. The street railway review . s, such as Meissonier, Bougereau, Gerome, Munkacsy, Mi-chetti and Troyon, it has but one specimen of each, and repre-sents not only the French and German schools, but also the Belgian,Italian. .Austrian, English and Swedish. Thirteen of the most important art paintings by old and modernmasters, which were purchased in June. i8go, by the Institute fromthe famous DemidofT collection in Florence, are now on exhibi-tion. They include several by Van Ostade, Rembrandt, Hals,Rubens, Van Dyck, Murillo (The Immaculate Conception), Titian,Goyen. Von der Neer, Hobbema, de Ke
. The street railway review . s, such as Meissonier, Bougereau, Gerome, Munkacsy, Mi-chetti and Troyon, it has but one specimen of each, and repre-sents not only the French and German schools, but also the Belgian,Italian. .Austrian, English and Swedish. Thirteen of the most important art paintings by old and modernmasters, which were purchased in June. i8go, by the Institute fromthe famous DemidofT collection in Florence, are now on exhibi-tion. They include several by Van Ostade, Rembrandt, Hals,Rubens, Van Dyck, Murillo (The Immaculate Conception), Titian,Goyen. Von der Neer, Hobbema, de Keyser and others. In thecollection lent by Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick are landscapes byDaubigny, Corot, Troyon and the late George Innes. CharlesSprague Pearces magnificent The Beheading of John the Baptist, which was painted in Paris in 1881, attracts the attentionof all visitors. Among the modern oil paintings, perhaps noneare more interesting than those lent by Mrs. P. C. Hanford. This Oct. 15, STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 641. CllU rili:i,H NEWIIEKKV I,lliK.\KV. cnllcctiiiTi ) iiinri. than 50 paiiuinjjs, anicing which arcsome by such well known arlisls as Riisa Bonhcur, Hrctoii, Corot,Mcissonicr, Millcl, .Munkacsy. dc Ncnvillc. Trciyon. Vcrbocck-hoven and others. Novvlicrc in the city could ones leisure hours lie more profit-ably spent than in the Art Institute, where everything displayed isalike interesting to both layman and connoisseur. In the instruction department 1,200 students are enrolled. and judiciously had it been framed that nearly every westernstate has since patterned after this admirable law. Provision is notfinly made for the establishment and maintenance of public librariesby taxation, but also for their proper management. The law rec-ognizes the fact that .such collections are for the public good, andas such may be justly established and maintained at the expenseof the tax-payers. It is not possible to give more than a passing glan
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