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Beatrice.
AA'ho had never lost his loA'e for the " Vaterland , " an appreciation for "Hamster , " or an inordinate habitude of snuff . He had also not parted with his German inflection , and he ahvays spoke German-English . He AA'as , hoAA'ever , a very kindly , honest , truehearted man—ivith a good deal of natural humour , and a quaint Avay of looking at things and men , Avhich AA'as as irresistible as it was amusing . Now , don't , my dear friend Miss Melincla Jones , turn up your nose already at such society . People ahvays htwe
to make society for themselves , and , as a rule , the society we live in is the best for us all ! As you Avill remember , kind reader , Mrs . Mortimer AA'as not rich , and therefore she naturally did not affect that circle , Avhich too often has only to boast that it is made up of " paiwenus " and pretentious vulgarity ; but she cheerfully lived in the society in Avhich she AA'as cast , made all things pleasant to everybody , —the more so , as
in it she became a sort of natural leader . And Avhen I add that the clergyman and his Ai'ife , a retired colonel and his family , her old family lawyer , and one or t \ A'o of the smaller country gentry also frequented her pleasant little drawing-room , I think , for one , that Ave Avere in very good company and in A'ery good " case . " After all , most of the belongings of life are accidental , not essential , passing , not eternal , and the truest philosophy of all is that which never exaggerates , never undervalues anything here ! ( To be continued . )
Art-Jottings In Art-Studios.
ART-JOTTINGS IN ART-STUDIOS .
BY BRO . REV . W . TEBBS . SCULPTUR E . —I . " Sermons in stones . "
A LTHOTJGH by the term " Sculpture " Ave usually understand Avhat is perhaps better - £ * - designated as " Statuary , " for our present purpose—a series of technical papers—Ave prefer to use the word in its original and broad sense ; any work of Art produced by the act of cutting . The forms in Avhich this branch of Art presents itself to us are many and various , at one time exhibiting to us the majestic group instinct with almost more than lifeat
, another barely asserting itself to our vieAv by the scarcel y traceable scratches upon some rude rock-face . In the present series of papers Ave ' shall . divide it as well as we can into groups generally recognised , because marked out by certain tolerabl y deBnite characteristics .
If Ave seem , at the first glance , to be someAvhat bewildered by the almost infinite gradations of the different modes of treatment , Ai'e shall feel quite as great astonishment when we reflect upon the well-nigh endless variety of substances that have received the impress of the sculptor ' s hand . Marble and coarser stone of every variety ; ivory and bone ; wood and shell . ; iron and lead ; brass and bronze ; gold , silver , and . wellnigh every precious gem ; all alike have afforded material for human skill to work
upon . Whilst , again , that skill has taken quite as many forms : "the round , " " relief , " both "high" and "low , " "intaglio , " " cameo , " with others that Ave shall hope . to touch upon in their turn ; many in number , yet all serving one definite purpose , the embodiment in visible shape of the sculptor ' s idea .
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Beatrice.
AA'ho had never lost his loA'e for the " Vaterland , " an appreciation for "Hamster , " or an inordinate habitude of snuff . He had also not parted with his German inflection , and he ahvays spoke German-English . He AA'as , hoAA'ever , a very kindly , honest , truehearted man—ivith a good deal of natural humour , and a quaint Avay of looking at things and men , Avhich AA'as as irresistible as it was amusing . Now , don't , my dear friend Miss Melincla Jones , turn up your nose already at such society . People ahvays htwe
to make society for themselves , and , as a rule , the society we live in is the best for us all ! As you Avill remember , kind reader , Mrs . Mortimer AA'as not rich , and therefore she naturally did not affect that circle , Avhich too often has only to boast that it is made up of " paiwenus " and pretentious vulgarity ; but she cheerfully lived in the society in Avhich she AA'as cast , made all things pleasant to everybody , —the more so , as
in it she became a sort of natural leader . And Avhen I add that the clergyman and his Ai'ife , a retired colonel and his family , her old family lawyer , and one or t \ A'o of the smaller country gentry also frequented her pleasant little drawing-room , I think , for one , that Ave Avere in very good company and in A'ery good " case . " After all , most of the belongings of life are accidental , not essential , passing , not eternal , and the truest philosophy of all is that which never exaggerates , never undervalues anything here ! ( To be continued . )
Art-Jottings In Art-Studios.
ART-JOTTINGS IN ART-STUDIOS .
BY BRO . REV . W . TEBBS . SCULPTUR E . —I . " Sermons in stones . "
A LTHOTJGH by the term " Sculpture " Ave usually understand Avhat is perhaps better - £ * - designated as " Statuary , " for our present purpose—a series of technical papers—Ave prefer to use the word in its original and broad sense ; any work of Art produced by the act of cutting . The forms in Avhich this branch of Art presents itself to us are many and various , at one time exhibiting to us the majestic group instinct with almost more than lifeat
, another barely asserting itself to our vieAv by the scarcel y traceable scratches upon some rude rock-face . In the present series of papers Ave ' shall . divide it as well as we can into groups generally recognised , because marked out by certain tolerabl y deBnite characteristics .
If Ave seem , at the first glance , to be someAvhat bewildered by the almost infinite gradations of the different modes of treatment , Ai'e shall feel quite as great astonishment when we reflect upon the well-nigh endless variety of substances that have received the impress of the sculptor ' s hand . Marble and coarser stone of every variety ; ivory and bone ; wood and shell . ; iron and lead ; brass and bronze ; gold , silver , and . wellnigh every precious gem ; all alike have afforded material for human skill to work
upon . Whilst , again , that skill has taken quite as many forms : "the round , " " relief , " both "high" and "low , " "intaglio , " " cameo , " with others that Ave shall hope . to touch upon in their turn ; many in number , yet all serving one definite purpose , the embodiment in visible shape of the sculptor ' s idea .