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796, and as pictures, altogether unlovely. Beautiful bits of color, delicate bits of drawing, may be picked out of Mr. Farrer's "Bears' Bath Fall," and Mr. Newman's "Hook Mount, from Sing Sing;" but this is all that can be said in praise of them. No one should fail to examine Whistler's powerful etchings, in which very striking effects are produced by the simplest means and material at the artist's command. Oertel's cartoon, also in the corridor, is deserving of study as a composition, and for its grouping and drawing. McEntee's "Ruin," Lay's "Fisher's Wife," and one or two flower pieces, are also worthy of attention.

The north room contains Beard's "Morning on the Prairie," and "Evening on the Prairie;" a Narraganset view, by Kensett; "Afternoon on the Hudson," by Shattuck; "Newport Looking Seaward at Sunset," by C. C. Griswold; a spirited portrait by Elliott; and "The Village Smith," by Ehninger.

In the east room the visitor's attention is chiefly attracted by Colman's "Castle Garden," described in of last month; by McEntee's "Lake Placid," Gifford's "Indian Summer on the Hudson," and Hennessy's "Spring-time." In justice to this accomplished artist, it should be stated that this picture is exhibited in an unfinished state. Mr. Hennessy's feeling for color is not that of a Japanese artist, as one might infer from the present appearance of his work.

Among the noticeable pictures in the south room are Gifford's "Shrewsbury River," one of the best works he has ever exhibited; Wier's "Forging of the Shaft," admirable in composition and management of light and shade; Eastman Johnson's "Boy Lincoln;" Stone's portrait of Lester Wallack, and J. G. Brown's "Hide and Seek."

There is nothing particularly noticeable in the west room.

There are several exhibitions of pictures in the city besides that of the Academy. Schaus and Knoedler have fine collections of foreign works in their establishments, comprising some of the best pictures of living French and German artists. In a Broadway gallery, near Fourteenth street, is exhibited a prodigious allegorical painting by a German artist, named Pauwels; it is called " The New Republic." Signor Antonio Capo favors us with a curious collection of pictures cut in paper, a novelty which hardly deserves to bear the name of art. Kaulbache's famous cartoon, "The Age of the Reformation," is on exhibition in the gallery corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue, and is worthy of the closest study.