Scribner's magazine . Louis Deschamps. derstood, however, that the same artistcannot exhibit in both, he has decidedfor the Chamj) de Mars, perhaps becausemore than two works are accepted there,and the pictures of one man are groupedtogether. An effort is also made to avoidthe injury done by the too close neigh-borhood of works that are mutuallv harmful. On the other hand, it may,perhaps, be regretted that so serious anartist asM. Deschamps should be incon-gruously associated with the wildestfreaks in the delirium of the modernFrench decadence, freaks which are en-tirely foreign to the sobriet


Scribner's magazine . Louis Deschamps. derstood, however, that the same artistcannot exhibit in both, he has decidedfor the Chamj) de Mars, perhaps becausemore than two works are accepted there,and the pictures of one man are groupedtogether. An effort is also made to avoidthe injury done by the too close neigh-borhood of works that are mutuallv harmful. On the other hand, it may,perhaps, be regretted that so serious anartist asM. Deschamps should be incon-gruously associated with the wildestfreaks in the delirium of the modernFrench decadence, freaks which are en-tirely foreign to the sobriety and dignityof his nature. Vol. XVI.—61 565. An Arabian H THE HORSE Bv K. S. Shaler FROM the point of view of tbe stu-dent of domesticated animals theraces of men may well be dividedinto those which have and those whichhave not the use of the horse. Althouo^hthere are half a score of other animalswhich have done much for man, whichhave indeed stamped themselves uponhis histoiy, no other creation has beenso inseparal)ly associated with the greattriumphs of our kind, whether won onthe battle-field or in the arts of far as material comfort, or evenwealth, is concerned, we of the northernrealms and present a<re could, perhaps,better sj^are the horse from our pres-ent life than either sheep, or hornedcattle ; but without this creature it iscertain that our civilization would neverhave developed in anythin<): like itspresent form. Lackini^- the help whichthe horse gives, it is almost certainthat, even now, it could not be main-tained. It requires l)ut a glance atthe mechanism of our life, to see howcompletely we rely up


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