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ASSOCIATE N A TIO"N AL AC A DEMY OF DESIGN.

As my official intercourse of ten years with Japan has been terminated, and I am tired of writing books­ while those I acknowledge have been revised a~d are to be republished in uniform style,-I have concluded for the future, and by way of variety, to substitute the pencil for'the pen. I propose to employ myself in reproducing the best of my very numerous Sketches of American Scenery, three hundred and fifty titles of which are given below. My idea is to arrange them in Portfolios, each one to contain ten pictures in oil, mounted on heavy cardboard, eighteen by twenty-two inches in size, the subjects to be selected by each subscriber, and the price of the set to be two hundred and fifty dollars. Should my friends or patrons of Art who have seen my productions in the National Academy of Design or the Corcoran Gallery happen to fancy either a smaller or larger collection than the one designated, I shall be glad to furnish the Portfolios accordingly and on the same relative terms-the pictures to be so arranged that they may be separately framed. The prices named are much lower than I have been advised by competent critics to ask; but the ambition has seized me to try and produce good and satisfactory pictures on reasonable terms. WASHINGTON CITY, 3035 WEST P STREET. January, 1883.

l~ST or PICTUftES~ Moosehead Lake, . Smutty Nose, N. H. . On the Housatonic, near Stratford, Conn. Camp of Lumbermen, Maine. Star Island, N. H. The Lordship Marsh, near Stratford, Conn. Cabin of a Hunter, Maine. White Island, N. H. Lantern Hill Lake, Conn. On the Kennebec, Maine. On , N. H. Bluffs on Block Island, R. I. Moxey's Fall, Maine. Coast of Cape Ann, Mass. Windmill on Block Island, R. I., Mount Katahden, Maine. Norman's Woe, Mass. A Foggy Morning, Block Jsland R. 1. On the Penobscot, Maine. Cliffs at Marblehead, Mass. A Gentle Breeze, Block Island,R. I. Lighthouse off Penobscot, Maine. Salt Meadows of Newbury, Mass. High Tide, Block Island, R. 1. A Floating Cabin on the Kennebec, Me. Home of the Longfellows, Mass. Low Tide, Block Island, R. 1. Coast of Mount Desert, Maine. The Oaks of Newbury, Mass. A Royal Visitor, Block Island, R. I. 'fhe Devil's Den, Maine. Deserted House in Newbury, Mass. Passing Storm, Block Island, R. 1. Moose River Valley, Maine. Rural Lane'at Indian Hill, Mass. Sunrise, Block Island, R. 1. , Maine. On the Merrimac, Mass. Sunset, Block -Island, R. 1. Bald Head, Maine. Marshfield and the Sea, Mass. Bass Fishing, Block Island, R. 1. The Knnbbles at York, Maine. The Gorge of Bash Bish, Berkshire, Mass. Blue Fishing at Block Island, R. 1. Roaring Rock at York, Maine. The Taconic Mountains, Mass. The Phantom Ships, Block Island, R. 1. Mount Agamenticus, Maine. Dome of the Taconics, Mass. Old Cabins, Block Island, R. 1. Old Block House at York, Maine. A Lake in Berkshire, Mass. Sea and Sky, Block Island, R. 1. York Harbor, Maine. Monument Mountain, Mass. Moonlight, Block Island, R. 1. York Beach, Maine. Near Pittsfield, Mass. Watch H ill Lighthouse, R. 1. A Lonely Lake, New Hampshire. In Sage's Ravine, Mass. Sunset from Watch Hill, R. 1. On the Androscoggin, N. H. Bear Rock, Berkshire, Mass. Sunrise from Watch Hill, R. 1. Fall of Glen Ellis, N. H. N ear Lenox, Mass. Beach at Watch Hill, R. I. On the Peabody, N. H. Hoosack River Scenery, Mass. Rocks at Newport, R. 1. View near the Glen House, N. H. Deer River Scenery, Mass. Sunset at Newport, R. 1. Winter Bridge on the Peabody, N. H. N ear Stockbridge, Berkshire, Mass. On the Winooski, Vermont. Conway Valley, N. H. The Great Elm of Sheffield, Mass. Mansfield Mountain, Vt. Mount Lafayette, N. H. A Mountain Valley, Mass. The Camel's Hump, Vt. On the Ammanusuc, N. H. Cabin of a Charcoal Burner, Mass. Lake Champlain, Vt. Lake Winnepesog, N. H. On the Upper Housatonic, Mass. View near Bennington, Vt. On the Saco, N. H. The Greylock Mountain, Mass. Lake Memphremagog, Vt. On the Upper Connecticut, N. H. On the Thames, near Norwich, Conn. Bolton Falls, V t. In the Dixville Notch, N. H. On the Yantic, Conn. Lake Willoughby, Vt. , N. H. On the Quinnebaug, Conn. View of the Adirondack Mountains, N. Y. On the Pemigewasset, N. H. On the Shetucket, Conn. Lake Sanford, N. Y. A Mountain I:;tream, N. H. A Fisherman's Home, Conn. Cabin of a Hunter, N. Y. Tuckerman's Ravine, N. H. 'On the Thames, neal' N. London, Conn. In the Scaroon County, N. Y. Notch of the White Mountains, N. H. Harbor of New London, Conn. On the Boreas, N. Y. Birthplace of Daniel Webster, N. H. Decatur's Hill, River Thames, Conn. Mount Tahawus, N. Y. Mount Cocorua, N. H. Trading Cove, River ThameR, Conn. Lighthouse on Lake Champlain, N. Y. , N. H. Among the Thimble Islands, Conn. Trouting on the Upper Hudson, N. Y. Appledore, N. H. On the Housatonic, near Derby, Conn. On the Ausable, N. Y. On the Racquette, N. Y. On the Kanawha, Va. Arched Rock, Mackinaw, Mich. Lake Henderson, N. Y. On the Shenandoah, Va. Robinson's Folly, Mackinaw, Mich. Evening Among the Hemlocks, N. Y. The Peaks of Otter, Va. A Forest t:;cene, Mich. Night Hunting on Long Lake, N. Y. The Potomac at Harper's Ferry, V!1. A Prairie Scene, Mich. Sunset near Rouse's Point, N. Y. A Mountain Farm, Va. On the St. Joseph, near Niles, Mich. The Thousand Islands, N. Y. The Dismal Swamp, Va. Agate Harb0r, Lake Superior, Mich. Cabin on the St. Lawrence, N. Y. Washington City from the Heights of Porcupine Mountains, Mich. Black Mountain, N. Y. Arlington, Va. Pictured Rocks, Mich. Lake George, N. Y. The Potomac at Mount Vernon, Va. Hunting Ducks on the River Raisin, Mich. From Crosby Side, Lake Geo., N. Y. Hauling the Seine on the Potomac, Va. Bluffs on the Mississippi, Iowa. Tongue Mountaln, Lake George, N. Y. On the Cheat River, W. Va. On the River Illinois, Ill. Roger's Slide, Lake George, N. Y. On the Black Water, W. Va. A Prairie Scene, Ill. Rocky Ledge, Lake George, N. Y. Falls of the BlackWater, W. Va. Mouth of the Wisconsin, Wis. From Pro ~ pect Mt'n, Lake George, N. Y. The Grandfather Mountains, N. C. Bluffs on the Wisconsin. On the Mollawk, N. Y. Hawk's Bill Mountain, N. C. Hunting on a Prairie, Wis. On the Esopus, N. Y. Black Mountain. N. C. Bluffs on Lake Superior, Wis. View of tlle Catskill Mountains, N. Y. On the Rocky Broad, N. C. Evening on the Mississippi, Wis. In Plauteridll Clove, N. Y. Block House at Fort Hembree, N. C .. A Lumbering Camp, Wis. In Kauterkkill Clove, N. Y. On the Owassa, N. C. A Pine Forest, Wis. A Mt'n Lake on the Catskill, N. Y. On the Catawba, N. C. Fort Snelling, Wis. The Hudson from Hyde Park, N Y. The Pigeon Mountains, N. C. Fond du Lac, Wis. Seneca Lake, N. Y. On the French Broad, N. C. The Valley of the St. Peters, Wis. The Glens of Seneca, N. Y. Painted Rocks on French Broad, N. C. The Falls of St. Louis, Minn. Under Niagara Falls, N. Y. Indian Council House at Qualla Town, A Prairie t:;cene, Minn. On the Niagara River in Winter, N. Y. N. C. Sandy Lake, Minn Beach at East Hampton, N. Y. Roan Mountain, N. C. Indian Graves on the St. P eters, Minn. A Long Island Farm, N. Y. The Lindville Falls, N. C. Old Lighthouse on the Ottawa, Can. Windmill at East Hampton, N. Y. The Lindville Mountains, N. C. A Road Scene, Can. Gull Island Light, N. Y. Hickory Nut Gap, N. C. Lake St. Charles, Call. Bluffs on Montauk Point, N. Y. On the '.ruckaseege, N. C. Salmon Fishillg on Jacques Cartier, Can. Montauk Lighthouse, N. Y. A Cyprus t:;wamp, S. C. Bridge on the Jacques Cartier, Can. '.rhe Hills of Montauk, N. Y. Devil Fishing off Hilton Head, S. C. On the St. Anne, Can. Dover Plains, N. Y. Cabin on Trail Mountain, Ga. The Haunts of the Beaver, Can. A Copake Farms, N. Y . . Valley of Nacoochee, Ga. On the St. Maurice, Can. An Adirondack Waterfall, N. Y. Tallulah Chasm, Ga. A Rocky Gorge on the Jacques Cartier, On the Raritan, N. J. Hunter's Cabin Tallulah, Ga. Can. Schooley's Mountain, N. J. On the Chattahoochee, Ga. Montmorency in Winter, Can. Seashore near Asbury Park, N. J. Bonaventure, near Savannah, Ga. On the St. Lawrence, near Montreal, Can. Sunset Lake, Asbury Park, N. J. View on the Savannah, Ga. On the St. Lawrence, near Quebec, Can. Shark River, Asbury Park, N. J. Cumberland Island, Ga. Mouth of the Saguenay, Can. Old House at Feltville, N. J. St. Augustine, Fla. The Trinity Cliffs, Sagllenay, Can. View from Orange Mount ain, N. J. The Lower St. John, Fla. St. Louis Island, t:;aguenay, Can. Near Mount Holly, N. J. Black Creek, Fla. Salmon Fishillg on the Escoumain, Can. A Salt Meadow, N. J. On the Suwnnnee River, Fla. Island' on the Lower St. Lawrence, Can. On the Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. A Live Oak Forest, Fla. A Hunter's Cabin, Can. A Grazing Fa:.:m, Penn. A Pine Forest, Fla. Mouth of the St. Marguerette, Can. On the Delaware, Penn. Wakullah Fountain, Fla. Falls of the River du Loup, Can. In the Valley of Wyoming, Penn. A Negro Home, FIn. Bic Island, Can. On the Upper .Juniata, Penn. On the Tennessee, Alabama. Following the Moose on Snowshoes, Can. On the Lower Juniata, Penn. On the Tombigbee, Ala. View on the Matapedia, Can. On the Lehigh, Penn. On the Lower Alabama, Ala. Perce Island, Can. Delaware Water Gap, Penn. Plantation Cabins, Ala. Fishermen off Gaspe, Can. Glen Onoko, Mauch Chunk, Penn. A Burning Forest, Ala. On the Metis Portage, Can. Storm on the Alleghany Mountains, Penn. On the Pascagoula, Mississippi. On the Cascapedia, Can. On Delaware Bay! Delaware. A Planter's Home, Miss. The Harbor of Gaspe, Can. A Meadow Scene, Delaware. A Swamp Scene, Miss. On the Upper Restigouche, N. B. Ruined House on the Potomac, Md. Lower Mississippi from Baton Rouge, La. On the Lower Restigouche, N. B. Washington City from Red Hill, Md. Mouth of the Mississippi, La. Month of the Restigouche, N. B. Grand Falls of the Potomac, Md. A Woodman's Cabin, Arkansas. Grand Falls of the Nepisiguit, N. B. Buffalo Glade, Md. Primeval Forest, Arkansas. Papineau Falls of the Nepisiguit, N. B. Little Falls of the Potomac, Md. Sunset on a Prairie, Missouri. Spearing 'Salmon on Nepisiguit, N. B. A Fisherman's Hut, Md. A Prairie on Fire, Missouri. The Angler's Cabin on the Nepisiguit, Mouth of the Monocacy, Md. Smoky Mountain, Tennessee. N. B. Sugar Loaf Mountain, Md. View from Alum Cave, Tennessee. Valley of the Merimichi, N. B. Potomac from Chain Bridge, Md. On the Tennessee River, Tennessee. Lake 'l'imiscout ~ , N. B. The Hills of Cooney, River Potomac, Md. Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. On the Madawaska, N. B. A Rocky Reach, River Potomac, Md. The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Block House on Madawaska, N. B. On the Youghiogheny, Md. On the Licking, Kentucky. Grand Falls of the St. John, N. B. Young Oaks, Md. Drift wood on the Ohio, Ohio. On the Aroostook, N. B. Deer Park Valley, Md. Valley of the Maumee, Ohio. On the Lower t:;t. John, N. B. Oak Woods, Md. On the Shore of Lake Erie, Ohio. Saw Mill 011 the Nashwauk. N. B. The Cumberland Mountains, Md. Rocks at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Coast Of Grand 'Manan, N. ·B. Mountain Bluffs, Sources of Potomac, Va. On the Wabash, Indiana. Canso Lighthouse, Nova Scotia. Rocky Ledge, Capon Springs, Va. On the St. Joseph, Indiana. The Hpme of the Moose, Nova Scotia. Tygart's Valley, Va. Sault St. Marie, Michigan. Coast of the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. On the Lower Potomac, Va. Islands in Lake Huron, Mich. The Borne of "Evangeline," Nova Scotia. Natural Bridge, Va. Wigwams on Lake Superior, Mich. Porpoise Hunting in Bay of Fundy, N. S. On the Holston, Va. On the St. Marie, Mich.

NOTE.-The idea of this new departure on my part was suggested by the fact that when I exhibited a collectiotj Qfmy pictures from Nature at the National Academy, distinctly stating in the catalogue that they were not for sale, a prominent patron of Art made me such a liberal offer for the whole of them that I yielded to the sordid temptation. It was in regard to these pictures, moreover, that the American Art Review said: "They call fo ; kHtdly attention for the freshness and fine feeling they display, and the truth oflocal color." JAMES ANGLIM & oO.'S ANT QUARIAN BOOK ROOMS, RARE, OLD, AND CURIOUS BOOKS, LAW BOOKS, AMERICANA. VALUABLE GOVERN~IENT PUBLICATIONS, &C., 1424 F Street, Corcoran Building, near the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, D. C., '.January IS, I883. Having become MR. LANMAN'S usiness agents for the exhibition and sale of his OIL SKElICHES OF AMERICAN SCENERY, We take pleasure in asking the atten ion of the ART-LOVING AND HOME-LOViNG PUBLIC to the accompanying list of subjects and to what is said of them. To historical societies or responsible persons desiring one or more sets of ten each, we will be glad to send a few subjects for inspection, believing, as we do, that they need only to be seen to command admiration. Mr. LANMAN has, at our request, consented to sell as few as FOUR pictures at twenty-five dollars each, and any ONE from the list for thirty dollars. JAMES ANGLIM & CO., . -- . I424 F St., Washington, D. C. -PRESS NOTICES.

. HE has undertaken a beautiful task, which will give pleasure taining ten pictures in oil, heavily mo f nted on cardboard, ten to his many admirers and friends on both sides of the sea. * * * by twenty-two inches in size, and so/ arranged that if desired He will send to anyone applying a list of 350 pictures, from they may be separately framed. T p e idea is certainly a good which a selection may be made, and this list includes the most one, and the portfolios or sets will be furnished at such prices beautiful landscapes and many celebrated scenes.-New York a ~ to bring them within the reach of the art-lover without any Observer. serious draft on his pecuniary resources. These sketches, THE author artist Lanman, who has for ten years been the with many of which the public is more or less familiar, are in American Secretary of the Japanese Legation, has resigned, that fact as in name a rich compendium of the scenery of America, he may devote himself to art. For many years he has passed their topography covering almost the entire country arid parts his summers in roaming over the country, sketching w here­ of the Dominion of Canada, and comprehending the most ever he went; and he is now reproducing, in portfolio sets of striking views of sea and stream, lake and prairie, mountain and ten, the best of his numerous sketches, in oil. Many of these cataract, which have fallen under this artist's broadly-discerning sketches represent places of historical interest, and others depict and skilfully-discriminating observation. They extend from with wonderful fidelity sea beaches crested with ocean spray, "Tuckerman's Ravine," · New Hampshire, to "Wakullah gigantic cliffs, stalwart oak trees, quiet lakes, and growing Fountain," Florida, and from a "Sawmill on the Nashwauk," crops. Mr. Lanman has already received many orders, and New Brunswick, to a "Lumbering Camp" in Wisconsin and as purchasers can choose their suhjects from nearly one thousand "Sunset on a Prairie" in Missouri. That Mr. Lanman's sketches, he can but be successful.- Washington Correspondence, scheme will prove an acceptable and profitable success there Providence Journal. is no reason to doubt. * * * We are sure it will not hurt the MR. CHARLES LANMAN, author artist, having been for the feelings of Mr. Charles Lanman if The Post mentions the fact past eleven years the American Secretary of the Japanese that he is overwhelmed with orders for his portfolio pictures Legation, is about to turn his busy energies in a new direction. of American scenery. Of course he is constantly hearing from With the retirement of Mr. Yoshida and the succession of personal friends, (as we learn from his agents, Anglim & Co.,) Mr. Terashima, as minister of Japan at Washington, Mr. but one or two of his orders are decidedly novel. One has Lanman's official intercourse with that wonderful country of lately cqme from Florence, though we should never suppose the Orient ceases. His term of service, besides being ma'rked that Italy would ever be in the mood of sending to the banks by ability and efficiency, has also been devoted to laborious of the Potomac for works of art. Another of the happy artist's researches into the history, geography, society, and politics of orders comes from the Governor of Georgia, Mr. A. H. Japan. He has already produced three books on or about the Stephens, and because of its kindly tone Mr. Lanman says a Mikado's kingdom, and ' has yet another in hand. With gold mine could not purchase it from him.' Still another this work, however, he has concluded to take a graceful fare­ interesting order comes from one of the northwestern States. well of strictly literary pursuits, and substitute the pencil for By way of giving an idea of the scope of the artist's plan, we the pen. Mr. Lanman has probably more sketches of American may state that he now has in hand for special parties portfolios scenery than any living painter, and whenever completed, as entitled Historical Localities, Seaside Scenery, Famous Rivers, many of them have been, they are universally admired for their Famous Mountains, Picturesque Phases of American Farms, fidelity to nature and artistic merit. It is his intention to The Salmon Haunts of Canada, Curious Houses, and Pictures reproduce the best of these in a series of portfolios, each con- of Frontier Life.-Washing tOll Post. AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ART. field, and took genuine delight in the "contemplative art" of an~ling. He was the first American to cast the artficial fly in the Saguenay regIOn, and to The love of natural scenery, entirely irrespecti ve of all associati.on.s, bel?ngs describe for the angler the charms of that since famous locality. He has to an intelligent and cultivated people, and it ma~ be noted that It IS ~~tJrely followed this sport in nearly every State in the Union, never without his a sentiment of modern growth. Even the ancIent Greeks, so senSItive to sketching materials, which he used unstintingly. The results of these labors forms of beauty, did not feel this which is to other .departments. of art wh~t are many hundreds of sketches of American scenery, invaluable now that the the symphonies of Beethoven are to ballad musIc. There IS no .trace In march of civilization has so completely changed the face of a large part of the Homer or the Greek dramatists that they regarded woods or waters WIth any­ country. thing but awe as the dwelling-place of deities, certainly powerful, probably It is delightful to find a man who has been able to ge: .so much .good fr?m dangerous. life as has Mr. Lanman. One would think that the WrIting and Illustrating They had nothing in common with Childe Harold's thought: of more than thirty books, some of which are in two large octavo. volumes, "To sit on rocks to muse o'er flood and fell, was the work of a lifetime. But this has been to Mr. Lanman hIS recrea­ To slowly tr~ce the forest's shady scene, tion. The fact that his books have been successful pecuniarily have not pre· Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been; vented him from following the duties of the various governmental positions To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, in which he has been placed. No sinecures they either-Libarian at diff~rent With the wild flock that never needs a fold; times, of the House of Representatives, the ~ ar Department, of copYrIghts Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; This is not solitude: 'tis but to hold in the State Department, and of the Intenor Departmen.t, Secretary to Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unro\l'd." Daniel Webster, at the head of the returns office of the lntenor Departme.nt, and for the last ten years the American Secretary to the Japanese Legation The Romans were too busy conquering the world and building aqueducts at Washington. A lover of social intercourse, Mr. Lanman has led the and roads to spend time to develop any sentiment. They were as careless of typical busy life of the A merican, untouched. by t~e. direful and disas~rous ills natural scenery as any modern manufacturer on wh~m R~skin. has pour.ed his it is supp05ed to bring. He is now engaged In edIting fourteen ~f hIS books vials of wrath. A stronger tendency toward thIS feellng IS found In the for reproduction in uniform style, and a new book, "The Leading Me? of German races whom Tacitus describes as living in the midst of gloomy forests; Japan," is ready issue. Now, however, he p.ropose~ to ab.andon entIrely although it is thus rendered probable that with our Saxon b.lood we der!ve much Jor the pen and devote himself to the brush and pencIl. HIS pl~n IS. to reproduc~, of our tendency to love of nature, it still appears that even WIth these, wIld nature in portfolio sets of ten, the best of his numelOUS sketches, In OJI. A partla was fearful as witness their wood demons-the" Freischlitz," " Undines," list of his skecthes has been published, and those ordering a set, or any part etc. therefore, nothing can be cited that more. strongly Perh~p s, att~sts ~ur of a set can make their choice of the subjects. progress in intellectual and artistic feeling than the rapIdly growing apprecIa­ Mr. Lanman has divided these under several heads, briefly-Historical, tion and admiration for the varied scenery of our own country. People are Agricultural, Angling, Scenery. The choice can b~ ~a~e .fr.om nearly one finding out that they have not to cross the. o~ean to find natu:e at her best, at thousand sketches, taken in every State ease of the I\.1lsslsSIPPI, In the. Canada~, her loveliest, or at her grandest. The brIlliant success whIch crowned the New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. It was only after much urgmg by hIS project of the illustrated" Picturesque America" a few years ago bears testmony fi'iends that 2\1r. Lanman decided to sell his pictures, but some of them have to a general interest in the subject. . . passed into the hands of English friends, among wh?m a:e. Sir)ohn Cpampton, A genuine lover of nature in all her aspects. has no. better fiel? f?r hIS enJoy­ Sir Edmund Head and Sir Selville Lumley, and theIr solICItatIOn has had much ment than this c0untry affords him. There IS practically no lImIt to extent to do with his pre~ent purpose. With admirable wisdom he has. c~mmitted and variety, and the facilitie ~ of modern travel bring one to mountain, valley, the business negotiations regarding his scheme to the well.kno~n bIblIographer forest, and flood, thus far u~touched by the ruth.less ha~d of the sturdy and dealer, Mr. Anglim, whose Antiquarian Book Store, In the Corco:a.n pioneer who regards the unsubfued beauty of the WIlds as hIS natural enemy, Building, is so well and widely known. Preparations are made .to exh~blt whose ~peedy conquest he sets apout With. but on~ intent-to b.ring all. th.i?gs many of the pictures here, and Mr. Anglim takes great pleas~re .In callIng to pav tribute to his need. E ~ery year IS lessenIng the domain of pnmltlve attention to them. He is also to have charge of the republicatIOn of the nat\lr~ and what we would preserve we must take quickly. No country in books before referred to. the changes so rapidly. The vast lonely wilderness of to-day w~rld becom~s At Mr. Anglim's suggestion Mr. Lanman is now engaged upon the pro­ the teeming city of to·· morrow ; the barren hillsides, parched a~d verdureless In duction of several "series" of paintings of special historic interest, such as one summer's sun, another season clothes with the teeming crops of the would naturally be sought for by the various historical s.oc~eties of our country, intervening winter's settlers. . . and some of which may even yet interest the older socIetIes of England and Added to this is the fact that we are fast becoming a country WIth a past, France. The initial set destined for the Minnesota Historical Society, is a past full of events that ~well our hi~tor~ into volume~, and the scenes of nearly completed, and it' is believed the plan will give much satisfaction. these events are becoming of world-WIde Interest. It IS a duty we owe. to While the great value of the paintings lies in their e5sential unity as representing future generations to, so far as possible, preserve some adequate re~rese?tatlOn "the large unconcious scenery of our land," they are individually of no low of them by the only possible way remaining to us~tha.t of plctonal art. order of merit. The point of view is invariably well chosen; his shore This has, to be sure, been largely done by the engraver s Skl.ll, and to ~uc~ a sketches are drawn with great spirit; the bowl-like curve of the beach whence degree of excellence has he attained that we are apt to forget I? our, admIratIOn the brown rocks come boldly forward, with here the breakers dashing high their of his successful efforts the more satisfactory results of the painter s brush. spray, and here their long lines, crested like the white ho:ses of the mermen, No enthusiastic or patriotic American but would rejoice at any practical plunging in, each one lifting up its crest, and .through ItS tr~nslucent green plan of having the scenes in whic~ he feel~ such intense interest p~rp:tuated gleams the sunlight's shimmer-this is the sea Indeed. Again, the autumn by the vivid portraiture of the faIthful painter. A very good beglnn.lng for afternoon, with golden sun resting lovingly on an. old homes~ead, around just this sort of thing is made immediately possible by a scheme conceIved by whose battered and time-worn portal many generatIOns of chIldren have Mr. Charles Lanman, of Washington, and which he has been persuaded to played, whose doors may have on them the marks of t~~ red·man's carry into effect by well-known and critical judges of lands~ape art. . tomahawk or of British bullets; the golden plenty of the pralr.le far"m, the Mr. Lanman is well known both in England and AmerIca as the WrIter of mysterious shadow of the gigantic ~liffs, t~e peacefu~ lak:, the sloping autu~lfi­ some of the most delightful descriptive books in the English language. To tinted hillside, all are here, and given WIth a fidelIty ot art tha ~ cannot faIl to the facile wielding of his pen he adds an equjllly adroit and skillful use of the please. There can be but little doubt that success Will ~ollow thiS new vent~re pencil and his admirable results in these combined pursuits won for him from of our successful and veratile worker. Already he IS overwhelmed WIth his friend and brother of the quill, Washington Irving, the apt and deserved orders and his busy brush sees no future leisure. sobriquet of" the picturesque explorer of America." To the pleasure which Mr. Lanman derived from these pursuits he added a sportsman's love for the MARY COLE BAKER.