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My hasty impression a dreary delusion;
NOTHING can be learned from books on art which will take the place of the education given by daily access to real works of art. For this reason, all of us who are interested in art study - and these are not a few - have reason to rejoice on seeing the...
Durer's engraving of St. Jerome is surprisingly well reproduced, and does very great credit to the publisher's experts. The clearness of the impression is amazing. The table at which St. Jerome is reading recalls some of Eastlake's remarks about the absurdity of those in use at present...
He would have us dissect each picture; and, if we find a superfluous line or a bit of avoidable coloring, class any painting in which it may appear among the works of base and degraded artists, without regard to its general effect and the impression it produces upon us.
The Globe.At this theatre, Miss Agnes Ethel has been acting in M. Sardou's drama of her own name, to large and appreciative audiences. Of the play little need be said. The plot is decidedly old, but none the less interesting. The impersonation of Agnes demands the beauty and grace...