu" nekterih
ameriskih profesor.jev.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-09-06

= V tvornicah Illinois Steel
Co. V So. Chicagu Sc je zadnji pc
TEX p%revrnil 'ladle' Z r~aztoplje-
MIN zelezom. Jeden delavec .je
mrtev, Sest pa hudi ozganih. BOs-
Je so ozganc delavce magic po-
sprawl V kompaniisko privatno
bolnisnicO in trdovratno zamol-
cali Min imena. Tudi prijateljev
ponesrecenih ne pustijo blizo.