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length. When an artist is still in his
prime it is bit dangerous to make too
fat volume about him, as though one
we're fitting him out for posterity. A
collection of illustrations, with a brief
biographical and critical sketch, is
more to the point Fortunately, Mr..
Sparrow, or his publisher, throws in
the illustrations, many Of them in
color. They give an excellent idea Of
Brangwyn's work in picture and dec
Grafton, drawing, etching and ltho-
graph. He has immense talent. He is
a glowing colorist and possesses the
originality to give warrant to his
sumptuous effects. We are glad of
these memoranda on the achievements
of a brilliant career
"The Little Flowers of Saint Fran
els" (E. P. Dutton & Co.. is a work
having, obviously, an interest for read
crs not necessarily concerned with
matters of art; but the volume gives
reason. as it happens, for appreciative
alusion in this place. Mr. Thomas
OhtS - u diSictibH lIUIU the FlOTeLCl
o. San Francisco is accompanied by re-
productions in color of thirty draw
ings by the French artist, NJ Eugene
Burnand has recaptured it's ancient,
wisely resisted the temptation to fol-
low the mystical promptngs Of his
text. The illustrations are realistic
studies Of Franciscan types, seen
against the Umbrian background of
the present day, background which
cIie can we'll believe has suffered little
change from what it was in the Mid
die Ages. 1t is land of enchantment
still, the land about Assist, and NJ
Burrand has rccaptured it's ancient,
peaceful oveliness. His monkish
types are, as San Francisco would have
lad them, saints humunized The pic
toral accompaniment" to a classic of
literature, especially one devotional in
.haracter, may easily lapse into sac
tharine convention. This has true vi
taity. 1t is welcome as a harbnger
OF the new regime to De expected in the
field of large illustrated books now
hat the war is over.
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A Revival in the
Making Of Art Books

1t is interesting to note that with
The coming of peace there has come
renewal of activity in the making o.
books about art. OF course, the sub
joct was not altogether neglected dur
ing the war, but neither did it flouri h.
Mr.. Pennell's volume on Etching and
Etchers." TO which VIC have already re-
ferred. mas Two prefaces. The first is
dated 1916, but publ sation of lhe work
had to be deferred. Now, it is not the
only large illustrated volume to be
printed. We have received, for ex-
ample, "Prnts and Drawings by Frank
Brangwyn; With Some Other Phases
Of His Art" (John Lane Company, by
Mr. Walter Shaw Sparrow. 1t is L
voritable little monument. The text
is, perhaps, trifie ovordone. Mr.. Spar
row takes his hero with tremendous
seriousness and writes at excessive
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Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions

poule for several years the home of
Oscar Wilde. The artist is particularly
successful in his treatment Of water
in such pictures as "Surf, Nice" and
"Marseilles Harbor" and in his studies
of fishing and sail boats.
Paintings in oil and tempera by
at the Touchstone Gallery. The oils
are bit smudgy. Judg ng from them,
Mr.. Emerson is a young artist who
has not yet found himself The
tempera work is of better quality,
yet not above the average. In another
room of the same gallery are prints
and plaques of the Southwestern Ind
ians by Margaret George. These show
marked originality and are we'll worth
visit
At the scandinavian Art Shop, 72S
Madison Avenue, a young Swedish ar
fist, Einar Norman, has some water
colors and Autographs. Mr. Ner-
man combines artistic simplicity with
evidences Of a fine technic in an eff
fective fashion. His work has strength
as we'll as charm
The exhibition Of paintings by the
Swiss artist Joseph c. Kaufman, in
the Mezzanine Gallery of the Hotel
Pennsylvania, has been extended until
December 81. The pictures will be
on view every day, including Sundays
and Christmas Day.
At the Whitney Studio Club an at
tractive collection of flower paintings
by Nan Watson will be on exhibition
until next Wedne sday. Drawings by
Mahonri Young and water colors and
wood carvings by H. NJ. Linding are
other interesting features of the show.
The Winter Academy has its rival in
Washington just now Last night there
was opened with private view the
seventh exhibition of contemporary
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E.tchings by Wen
At the Public Library

While those who appreciate the art
Of the late Alden Weir are waiting
or the full exhibition of his works
which was suggested in this place last
sunday they may have q good taste
Of his quality in the little show just
arranged in the print room at the Pub
C Library. 1t contains about three
dozen etchings, with line engraving
nd 4 Autograph added for good meas
RE. The engraving is the fine Arc
turus,' full length of a nude youth:
important as an illustration of the
4cademic authority which Weir could
exert when he chose to do So The
ieure is superbly drawn, and in tech
nique the plate shows an astonishing
mastery Of the art of the BURN. Etch-
.rg was fer Weir an avocation. Yet
n his heads, especially those of men,
he is so strong, so convincing, that one
naturally as he used the brush. He
carries over into them plenty of the
power which was characteristic of him
IS a painter of portraits. Something
+ the same aptitude is disclosed, in
lesser degree, in his delightful stu
dies OF children. But it is in his
landscape etchings and in his harbor
Genes that he is most clearly himself.
interesting US not only in his work
manship but in his point of view and
sentiment. He appears to have made
t.. csc as sometimes he made his paint
il es- feeling his way. The presence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
MIR. Joseph Pennell
On the Art of Etching

Apropos OF the needle. we NAV note
here the appearance of "Etchers and
Etching" (the Macmillan Company, a
richly illustrated volume in which Mr..
Joseph Pennell helpfully addresses
students of the art. The book is
divided into two parts, and it is in the
second OF these that the author per-
forms a real service. He begins by
framing list of the materials nee
essary for making an etching. noting
also where most of them can be pro-
cured, and then goes on to illuminate
all the mysteries Of tools, presses, ink
paper and so on, and to clear up meth
DDS. These numerous chapters are the
fruit of practical experience and arc
so clearly written that they should
prove invaluable to the beginner. H.
Illustrations by the author serve still
further to heighten the usefulness of
his information. For the purposes of
the studio he might we'll have nub.
slshed this part of his book by itself,
as a sort Of technical manual. The
truth is that the first part of the
present volume would never have been
missed.
Nominally, it embodies survey of
the great etchers, but this is couched
IN terms so ENORMOUSLY dogmatic that
1t can hardly be expected to enkindle
anybody. Rembrandt, in some of his
etchings, is admittedly a considerable
performer, but Whistler is a demi-god
Poor Meryon was not a great artist"
mat, at all events, is what Whistler
said. Mr.. Pencil papally informs US
that the bulk of Meryon's work sis
totally uninteresting, totally unin-
splred, devoid of spontaneity, absolute
~ easy to initiate, poor in perspective.
without observation, out of scale. faxed"
with that mouthful the status of Mer-
yon is, of course, fixed. Haden's Sun
set in Ireland" is described as "the
most poetical dry point Landscape that
exists" and we are told that he "oncc
IN a while was & very great artist"
Mr. Pennell can be. on occasion. be very
hiau' NeVerthelesS, we wish he had
made more of the opportunity offered in
the publication of this handsomely
printed volume. The plates, some of
which are beautiful, and the technical
information make an appeal which
ought to have been matched in the his
torical chapters. The authors idolatry
Of Whistler, though touching, is in
sufficient to equip him as an inter
prefer OF the subject of etching at
large.
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By Royal Cortissoz

"a ,hsre are comparatively few new
.:,;s;ons this week 1t is because the
Na.r;es are pretty nearly congested,
q .aldosn see before the holidays
:. "a. mass of pictures and prints as
-. - accessible in New York. The
Y .are important events of the sea-
are here. the Winter Academy and
~ .how Of modern French art at the
v :, Museum, and the separate
..s;h;tions of individual artists are
. ...,yvhere along Fifth Avenue. In
&. alssroom the new year will wit
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w usic n ote $

Mr. Bodanzky has been receiving
many scores from composers who Sh
their works produced at the spring re
hearsa's of the New Symphony Orches
ira in accordance with the plan form
ulatcd some time ago by which proluc-
tons of composers living in America
are 10 be given a hearing.
While the response from composers.
as indicated, has been satisfactory MIR.
Bodanzky feels that young aspirants
have not as yet fully realized the
opportunity which is being given them.
Accordingly he requests that those
advise the management of the New
Symphony Orchestra of their inten-
lions at the New York address, 25 West
Forty second Street.
Joseph Bonnet, the celebrated organ
list from Paris, will play the organ
parts in the Mozart Requiem" and
Handels lode on St Ceciias Day"
at a revival of these classics by
the chorus OF the Schola Can
forum under the direction of Kurt
SCHNEIDER at Carnegie Hall Wednesday
evening, January 81. Following a Gus
tom prevailing in Handel's time and
sanctioned by the master Mr.. Bonnet
will preface the presentation of the
code" by playing one of Handel S
organ concertos, the same which the
composer himself played at the first
presentation of the work in the year
1879 at the Royal Theater in London
AS an interlude between the two larger
works, the chorus, accompanied by Mr..
Bonnet, will sing three church chants,
two Gregorian and the third a medic
val chant which Mr.. Schind er brought
back from the library of the EscorlaI,
in Spain.
On Sunday evening, December o.
Romeo Forlini will give a special per-
Torrance at the Park Theater; for the
benefit Of the italian Babies Min
Fund. "Nella da Viggiano," a new
opera in one act by Eugenio Ma
rilli, will be the feature 1t will
then be heard for the first time
in America. There will also be an
elaborate ballet, directed by Luigi AL
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bertcri. Singers in "Nclla da Viggi-
&no' viii be Josie Jones. soprano, ds
Nella; William Dorian. tenor, as Ar
turo; G. Fobert, BARITONE. as Aldo. and
q. Grayina, bass, as Edmondo; assisted
by chorus of sixty and an orchestra
of forty. under the direction Of Ro-
mualdo Sapio.
The first of series Of broadsides
from the Josephine McGill collection
of folksongs gathered in the Kentucky
mountains has just been issued by the
John p. Morton Press, Louisville. Be-
cause Of its Antiquity and persistent
charm barbara Allen" has been chosen
as first of the series. In the Kentucky
mountains of the twentieth century the
est collectors in the fieldfound sim
liar versions Of this long familiar and
beloved song. The version now printed
differs in tune and text from that in
cluded in the authors "Folk Songs of
the Kentucky Mountains" (Boosey &
Co.. New York, 1910, but its literary
text is almost identical with one in
GUIDED in the authors Folk Songs of
and Scottish ballads" Miss Patty Thum
has made group Of charming ilustra-
tons for the broadside depicting the
heroine's graces and the ballads poetic
and dramatic values.
Serge ProkofieF, Vladimir Resni-
koff and Eddy Brown will appear at
the Manhattan Opera House on Sun
day afternoon, January 10, at con-
cert to be given under the auspices
of the Workers Music League.
Nine. Yvette Guilbert announces two
additional recitals to be given at the
Maxine Elliott Theater on January 4
and January II. Both programs will
be composed of Nine. Guilberts most
popular legends, brunettes of the eigh-
teenth century and modern songs.
There will be break in the regular
series of Philharmonic concerts during
Christmas week. Directly after the
holidays, however, the orchestra, with
Josef Stransky conducting, will resume
its performances in Carnegie Hall. The
first three assisting artists to appear
It'll the Philharmonic in 1920 will be
Rosita Renard, Eddy Brown and Olga
Samarotf.
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American oil paintings in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art
We made favorable allusion not long
ago to the collection of landscapes at
the Schultheis Gallery painted by Mr..
Charles Hetherington, of Chicago, who
took up the brush at sixty, without any
instruction. The entire collection has
been bought by a gentleman who is
going to present it to a public museum.
The next exhibition at the Mich Gal
lery, to be opened on December 30 and
to continue until the middle of Janu-
airy, will be devoted to pictures by Mr..
Royston Nave. 1t will be followed by
works painted by members of the Taos
Society
The John Levy Gallery has just sold
an important Corot-"La Danse sous
les Arbres au Bord du Lac"-to ex-
Senator William A. Clark. 1t is the
twenty-third Corot to enter the Clark
collection.
At the Ardsley Studios, in Brooklyn,
there may be seen until the end of the
month q collection of paintings and
drawings by Long Island artists. Among
those represented are Leon Dabo. Owen
Merton, William j. Boylan, Robert
Laurent, Hamilton Easter Field, Bry-
son Burroughs, Louis B. Mansfield and
P. Irving Ballou.
promising experiment is being
made by L. Weyhe, the bookseller. He
announces a portfolio, entitled Twelve
Prints by Contemporary American Art
sts,' with Introductory text written
oy Carl Zigrosser and printed by
Bruce Rogers. The group of prints
will include original work in etching,
drypoint, wood engraving and lthog-
raphy. Each proof will be printed on
Japan paper and signed by the artist.
Kenneth Hayes Miller, Albert Steiner,
Boardman Robinson, Mahonri Young,
Rockwell Kent and Earl Horter are
among the contributors.
MIR. H. Humphrey Moore, whose ex-
hibition of pictures painted in Japan
was held at the Union League Club in
November, is to show his works again.
They will be displayed in the rooms of
the Architectural League from the
5th to the 18th Of January. Spanish
as we'll as Oriental subjects will this
time be included.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
THE FLORENCE WILDE
STUDIO OF ILLUSTRATION
Carnegi. Hall Studio 1874

Carnegit Hail Studio 1874.
57th Street and 7th Avenue
Mrs. WILDE. formerly Of PRATT INSTTTT' TIE,
Short Practical Courses Four Afternooss a Wsek
l. For advanced students who wish to do
higher Illustration. 2. For beginners who
wish to do costume or commercial illustra-
ton. 8. Evening life class for women Fur
Their information will be mailed upon request.
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M. Italo Gordani, of Paris, is show
ing q collection of his pictures for the
first time in America at the Hotel Bilt-
more. They are we'll worth seeing. At
a glance the first thought inspired by
tho thirty-six canvases is strong i'm
preston of the painters versatility. A
notable feature of his work is his
flower painting, of which "Red Roses"
loaned by Mr.. Caruso, and smaller
painting Of the same flowers, "Pink
Carnations and "Chrysanthemums,"
are among the best examples. But this
is only one phase of his talent. He has
been successful in his treatment of
landscapes, marines and portraits.
M. Giordani seldom uses the brush.
He prefers the knife blade His work,
whatever the subject, is fervent, emo
tional. He has the Latin's passion for
color. "In the Lagune, Venice"
"Canale St. Barnaba, Venice" and
Sunrise" are gorgeous with resplen
dent hues. His landscapes have an ap-
pealing vitality, particularly wood
Interior - Environ of Barbizon."
Two portraits, "Verdi" and "Beetho-
ven," have q certain Rodinesque force
"Flower Market at Toulon," Autumn
Fete," marine" 1.-THE Venice of Pro-
vence"-Martigues, Bouches-du- Rhone
all have the warm and luminous quail
tiles which distinguish his paintings.
Out of the heterogeneous mass of
pictures in the exhibition of the Ma
tional Association of Women Painters
and Sculptors at the Arlington Gal
leries the work of several women
a
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Studies of Still Life and
Visions OF Phantom World

ness an extraordinary renewal of &C.
tivuies. From early in January until
the spring there will be a crowded sue
eession of collections at the American
Art Galleries and the Anderson Gal
leries
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IN the show of several plates drawn
swiftly and firmly, with no superflu-
Gus touches, cannot blind VA to the
tact that Weir had not, on the whole,
achieved In etching the art of omis-
sion which is half the battle. On
the other hand, there is not a print
OF his which is without certain win.
hlng personal accent. He was the type
of artist who is occasionally uncertain
IN technique but never COMMONPLACE.
, 1919-04-24


The Council of -Four has notified Ger
many that the Associated Powers cannot
receive representatives at Versailles who
are merely messengers. The German
Government must appoint representa-
lives with plenip0tentiary powers
London, April 20tn. The first Bolshe-
Vik army operating in the region of Ho-
mel along the pripet river has Surren-
dered to the Uk|rainians, according to a
statement, issued by the Ukranian Press
Bureau and forwarded from Vienna to
the Central News. Up to the time the
report was forwarded 10000 rifles, 35
guns and POO machine-guns had been
handed over to the tUkranian. A retire
menC along virtually all of the front in
Eastern Russia is admitted by the Soviet
Government in a wireless message dated
April 10Th, and received here today.
Berlin, April 19th-AssOciated Press
The Government troops outside Munich
have been augmented by the arrival Of
5000 Wurtemburgers. Preparations for
a decisive fight are proceeding in the
city. Conditions as regards food are
growing worse. The food stocks are be
coming depleted. The hoffman, Govern
ment has sent in a limited amount of
food for the women and children but it is
reported that the Communists seized it.
The Spartacans declared this report I'M
true. They say there is plenty of food
in Munich and also assert that the Gov
eminent troops decline 10 fire on them.
Rioting in Munich with a few casualties,
including killed and wounded, continue to
be reported.
London, April l9ch-In a successful
attack on Thursday by Russian troops
attached to the Allied forces operating
on the Murmansk railway south of KEN
the Allied forces gained complete control
of Lake Vigezro and he main road north
to the White Sea, according to an official
statement from the British War Office
today The Bolshevik were driven p12
miles from Vojmosalma at the southern
end of Lake Vigezro and the first OBJ
%jective of the attack. The main road to
the White Sea passes thro gh Vojmos-
alma. After capturing the town, the
Russians pursued the Bolshevik down the
road toward Povienets on the northern
shore Of Lake Omega. The Bolshevik
attempted a stand but were driven on
southwark with heavy losses. Two ma
chine-guns were captured from the enc
my. The statement says that the claim
of the Bolshevik that they had captured
Urozero is untrue.
ArchangeI, April 18th-Russian and
British forces early today occupied the
village of Bolshie Ozerki and are pursu-
ing the Bolshevik as they flee southwark
, 1919-04-24
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
9nsOred at Jamaica. J

NOC1ioOI GU dI OdiIldlCdsJ
Paris, April 18th. The frs Boishevik
newspaper in France appeared today I'm
de- the name lie Titre Censure" (The
title censord1 as the title originally pro-
posed, lie Bclshevik, " had been prohib-
tied. The paper is a weekly and is edited
by Georges Anquetil, who, in an editorial,
proclaimed himself of BoIshevik doctrine.
The editorial says that he will undertake
the defence of Bolshevism. He de-
nounces the present condition of hu-
man society.
Paris, April 19th.-The text of the
preliminary peace treaty will be trans
mitted to the press on Friday or Satur-
day Of next week April 25th or 26th, the
Petit Pa1isien" says. The Echo de
Paris" declares that in case Germany re-
fuses to sign the preliminary peace, a
special train will Immediately be put at
the disposal of the enemy delegates for
their return to Germany, and the Allies
will take military and naval measures to
enforce the treaty.
Paris, April 10Th. -Ltaly's territorial
claims, especially in the Adriatic, were
presented to the Council of Four to-
day by Baron Sonnino, the Italian
Foreign Minister. The fact that Ba-
ron Sonnino and not Premier Orlan-
do presented the Italian case to the
council, is especially significant, because
the Foreign Minister is an Extremist adj
vocate of Italy's utmost claims. 1t was
Baron Sonnino who signed the treaty Of
London, and he now holds Mr.. Lloyd
George and NJ. Clemenceau to the pledges
made in the treaty.
Berlin, April 10Th. Count Czernin,
former Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minis
ter, was arrested on Wednesday by the
German Austrian authorities when he
attempted to cross the Swiss frontier.
Copenhagen, April 10Th. -Roumanian
forces have attacked Hungarian troops,
according TO a despatch from Budapest
which fails to tell where the engagement
occurred. The Roumanians, says the
message, suffered tremendous losses.
Copenhagen, April 18th. Preparations
are being made in Germany for a plebis-
cite on the question of rejecting the peace
terms offered to Germany. Such rejec-
, 1919-04-24

over roads knee deep in icy slush toward
the enemy base on the Volo2da railway
at Plesetskaya. The troops entered the
village without opposition, the Bolshevik
laying completed the work of evacuation
during the night. The re-occupation of
Bolshie Ozerkie after months of fighting,
restores the second line of c%ommunica-
ton between OniOzerskay, on the Volog-
da railway, and Omega to the northwest.
Washington, April 19th-The develop
ment of the Siberian offensive against
the Bolshevik on a large scale is des-
cribed in official dispatches from Omsk
received today by the Russian Embassy
here, and the definite prediction is made
that all the Volga territory will be -occu-
pied this spring. Transportation Of
merchandise for export by way of Vlad-
livestock has been resumed. The des-
patches cite various Incidents to show
general decentralization among the Boil
shevik forces and to record the forward
movement of the drive on Viatka in the
European Russia campaign. Three Boil
sheVik divisions are declared to have
mutinied and withdrawn in a battle with
the Red Army Whnn Admiral Kolchak's
forces captured the important town of
S~terlimamak. On April 9th the %victori-
Gus Siberians were within ten miles of
the big munition works at Votkinsk.