MUSIC, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE.

O, there is nought so sweet
As lying and listening music from the hands,
And singing from the lips, of one we love—
Lips that all others should be turned to. Then
The world would all be love and song; heaven's harps
And orbs join in; the whole be harmony—
Distinct, yet blended—blending all in one
Long, delicious tremble, like a chord.
Festus.
The finger of God is the stamp upon them all, but each has its separate variety.
Beauty, theme of innocence, how may guilt discourse thee?
Let holy angels sing thy praise, for man hath marred thy visage;
Still, the maimed torso of a Theseus can gladden taste with its proportions.
Though sin hath shattered every limb, how comely are the fragments!
Tupper.

Three Female Figures.

This artistic group is represented by three beautiful females, seated on a mossy bank, each one holding the emblems of her profession. The goddess of music holds a harp, on which she is playing; the goddess of painting has a partially painted picture in the left hand, and a brush and pallet in the right; the goddess of sculpture has a small bust in her right hand—in her left she holds a small mallet and chisel. Their costumes consist of a loose white robe, cut quite low at the top, and without sleeves; a heavy mantle of white muslin is draped across the breast; the hair should hang in ringlets, or be left to flow negligently on the shoulders. The Goddess of Music should sit on the right side of the mound, the hand resting on the knee, her eyes cast upward. The Goddess of Painting sits on the left of the mound, her picture resting on the left knee, the right hand holding the pallet and brush, the body slightly bent forward, the eyes fixed on the Goddess of Music. The Goddess of Sculpture should sit between the Goddesses of Music and Painting, the bust which she holds resting on the right knee, the left hand grasping the mallet and chisel. Her attention is fixed on the Goddess of Music. The mound should be placed in the centre of the stage; it can be made of boxes, and covered with green baize; it should be two feet high, and four or five feet in diameter. The light comes from the right side of the stage, and should not be very strong. The accompanying music should be soft and plaintive.

BUST OF PROSERPINE.

One Female Figure.

This artistic tableau is a living representation of the bust of Proserpine by Powers. The head is ideal, and we may conceive it as embodying our great sculptor's conception of female beauty in repose. The wreath of leaves and flowers which encircles it, alludes, perhaps remotely, to the legend, familiar in the poets, of the field

Of Enna, where Proserpine, gathering flowers,
Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis
Was gathered.