small
number of examples on the walls. There are some paintings by M. Knauss
and his followers, however, in whom, if we may accept the opinion of
certain connoisseurs, is to be found the true representation of the
genius of the land beyond the Rhine. The subjects are invariably
peasants or children, rendered according to the monotonous processes of
this school, the shape clearly projected upon a dull and sombre ground,
the attitudes correct and the gestures faultless, but there is an
absence of everything brilliant or striking. No one of the attributes
which go to make up a good picture is allowed to assert itself above
another: there is an equalization of many talents, sure of themselves,
and as incapable of weakness or failure as of telling strokes of genius.
One cannot fail to look with curiosity at the _Furnace_ of M. Menzel, a
picture of much celebrity in Germany, representing an immense foundry
with its massive framework of iron, its machinery and furnaces, the
powerful glare of light from a melted casting vividly illuminating the
faces and figures of the workmen. Worthy of mention too are the
portraits of men by the Bavarian Lembach, and Richter's fine portrait of
the beautiful princess Karolath-Beuthen in a ball-dress of white satin,
seated by the chimney with an enormous house-dog at her feet. Nor must
we omit the _Baptism after the Death of the Father_ by M. Hoff, the
chief of the Realistic school, and the landscapes of the two Achembachs
and of Breudel and Munthe.

One of the greatest successes of the Exposition has been achieved by
Spain. M. Pradilla's remarkable composition representing a passage from
the national history--the mad queen Joanna watching by the corpse of her
husband, Philip the Handsome--has received a medal of honor. This
important painting, which was exhibited at Philadelphia, has attracted
so much attention at Madrid during the past two years that the Chambers
voted a sum for its acquisition by the state. MM. F. and R. de Madrazzo,
father and son, who are well known in America, are also represented,
the former (who is director of the Museum of Madrid) by some admirable
portraits, one of which is especially noticeable. In a large arm-chair
covered in red reclines a very young girl, whose dress, of a light
rose-color, is nearly of the same tint as her own delicate complexion,
while the red carpet at her feet, the carnations and red geraniums upon
the table, all thrown out boldly upon a back