American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . Designed by Charles M. Carter. EDWARD VIRGINIUS VALENTINE. Chapter MERSON, in his aphoristic way, says that the English people are in-capable of an inutility. He argues that the idea of Beauty with themis a luxury; and, as a consequence, that the fine arts among them fallto the ground. With much ingenuity, he attributes this to race tem-perament and climatic influence. In the mosaic of our cosmopolitanAmerican civilization, where race and climate are of the most variedcharacter, it might be supposed that a
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . Designed by Charles M. Carter. EDWARD VIRGINIUS VALENTINE. Chapter MERSON, in his aphoristic way, says that the English people are in-capable of an inutility. He argues that the idea of Beauty with themis a luxury; and, as a consequence, that the fine arts among them fallto the ground. With much ingenuity, he attributes this to race tem-perament and climatic influence. In the mosaic of our cosmopolitanAmerican civilization, where race and climate are of the most variedcharacter, it might be supposed that a very different state of thingswould exist. We are, as a people, almost so pre-eminently practicalas to be incapable of an inutility; and yet along with this wehave combined a sentiment which is wanting to the Englishman. Youthand struggle and poverty have held in abeyance the art spirit hereto-fore ; but how rapid has been the advance in its direction, now thatwealth has relaxed the mere necessity for bread-winning, and offers theleisure without which no arts can be fostered! As a matter of course, or rather as a matter of history, Southernlands ha
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