New-York tribune., 1872-06-29
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

A NEW ACHIEVEMENT" JUBILEE DAYs'-THE
SECOND ILLUSTRATED DAILY IN THE WORLD.
IFRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRiBUNkJ
BosToN, June 28.-J. r. OSgood g. Co. have
been giving the public. through these days Of the
"Tone Congress- views which do not as you gaze
on them dissolve into thin air to be replaced by others
They have published neat little illustrated daily jour
nal called Jbce Days file OF which VIII be valued by
many enthusiastic jubilant twhy may not coin a
word wen anothoril ae a souvenir OF the
great musical festival OF the letterpress, one need
only say that IL has been contributed by MI
Howels and Mr. Aldreh and their peers The nlustra-
tons far are by Augustus Hoppn, who has crossed
the Atlantic" and travelled cup and down" TO such
good purpose during the past They are many Of
them rTesstiby fanny. On one page we have gigan-
the of the Great Public turned In the diFee-
ton OF Boston and also other ears that consider the
whole thing fIumbug" these latter being fair large
ears such as ntania stroked lovingly when Bot
tom wore them. There is one fullpage picture
called "The Leader" in which you see ule
back Of Herr Strauss gescuatng madly win patton anu
volin-portrait perfect that you would know u III
Patagoniait will save the pretty Purtans from running
Themselves in photographs In another number you have
picture Of shopping between Rehearsal and concert
which shows you how the cOmmonest occupauoh "e
comes rhythmical in these musical days Leaning over
the couner-shopman behind It and lady IN ironV-sno
says:
"oh those colors are they fast 2" and he answers:
eve will warrant them 70 last" In the same issue
1.-THE Musical Correspondent of The Sheodngo War
Hoop enjoys the Peace Jubilee" the aforesaid CORE
spopdent being seated half continent away taxing III
All the effects by the aid OF a telescope.
These pictures are engraved by the new process OF the
"Chemical Engraving Company Of Boston," in three
hours after the receipt OF the drawings from Mr. Hop
pp and this little sheet is the only Illustrated DAILY
ever published except the Paris Chdrt0i which has
one picture printed from lthOgraphio stone and the
production of which is limited 20 few hundreds per
day; whereas by using the number OF presses as
are EMPLOYED for instance, H0pers Weekly, 100000
oopes OF "Jubilee Days" could have been placed ON
10000 breakfast tables with the morning paper Ihs
new process you viii perceive, marks an era IN Illus
trative Journalism, and brief description OF Il may,
therefore, he interesting
"a glass plate prepared with white etching ground
on which the subject TO he drawn is lightly sketehed
with very soft pencil The glass Is then placed on
piece OF dark cloth. and with common steel etemng
point the drawing is cut OF scratched through he go1u
70 the glass each line produced appearing as black as
an ink line on paper When the work ls com,
pleted the picture is before you, as sharp ana
brilliant as an impression from copperplates
and a skiIlfu artist can work more rapidly with
these materials than with pencil on paper Here the
artists labor ceases ana IN coupe OF minutes m me ne d % %
which he can put his last touches, OF make any
needed alteration. From this glass plate, by chemical
process, transfer is placed upon sheet OF prepared
znc which Is plunged into proper etching bath, ana
the engraving Is done by cOrrOdinQ the white spaces be-
tween the lines the latter being firmly protected
by the materials used in the transferring and, where
necessary adding various compositions not affected
by the acids"
In this the process preserves the touches
of the artist and combines the brightness and sharpness
Of woodengravng with adaptabty to the requirements
Of the typepress The little numbers of Jubilee
Days are excellent specimens OF this latest art nven-
uon. l. c. NJ