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    THE ROYAL ACADEMY'S ILLUSTRATED ! CATALO...

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    GEORGE DAWSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL, LECTURES. ...

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    August 2 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular $ 2 $

    The Royal Academy's Illustrated ! Catalo...

    THE ROYAL ACADEMY'S ILLUSTRATED ! CATALOGUE .

    i Quite a library of literature is now issued ¦ in WJ connection ^ mr ^¦^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ — — with — the ^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ annual ^^^^^ ^^»^*^^ —^ r ^^^^ ^ r ^ m ^^^ exhibitions ^^^ ^^ i ^ p ^ . ^ w ^ p ^ p > v ^ »^^ r ^^ P ^ P ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ ^ p ^ T ^^ F of ^^^^ ^ PBV ^ ^^^

    the Royal Academy of Arts . Henceforth the princi 4 'Illustrated Illustrated pal of these Catalogue Catalogue works will of of the thft be the Exhibition Tdrhihitinn magnificent of nf

    1886 , ' of which the first volume has now ¦ appeared from the press of Messrs . William

    jPj m ^ M Bt ^^ ^^ P' ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ — — — — — ^^ h p»—^ - ^^»^ - ^ w ^^ r r" ^ r ^ ~^ m ~ ^^^ mm ^ ™ ' ^^^»^^ ^^ pr *^^ w ^ mr ^^^ P *^^ ^ P ^ ~ ^^ p ^^ W * P ^^™ ^^ ^ m ^^ Br ^^ P' ^^ P ^^" Clowes ^ & Sons ( Limited ) . Both in style and execution the work is finer than V anything Hpi of

    ^ 0 P ^^^ - ^^ i ^^_ r - - — — - _ _^~ - _> — - g - ^ ' ^^ pa *~ -m the kind which we have seen ; its appearance being equal to its importance as an art

    publication . The ^^ p ^* ^^^ mw ^^ p * ^ firs ^ - ^^ v ¦ — ¦ ^ t ^ r part L ^¦ r ^ pv ^ ^^ of ^>^ pBB the ^ vph ^^ p ^^ pr volume vr ~ » v ^* ^^^ m > ^ b « Pk ^ V ^ Bp ^ ^ is m ^ w ^ mw devoted ^ HW ^^ pT f vqp ^^ ^ mf ^ P ^ pT ^ v ^ k to ^ Bp * ^^ p *^

    the usual form of catalogue , lists of artists and their addressesand other information

    of a , like character . , Following these details , and forming the greater part of the volume ,

    is a splendid series of fall-page reproductions in typo-gravure of a large number of the chief

    pictures * i of ii a the year . These mi copies * are as interesting as they are beautiful . They

    include 135 taken from oil paintings , 5 from water-colour drawings _ _ .. 1 - black — - and - white - - —

    drawing , and 9 representations ^ , ^ of the sculpture of the yearaltogether 150 pictures .

    The process chosen , for the reproduction of the ^~ ~^~ ^^~ pictures H ^ ^^^ ^^^ ~~ ^^ ^ P *^^ v ^^ P ^ V ^ PF ^ is ^ P 0 V ^^ mueh ^^ B ^ H ^^ P ^ P ^ p *^^ P ^ p ^ p ^ mmB > W > esteemed ^ p' ^^ P ^ P ^ W ^ pPF ^^^^ ^^ P ^^ B p ^ ^^ MT ^^^ ^ V fox ^^^ ^^^ ^^^* the ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ V soft ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^

    beauty of its effects , which could not be better shown than in a work of this character . Not

    a few of the pages are of striking beauty . For example we may mention Mr . Walton ' s

    fine sylvan landscape ' Waiting till the West Wind ^~ H ^^ ^^ ^ « Blows ^^^ " ^ ^^ ^¦ m ^ ? J ^ pT ; V ' ^ Mr ^ v * ^ pl ^^ M . V ^ Frank 0 ^ m « W ^^ jy p ^ p « apk ^ p * ^ Holl p ^ m ^^ b ^^^ ^ V * P ^ ' p s ^ p ^ portrait V * A ~ ^ * ^ VP « 4 ^^^ p > Vp *^ pT ^ w V of ^ ^ PJ

    the Duke of Cleveland ; the three trees , a weird scene , by Mr . John 7 ifcWhirter , called ' The

    Three lhree Witr Witches . h « a ; : ' and anrl Mr Mr . . JJohn ohn JbFraser raser ' s s 'Scallop Trawlers in the Channel . ' All these show the process remarkably well . The sea

    effect in the latter is somewhat peculiar , but nevertheless gives a true idea of the character Iot I of the the original oriorinaL .

    It is to be hoped that this new venture will prove ftoyal Academy sufficientl to y continue successful the to publication induce the of

    have a similar no beautiful doubt that collection the result every will year be . satis We - A . _

    factory . As a memoiial of the academical year surpassed ' s art . the new catalogue could hardly be

    George Dawson's Biographical, Lectures. ...

    GEORGE DAWSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL , LECTURES . *

    yv ^ ar George *• 1876 * - v »/ I \ j . Dawson K Several ~ J ^—i v V > JL CvJL died VI of his JIJLXO in Birming works » T V / JL E / wl , & ham JLA have CV ? V ** in since « J AJ the L ^ J \ s 1 _ _ . _

    boon published under the careful editorial I Consist co superv nsist ision of of r » rfl of . V ers ftr Mr « serm a , George ons rinsi and a . Tt St . other ot Cl / hnr & ir religious rAiirrions . They

    I or devotional pray writings , . The , volume of Bio-^ I those graphica — and . 1 Lectures shows UAAV mor is e different clearl from the peculiar any of

    I pedestal v , m ^ vaavA of the man K 7 JIAJIV . ^ J Dawson Vl ^ M / ii y _ f could VA JL V §¦ - ** not V- ' * -- * l * A , ¦ . be * - * , * , I 1 J characterised , out 10 be spoken JJ- 'V ^ IVCU . p . as of \) l a as Oi brilliant O € a Jb very V CX J orator profound I / 1 . UAV , neither 1 U thinker AjUM- could lXIV ^ DL ; ,

    ¦ he had the rare gift of popularising , so to I i * / ; r ( Moy iorgo raphiai dfc . Clair l Lectures , F . G . S , . by London Gk ? or « -e : Da Kogan won Paul , M . A , - Trench , edicod ,

    speak , the great thoughts of master minds . Through this faculty he enjoyed a degree of

    celebrity which few lecturers on similar subjects have attained ; and no one can dispute

    that the publication in a collected form of those wonderful literary and historical addresses

    ( thirty-six in all ) which used to charm so many large 3 audiences has placed within _ the _ reach _ _ of

    "C A ----- - --- - Eng ^^ lish readers a treat of no ordinary description .

    X There is an indefinable fascination about the lectures which almost entrances the reader .

    Whether we read of Good Queen Bess or of Thomas Carlyleof Milton or of Samuel

    Johnson , we cannot , lay down the book until the stories with all their wealth of illustration

    are at an end . The address on Carlyle is probably the most powerful in the whole Tolume

    m f t Oi a *¦ A apl mwM , and certainl * y should be perused by eyeryone who — - wishes — — — to _ - _ see — — in — _ miniature - — — _ - _ — _ _ __ _ a _ _ masterl —— . _ __ — y ^ sur — _ -

    vey of the life of the great sage . Thackeray , too , is a grand study , and the same may be said

    of Hood . Four lectures are devoted to Cromwellnamely c England during the

    Commonwealth , , ' ' The Foreign Politics of Oliver Cromwell , ' The Death-bed of Cromwell , ' and

    'People's Statue to Cromwell . ' "Very fine literary studies are to be found in The Poetry

    of Wordsworth' and 'The Poetry of Coleridge . ' We are inclined , indeed , to think that not a

    little of the attractiveness of Dawson ' s biograp ^ —— g— hies is to be ¦ found — - __ . in -- the __ able __ . _ _ way in

    _ — — — — — — — — — - — - which he has shown the excellences and failings ^ ^ in ^^ ~ - ^ m ^^ the ^ pr ^^ —^ p - ^^ r ^ lives *— ^ p ^ ^ h p *^^^ - arid ^^ ^^ h ^^ p — ^^ writings p- w ^^— ^^» ^^~ 1 ™ —™^^ p ^ p » - - ^ of - ^ —* ¦¦ modern 1 ^ - ^ ~ - ~ - ^^ — —~ — authors ~™~ ~^ ~— — ^ - ^^~ ^—~^ — — . —~

    These he has examined with kindly but yet critical acumen . Some conception of the style

    of the lecturer may be had from the concluding words of the address on Carlyle : —

    ' I have now done . None are so conscious of the deficiencies of this lecture as I am

    myanyone - self ^^^ r w ^^ v y . ^^ « v ^^ m v If ^ v think , ^^^ ~ however » ^^ ^ m ^^ ^^ . » who ^ - ^^ ^ m , ***** I never * i ** have *»» ' - •¦^ - » ^ - " ¦ r »^™ succeeded thoug ^^ " ^ ^^ — - » ^ hk ht ^~ - ^ before in ' — ^¦ ^^ making ^— - ™^ , ^ b ¦ ¦ in

    causing any to search for the good and true ; nay , if I have been happy enough to' unsettle

    some , to make any doubt or feel uncomfortableI have my reward . Some of the things

    , •/ v ^ about which I have had to talk are sadly un-^ comfo /^ wAmJLM . \* r rtabl M vLV Ik ^ iV e ^ matters AXJLCw W L / V ^ JL ^ J . JU I have JL JL CV T V «/ had AltVvii to W ^ show KJ ^ i v ^ Tt the v ^ *¦ V / ' ,

    starving brother in the midst of a luxurious age ; men bound down in the midst of much prate

    of freedom ; a Christianity weeping and waiting to be applied : these matters are unpleasant ,

    but physicians' tasks are not always pleasant duties . There are disagreeable potions

    contained necessary rfK a ^ ^^* ^ mr ^ m ^ r ^^ f ^^^ % ^^ in B > ^ B * * 7 the they ^ 4 ^ ^ K ^ 4 ~ p % / harmacopoeia should | in # ^ * ma ~ ~ -v ^ r ^ 4 ^ ^^^ B be >^^ ^^ Hr ^ administered b ^^ B - , ^ ^ and ^ ^^ H ^^ " ¦ ^^ ^^ it > H - ^^ is " ^^^ ^^^ sometimes ~ " ~ ^ ^ . 1 ^— ' can - ^ — ' '

    but thank you for the kindness and attention with which you have listened to a young man ' s

    words ; and hope that what in them has been true livewhile the weak or false things

    may be may speedil , y forgotten . None of you can charge ^ mmT «¦* ^ ma ^ mtf Jmh fcl ^ ^ " ^ ^ me ** ** M . with » ¦¦ » ^* **¦ *^ insulting ** *^ ^* ^* V « *^» ^ ^^ ^ *^ J ^^\ your / ^^ ¦** " — —™ —* reli """ " - * ' —¦ gious ^ " ^* - ^ **^ " ' - — sect - ^— — ' - ^

    or political party . I have tried to teach those ^ sublime •^ J ^^ v ^ v *\^ r Ma * 4 « 4 I * -A ^ mm * politics BT * ^ " ^ ^^ *^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ which V W ^^ ^^ Jh ^^^ ^^ *^ transcend ^^ .. ^ v ^ v ^^ ^^ - ^^ —1 - ^^ - ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ ^ mere ^ ^^ ^— ^^^ * hv ^^^ party p ^ ^ v ^ ^— —~ - —~ m

    questions , and that religion which is higher than theolog W ^^ J ^^ f ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ m ^ ^^^ r ^^ a ^^ ^ ical « ^^^ f ^^^^^ B * M diffe ^^ ' ^¦ i ^ H ** *^ ^^^ v ^ rences ^ b ^^ vv ¦ * ^^ ^ k ^ v ^ ^^^^ Wl ^^ or ^^^ 1 ^ . secta » fc ^ ^ ^^^ - ^^ r ¦ # ^^^* rian aa ^ V ^^ ^ f ^ v ^ *^ ^^ divisions ^^ ' ^^ ^ hi v ^^ p ¦[ . p ^ ^^^ mm r ^ v ^^^ . ^'

    In conclusion , we may remind our readers that Dawsonalthough a popular lecturerwrote

    very little under , his own name . The volume , of his collected biographies will assuredly

    attract a very wide circle of admirers . I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 2, 1886, page 825, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02081886/page/7/