The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

iiitt Win lubS' ubI tI his SI. ana
that down in his secret heart he
STrce.y comedies to the lesS elegant
AMI enlightened element Of society .
right Ia exist. except rs unavoidabl,
misfortunes.'
The monumental de luxe catalogue
~ the fine arts department of the
Panama Pacific Exposition is now in
press ana ii IS expected 10 surpass all
previous efforts in the way If eXposi.
zion art catalogues.
Miss Heien Wright of the Congress
sional Library ut Washington, II. c.,
has had charge of the enormous ma IS
ofhiographicn, data forthis work Only
American artists are given h~iOgTaphi-
cal treatment, as To- have given all the
foreign artists would have swollen rhe
volume to the dimensions OF "A vast
dictionary and would have required
more time than II was possible TO give.
Some idea Of the extent OF the task
may be gained when il is known that
there are more than 3.Op name in
the index of exhibition artists which
the volume includes, For many months
cho i"lV hISs Nv 0u UtOhS
were ransacked for biographical ma.
terlal relating to the older schools Of
American artists. Memoirs, histories,
contemporary records OF many sorts
were consulted. with the result that
for the first time a comprehensive
biographical index OF essential facts
dealing with the entire history OF our
native art is made accessible.
There are about go pages in the
work, which will probably he issued
in two volumes, on the very finest
paper procurahle and with the typog.
raphy expressing the last degree Of
perfection in the printers craft. There
will H. IA illustrations ~ the mos,
remarkable ana memorable works eX
hihitel and 100 pages Of critical text
divided int" thirty chapters.
John f.. II. Tra>k contributes the
introduction and al~p p chapter on the
ART of Argentina. win which he ha,
an especially intimate knowledge, du,
10 his having been detailed by IN,
United States Government as It's com
missioner general Ia the universal ex
position OF art in Buenos AyNs In
1910, Chief Of the department of I'm,
arts at the present exposition, score
tary and manager II the famou,
Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine Art,
from 1900 10 1913, AMI connected off
rially with other international eXhibi
lions, Mr.. Trask's competency to dea
broadly with II survey Of world art Il
u%nexcelled.
IROnce Renelite. the director Of tn,
National Museum of the LuXembour,
ana author Of works on Manet, Whist
Ter and modern French art, one Of IN,
best known art writer's In the world
Is the author Of the chapter on Frencl
art. AS the French exhibition both oi
retrospective and Of contemporary ar
is II ~ the most striking and un
questlonably surSpssful department
of the exhibition, this chapter is o
primary importance.
Florence Wheelock Ayscough o
Shanghai, China, writes the chapte
dealing with Chinese art. Honornr,
secretary Of the Royal Asiatic Sc
ciety, II director OF the Asiatic Mu
u OF Shanghai and ~ the Inter
national Institute Of the same city
she il II recognized authority on he
subject,
So also is the writer ~ the chnlie
dealing with n form Of art more IAN
tuStic and less understandable to mos
people than the most exotic Oriental
ism, namely, FuturiSm, Umberto Ros
rioni Of Milan, Italy. himself a fore
most painter and sculptor and lecture