Review of reviews and world's work . MAHOGANY TABLE, MADE BY DUNCAN PHYFE. (The simple curves of the top of the table, whichmight be cut by any country carpenter in half anhour, emphasize the fact that beautiful furnitureneed not be elaborate in its construction.) the Dutch were settling Manhattan, Rem-brandt and his contemporaries were paintingsome of the worlds masterpieces,—and thatlater the Colonists were brought under Eu-ropean art influence when such men as Hou-don visited this country; and, lastly, that ourearly native painters and artisans were menof no mean SILVER MADE IN BOS
Review of reviews and world's work . MAHOGANY TABLE, MADE BY DUNCAN PHYFE. (The simple curves of the top of the table, whichmight be cut by any country carpenter in half anhour, emphasize the fact that beautiful furnitureneed not be elaborate in its construction.) the Dutch were settling Manhattan, Rem-brandt and his contemporaries were paintingsome of the worlds masterpieces,—and thatlater the Colonists were brought under Eu-ropean art influence when such men as Hou-don visited this country; and, lastly, that ourearly native painters and artisans were menof no mean SILVER MADE IN BOSTON BY PAUL REVERE.(The Revere silver, like the Duncan Phyfe furniture, teaches the lesson of the charm of simplicity.) THE COMING MUSICAL SEASON. BY GILMAN. VT K\V ^ORK is becoming; assertion is made advisedly. Ifore had examined in an analytical spirit theprospectuses put forth a decade ago by thenianaj^ement of the Metropolitan OperaHouse and the various concert organizationsit would have been observed that, in the or-der in which the delights of the coming sea-son were heralded, the music to be performedwas invariably announced last and the per-sons who were to perform it were as in-variably announced first. In the opera pros-pectus the names of the singers headed thelist of activities; the titles of the works inwhich they were to appear emerged only asone scanned the more inconspicuous parts ofthe circular. So also in the case of the greatorchestral organizations: first the formidablearray of distinguished soloists.—singers,pianists, viol
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