Literary and Artistic. Is there such a word as sculptress? or shall we say lady sculptors, for those persevering and many of them gifted women of our country who are distinguishing themselves in this most difficult branch of art. Among these is Miss Freeman of this city, now in Europe, who a year since sent home one of her works, which is now on exhibition, - an ideal head, from the ancient Talmud legend, or more probably from Longfellow's exquisite rendering, of "Sandalphon," the angel of prayer. The artist has evidently sought to embody the idea of the third stanza, where serene in the rapturous throng Unmoved by the rush of the song, With eyes unimpassioned and slow, Among the dead angels, the deathless Sandalphon stands listening, breathless, To prayers that ascend from bolow." "And he gathers the prayers, as he stands, And they change into flowers in his hands." The face is one of great sweetness and purity and the attitude of listening well-expressed both in the pose of the head and aspect of the countenance. A hint of the flowers at the bust gives it an added touch of poetry. We should hardly presume to judge the work critically from the casual inspection we have been able to give it. In our ideal, Sandalphon has been the "angel of glory" as well as of prayer. We have seen him as clothed upon with majesty, "erect on the ladder of light" or, as in the poet's vision, expanding His pinions in nebulous bars." If the artist's ideal seems at first sight to fall below the poem, the impression may be due to this preconceived idea, and the difference be one of kind rather than degree. who has studied with a French master and caught something of the spirit of the French school, has at the same place two small pictures of considerable merit, one an interior of a rude and ancient kitchen with its homely furniture and utensils, and an aged crone sitting by the scant firebrands; the other a figure picture, a little child in peasant attire and clouted shoes, her back toward us, reaching up on tiptoe to a plate of rosy-cheeked apples on the dresser; while a larger child, pausing, broom in hand, interposes the other hand to save the tempting fruit. There has been at De Vries' Gallery for some time a German picture painted by Carl Boeker, that cannot fail to attract at tention. It is one of those figures of homely everyday life in which the Germans excel. School is just out; and as the children are tumbling out over the steps one of those "enfants terribles" which every school possesses, has taken opportunity to knock out of her hand the slate and book of an inoffensive little damsel, who sits on the ground by the fragments of the former, with her apron to her eyes and a woe-begone expression of Whereupon a brave cham countenance. pion, setting his pointed cap at an angle of defiance and kicking his wooden shoes right and left, is proceeding to execute summary justice on the offender. The various attitudes and expressions of the children about are a world in themselves. The little ones are frightened, the boys hurrah, and the girls hasten to call the master. This potentate is seen at the door, pipe in hand, his clenched fist ready to come down with severity on any presumptuous breaker of the juvenile peace. At the same place is a beautiful head in crayon of a golden-haired maiden, evidently a portrait. The fair, sweet face with its blonde complexion and delicate bloom, the fineness and lightness of the floating hair, and the grace of the light blue drapery give an exquisite delicacy and harmony to the picture. The shadows and the soft tints of the background are managed with artistic skill. The effect is somewhat marred, however, as we think, by the maroon that encases it in the frame, the heavier color and sharp contrast somewhat overpowering the more subdued tints of the picture. It were better cased in -A young American artist named Johnson | olive green, or some still more neutral color. - Miss Hardy of Bangor, Me., the daughter of the painter and herself an artist of acknowledged ability, has on exhibition at Williams & Everett's an excellent fruit picture, if we may call it so, a glass of wine, a lemon and two or three lumps of sugar resting on a plate which stands upon a table of dark wood, upon which rests also a spoon and the chipped-off end of the lemon. The representation is as perfect as anything of the kind we have ever seen. A DISCUSSION BETWEEN REV. E. FISHER, D.D., AND REV. J. H. WALDEN, This work is a handsome pamphlet of 70 pages. Dr. Fisher's ability should insure a wide circulation of this work. Price, 30 cts. Sent by mail for 30 cts. Send orders to UNIVERSALIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, 37 CORNHILL, BOSTON, MASS. HARMONIES. VESTRY The New Conference Hymn and Tune Book, by Rev. J. G. Adams, is published and ready for delivery. It is printed upon fine paper, and neatly bound in cloth. It contains one hundred and thirty-one tunes, and two hundred and fifty-six hymns. It has been under the eye of a large number of competent and interested brethren, and has received the benefit of their suggestions and criticisms. No efforts have been spared to make it a superior book, and a standard one among our people. Price, 50 cts. "It will, we think, meet with a demand in several respects. 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