upon a youthful, ardent, and ambitious people.

It is not to be supposed that any particular moment in Washington's life has been chosen by the sculptor as the theme or subject of his work. On the other hand, the artist has not erred by attempting to supply a mere portrait statue of the man. As we have intimated, it aims to embody the Prudence, the Conservatism, which characterized Washington as well in his private as in his public relations. Washington's life was a life of self-restraint. His biographers are careful to tell us that he never laughed, never moved hastily, rarely showed anger-although he enjoyed a joke, was an active man in perfect health, and of a very quick temper. Albert Dürer has drawn Fortune, with a goblet in one hand, and a bridle in the other. Washington lived what Dürer drew. All his life he held the cup in his hand, but he put the bridle upon his desire to taste it, and Fortune crowned him with her noblest wreath. If, then, he was distinguished by the predominance of one characteristic, it was that of self-restraint. And he saw that selfrestraint was the great want of his countrymen-that their political and social ambition, unchecked by wisdom, would lead them into unnumbered difficulties.

Washington will stand before us daily in the full sunlight, and amid the prosperous splendor of our city, for ever preach to us the Gospel of Prudence. It is, perhaps, a homely lesson; and there are many who will find fault with a work of Art for preaching any other Gospel than that of Beauty merely. But it is our conviction that Art was meant for more than this-that it can serve, and has served, a higher ministryand that in this very work, to seek no further for an illustration, the artist has wisely seen how poor a substitute for a noble motive, and the perpetual inculcation of a vital truth would have been even the most successful combination of light and shade, the grandest draperies, and the most masterly display of the profoundest anatomical knowledge-wrought into marble, to win admiration for themselves alone.

representing some of the pieces of sculpture exhibited in the New York Crystal Palace. These make the work much more valuable. The "Flora," by Crawford, is a treasure indeed, and "the Sleeping Children" has a tender beauty of its own. "The Soldier's Son," and "the Industrious Girl," please children old and young, but they are scarcely so pretty in these photographic copies, as in the marble originals. They lose none of their naturalness, however, in this style of reproduction.

-The December number of "The Illustrated Magazine of Art," had a valuable article describing the fresco of Raphael in Florence, discovered in 1842, and finally identified in 1845. This article is illustrated with several wood-cuts; a sketch of the whole composition-serving to show the arrangement of the figures-and seven of the heads, admirably drawn to a large scale. The head of Christ is seen to be of

a very noble type-and although the conception leans to beauty rather than to power, it is far from being deficient in strength and manliness. This one article, with its illustrations, is well worth more than the price of the whole subscription to the magazine, which is one of the most valuable serial publications that we have.

- The Crayon.-The first number of this long-promised, and, as we believe, anxiously looked for, Art Journal, was published on the 3d January. We regret that the early day on which we are obliged to go to press, will postpone the utterance of our New Year welcome to the handsome stranger, until the first of March, when several numbers will have been issued, and judged by the public. But we will say our "say," nevertheless, and let our good intentions make amends.

"The Crayon" is beautifully printed, on clear white paper, and has a quiet elegance about it, which is very pleasant to contemplate. It would be unfair to attempt any judgment of its merits at this early stage— and with so substantial a beginning, everything that is good may be hoped for.

We need such a Journal as "The Crayon," without any question, and there never has been a better time for starting it than the present. With its very reasonable subscription price-three dollars by the year, and it is published every week-with its clear paper and print-there is no reason why its publication should not be a successful undertaking. At the same time, it ought to be always remembered that the

American people cannot be expected to respond cordially to any periodical treating of the Fine Arts, which has not a sterling common sense for its animating principle. This seemingly commonplace basis of treatment is not inconsistent with the highest standard. It only claims that if there is a good reason for anything asserted or denied, that reason ought to be clearly and intelligently given. We have been bullied long enough by amateurs and connoisseurs. We are tired of being kicked by Mr. Ruskin and his peers, and demand that we should be treated as gentlemen and men. Will the Crayon help us to what we want?

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NOTES ON DUELS AND DUELLING, alphabetically arranged, with a Preliminary Historical Essay. By Lorenzo Sabine. Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co. 12mo., pp. 394.

BROTHER JONATHAN'S COTTAGE; or, A Friend to the Fallen. By Henry H. Tator. New York: Francis Hart. 12mo., pp. 235.

FUDGE DOINGS: being Tony Fudge's Record of the Same. By Ik. Marvel. New York: Charles Scribner. 2 vols. 12mo., pp. 235 and 257.

THE FOREST EXILES; or, the Perils of a Peruvian Family amid the Wilds of the Amazon. By Capt. Mayne Reid. Illustrated. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 12mo., pp. 360.

COUNTRY LIFE, and Other Stories. By Cousin Mary. Illustrated. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. 12mo., pp. 168.

THE ANGEL CHILDREN; or, Stories from Cloud-land. By Charlotte M. Higgins. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. 12mo. pp. 134.

UPS AND DOWNS; or Silver Lake Sketches. By Cousin Cicely. New York: J. C. Derby. 12mo., pp. 341.

ROMANCE OF BIOGRAPHY, illustrated in the Lives of Historic Personages. Edited by Rev. F. L. Hawks, D. D. Richard, the Lion-Hearted. New York: Evans & Dickerson. 12mo., pp. 273.

HAGAR, THE MARTYR; or, Passion and Reality. A Tale of the North and South. By Mrs. H. Marion Stephens. Boston: W. P. Fetridge & Co. 12mo., pp. 360.

LILIES AND VIOLETS; or, Thoughts in Prose and Verse, on the True Graces of Maidenhood. By Rosalie Bell. New York: J. C. Derby. 12mo., pp. 442.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION OF ERNESTI, &c.: A Treatise on the Fig. ures of Speech. A treatise on the right and duty of all men to read the Scriptures. By Alexander Carson, LL. D. New York: Edward H. Fletcher. 12mo., pp. 468.

THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD UPON THE NATIONS. Pius Ninth, the Last of the Popes. New York: E. H. Fletcher. 12mo., pp. 135.

LITERARY FABLES OF YRIARTE. Translated from the Spanish. By Geo. H. Devereux. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 12mo., pp. 145.

NELLY BRACKEN; a Tale of Forty Years Ago. By Annie Chambers Bradford. Philadelphia: Lippin cott, Grambo & Co. 12mo., pp. 877.

SERMONS; chiefly Practical. By the senior Minister of the West Church, in Boston. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 12mo., pp. 362.

MAY AND DECEMBER; A Tale of Wedded Life. By Mrs. Hubback. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 2 vols. 12mo., pp. 270 and 250.

THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN; containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game-birds and wild fowl of America. By Elisha J. Lewis, M. D. Illustrated. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 8vo., pp. 494. Phillips, Sampson & Co.'s Catalogue of Publications. THE BIBLE PRAYER-BOOK; for Family Worship, and for other private and public occasions. By W. W. Everts. New York: Ivison & Phinney. 12mo., pp. 244. HISTORY AND OBSERVATIONS ON ASIATIC CHOLERA IN BROOKLYN, N. Y. IN 1854. By J. C. Hutchison, M. D. [From the New York Journal of Medicine.] New York. Stitched, 12mo., pp. 24.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD; with a biographical sketch. Edited by Epes Sargent. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. 12mo., pp. 490. THR AMERICAN ALMANAC, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1855. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. 12mo., pp. 352.

MY COURTSHIP AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. By Henry Wikoff. New York: J. C. Derby. 12mo., pp. 438.

CORNELL'S PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY, forming part first of a systematic series of school geographies. By S. S. Cornell. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Small 8vo., pp. 96.

"FATHER CLARK," or, The Pioneer Preacher. Sketches and incidents of Rev. John Clark, by an Old Pioneer. New York: Sheldon, Lamport, & Blakeman. 12mo., pp. 287.

A THIRD GALLERY OF PORTRAITS. By George Gilfillan. New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman. WOLFERT'S ROOST, and other papers, now first collected. By Washington Irving. New York: GP. Putnam & Co. 12mo., pp. 383.

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