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is characteristic and true to nature ; a gipsy family arc encamped under a hedge—paterfamilias protending to do something or other connected with the mystery which has been the specialty of his tribe ever since the days of Tubal Cain—his better but not fairer half is smoking a cutty pipe and generally superintending the gambols of some swarthy offspring who are laudably endeavouring to combine play and mischief in the largest possible
degree ; while in strong contrast are the figures of a lair skinned innocent servant girl , with her master ' s little child , who have brought a domestic kitchen utensil for the exercise of the cunning man ' s skill in repair , and have evidently paid beforehand from the sly and amused expression of the tinker ' s face ; this is a cabinet picture which would do honour to any collection . Another clever work is Jenny's First Love Letter ( No . 21 ) , by Mr . J . Craig ;
the unfortunate document in question has accidentally fallen into the hands of Jenny ' s father , instead of arriving at its proper destination . Great is the indignation of the worthy man , and tearful Jenny is trying in vain to pacify him—her meek old mother meanwhile , with gentle touch upon his arm , reminds him of her own first letter from himself , and puts a better construction on the motives of the writerthan her husband docsthe incident is
, ; well told , and the drawing powerful . Undine , by Mr . F . AVyburd , is a pretty painting of a lovely girl and a handsome cavalier ; but hardly deserving of the high rank which has been assigned to it by the committee as fifth in order of merit—it is theatrical and wanting in imagination . The Low Tide of Mr . G . E . Hicks is a neat genre picture , representing the landing of a comely mother with her brood of babies—after a leasant sail at Dover or
Broadp stairs—in the arms of the stalwart boatmen , while in the distance the nursemaid , who is left last on board , seems not at all inclined to hurry over the transit in the arms of a sailor whose face expresses his admiration and delight at the task . The pleasant English summer day , with the white cliffs and the sparkling sea , arc prettily enough rendered , and the figures show vigour and
good taste . Of Mr . E . A . Goodall ' s A cnetian views , we must speak in terms of high praise ; they possess great brilliancy of colour and breadth of handling—in one a flood of sunshine is thrown upon the scene in a style which will remind the spectator not a little of Turner in his happiest mood , of which great master , as well as of the equally great Claude , Mr . Goodall has been by no means an idle or unobservant student . Mr . J . B . Pyne
contributes a Venetian scene of still higher merit—in which the beauty of the perspective is remarkable , and the colouring , though more subdued in tone than Mr . Goodall ' s ( close to which it hangs ) , is beautifully harmonious . Mr . G . Earl , whose bits of Irish character are so generally admired , has treated the national subject of PSlarncy ( No . 31 ) in his merriest vein , but withal gives to it a dash of sentiment which prevents its being liable to the
charge of vulgarity . Among the minor works wc may notice two excellent landscapes by Mr . G . Ilcring , a View in Arran , and a composition , Evening in Greece ; Mr . K . II . llae ' s picture of a royal sea eagle , called The Marauding Chief , has great power ; while Messrs . J . C . Ward , A . Gilbert , E . Hayes , A . 1 UI . A ., Niemann , and Miss M . Nasmyth , have all contributed pictures of great merit , though perhaps of less importance . On the whole the subscribers and committee must be congratulated upon the success of their plan , which has resulted in an exhibition quite equal to the preceding ones , and which docs great credit to their
judgment and liberality ; it will no doubt produce a large crop of new members , and yet more valuable works of art . The engraving which the Art Union of Glasgow has this year presented to its members is a very elaborate and vigorous production . It is the well known "Punch" of Mr . Webster , H . A ., which has been excellently copied in the work of Mr . Henry Lemon , a young engraver , but one who is undoubtedly possessed of
great artistic power . . In this picture—one of AVebster ' s bestthe artist has caught , with admirable truth , the stir and bustle which the visit of the universal favourite produces among the population of an English village which has been suddenly awakened ! 'y the arrival of the showman ; and the painting divides its force between the rural calm of the landscape generally and the diversified excitement which the arrival has called forth . Mr . Webster has
rarely been more successful than in the various groups he has bore assembled , the individual being quite as striking as the governing expression . From the old man to the infant—from the schoolboy to the maid—from the lonely widow waiting for the waggon , to the pompous footman at the park gate who surveys the whole affair with a most benignant air of tolerance—every face is well discriminated , and every [ gesture well contrasted . But—admitting all his merits , it must be owned that Mr . AVebster owes not a little to his transcriber . The engraving is a perfec copy of the original , and only requires the effect of colour to be
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as perfect a picture . The foreground of the engraving is extraordinary for the truthful effect produced by the " cross hatching , " which renders the clrinro oscuro in a surprising manner . The work indeed is marked by the happiest balance of effects ; every object takes its place as distinctly and firmly as in nature ; the lights arc bright , clear and sharp , and the shadows transparent . Altogether tlie Council must be congratulated upon the
production of a very admirable work , which will add to the already established reputation of the engraver . The drawing for prizes will take place in the course or the ensuing month .
Poetry.
Poetry .
^ THE APPRENTICE . [ From the American Masonic Journal ] . "WHEN quito ' a young man I was left in the dark , And wanted to alter my station ; I went to a friend , who proved in the end A Free and an Accepted Mason . At tho door ho knockedwhich was quickly unlocked
, , AAlien ho buPinp to put a good face on , And not be afraid , for I should be made A Free and an Accepted Mason . Aly wishes were crowned , and a Master I found AVho made a most solemn oration ; Then showed mo the light , aud gave mo the right - Sign , token , and word of a Mason .
How groat my amaze , when I first saw the bla' / . e ; Aud how struck with tho mystic occasion ! Astonished I found , that though free , I was bound To a Free aud an Accepted Mason . Whan clothed in white , I took over delight In the work of this noble vocation ; And knowledge I gained , when the Lodge he explained ,
Of a Free and an Accepted Mason . I was bound it appears for seven long years , AVbich to me is of trilling duration ; AVith freedom I serve , and strain every nerve . To acquit myself like a Mason . AAlth hearty good will , let ' s show our best skill ; To our Afastor pay duo veneration ; AVho taught us the art that we iic ' iu- will impart , Unless to an Accepted Mason .
THE BACHELOR , BY TUH UEV . W . BA 1 VKEK . No ! T don't begrudge him his life , Nor his gold , nor his houses , nor lands ; Take all on't and give me my wife , A wife ' s be the cheapest of hands . Lie alone ; sigh alone ; die alone ;
Then bo forgot , No ! I be content wi' my lot . Ah , where are the fingers so fair To pat one so soft on the face ! To mend every stitch that do tear , And keep every button in place . G'rack-u-toi-o ! biaelc-a-toi-e . ' back-a-toi-o !
Buttons all lied , For want of a wife with her thread . Ah , where is the swcot pretty head That do nod till he's gone out of sight ! And where the white arms are outspread To show him bo ' s welcome at night ? Dine alone , pine alone , whine alone ,
Oh what a life ! I'll have a friend in a wife . And when from a meeting of mirth Each husband does lead home his wife , Then be does slink homo t <> his hearth AVith his arm hanging down his cold side . Slinken onblinken onthinken on
, , , Gloomy and glum ; Nothing but dullness to come . And when he unlocks his own door It rumbles as hollow ' s a drum , And the fairies that hide round the Door Do grin to see him look so glum . Keep alone , sleep alone , weep alone ;
There let him bide , I'll have a wife at my side ,
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Fine Arts.
is characteristic and true to nature ; a gipsy family arc encamped under a hedge—paterfamilias protending to do something or other connected with the mystery which has been the specialty of his tribe ever since the days of Tubal Cain—his better but not fairer half is smoking a cutty pipe and generally superintending the gambols of some swarthy offspring who are laudably endeavouring to combine play and mischief in the largest possible
degree ; while in strong contrast are the figures of a lair skinned innocent servant girl , with her master ' s little child , who have brought a domestic kitchen utensil for the exercise of the cunning man ' s skill in repair , and have evidently paid beforehand from the sly and amused expression of the tinker ' s face ; this is a cabinet picture which would do honour to any collection . Another clever work is Jenny's First Love Letter ( No . 21 ) , by Mr . J . Craig ;
the unfortunate document in question has accidentally fallen into the hands of Jenny ' s father , instead of arriving at its proper destination . Great is the indignation of the worthy man , and tearful Jenny is trying in vain to pacify him—her meek old mother meanwhile , with gentle touch upon his arm , reminds him of her own first letter from himself , and puts a better construction on the motives of the writerthan her husband docsthe incident is
, ; well told , and the drawing powerful . Undine , by Mr . F . AVyburd , is a pretty painting of a lovely girl and a handsome cavalier ; but hardly deserving of the high rank which has been assigned to it by the committee as fifth in order of merit—it is theatrical and wanting in imagination . The Low Tide of Mr . G . E . Hicks is a neat genre picture , representing the landing of a comely mother with her brood of babies—after a leasant sail at Dover or
Broadp stairs—in the arms of the stalwart boatmen , while in the distance the nursemaid , who is left last on board , seems not at all inclined to hurry over the transit in the arms of a sailor whose face expresses his admiration and delight at the task . The pleasant English summer day , with the white cliffs and the sparkling sea , arc prettily enough rendered , and the figures show vigour and
good taste . Of Mr . E . A . Goodall ' s A cnetian views , we must speak in terms of high praise ; they possess great brilliancy of colour and breadth of handling—in one a flood of sunshine is thrown upon the scene in a style which will remind the spectator not a little of Turner in his happiest mood , of which great master , as well as of the equally great Claude , Mr . Goodall has been by no means an idle or unobservant student . Mr . J . B . Pyne
contributes a Venetian scene of still higher merit—in which the beauty of the perspective is remarkable , and the colouring , though more subdued in tone than Mr . Goodall ' s ( close to which it hangs ) , is beautifully harmonious . Mr . G . Earl , whose bits of Irish character are so generally admired , has treated the national subject of PSlarncy ( No . 31 ) in his merriest vein , but withal gives to it a dash of sentiment which prevents its being liable to the
charge of vulgarity . Among the minor works wc may notice two excellent landscapes by Mr . G . Ilcring , a View in Arran , and a composition , Evening in Greece ; Mr . K . II . llae ' s picture of a royal sea eagle , called The Marauding Chief , has great power ; while Messrs . J . C . Ward , A . Gilbert , E . Hayes , A . 1 UI . A ., Niemann , and Miss M . Nasmyth , have all contributed pictures of great merit , though perhaps of less importance . On the whole the subscribers and committee must be congratulated upon the success of their plan , which has resulted in an exhibition quite equal to the preceding ones , and which docs great credit to their
judgment and liberality ; it will no doubt produce a large crop of new members , and yet more valuable works of art . The engraving which the Art Union of Glasgow has this year presented to its members is a very elaborate and vigorous production . It is the well known "Punch" of Mr . Webster , H . A ., which has been excellently copied in the work of Mr . Henry Lemon , a young engraver , but one who is undoubtedly possessed of
great artistic power . . In this picture—one of AVebster ' s bestthe artist has caught , with admirable truth , the stir and bustle which the visit of the universal favourite produces among the population of an English village which has been suddenly awakened ! 'y the arrival of the showman ; and the painting divides its force between the rural calm of the landscape generally and the diversified excitement which the arrival has called forth . Mr . Webster has
rarely been more successful than in the various groups he has bore assembled , the individual being quite as striking as the governing expression . From the old man to the infant—from the schoolboy to the maid—from the lonely widow waiting for the waggon , to the pompous footman at the park gate who surveys the whole affair with a most benignant air of tolerance—every face is well discriminated , and every [ gesture well contrasted . But—admitting all his merits , it must be owned that Mr . AVebster owes not a little to his transcriber . The engraving is a perfec copy of the original , and only requires the effect of colour to be
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as perfect a picture . The foreground of the engraving is extraordinary for the truthful effect produced by the " cross hatching , " which renders the clrinro oscuro in a surprising manner . The work indeed is marked by the happiest balance of effects ; every object takes its place as distinctly and firmly as in nature ; the lights arc bright , clear and sharp , and the shadows transparent . Altogether tlie Council must be congratulated upon the
production of a very admirable work , which will add to the already established reputation of the engraver . The drawing for prizes will take place in the course or the ensuing month .
Poetry.
Poetry .
^ THE APPRENTICE . [ From the American Masonic Journal ] . "WHEN quito ' a young man I was left in the dark , And wanted to alter my station ; I went to a friend , who proved in the end A Free and an Accepted Mason . At tho door ho knockedwhich was quickly unlocked
, , AAlien ho buPinp to put a good face on , And not be afraid , for I should be made A Free and an Accepted Mason . Aly wishes were crowned , and a Master I found AVho made a most solemn oration ; Then showed mo the light , aud gave mo the right - Sign , token , and word of a Mason .
How groat my amaze , when I first saw the bla' / . e ; Aud how struck with tho mystic occasion ! Astonished I found , that though free , I was bound To a Free aud an Accepted Mason . Whan clothed in white , I took over delight In the work of this noble vocation ; And knowledge I gained , when the Lodge he explained ,
Of a Free and an Accepted Mason . I was bound it appears for seven long years , AVbich to me is of trilling duration ; AVith freedom I serve , and strain every nerve . To acquit myself like a Mason . AAlth hearty good will , let ' s show our best skill ; To our Afastor pay duo veneration ; AVho taught us the art that we iic ' iu- will impart , Unless to an Accepted Mason .
THE BACHELOR , BY TUH UEV . W . BA 1 VKEK . No ! T don't begrudge him his life , Nor his gold , nor his houses , nor lands ; Take all on't and give me my wife , A wife ' s be the cheapest of hands . Lie alone ; sigh alone ; die alone ;
Then bo forgot , No ! I be content wi' my lot . Ah , where are the fingers so fair To pat one so soft on the face ! To mend every stitch that do tear , And keep every button in place . G'rack-u-toi-o ! biaelc-a-toi-e . ' back-a-toi-o !
Buttons all lied , For want of a wife with her thread . Ah , where is the swcot pretty head That do nod till he's gone out of sight ! And where the white arms are outspread To show him bo ' s welcome at night ? Dine alone , pine alone , whine alone ,
Oh what a life ! I'll have a friend in a wife . And when from a meeting of mirth Each husband does lead home his wife , Then be does slink homo t <> his hearth AVith his arm hanging down his cold side . Slinken onblinken onthinken on
, , , Gloomy and glum ; Nothing but dullness to come . And when he unlocks his own door It rumbles as hollow ' s a drum , And the fairies that hide round the Door Do grin to see him look so glum . Keep alone , sleep alone , weep alone ;
There let him bide , I'll have a wife at my side ,