New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS
ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS.

TrR BUILDING OF THE SHIP. Nv HENRY wADs-
woRTH LoNGFELLow. Small 4'o. Up. 10. Fields, Os-
good q Co.
Here is little gem of b'y6k, not over-dressed
with gaudy covers and Obtr sive gliding. but dainty
with smooth, thick creame paper and superb type
and rich with pictures rom the pencils OF heheeSy
and Clifford and the cfavers of Anthony ana Luton
The poem short as 1t is. offers contrasts eno"s" "
Supply the artists with varied ana eNetle"I su'10
The shp-yarC the masters cottage the STORMY S'''
Abe Fortunate Isles the sails ldy hHPPi"E u, ,'J
ports tie staunch vessel, laughing at all u'S""'Ii
and wrestling with wave and whtlwlhd' INC "eu-
ding on the ship where 5000.
"sbaIows from the flags ana shTouus'
Like thu shadows east by Sin9IS'
Broken by many sunny neck.
Fall around them on the deck"
~ thames which have called forth some of the best
~aorts of the illustrators. There are twenty cuts
Hennessys pictures of the Old Master, the daughter
standing in the porch the skeleton ship on the STOCKS
The iaded steers
Painting beneath the gOad."
and the launch when the ship leaps into the oceans
arms - and Gidord's marine views and landscapes
the goodly vessel staunch aud strong, the Great
Harry and 1.-THE ocean old" swept by storm of
rain are among the happiest of the conceptions and
the best specimens of engraving The whole book
indeed is pretty piece of art, and the text printed
on only one side of the leaf with red-hne BORDER
u itself pleasant picture. 1t is not the least OF the
merits of the volume that it is cheap enough to ma
It's way into households where the luxuries OF the
book-sho are but little known.
LADY GERALDINES COURTsHlP. BY ELIZABETH
BARRETT BROWNING. Small 4tO. PIP. "a Charles
ScrDucr 60.
This will be a favOrite among the smaller giit-
books of the year. and will probably keep its place
in the drawing-roOm for many seasons. Somewhat
larger and more expensive than The Building oil
the Ship" it is still within the reach of people oil
moderate means. The illustrations, over thirty IN
number are all designed by Hennessy aud engraved
by Linton 1t was not easy to depict with the pencil
the passion Of this fiery poem, but Mr. Hennessy has
succeeded and for what he has done the lovers oil
Mrs Browning will be grateful TO him. The most
striking of the engrayings society picture, with
the poet scornfu aud cold III the midst OF fashion
and rank and one appreciatIve face fixed upon him
the guests at Wycombe, "a-wandering up the gar
dens through the laurels and abeles" the broad
clowns back turned broadly to the glory of the
stars the series of ta6eaux which tell the cOnclu-
sion Of the story and some charming bits OF land
scape. IL Mr.. Henuessy has not given Lady
Geraldine the conventional loneliness of face which
artists are expected to supply for all pOetica crea-
tions he has caught the proud presence" and the
shadow of mOnarch's crown sOftened III her halr
and his Bertram is full Of character and realism.
The mechanical execution of the book in addition to
she artists and engravers shares, is as sumpuous as
the most exacting purchaser could demand.