rms of nature are
not only reproduced, with the most poetic truth, but a glow of spiritual
beauty breathes all over the work. It is most interesting, concludes the
critic, to see the laying of the corner-stone of American art, an
edifice whose completion none of us will live to see.

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The Festival of the unveiling of the statue of Frederick the Great, at
Berlin, on the last day of May, is represented as one of the most
splendid spectacles ever witnessed in that city. The memory of "Old
Fritz" is cherished with a peculiar enthusiasm by the masses, who turned
out in immense numbers. The day was the 110th anniversary of Frederick's
ascending the throne. The monument is a real historical work, and,
besides its artistic merit, may be consulted as an authentic record of
the warriors and statesmen who helped to found a great kingdom. It is an
immense advance on the insipid allegorical style, with its eternal Fames
with trumpets, and Victories descending with garlands. Except in one or
two of the small bas-reliefs, Rauch has adhered to strict reality, only
so skilfully modified that it never becomes vulgar or commonplace. His
Ziethens and Winterfeldts are warriors as stern and dignified in their
"regulation" uniforms as if they were presented on the fields of Torgau
and and Rossbach, like Achilles and Hector on the plains of Troy. A
letter in the London _Times_ says there were present about eighty aged
soldiers who had served under the great King, and one old Hussar, of
Ziethen's regiment, was pointed out as having actually fought in the
Seven Years' War; the junior of the party could not be less than
fourscore; they were all accommodated with seats specially provided for
them; they wore the uniform of the period, of the old regulation cut,
but newly made for the day, so that the veterans looked quite brilliant.
Some of them, perhaps, had not worn a uniform for half a century.

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The author of _Wanderings of a Pilgrim, during Four-and-Twenty Years in
the East_, has employed herself, since her return to England, in
superintending the painting of a Diorama of Hindostan. Perhaps no one
else has so numerous a collection of beautiful sketches taken in the
East, and few, indeed, possess her knowledge of Indian manners and
customs.

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At the close of last month the bronze statues of Gustavus Adolphus, and
of