The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . lace, which every true artist wouldhold sacred to the masters of antiquity ! Fye on them ! fyeon them! My Yankee brethren,—notwithstanding the oft-repeated assertion that they are so absorbed in money making. 144 VANDALISM. as to have neither time nor inclination to form a taste for thefine arts,—would never have been guilty of such Vandalism,as to cover the paintings of those men to whose genius theworld does universal homage, by the ephemeral productionsof their ow
The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . lace, which every true artist wouldhold sacred to the masters of antiquity ! Fye on them ! fyeon them! My Yankee brethren,—notwithstanding the oft-repeated assertion that they are so absorbed in money making. 144 VANDALISM. as to have neither time nor inclination to form a taste for thefine arts,—would never have been guilty of such Vandalism,as to cover the paintings of those men to whose genius theworld does universal homage, by the ephemeral productionsof their own pencils. England may make you pay for theprivilege of entering her Exhibition; but at least she givesyou free and full permission to admire, at your ease, theriches of her National Gallery. France is the only countrythat will not permit you, at once to view ancient and modernartists. . But perhaps she is right; it may be that shefears the contrast. . The annexed plate has, very properly, been made to repre-sent the Louvre, in those months of the year when its rightfulowners are permitted to retain CHAPTER X. A VISIT. My first visit was naturally due to that beautiful and charm-ing Madame de R , whose hospitality had been so unre-served and so complete. It was the same benevolent lady whoconstantly said to me last winter, But you work too hard;you push your observations and your study too far; if, as itis said, Paris was not built in a day, it will be impossible tounderstand Paris, in less than a century ; be calm then, do notattempt what you cannot perform, but profit simply by whatpasses before your eyes. Thus she spoke, with the mostaffable smile and the kindest look. All that 1 know of Pari-sian conversation, I have learned at the house of this ami-able woman; for, in her saloon, sheltered from literary andpolitical disputes, the most friendly and the most delightfulchatting has taken refuge. Alas! since my departure, thislady, so beloved by her friends, h
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