To those who know the power of art to educate and refine the taste, the social life and character of a people, it has always been a cause of regret that the appreciation and enjoyment of it should have been long confined to the few whose wealth was equal to the purchase of its costly decorations. We believe that art is capable of accomplishing all that is claimed for it by its most enthusiastic friends, when our life, in all its pursuits, is brought into daily contact with its productionsj when its works are no longer a monopoly, but an every-day possession, within the reach of the workman as well as the millionaire. Within a few years, this has become possible, by the discovery of new methods and material? capable of producing works of high art, with beauty unimpaired, and at a price which makes them accessible to all. The introduction of Parian, a comparatively new material, has given to these manufactures a feeling of art, and a power of expressing it unknown in other materials. Sculpture is rendered by it more faithfully than pictures by engraving.

The rich, transparent tone, and semi-opaque shadows of marble, preserve all their softness in Parian.

The first group above is a collection of pillars, vases, and seats, for the garden, and here is a hanging basket in terra cotta, intended for the parlor cultivation of orchidaceous or trailing plants, now happily becoming an enlightened pastime with the ladies. A cultivated taste for flowers ranks with connausance in the Fine Arts, as indicating intelligence and refinement. It is a pity that any one should wait for expensive greenhouses, to gratify that taste. A few vases and hanging baskets are all that is requisite to realize as much pleasure as can be gained from the princely gardens of Chatsworth.