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Actions and the Human Form , I resolved to paint nothing else . And finding God ' s most glorious work to be Woman , that all human beauty had been concentrated in her , I resolved to dedicate myself to painting , not the draper ' s or milliner ' s work , but God ' s most glorious work , more finely than ever had been done ! " Etty used to
ask but small sums for his pictures , one of which was sold to a pianoforte-maker for £ 30 , and was afterwards re-purchased by Sir Francis Freeling for 370 guineas . His purity of life was no less conspicuous than his excellence in art . To paint from the life by candle-light was his favourite practice , and throughout his vocation it is recorded of him that he resorted to prayer , that he might the
better " conquer and command those passions that war against our peace , and corrupt the purity and innocence of the soul . " The greatest discouragement he ever experienced in his art was from the the Court , fifty pounds having been the munificent (!) tender made for each of his frescoes . His last sketch—taken , we believe , only a fortnight before his death—is in the possession of Bro . Spiers , of Oxford . We heartily commend Mr . Gilchrist ' s work to all those
who would trace the labours of inspired genius under the superincumbent weight of adverse influences , together with its final victory . Symbolih und Mythologie der alien Volker , besonders der Griechen JDritte verbesserte Ausgabe ' . ( " Symbolism and Mythology of the Ancient Nations , especially of the Greeks . Third and improved edition . " ) By . FBEDEEicK CuEtrzER . Leipsig and Darmstadt , 4 vols . —No man has done so much as Creuzer to make us behold the existence
of the ancients in connection with their religions , such as it really was . Before he wrote those religions were , in general , regarded either as gross materialisms , as priestly frauds , as monstrous fables , or as an artistic homage to ideal beauty . It is therefore well that we should have in Creuzer a man who , born with the finest genius for symbolism , made every pursuit subordinate and subsidiary to one single pursuit ; and thus he is in his realm what Homer , iEschylus , and Sophocles were in theirs .
The Dream of Pythagoras ; and other Poems . By Emma . Tatham . Second Edition . London : Longman & Co . —A beautiful collection of poems , now issued in a second edition . They augur a very high rank of estimation by the public towards the fair author .
List Of New Books
LIST OF NEW BOOKS
Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1855 , edited by Wells , 7 s . 6 cZ ., cloth Assault of Sevastopol , Sketches by Captain Biddulph , fol . 4 . 9 ., sewed . Bell ' s English Poets : Chaucer , Yol . III ., fcp . 2 s . 6 e £ ., cloth . Bickersteth's ( E . H . ) Sabbath Evenings at Home , 18 mo . Is . 6 d ., cloth . Bonn ' s British Classics : Addison ' s Works , by Hurd , Vol . IV ., 3 s . 6 d . Bohn ' s Classical Library : Demosthenes on the Crown , translated by Kennedy , 5 s Bonn ' s Extra Volumes : Cervantes' Exemplary Novels , translated by Kelly , 3 s . 6 d Bohn ' s French Memoirs ; Philip de Commines , edited by A . Scoble , Vol . I . 12 mo . 3 s . 6 d ., cloth .
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Actions and the Human Form , I resolved to paint nothing else . And finding God ' s most glorious work to be Woman , that all human beauty had been concentrated in her , I resolved to dedicate myself to painting , not the draper ' s or milliner ' s work , but God ' s most glorious work , more finely than ever had been done ! " Etty used to
ask but small sums for his pictures , one of which was sold to a pianoforte-maker for £ 30 , and was afterwards re-purchased by Sir Francis Freeling for 370 guineas . His purity of life was no less conspicuous than his excellence in art . To paint from the life by candle-light was his favourite practice , and throughout his vocation it is recorded of him that he resorted to prayer , that he might the
better " conquer and command those passions that war against our peace , and corrupt the purity and innocence of the soul . " The greatest discouragement he ever experienced in his art was from the the Court , fifty pounds having been the munificent (!) tender made for each of his frescoes . His last sketch—taken , we believe , only a fortnight before his death—is in the possession of Bro . Spiers , of Oxford . We heartily commend Mr . Gilchrist ' s work to all those
who would trace the labours of inspired genius under the superincumbent weight of adverse influences , together with its final victory . Symbolih und Mythologie der alien Volker , besonders der Griechen JDritte verbesserte Ausgabe ' . ( " Symbolism and Mythology of the Ancient Nations , especially of the Greeks . Third and improved edition . " ) By . FBEDEEicK CuEtrzER . Leipsig and Darmstadt , 4 vols . —No man has done so much as Creuzer to make us behold the existence
of the ancients in connection with their religions , such as it really was . Before he wrote those religions were , in general , regarded either as gross materialisms , as priestly frauds , as monstrous fables , or as an artistic homage to ideal beauty . It is therefore well that we should have in Creuzer a man who , born with the finest genius for symbolism , made every pursuit subordinate and subsidiary to one single pursuit ; and thus he is in his realm what Homer , iEschylus , and Sophocles were in theirs .
The Dream of Pythagoras ; and other Poems . By Emma . Tatham . Second Edition . London : Longman & Co . —A beautiful collection of poems , now issued in a second edition . They augur a very high rank of estimation by the public towards the fair author .
List Of New Books
LIST OF NEW BOOKS
Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1855 , edited by Wells , 7 s . 6 cZ ., cloth Assault of Sevastopol , Sketches by Captain Biddulph , fol . 4 . 9 ., sewed . Bell ' s English Poets : Chaucer , Yol . III ., fcp . 2 s . 6 e £ ., cloth . Bickersteth's ( E . H . ) Sabbath Evenings at Home , 18 mo . Is . 6 d ., cloth . Bonn ' s British Classics : Addison ' s Works , by Hurd , Vol . IV ., 3 s . 6 d . Bohn ' s Classical Library : Demosthenes on the Crown , translated by Kennedy , 5 s Bonn ' s Extra Volumes : Cervantes' Exemplary Novels , translated by Kelly , 3 s . 6 d Bohn ' s French Memoirs ; Philip de Commines , edited by A . Scoble , Vol . I . 12 mo . 3 s . 6 d ., cloth .