Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1875, Page 8

FMUSERENTS, McCullough’'s Two Weeks at IicVicker's, Excellence of the Staze Mana;,;cment ---Education of Supers. Prof. Pepper’s Lectures-—-Dougherty 25 a Reader—ULittle Lotta. The Crities on the American Drama—Rossi in Paris—Theatrical Kotes. Performance of ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor” by the Liederkranz. A Musical Duel~The Amphion Quartette ~Sunday Concerts. ‘Von Bulow’s Debut in New York. THE DRAMA. iN CHICAGCO. TEE WEEE AT M'VICKER'S. Mr. McCullough's engagement, which termi- nated last night, was in some respects notable. It ‘wab played with better surroundings than were afforded at the Academy last year. The stage was adapted for Mr. McCuliough's pisys, and acoessories were provided somewhat more li?xu ally than before. It is only justice, in this n- mection. to notice the excellent !hge-mmpe‘ ment of McVicker's Theatre. ‘I'here is probably! pothing superior to it anywhere in the country, | Behind the scenes everything moves ke clock- work. The manager, as Mr. McCullough himself expressed it, is 8 jewel. Audiences too seldom give credit whero it is due for work of this de- scniption. They take it for grauted that order 18 Heaven's first law, and that there is lees diffi- culty in enforcing Heaveu's laws on the stage than elsewhere. This idea wounld be quckly dissipsted if amatenr perform- soces were frequently given in public balls—if, for ins'amce, the Genial Dramatic Club sbould give, as it threatened to do, » eeries of ten performances in the New Chicago Theawre. The stage-mansgement at the first enteriaiument, Thursday week, was simply ludi- rrous. Long wailg were not infrequent, Wrong Bxits were common, and in some instances the purtain was biought duwn 83 2 m2ans of tempo- rary relief. Blunders of this kind never occur st MoVicker's Thealre; and Mr. Sharp, the stage-manager, shoud be beld in kindly remem- brance by the public for avoiding tbem. THE SUPPORTING PALTS. Besides the advantages of a large stage and Boo accossories, Mr. McCallongh had, towards the eud of his engegement, very fair support. Mrs. Murdoch's acung a8 Virginia and Julie was & revelstion even to her friends and admirers. She never did anything in this city better than Vir- ginia, aod io thus part she leftlittle to be de- sucd. It could not have been gaaged better to her powers if it had been written expressty for ber. The air of simplicity and naivete which the part requires seemed for her almost s matter of course, though the assumption of it was in reality a work of some dificuliy. Fortunately, she was not required in the_lstter portions of the pisy to be suythmg bat s pic tore of distressed beautv, and this was comparatively an easy matter. Io “‘Riche- heu” the demands upon her were heavier, and she was cousequently less successful in this play thanin * Virgiowa” Her Julie was, how- ever, highly creditable. Some of the other characiers 1n these plavs were also well taken. Mr. Gossin as icilivs and De Maprat was quite 1air, bt not at all marvelous. Though it ia & dapgerous criticism to offer, i1t mav be said that Mr. Gossin studies too much. His action 18 ofien constrained and stif. He scems to have coa- stantly bercre bim a chart on which the dopth of his voice, the dangerons passages. the prevail- ing currents, and the most favoralie approaches to applause, are minuteiv described. Thera is no care i‘or defects of this kind except fime and os- perience. These errors are, however, oa the right eide, and much eacier to pardon than care- lesness avd wrecched blundering. Of these lat- ler fauits Mr. Waldron must be accused. Hig Appius Claudius was abominable. Even that villamons decemvir must have been incapable of tbe language which Mr. Waldron placed in bis rmouth, and Enowles, if be could bave beard it, would have turred 10 his. grave, There is ab- solutely no excase for an actor who does not koow his lines. DLILLING THE COHORTS. There is s great field for au intelligent and conscientioss manager among the supernumer- aries. Indeed, any person, in or out of the pre- fesmion, who should take the trouble to educate afew serviceable Romaus and yeomen would fiod his reward. What is particularly wanted for this kind of work is logs. A Roman with knock- kuees and thin extremitiés is a wild and glaring absurdity ; & gladistor with watery eyes, purg- ing thick amber, i8 a moral imposaibility ; and a Eentish yeoman who does pot know how to hold a stwelk, or ssy boh to & goose, is a piece of mopumental mockery. Bupernumeraries physically qualifiel to fasten public sitention by their besuty and their strength might easily bs selected; then would come the far more difficult task of train- ing tbhem. They ought to know how to carry ewords, wstead of being canied by them ; and most of all do they ueed some experichce in elling. A good stage yell 18 & wors of art. 'bose who saw Risto.t during her last engage- ment bere will remember how admirably her stage assistunta were drilled to yell “The shouting of the mob outside the Tuiler'es in ¢+ Marie Antoinetie™ was intensely realistic. It maue one's blood run cotd. It was a feature of the iformance ; without it the magnificent ertuation in which Marie holds up the Daunphin snd quiets the hungry clamors of the rebellious people wonid bave been impossible. There is 0o 182800 why the coborts at McVicker’s Theatre shon.d not attain omeubing like the same pro- Fciency 1 yelling; if they ever should. per- formances such as tbose which Mr. McCallough bas been giving would pass off much moze | sgreesblr, and the sudience would no be enti to uproarions langhter by s discordact chorus ui huzzas, resembliug nothing in the world so much 88 the iroical jeering of a mob of uewsboys. As it was, Mr. AicCullough was compelled to cut ‘tus followers a8 far as ‘be could Gecently. A potable omission after the first night was the baod of gladiators, who usually make their exit with Spartacus 2s he ex :la:ms, ‘ We are gladia- tors.” The incopgruity of the words and the suIToundings was 80 painfuliv apparent the first night that the sudience burst into a roar of laughter; alter the first performance, Spartacus n.sae tbe speech refer oniy to himself and one . compavion, REVIEW OF M'CULLOUGH'S ENGAGEMENT. Mr. McCullough advanced in the affection and eateem of his audiences as his engagement drew toita close. *The Gladistor” was given one ‘whole week, though it was not worth the time or the pains either trom a pecuniary or an artist~ ic point of view. The al'otting of so much time t0it, and comparatively so little to the better playe of Mr. McCullongh's repertory, was an in- stance of bad management which cannot easily be explained. Toe Virginius and Richelieu of Mr. McCuilough were almost incomparably su- penor to his Spartacus and Jack Cade. It isun- fortunate that the people_did not have full op- portunity to witness the Richeleu. It was one of ine finest pieces of acting that have been seen in this city for many & long day. Down to the emallest details it was carefully wrought out, ‘The cough, which a toolish fashion bas decreed shall be a promineat feature of the acting, was painfully elaboiated; and even the minntes. stage Uusiness performed with perfect fidelitr. not on~ Iy to Bulwer, but al:0 to tho traditions of the stage. As was noticed yesterday morning, Mr. McCuliough caught the cynical, sardonic manner of the Cardina:to perfeonon ; but he wasnot entirely successful 1n portraying his more sab- tle qualities. His Cardinal %as perhaps a shade 100 amisblo snd too much on the surface. Tne error op the side of good-nature arises in part from nupgrusions in the text of the ph'.;, bat it i8 partly due to the nstural desire of the actor not to appear quite 80 black as his character is painted, The eJusive tenderness of the Cardi~ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. nal towards Julie was certainly a point overdrawn. It is true the crafty old schemer has & soft spot some- where in his heart, and Julie ia supposed to bave the power of toucning it. But in the ecene be- fore_her retirement to the tapestry chamber, whei she confesses her love for De Mapraut. she does nothing to draw blood f10m a stone, and ve were somewhat surprised to sce the stone bleed- ing go profusely. The superticial character of Mr. McCullough's acting iu this part js more dif- ficult to deal with. Richelieu is many-sided, and the actor is given the difiiculs task of presentiug more thaa one side at & time, 1l 14 required to show a surface, and a depth below the surface; to take tho andience into his confidence. while at the sama time ho bewilders those immediately about him by cunning, msincerity, and falsebood. ‘To represent properly a character of this knd is a 1ask of no mean propor- tions; and we do not knmow but Mr McCullough eucceeds as well with it s anybody who has undertaken it 1o this city. That famil- iar and often-quoied passage 1o which the circie of the church is drawn was, of course, magmifi- cently rendered. Italwaysis. Any cctor of ex- perience cau give it wel. It alwa:s takes with an aundience, because the playwright has done so much for it. The sudience of Fiidsy night enowed its approval by two vociferous calls ve- fore the curtain, which were as hearty 28 thoy were unusualn thst place. Mr. McCutloogh's Virginius also bas decided morits, though it does not maks anything like the same domands on him 88 the Richelicu. 1t was an exceeding- ly szreeable performance, the sUPPOILIDR | 8Tt8 being better pleyed than in anything else which has been tried here this season. o last act of the play. in which Virginius is made to go c1azy for the express purpose of killing dppius without lowering lus own diguity must, in these duys of trials for emotional Insanits, strike the ordinary observer ss a little peculiar. Knowles confessed himself that be made Virginius insane in order to avoid the * indecency™ of represeut- ing bim “in the attitude of taking the law into his own hands.” * His destroving Appius in & £it of temporary insanity,” according to Knowles, «“mves the catuscrophe the air of a visitation of Providence.” ‘PROF. PEPPER'S LECTURES sonounced for this week demand something moze than a paseiog motice. They will be oot merely pleasant entertainments, but meens of instruction. Persons competent to judge do- clare that they have decided scientific merits. 1If 80, they may certsiuly be useful in populariz- ing science, and should be liberally patronized. The Professor proposes to give an entertainment every evening auring the woek and at matinees Wednesday and Satwmday. The programime is arranged in four parts, and will be changed everynight. The plan is to give finst & short popular gcientific lecture, and then a number of optical delusions and experiments. The adver- tisement of & chango of programme every night is not itsesf an opticsl delusion ; #nd those who go ouce to 828 Pepper's Pleasursble Polytechue Pertormsnces will be verv likely 1o go agamm. The matinees for vonug folka Wednosday and Saturday ought to be largelv patronized. DANIEL DOUGHERTY. One of the most delighttul series of enter- taioments ever given in this city bas been the twolectures on **Orators and the Orator " and +-American Politics,” 1n the Star Lecture Course, and the extra ¢ Readings” for the benefit of the Catholic Orphan Asylum, by the Hon, Dauiol Dongherty, of Philadelphis, all of which have drawp very large and spprociative andiences. The eubstance of the jectures has already ap~ peared in THE TRIBUNE, and 1t would be super fluous for us to spesk of Alr. Dougherty as a lecturer, since he bis been long aud favorably kvown in this capacity to the American public, As 8 reader, howaver, he 18 not so familiar, and we doubt net that his sucoessin this direction Friday evenicg was a geunine sarprise to every one in the large audience, which gave him such & kindly greeting. His success was all tho more remarkable from the fact that Mr. Dougherty is not o professional reader, and resds but very rarely. He has long been known as_ an inimitable story- 1eller and n graphic delineator of the humorous. This was specially shown in his humorous re- citals, in waich he showed a remarkable com- niand of dislects, a keen appreciation of the ridiculous, and a remarkable facuity of impreas- 1ng it upon his auditors. Probably nono of them enjoyed tho humor more keeoly than Alr. Douggberty himself. He seemed to enter into their spirit as closely a8 if the stories wera told him for the first time. In serious readings, like Mark Antonv's address and the famous ** Liber- ty or Death " extract fcom the Patick Henry oration, be displayed not only great vigor and genuine eloquence, but in esch iastance worked ,p a chmax of dramatic power which we bave Zarely beard excelled in tbe whole range of Awmerican _elocation. He excels at both ex- tremes.—the ridicalous in story-telling and the msjestio in oratory,—and through the whole of it shines the natural diguity, refiuement, aod cul- ture of the gentlemau. The managers of toe Star Lecture Coursa deserve the thenss of the lecrure-going publie for the great treat they have given them. and Mr. Dougberty will taze away from Chicaco the good wisnes and plese- ant memories of che thousands who have beea chermed by him. STAR LECTURES. Alexander Stephens, the ex-Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, whose lectures in the Star Course, anoounced for the coming week, were looked forward to with so much nterest, has informed Messrs. Carpenter & Sheldon that he will soon be able to travel and falfill his en- gagement with them here. 1t is probable that he will speak Lere early in November. The next *‘star™ to shine in the Star Course is that erratic poetic genius Joaquin Mider. The romance which attacbes to the name and career of this remarkable man; his dress, manners, and acts, 8o widely commented on ; us books, so londly prawsed or fiercely condemned, selling Iarzely the while; his unquestionable genius, however eccentrically exoressed by his acts or poems,—all go to surround the man and poet with such au atmosphero of mysterv and inter- est that his appearsuce bere will undoubtedly attract an immense andience. His lecture will be given i Union Park Church one week from Taesday, Nov. 2, and will be on_* Literary Lon- don,” & theme which he is said to treat brlliant- 1y, he having been the pet and lionof * Literary andan ” for several yeacs. * Timofhy Titcomb,” Dr. J. G. Hollend, is an, nounced for the Star Course Thursduy, Nov. 4- in Flymouth Church, when he will illustrate ev- erybody’s fail ng, ** Hobby-Riding.” ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTES. Mr. James H. Dowland delivered a very valua- ble 20d 1nter esting lecture lzst Monday evening in the Atheneum course on the subject of “ Physical Calture.” The audience was large. The lecture was delivered in a forcible and ear- nest manner, and was reccived with frequent bursts of applause. The following is the Supday-lecture pro- gramme of the pear future: To-day, W. R. Emerzon, on * Tie Mechanic of 1775 and 1875 : A Century of Industrial Progress ;" Uct. 81, Mrs. E. Cady Stanton; Nov. 7, Moncure D. Conway; Nov. 14, the Rev. Edward Everett Hale ; Nov. 23, Mrs. A. H. Leonowens; Dec. 5, Caarles Brad- laugh. Billv Rica ought to have an overflowing houss a4 his benefit to-morrow night. He 18 a ca, ital mintrel. and bas been preity faithful to the people of Chicago. He i8 to appear for this oc- casion only on tho * erd,” and, though he will have po opportunity iu this poeition to show his arustic stumble, he will, doubtless, surpass him- self in graces of another and subtler kind. Mr. James Lewis ia announced to play ** The Big Booanza " at McVicker’s for the week begin- ning Nov. 1. The unfortuvate htigation over “* Qur Boya " will probably preveat the people of Chicago from seeing that much-taiked of play for_somo time tocome. The Florences, who claim the 1ight to the play, have been engaged to play in Jobn McCullough's Californis Theatre in **The Mighty Dollar,” and they will not prob- ably be ready to bring out ** Our Boys " in Chica- go until late in the season, if atall. The delay 18 very provoking. Litile Lotta. the queen of the banjo and the clog-dance,—if these rather unuly subjects can be said to bave anv queen.—vill give ber new play, ““Musette,” av McVicker's Theatre tuis weel. She i8 likeiy to bave croxded houses, as she has etrack a wonderful streak of good-for- tune this year wherever ahe has been. The play 18 probabiy sometbing to hang Lotta’s special- ties or, and it will not be enjoyed the less on tbat account. Messrs. Waldron, Gossin, Sey- moar, Raiuford, aud Hurlewand Mesdames Mur- Qoch. Browne, &nd Stoneall are in the cast. Arrangements have been completed by this ex~ cellent ciub to agaia perform ths ** Honeymoon' at an early day in November next, at the Acade- myof Music.” Owmg to the terrib.e state of the weather on_the evening of thewr last per- formance at the New Cbicago Theatis, many were prevented from seeing the Club in this play, and a8 an imoortant member of the cast was prevented by iliness from appearing, the Clab was unable " to do themselyes foll jpstice, They wish to fully sustain their good reputa- tioa, and cousequently propose Lrying it again. THE OUTER WORLD. THE AMERICAN DEAMA, Mr. Charles Gsyler's létter on the Ameri- can drams, and the reasons Why it does not suceed, hag provoked .8 good denl of curious criticism from various quarters. The letter seems to be received differ- ently from points comparatively 80 near together 28 Now York and Philadelphis. The New York Past especially poob-pochs ¥r. Gasler's dugges- tion, that the ciitics condemn native productions from motives of jeulousy. Tho veteian play- maker confesses that, auring tho last twenty- five years, ho bas * inflicted more plays—good, bad, and indifferent—upon our enduring and patient public than suy other offender in the same way.” The Pos! agrees with him - there, and it remembers espacially his bad and indiffer- ent. It considers the whole argument a8 wesk 2nd puerilo 08 Mr Gavler's plays. ** When good American plays are produced, managers will ac- copt them and pay for thom.” g The Philadelphia Press takes an opposite view of tha letter, which it pronounces **very boid and very truthful " : . The main trouble is one very disgraceful to journal- jsm. New York managers, who might perhaps give American authors a chance, do not 'do 80 because if ihey do they offend the critics of the Caily newspapers, cach of whom has an original comedy fn his desk: Thisisnot a_mere sapposition: it {3 a proven fact, and a fact which is fast making itself noderstood, that 10 get 5 true verdict upon a play or player thet verdict must ot come from New York. . . .. Wiseacturs a8 munagers Will, therefore, hereafter secl: other lo- calities when they attempt now playa. We know that the criticism of Philadelphia is, as a rule, honest, and we believe that of Boston and Chicago to be. It locks 88 if the day were coming when New York will have to wait for ita plays until their worth has been decided upon elsewhere. < C The view of the Press ia correct, with some qealifications. Mr. Winter, of ths New York Tribune, is an honest critic. ROSSI IN PARIS. A French correspondent of tbe London Times gives some account of Signor Rossi's reappear- ance in Paris, the marked success of which is supposed to be the cause of the actor’s refusal to visic America : Signor Rossi, the famons Italian actor,—the friend, fellow-student, and rival of Salvini in Italy,—mado his .appearance last night in a mangled version of * Othel- 10" at the Ventadour for the benefit of the French in- undation fund. Considering that tho actor was play- ing son:ething liko Shakspeare in the land of Voltaire, and playing lim in an unfamiliar looguage, his suc- cess was romarkable. There {8 08 much resembiung between Signor Bossl and Signor Salvini s there is be- tween Mr, Phelrs and the late Mr. Macready, They both come out of the same mold. ~ Signor Kossi has moro delicacy of conception and treatmeut than Sigoor Salvini, but ho has not the immenss physical force of his rival, He has a fine stage voice, but not such a i t organ-hike voice x5 Salvini, nor has he the latter actor’s marvelous power of filling the stage witls his prescnce when he is in ropose, On the other band, Rossi i8 frco from the occasional coarse- ness which disfigures some of Salvini’s finest per- formances, Rossi does much whirh English play- goers may think violent and extravagant, In his first sttack upan /ago, he cems as if {uclined to bite his face, and ho mauls the dead Leademona, after ho has discoverea her innocence, in a way that is only saved from being disgusting by his evident atd sincers ago- ny. Rossi will be at some disadvantage both in New York xnd Loncon by coming after Salvini, butas the Iatter made bLis chief fame in both countries in Olhcllo, it only rests with Rosel to select other etfective char- “*MARRI=ZD IN HASTE.” The London Lour, in speakiug of HenryJ. Brron’s new play, Married in Haste,” says : It contains a kost of such pithy phrases as, speaking of & 1ady’s mode of dress— kitchen drosser—risiug to crime, but not_descending to 3 mistake—lesving the West-end for hard work, and Camden-town with the faculty of putting Regent's Park on your letter-hesd— finding the sea L0 deep, when fishing, to get anything out of ft—reddening in shume in a way to spprecizte the fee’ings of a lovster on getting boifed—not erying over spilt milk for fear of mak'ng it more watery— finding old men 50 hard that they do not bresthe but tick, and 60 on; and the peculiar form of locution which produces such expressions as “ svuncular rels- tive” for uncle, *‘sponsorial ¢memies” for god- rarents, and *‘ pecuniary friends” for friends with money, cre, like the extension of sentences used to obtain antithescs, accepted facts in the Byronisn man- nor. These phrases do not strike the American mind a8 being of a side-splitting character, but they are clever, aud wortnv of Byron. An audi- enco of average intelligence can enjoy them. NOTES. John Dillon was well received in Baltimore. «The Big Bonanza” was produc.d for the 1irst tima in Boston last week. It drew well. Grace Stuart, who made 2 failure in the Union Square Theaire, is about to try the stage again in Hartford, Conn. The Kirelfy Brothers purpose to return to New York sud produce another spectacle drama, a companion plece to ** Around the World.” Ar, James E. Murdoch has begun, in Boston, s series of Shakspearean readings, with inci- dental comments on the subjects of the poet. Barry Sullivan has intimated to a Boston re- porter that he belie s the critics are diepleased with bis acting simply because he is & foreigner. TRustori is & ** frost " in_ Sidnoy, through the absurdly high prices which have been adopted. Neither has De Mureiza created a furore in Mel- bouruo. Edwio Booth is to play ** Richard IL" for the firse time duting his preseot engugzement at Daly's. Jeffery 3. Lewis will play Ophelia to his Hamlet. The Florences have been engaged by John McCullough to give ** The Mighty Dolac” at the California Theatre, San Franc.ico, atter the run of tle *‘contemparaneons political satire” at the Park Theatre. Mr. Calvert, who will be remembered in con- necuon with the production of * Henrv V,” at Booth’s Theatre lsst Fobruary, hes just'pro- duged ** Sardanapa‘us” at his own theatre—the Aloxandra—in Liverpool. The Vandeville Theatre, Paris, will this win- ter be @iven up to the representation of works ot writers unkoown to fame. This willbea good opportunity of discovering how much no- recoguized dramatic talent there is in the gay capital. The traveling dramatic companies which are adrifs in the small cities all througi,the Midule and Western States are, with but litile exception, having ill foriune ; and 1t is thought when the agricuitural fair seiwson has pessed many of them will be disbanded. George Honey, the English actor who has made 50 favorable an impression in Boston, where he appearod as a member of a regular stock company, has been engaged to appear at Wallack’s in New York. He wil play Eccles in *Caste,” an original part with him. Miss Louise Hibbert, the English actrees who came here with Bairy Sullivan to support bim a8 leading lady in his tour through the conutry, succumbed to the adverse criticiams of the press of New York anod Philadelphia, and sailed for Englund tae 9th. Mr. James F. Catficart was ulso obliged to cancel his engagement. Mrs. Octavia Allen appeared at the Boston Thestre last week as Mrs. Lucretia Cadwal- lader, in “The Big Bonanza.” A critic ssys of ber: ' *She is o lady who does her work with much care and taste, though not exhibitiog, in this patt at Jeast, any other qualities than those of conscie.tionsnoss and good judgment.” At Villiers-sur-Oisé, the other day, an English actress, known a8 Alme. Reene—at one time popular in London—committed suicide in the role of Ophelia. She was 65 years of age and had lived in the avove-nsmed little village for the rast ten years. Bhe was found floating uuder the eurface of the river, her gray head decked out with flowers. Mrs. Emma Waller will sbortly make her ap- pearance on the American stageat the Califor- Dia Theatre. Mrs. Waller has the advantage of a stately presence ; a strong phvsique; a clear, melodions, sympathetic voice; thorough train- ing and sbundsut experiencein toat good old ecuool which gave us Ellen Tree, Mra. Barrett, and Charlotte Cushman. MUSIC. AT HOME. THE PECULIARITY OF OUR MUSICAL SEASOX, a8 compared with those of Eastera cities, is its spasmodic character. We go from one extreme 1o annther. Week before Iast we had seven con- certs in fivo days by Theodore Thomas. Last week we had a single concert by the Amphion Quartette. This week, after to-day, the field is barzen. Meanwhile the Eastern cizies are liter- ally reveling in music. The advertising page of the New York Tr(bune, for instance, gives the announcements of the Wachtel German opera troupe, tho Kellogg Eoglieh opers, Titiens, in concerts and orator:0, Gilmore's Conceri Garden. the Gran opera bonffe, Arabella Goddard’s piano recitals, the White-Cervante's concerts, Thomas® symphony concerts, and 80 on; while in Boston Hans von Bualow is driving the Hubbites crazy, not to spesk of a rcore or more of other masical entertainments. Of course, we skall have the best of these, but they come late in the season and at long intervals. The next prominent fea- ture of local interest will be the performances of Nicolai's three-act opers, ‘' THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,” by the Liederkranz Society, under the direction of Haus PBalatka, at McVicker's Theatre, com- mencing Nov. 8. As this opora has never been Riven here but once, and is unfamiliar to.opera- Roers. & fow words concerning it will be of inter- est. The libretto nas composed by Dr. Mosenthal, one of the most popular play-writers in Ger- mapy, some of whose works, 28, for instance, “ Leah, the For:aken,” bave been given with immense success on the stages of Eogland, France, and America. The plot 15 founded on the Snnkspearean cumedy of the same name, the scenes of which have been slightly aitered for the purposes of opera. Sir John Falstaff writes two love-lette.s simultancously to AMrs. ford aud Mrs. Page. Theso ladies concoct a plot to lure him into a trap, in order to punish hm for bis temerity, H.s escape from the senrch of o jealons husband by concealing himself in a basket of soiled linen is one of the most laughabls featnres of tho first act. A sec- oud feigned love-lotter from AMrs. Ford brings bim into another scrape. Not knowing Alr. Ford, Falstaff brags to him of bis success with rs. Ford, and telis him of bis now sppointment With her, at which ho is of course surprised by Mr. Ford. He escapes a second time, disguised a3 an old woman, but reseives a sound beating 2t the hands of the infuriated husband. The overa ends with the well-known fairy extravazanza of the comedy. Tho musicis by Otto Nicolai, ono of the most colebrated operatic composers of Germany. His * Templar” and parucularly bis “ Merry Wives " nre alwave zreat favorites with sll ope1a-goers, Nicolai's career »s a musician was very britliant, he having be.n engaged for a long time a8 chief cuudoctur of the Imperial Opera in Vienna, When at the height of his fame he received a call to take charge of the Grand Royal Opera in Berlio, a position equally remunerative and honorable. It was bere that be c.mposed his masrerpiece, ** Tho Merry Wives of Windsor.” The music, althoagh light and very pleasing throughout, 18 always el- egant and sparkling. It enters irto the spirit of the libretto 8o happily ana truthfuily that it nev- er failsto delighe not only the amateur, but also the orihodox-musmcian. The comic situations which aboued 1 tmis opera sro musically ex- pressed in_the most natural and vivid msnner. In the whole repertcire of the comic opota 1t wonld be difficuls to find apything equal to the buffo duet in the second act, in which Falstaf® boasts to M. Ford, whom ha takes to bo anoth- er person, of his success with Mrs. Ford. SUNDAY CONCERTS. The Sunday concert-goors will have three op- portunities for enteriaivment to-day. The prin- cipal featurea of the Turuer Hall apncert this afternoon will be Liszt’s * Racokzy AMarch,” the introduction and chorus from ** Lohengrin,” and the overtures to ** Marths ” and *‘Precioss.” Mr. Creswold'’s fourteenth organ recital will be given at Unity Church this afterncon, commenc- ing at haif-past 8, with a very fine prozramme. Next Sunday evening Mr. Creswold will give a concert at the eame place, assisted by Mrs. Helen Ames, who was here soma time since with Adelaido Phillipps, Mis. Ilurston of Trinity, Air. Thomas Goodvwillie, Mr. William Lews, tha Blanev Quartstte, and others. Credat Judeus! 'This afternoon the first of a series of sacred coucarts wili be given at the Michigan Avenue Bapust Church, with a realiy sacied programme, aud one of unususl excal- lence. It iathe intention to contine the pro- gramme strictly to gacred music, and thas offer an entertainment to which no secular objecticos can be taken. The programme this atternoon will be as follows. The concert commences at 3 o'clock: 1. Organ—Second Symphony, .. Beethoven Campana (Adantea oy 1. Vo Fidgler.] 2. “From the Deyhta ™. Mre. 17.S, iatrons, 3, “1 Enow that My Redoesmer Liveth ".......Handel trs. J. C. Janzy. 1. Com fon oo 3y God. to Thee} -----Baliste \Lranamiption by £, V. Fuarier.) " sesieen Mendelssohn Ara. Jones and Mrs, Watrous. 6, *‘Am Meer ", i Mr. Edward Schulce 7. Organ—Orerture to ** Egmont ".....e0. Mr. I V. Fager. 8, * Hear Us, O Father ......... Mrs, Jones, Mrs. Watrous, an 9. Organ—Frelude and Fugus in B. Ar. I, V. Fuaaler. TIE EDDY OBGAN KECITALS bave been changed from Thursdey evening to Saturday sfternoon. The nineicenth of the series will be given Saturday afternoon. THE BEETHOVEN SOCIETY will give its first musical reanion of the season on Friday eveniog at their rooms. THE AMPHION QUARTETTE. During the week the Am;hion Quartette has ‘mede its debut, with results which have been already chropicled in Tme Tuisose. We aro zixd to know that the Quartetle bas esveral cu- Ragements already secured, and thac during the next three or four weeks it will devote iteelf to frequent rebearsals and study before setting out onits serions winter work. It1s made up of good material, and, with tle necessary practice, can bardly fail to make a very decided success. A MTSICAL DUEL. ‘We bave received the following challoage, which speals for itself : CHICAGO, Oct, 22,—Having received a challenge from Andy McGary to sing threo ‘sentimental ¥ Irisn Bongs, I wish to state that I accept that chalienge on these conditions : First—That said songs be selected from “Moore's Standard Irish Melodies.” ‘Second—That each competitor sings the same songs, thus placing esch competitor squarely on his meris before the public. Jonx D, MADDEN. i ABROAD. - VON BULOW'S DEBUT. Dr. Von Bulow made his debut last 2onday evening in Boston with great success. Wo take from the New York Tribune the following sketch of the player and his playing: Von Butow certainly has the most wonderfully-de- veloped technique of any man who over played in tlls country. Of that there can be no doabt. Hsis probably & man of much higher and more widely- extended culture {han any musician we bave ever heard; pre-eminently 3 mwn of the world, znd o genflemin *to the manner born.” Thero is not_one of tbese qualltics that does nob muke ftsclf felt in his playing. His ease is 80 great— not merely his technical ease in handiing the kes- oard, but his intellectusl grasp‘of whit he is pliying—that astonishment is the last feeling ho awakeus in ms. Never before did piunoforio- playing scem so casy. After the first ten bars we for- get entirely that it i3 Von Bulow that we have come io Rear. e listen to the music with 2s oxclusive sn in- terest as if we had heard Von Bulow all our lives, were rather intinate with him than otherite, and he was showing us some new plece, with 3 view o in- teresting usinit. Wehuve nover scena plaver who suuk bimeelf in the composer so completely, Hs gives you the music, the whole music, and nothing But the music, of whatever he is playing ; and as be soems entirely to forget” himsl( i playidg, £0 do we forget him in list2ning. Tae composition I8 all n all for tue moment. To judge from his playing of tha grest Beethoven's E-fiat Major Concerto (tae tirst plece e played), he is the most entirely satisfying player of Hicetaoven that we hava yet heard, or can ludeed well im:giue, wd we have by no means forgotien Anton Rubinstein’s pluy- ing of the Sonats, Opus 111, Frum the beginning to the end of the great Comcerto every mote drew blood. Such power, imfblicity, and fotal abezace of striving after effuct, can hardly’ be imagined. Ru.ia- steun ws often great, often overwheimngly Passion- Gte, fomelimes oTsgg:Tatedly boisterous, always wonderful. No matter waa: h did, ho left us aston- ished either at his greatness or our own Litieness Von Bulow does not astonish us in the lesst ; we have 1o time to ve ustonished while listening to him. He claims our whole aitention, and rivets it upon the ma-~ sic, not upon the performance. He is a most whole- some, manly player, a man_to hear overy day in the year aud not grow tircd of, Not the least of u sensa- tionslist, even fn Liszvs madeap Hungarian Fantasis, which ended his part of the concert, e did not seem for 3 moment to be showing off. An astonnding piece of compoaing that same Fantisiais; briilfant every- ‘where, at imes exciting to s high degree, nt tines quaint, coquettish, and fesciuating, but so over- Joaded' witn embroidery! Nob List at his best, even on his own ground. One thing was mo- ticeable n von Bulow's piaying of it, and alwo stitl more in tho Beethoven Converto, That was his mmense comieand over the orchestrs, He was tho Iife, soul, snd head-centra of the whole busiess. It was interesting to sce the manner in which be made the orchestra do his will ot rehearsals. If passago swent wrong, he would show his men, by actual dem- oastraticn on the pianoforte, how it ought to §o, and after o few trials it Beemed impossibla for auy oze to play it otherwise. The strength he exhibited at such times was positively marvelons, and even in the for- tissimo tutti pussages the orchesira was scarcely sudibls above the din of the pianoforte. If you ‘would wonder at von Balow, see him at rehearsal. The difficnities he has o encounter, and his consum- mate ease {n conquering them, become apparent then. MUBICAL NOTES. Offenbach's new operetts, *La Creole,” is to be brought oat at the Bonffes, Paris, Irms, formerly an opera-houffer of celebrity, has a younger eister in the eame businessin Paris. After little Lucea sings in the German prov- nces next winter, she is goiog to retire to pri- vate life. It's strange that Miss KEellogg mansges to carry a small fortune away from New York every time abe visits it, sod yet the managers of Iisl 4. Organ 5, * Transy ian opera cannot make it pay. It's the differ- ;nca between 32 and $4 for seats that account far 1¢. Miss Emms Howson will sing “ Dinorah ™ at the Teatro-Rossini, in Leghorn, during No- ‘vember. Brignoli is coming back for the Centennial. A Dublin paper pronounces him a much finer tenor than even Sims Reeves! ! Mlle. Albani has added to her list of triumphs 8 greater one in her rendering of ¢ Faust than her moat ardent admurers could have an- ticipated. Mr. John Francis Barnett has composed a new sacred cantata, founded on the parable of ** The Good Shepherd,” which will be first sung at Brighton, England. The Kellogg English Opera Companv will be- Rin & season of ten nights and four matinees at the Bostou Theatre on Monday evening of this week, with ** Mignon,” Rosioa Vokes is engaged to be married to Mr. Cecil Clay, brotber of Frederick Clay the com- poser, and son of the celebrated whist-player, James Clay, M. P. for Huddersfield. The production of a Turkish comic opera, com- posed by M. Tehokadjian, eatitled ** Leblebidji Khorker,"” is annouaced at Stamboul: We are told that ** Leblebidji ” menns, literally, “A veodor of chickpeas.” . The programme of Von Bulow's second con- cert in Boston comprised Honselt's grand cou- certo for piano and orchestra ia F minor, op. 16; Besthoven's firtecn variatione, fugue and. finale on & theme from the Sinfonia Emlcni’or. 36, in E flat, and Von Weber's polonaiso brilliante in E, op. 73, as instrumental for piano and orches- tra, by Lizst. The Cincinnati Gazetle of Thursday last saye : *+After several weeks of doubt aud uncertainty Alr. Otto Singer has resolved to remsin in Cin- cinpati for the future. It was his intention to locate in Philadelphis if the msnsgement of the Centennial Musical Festival was placed in the bands of Theodore Thomss. His numerous friends will hail hisdetermination to remain here with gladnes.” Miss Anois Montague, of Baltimore, made her first appearance in opera at Booth's Lheatre, New York, lass Friday night, with Aiss Kel- fogy’s company. Che opera was the ** Hugue- nots,” in which Mrs. Van Zandtand 3rs. Seguin appeared, with Miss Montague as the Queen. Boms of the newspaper critics say that the fair debutante suffercd severely from ‘- stage fnght,” bat all speak bighly of ber tine voice and avident cultore, as well as great promise. The recent meetings at Bavreuth for the re- hearsal of Wagner's great work stll oop- tinue to be & leading topic of interest in tho German musical papers. Among tho ramarka- ble roports in circalation is one to the effect that an enterprising theatrical manager proposes to convert the gréat rotunds of the Vieana Interna- tional Exlubition into an opera-house, and to produce thero in 1877 the wntire Nibelungen Drams. He hopes to obtein the whole of the dressos, scenary, etc., from Bayrenth for this purpose, and to obtain the assistance of the artists who wifl take part 1 the Bayreuth per~ formances nest year. The New York Tfibune of the 21stsave: ‘“A very fine performance of ‘The Messiah' was 1ast evening given at Bteinway Hall by Mme. Titiens, Mise Anna Drasoil, Messrs. Wilkio and J. . 'Thomas, and the Centenaial Choral Union, a choral force owlv recently organized, but ex- ceedingly proficient nevertbeless. Alms. Titiens ia at her best in the severo bat highly-exnrees- 1ve music of oratorio, and the large aud euce assembled Jast night a preciated fuily the magoiticent declamation of that eminent artist. Alltho goprauo’s solos were redomanded, and, thouzh the interest of the occasion ungnes- tionably covtered anon Mme. Titiens' efforts, & rreat deel of epplause was also bestowed upon the performances of her associates.” An amusieg incident occurred recently at one of Sims Reeves' concerts in Glasgow, Scotland, when *Auld Lang Syne” was sung. In the programme it was stated in parenchesis that ‘“the audieoce will obige by smnging the chorus.” The audience did joia_at the efi:se of the first verse, drowning Mr. Reoves and his choristers, and falling nearly two bars behina. ilr. Reeves lookéd quite bewildered ; turned to the choristers, and then addreseed tho audience in tre following terms: ‘‘Ladiea and gentle- men—Thers must be some thistake here. If the audicuce bas been requested to join in the chorus, it was unknown to me. I have gentle- men here to sing the chorus, and L pray the audience wiil sllow ns to go through the song a8 oniginally intended.” 7Tho song was there- after alloned to go on mnassisied by the audi- ence. A meetinfi of tho “New York Centennial Sing- ers’ Union,” composed of deiegutes from several of the Gernian singing socteties of that city, who aro are in favor of a German celebration of the century of the Republic, was held on_the 17th at the Liall of the ** Arion Suciety in St. Mark's Pluce. It wasresolved to offer » prize of 3300 for tne best festal ode, arranged for male voicas and an orchestrs, end appropriate to the nation- sl jubilee. The text may be either German or Enghsh, and tho performance mast not require tmore thao twenty minutes. The latest day on ‘which competitions mav bo handod 1n will be the 18t of March, 1676. Each manuecript must be inscribed with & motto, and accompanied by & sealed envelope contatning 3 co.y of this motio and the writer's name aud address. A commit- tec of three will Gecide npon the work to be ac- cepted, which sball, apon payment of the prize, becumo the proverty of the Union. —_——— THE DA RY- AAID. The western akies wers all aglow With clouds of red and gray "The crickets in the grassy fields ‘Were chirping merrily ; + When down thelane, and o'er the hill, I saw a maiden roam, Who went her way at closs of day ‘To call the cattle home: 4 Co Bys3—c0 boss | Ca Boss—co boss ! Coare zoxE—ome home R The ocho of her charming voice Resounded tarough the vale; It lingered on the cvening-air, ‘And fisated on the gale. 1t died awny among the hills, 'And in the mossy glea, Aloug the distant mountain-sido, ‘Far from the hauats of men: 4 Co Bogs—co boss Go Boss—co boss | Coxe t0XE—come homa 1™ Hor faco was fiushed with hues of health; Her arms and feot wero bare; She had o lithe and supple form, A wealth of ebon bair, Beyond the hill she paseed from sight As sinks an evening-star, % Until her voice was faintly heard 8lill calling from afar : “Co Boea—co boss! Co Boes—co bosa ! Coxz BoXE—come bome1® Soon o'er the distant ridge appeared The cattle, red and brown, And from the pastura to the lans Camo gai'y trotting down ; And close bebind the maiden came, Upon her homeward way,— With waving arms and startling voles, Loud ehouting: * WHAT—O WRAY!? Oax Pans, IIL EuvaexeJ. HaLr. ——— TIRED. X om tired of dreams when night 13 gone,— Ever so tired, when dsy comes o, Of the glare, and heat, nod feverish strife, That crowd the days of my restless life. Weary of work, more weary of play.— Of watching the swift hours glide away ; Weary of asking znd wondering wh; The dear God made us to sufer and dis. Weary of asking,—plesding fn vain ¥or the bleseing I never shall know again,— For the love of a Life 80 strong and brave,— For the beat of a heart asleep in the grave. e ¢ The 0ld Roman Honor.” Viroinia (Nev.) Caronicle. Capt, Young, of the Brooslyu restaurant, was agraeably sarprised this moraing by an old cus- tomer entering his plaze and paying a venerable hash-bill of $22.50. The person in quessior left Virgiia six mounths sgo, and weot to work in a Gold Hill mive, owing the above sum for board. Repesated applications on the part of the Captaia have failed to causo_the debtor to come to time, aud on Monday the Conatable was given charge of tbe matter. Findiog that his wagea vere to be garnishead, and that he crald no longer evade paymeat, the Gola Hill man trudged up yesterday and settled his bill. “ There's nothing mesu about me,” he remarked to the Captan. ** 1 always meant to ray that bill if it took half my private fortane o do it.” ¢ Heaven bless vou,” cried Young, with tears iu hiseves. ‘ My debt of gratitude is heavy, Till. To see you stepping down from yoar golden tbrone and paying your honest debtsisa iand and glorious sight,” + Don’t mcotion it, Cap, don’t mention it,” sobbed Bill. * When that there Constable to'd me he'd bone my wages, and thers was no mittin’ out cf it, what did L do 2> Why, I just went and bon;t')wud $12.50 (for I only had 310) and here I #7% Take a driok,” said the Captain. “ Thankes, 1 don's care if I do,” said Bill. THE FINE ARTS. The Artistic Uses of Terra Cotta— How It Is Handled. Pre-eminence of Chicago in This Special Manufacture. The Art Journals and Other Art Publi- cations-«-The French Etching Clubs. What the Chicago Artists Are Doing. STATUETTES. COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS. The comparative merits of ** Parian Marble,” « Bisque,” poroelsin, aud plaster of Paris, for statuettes and reproductions of sculptured works, wero discussed in thess columns some weeks ugo. It wasshown that while Parian is a pleasing and fine material for purely decorative purposes, it is of comparatively little value for serious artistic uses, plaster of Paris being the best material where the object is to procures trustworthy copy of s fine original. The defect of Parian is its greas ebrinksgo under baking, smounting to one-third or one-fonrth the linear dimensions, and consequently to not less thao half the golid dimensions. That is, if a cube of Parian should go into the oven 4 inches square, it would come out not mora than § inches in each dimension, and the solid cootents, compared with the origioal size, would be a8 27 to 61. By *golid content?,” of course, simply cabic meas- ure is intended, ‘for all Parian ie hollow. Under this astonishing abrinkage it is wonder- ful that Parian retains any Lkeness to the original at all, but it does preserve the general form very well, and often exhibits great sharp- ness of line. Itis when there is a severs de- mand for accuracy thas Parian fails. For the use of the artist, who needs temporary models, anq for many of the purposes of tno connoisseur, plaster 18 entirely sat sfactors. Some of the fines: musenxs of statuary in the world are furnished priacipally with fine plaster casts from sutique statues. But the extreme fragility of plaszer uufits it for use in permauent and “original™ works of sculpture, and is a consid- erable drawback even in the humbler sphere of statuteites and houschold ornament. A sound, durable material, cheaper tban marble or brooze, is needed for these thirgs. and such a matormlis found 1o terra-cotts, the artistic value of which 18 too little uaderstoad in this coaatry, though in foreign countries, and especially in France, 1t almost supersedes plaster. TERRA-COTTA, being essentially nothing in ths world but clay uaned hard, the same material with common bricks, bas been in use from' time immemorial, and, a8 it isone of the most indestractible sab- stances kuown, presenting abeolute resistance to iire aud decay, and a8 strong, the oest of it, as granite rock, there are svecimens of 1t pre- served which dats from tbe remotest antijuity, and every subsequent age has left records of ity artistic status in this universal and everlasting medium. ) An old Banserit roem says of the bero, **He still possossos excellent hiorses, and he loves them s0 well that he fashions them out of clay; he slao pants horses of many colora.” The Etruscar s loft a vast number of worke of art and ornameut in terra cotts, a0 important example of which is & tomb with recumbeat statues now 1 the musenm of Napoleoa i1 in the Louvre. Oa tombs of later date there are many such_fig- ures, and the head is detached, eo that it 18 supposed that the relatives of the deceased selected from a miscellaueons sapply atthe potter's & L:oad resembling more or leas the de- parted. This wouid not ba a.together imaasm- ble, for among the thousand nude Cretan statues in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, it is poesiblo to relect fair likenesses of Napoleon, Gop, Graot, ete.In this ssme Now York collec- tion, amang the Di Cesnola antiquities, are num- berlegs terra-cottas, espocially aucient lamps. The Greeks aud Romans decorated the facades of thewr houses witn bas-reliefs in terra-coits, often very beauiful ; the Italian Reusissance in its rorn was very enthus:asiic about busts and statnettes in terra-cotts, and the famous works of the Della Robbias were in part the application of enamel to terra-cotta. Not to prrauo farther the history of & material 20 generaily used, there is at tne present time a strong movement to- wards its rev.val for artistic uses in this coan- try, a movement in which Chicago may claim to be 1n the vao. Walter Smuth, the State Direc- tor of Art Education in Massachusetts, writesas follows : Of terra-cotta,or burat esrth, which the artist and tha srt connoisscur love, a8 they do all good things, litile practical use has et leen made. If opposiunities e ever given here for tha highest class of professionsl study, it is one of the desires I feel to resuscitate the noble art of terra~cotta upon American soll. You ma; reduce all the pictures in tho world to tinder ; meit che bronze statues until they run in the guiters; cal- cing the marble statues with plaster of Paris ; burn all ind all aninal creatures and ege: nd all _this while terra-cotta will glow red-hot, and remain uninjured, aud cool down sgain into the shape we fashioned it. It is the noblest of all vehicles for tle expreasion of art. It may Le dificult to decido what else it is we do which would be even comparatively nent in any great univarsal shock or a relapse into barbarism. THE STEENGTH OF CAREFULLY MADE TERBA-COTTA i8 astonishing. Some Bpecimens oxperimenied upon iu London in 1851 yielded only to a crushing weight of 400 tons to the square foot, —that 15, the material proved its:1f as stroag as good granite and BSoveral times as strong 28 gand or lime stone. When the flexibility, the strength, and the enlarance of this substance are taken into account, its possibilities as an ar- tistic material are c:early manifest. iy In the ‘:Chefs-d’Eavies of the Indastrial Arts,” by Philiupe Barty, occare a passage which i8 worth quotiug, not only because or its general praise of terra-cotta, but because it makes mea- tion in the first sentence of one of its most pe- caliar and valuable properties : Earth can_be forced into 8 mold, and the sculptor then can and should, while it is yet moist and malies- Dle, retotich and_give 1t u new suriace. Such proofs have for this Teason more individuality and rarity than the proofs of s bronze which is ouly retouched by profes.ional carver. Tarrs-cotty bas less rigidity than brorize, less uniformity than marble. Its tone is warmer, and its surface, imporceptibly grained, haa none of those reflex lights, the great eifect of which is dependent upon large surfaces, It is eminently a ma- terial for objects of a fumiliar character. Pajon and Houdon hive shown us what sort of style can be ob- tained in terra-cotta. Let our artists us3 bronze for herol, marble for ideal, stataes, but taie the clay and modeling-tool more often in hand to reproduce the features of their contemporaries,or embody some Ppleasing fantasy, In order to ucderstand the process alluded to of retouching by tho artis: it is necessary to know something of the ordinary PROCESS OF MANUFCTURE of terra-cotta statnes and designs, which is in brief this: A fine suitable clay baviog beea selected—whichis fouud in various parts of Indiens, and als» near here—it is gronod snd pngged like_brick clar, ooly more carefallv.’ ‘Then, mixed with water to a flexible, not fluid, condition, it is preseed into plaster molds, made, fr objects of any complicated form, in pieces—what ara knawn to modelers as * pisce- molds "—and the moids are not filled solid, bat linad with c'ay of unifor.a thickness, 8o as to form a hollow cast. This last precaation is necessary to avoid twisting and warping duriag firing. The completed cast, withdrawn from the mold aod partially dried in the air, is baked 1 8 kuilu from five to veven diys, during Whica it is brought to 8 white hoat, and gradually cooled down again. A fuller description of the process may be found in Arthur Beckwith's report on’ ** Pottery in the Interoational Extivition, London, 1871." And this usefal litule pampblet (D. Van Ostrand, New York, price 50 cents) is recommended a.80 for defiaute, brief information upon all sorts of parceluin, stoneware, majolica, encaustic tiles, ana kindred sabjects. A better 1dea still of the manufacture of terra- cotta may ba procured by visiting THE WORKS OF A CHICAGO FIRM. The produchions of these works for agricultural purposes ars waely used, bat 1t is uoe well known that a serious effo:t has been muade to produce a fine terrs-cotta, like the Freuch “‘terre-cuite,” guitable for statuary and for #mall ornaments and siazuettes,—~an effort which may be said o beloug to ihe region of pure eo- terprise, as there is 28 yet no market for wares of this character. So suceessful has this attempt been that it may safely be saserted that at the present time there 18 no place in the Umtoa Btates where statuary and fice orpamental objects in terra-cotta ave 80 well made a8 here. _ Little busts havebeen produced, wicth heads of the size of amall apples, thac are a8 fine as the French works of the same scrt, whioh are often brought to this conntry by trav- elers, and grace the mantela of rich and tastefal seople, and ara unsuspected of being of so com- mop a material a3 terra-cotta. Some works have lso beeu turned ouv retouched after they were shaped, and partially dried, but befoce they were paked, by the hand of the designer. Some archi- tectural tympanums and decorative roseites of tnis sort were exhibited at the Exhibition, burnt in evarlasting stane just as they came mm-Jonu workman’s tonch. Legg a: carvors, mho did the mesehng oy il Youk this instauce, expressed the greatest ling for the material which, much softar and free from the grain and perversity ul eir ideas into sol ot thetr freatmenm. — - O™ Defors hayiyg %omo farther account of Chis and som e remarks uj Oparties, mi“;‘?,' 28 regards m‘::‘r‘ ::; e o e whick bave not been touched :lfi ferrod to another acticle, - TR e W. MR Fangy, ART JOURNALS FOR OCTOBEg, ENGRAYINGS AND ETCHINGS. ‘The two most novel articles in Applerony Journal this month are the first Tumber of series upon ** Household Art,” by C. W, py; and *Ethics of Tasto,” by J, J. Jarves. ‘The furniture reform gathers trengih goes, and one after another periodi oy edges the popular interest in the Sabject, this in spite of the open contempt of 8 Toapecty, ble portion of the artists m canvas and Mz Eftiott, whoia Presideat o the Housepgpors Company, of Boston, and one of the M‘hflt‘ designers 1o the mo-called Eastlaks ek devotes himself ~ this time g dining-room, and the articls in” seuegyy 2 handsomely Mlustrated. 1t is in the same eively Gothic and Old English veinvhj? becoming familiar to us al it, cougps wishod that some sble snd’ Lively aiveodld something else, the Venetian, oz toy cio% American style, for example, wonlg anly for the sake of making thing intamget and recalling the Goths from frd frequent forays npon tbe prejudices of dsceg folk to the defense of their proper temtory, this connection, the words of Mr. Hogarh the **Acalyuis of Beauiy,” written upmargs 3 ] a bundred years ago, are interes Slish housanold taste: s, Upon By Our furniture and nteosils are T Jarves appears to bave reached th an oid eritic, of preacang :n gen: wit tellicg us what to do, and one 1s at & lose sher reading his ar:icle, the second title of which g, **The Daty of Beiug Beau(ul,” as to ong's iz, dividoal duty. Jarves' literary atyla is partiey larly turgid, and one of s frequent habits is expreas hia main idea in the irst line of s puy. graph, and then tack on a dozen lives ot why the pbysicians would call **sequ.iz.” Thafo. lowing 18 from the present article : ‘ Strictly construed, false taste 1s no taste; foxitis verbally inexact to say false tasta 23 false Virar, Yo taste, therefore, is the negative of the aboveceadi. tions, and conssquent ler, obtuseniss of ty senses and suirit, and prevailing bazrennem or mze rlality of being, Causing & chaotis, sensmal, ey, snd soul-deadening element, leading its victime my ‘moral fogs and quagmires, befouling ar maroviog o mind, snd desiroying £.iih ana repose in the ey kot tha outward ey snd sy, ekt o o e subjocted to the nomenciatare of .fl&w“ Bat it is ungracious o criticise tha- forne . der which Mr. Jarves has donainvalusbls sarmcy for the fine arts 1 America. Ilusirations of Appleton are ** The Prizea of the American R Team,” **Puyche and ber Urn.” by Beyehlsg: * Watching and Waitiog,” by Millais; “In s Bleak Wiud, Unsheltered,” by Dore,—all gid wood-cuts, and steei-plates of Domenichmg * Galaten,” Miss Hosmer’s *‘Puck,” sud Ya. ris’ Riven Sh.eld; there s also an engravisgof ono of De Haas' pictures exhubited in the Exp. sition, the vegsel with the lighia sxling in tha mo.nlight. Altogetner the number 18 a good ane. The Portfolio is less showv if not lessit. esting than usnal. The etchings are ot as lul isn nobleman and a French atreet view; the photographic engraving after s pictore by Cur, with his pecalianties, ‘now become of low, quiet ecen>ry and simple composhicn. Tin is accomparie by an interesting article on Car, by Rene Alenard, £n t's curions exwact fron s artist’s notes. Hamerton continues oo * By and Atkinson on * Wiertz.” Mr. Carrreviamy the photographs in the Hamptan Cours galeny after Maotegpa's cartoons, illueratiog wia wood cats, and the ** Techaical Notes " arafra the practice of B. W. B. Davis. A work called * Tng Art Treasuresof B gland ™ is in course of pubucation by Cebbis & Barrie, of Phuladelphia, of which the secondta numbers are jus: cGmola.ed. The sitempiista reproduce in~ steel-engravings, the bas: inm and greatest works of the leading British ariss, both § ainters aod scalptors, of the presasiom- tary, which are scattered through publiepl leries and private collections. The oumbasd which there are to be thirty-four in all, resenbia in general appearance the art journals, end ox tain each 800 engravings, with accompanting toxt by J. Vernon Whitaker. It may be remne od in passing that there seems to be s wesines. the firar name—J. Beavinglon J. Comyns Car, J. Jackson Jurs J. Parker Narris ek ing sop, J. Vernon Whitaker, among writers opon Artisuge topics for lupm : The avarsion, however, mav be cniyto madf begioping with a J, which. in Mr. Jarves' st least, doe; not sand for .;onn _ The engravispt of “ Art Treseures™ are fair, quality to those of Appleton's Ari Journal, 108, liko them, partly from old plates, thougk oo s whole ratber bettor than Appleton bas lisy been. The paper, texi, otc., sre good, the ms ter inclining a little too moch perbapstotds “roflective ” style. The names of mostol bl artists illustrated in tho present ten ‘are not generally famiiiar in America, axeobog to connoissenrs. Some. bowever, are fealith Sir Joshua Reynolds. Bartholomew, thascalpti i the snimal-painter ; Pooe, Ui Nicol, Creswick, Pickersgill, etc. In u: o number is & reproduction of Jobn Barrs moult‘z:tmnblas," exhibited in the Boyal Aad my last spring. B Tho last 15 the mog}ur with f:h‘:.r:-‘g ‘publishers of the **Art Trensnres " 188 prospectus of a Boydell Shakspeare, fllfl:': with beliotspes, which will Frobably bo proferable to tho Woodourytype eduion. Persons interested in eoeravines ':g ings will find a_nes portfolio {recs! ed % twda or three :;ea)au),i “tu“ finn;‘arl:z Jsosea] 2nd an unusual supply of etel | Amoog the best of the engraviugs o7 ¥ noed: Willlam Sharp's St. Cecllis, wln;mnfl: chino; William Shar~s portrait of Bapkseh after Bupbael; William Sharp's "Bd!' bt after Sir J. Eeynolds; Raphsel Morghea® '7% Ages.” after Gerord: Georgs \Vm‘ll)flt‘!-"n e k eimilsr in gesenl am Phelypeaux ; Bobert Strange’s “ Cupid 2 nnlsx,':;.g i Desnoyer’s * Elizabeth and nna,-vz ter Pousin; * Bartollzzi’s “Holy " Andrea Del arto; Lignon’s porirait of 160 after Raphael. ‘The stock of etchmes alluded whu\ probably the best there has ever been hef = sistiog of a complete file of tho Portfsi i the begioming, and the aponal isnes & T French Etching Club from its firss p 1868 to 1874, except 1870, making g about 300 original etchings by tho 2tchers, Mr. Cadert. the well-known T-'xnahg\‘l%: of otchings, bas ssued p:n{ohn which we have oo beaitation it t¢ very much super1or to the ordinaly ""’:{,'g pubiications. There o thurty B‘an‘ ous sizes, but the paper toey are P%‘ an measures exactly 20 inches by 14 ":! P~y has been taen to issuo the ner worthy of & serioas ars, bot o and the printing. which are fauitless ] of names {ncludes eiztecn or breaT Il already well Kuown, such as Lalsuas, Legros. Lancoo, LeRaz, sad Hartial M Mr. Hedonin's way of work i8 MM_ clarming as any, sud enough 1o and o would imagine, to convince the wost " pre] of Philistioes that an etcaiog i8 n"u:h o B barsh, ecratchy. or rude. I s work is *Spring,” two figures of youoE Sou snditis etcoed. we belie.e, frocd l!*m“"fl" the same gracefal aud delicate ‘have wli ingly-direct contrast of manoer, Wo Bonhomme Misere,” by Legros. — ODDS AND ENDS axoollert ¥ o abors 8 % risg Mr. J. Gollman hss painted ao trait in oil of 8. J. Medill. of which mu is very striking. Alr. Gollmsn koop® quiet line of practice in crayon Port G. P. A Hoaly, tho portnaitaloier By Mr. Drary's studio oo Hum:“ m‘?‘cm derstood, will remain here wiol to 88T "] portraizs, It 18 searcely t00 much ol Mr. Heslv'a best portraits aro tha hest by any liviog American artist. Ty A large landscape of “Ouvondsgs. near 8 is on exhibition 133 [}, o State street. a pictare in which. tg_d 6h eral effect muat, be set down 28 dn‘d"“ tic, there is enidence of & gIesé ‘he datsik & stadyand cousc.entions work lflw pecually of the forezround, in Tocks, stumps, and hollyhocks _se pL W, rately sad natoially. The artist n: ceived ) tice, of Syracuse, who has already 5 patronage in this city, The AmoD aod labor expended npon mispm‘f" duce » really fine work, bas it f:fl “sindy & to s differant stsndard, derived M’ works of—snd perhaps tuitios landacapo artista . o