The New York herald., 1874-08-24

neur-Kieoer. a gentleman who writes with a very
already reached second edition. The book is
now beautifully printed and bound, and Is en-
dirional printed matter on the physiology OF The
cocoon IL Is, therefore, OF the highest interest TO
engagea % IN tne sS 1aae ana ls atsU o.
Indeed, IL Is not going too far TO say that every
government should put this work into the hands
OF all It's consus residing in sllkmaking countries
monography OF the silk cocoon would have
been impossible twenty years ago. Even in 1850
alimented by races OF cocOons which presented
great physical resemblance to each other aud no
.one appeared TO think II worth the trouble OF IN
quiry Tor new resources In foreign countries where
II was presumed the silk would be Inferior. The
some years ago gradually destroyed the old races
OF c0c0ons and aroused the enterprise OF mer-
Enahs 81 anu 70 1ooK oT new ones Tue result appears
NJ R0thscnld. IL is IN point oil fact long and pa
tient inquiry which has put aside every theory
based upon mere presumption IN order TO arrive
at clear and indlsputaole truths.
1t Is In some sort history OF sericiculture, writ
ten by ITSELF and has done Tor the silk cocoon what
Cuvler and Button did for all nature. There are
no pedantlc discussions in II, no attempt at fine
writing; it reaos like careful parliamentary re-
port made by special committee well up to It's
business. Thus 1t commences by description OF
me SIX trade de.nna. IN those c9untries which
shows tue Importation Of races which took
place during the various phases Of the
the author follows, step oy step, the path OF this
DESTROYING plague; he shows, however, how all
he gives lamentable catalogue OF the races which,
one after the other, were extingulshed by IT. The
cOcoons known hitherto till he comes to those Of
Japan: NO country is forgotten and when one has
great family one is astounded to see that hardly
one OF them has remained TO US This valuable
part OF M. Duseigneur's book Is illustrated by
plates which are really master pieces OF heliogra
phy ana which show what may be expected IRON
an art which has already passed almost beyond
praise. These plates, which are twenty nine In
NUMBER, are reproduced by o new proceeding
which is very little known, under the name OF
craving augmented by the delicate touches OF
photography. M. Duseigneur gives also general
statistics Of every SIX proancns county In the
uce. 1t would be really difficult TO express too
much admiration and respect for the persistent
anu enlightened study which has been devoted TO
this object. In few pages the author has summed
up the results OF more than twenty years of thought
SO judiclous and exhaustive that ne will hardly
need a successor, and the most that future writer's
remarkable essay. The statistics therein printed
are followed oy TWO parallel routes indicating the
rsin :granersn 'W who M thought themselves Obliged 70
take this road TO bring back seed from Japan. The
details Of their journey. ior the first time pub
This great BOOK. which H. Rothscnifa has presented
trade; only a very lew copies have been printed
beyond those destined for subscribers, and q
special order will therefore be necessary to obtain
it, Its publication appears TO have been in no
sense commercial speculation, but rather the
spirited and hgh-mlnded enterprise OF great
publisher giving the aid OF his name and expert
ence to great author without any desire for
mere profit In calling attention. therefore, 70 M.
ROrhSchlld's pralsewOrthy undertaking am per-
forming pubic duty OF the gravest character.
"LBs pRoMENADEs DE- PARIS" PAR A. ALPHAND.
DIRECTECR DEs TRAvAUx DB LA WILLIE DR PARIS
This Is another superb work, published by N:
beautifully printed text. Illustrated by eighty en-
cravings on steel, twenty.tnree chromo-itho-
graphs and ss7 engravings upon wood its ord.
printed on Dutch paper are charged $780, 1t IS
very long since any book SO extraordinarily mag
nlncent has been offered 70 the public, and 1t was
composed, understand, % present to the shan
independently Of its literary merit "Les Prone
years. ana It's publication has cost n. Rothscnlia
no less than 70O, 900 francs, or $4,000.
Isl indeed national work Of the highest kind
and the post lasting value. The copy presented
black and gold, with the arms Of the City % Of Paris
In relief; on 1t was inscribed in crimson ana gold
Homage S o. the S Gty Of Paris to His Imperial Ma,
With respect to the contents OF this astonishing
book It begins by an excellent monograph on the
| art OF gardening from the most remote antiquity
to the present day. The author, who seems OF
very wise and gentle spirit. reviews the gardens
those OF the Italians OF the Middle Ages and those
OF the perlod OF the Renaissance One not only
reads OF these abodes OF beauty and delight, but
one sees in the beautiful engravings which illus
trate the scholarly text all the celebrated gardens
Of the world from those OF Pekin to those OF Ver-
sailles OF Malmaison and the Tuleries with the
l0velest OF England, Germany and Italy. This in
production TO NJ. Alphands book is as curious It
Is instructive, and 1t is admirably written by
true lover OF nature and coDsumnate artist
turn over the grand volumes before me quite
engraving OF the Bois de Boulogne, with view Of
the lake, by LanceloL most exquisite and truthful.
Weber, also upon wood, very Charming. There Is
the Kiosk OF the Emperor, an engraving on steel
OF The aws Of o s
the Bois de vincennes- where l find an en-.
craving upon wood almost as good as wood
engraving can be. The Pare de MOnceaux
and the Grande avenue are treated, one by Norm
and the other by Grandsire; with astonishing
is the SUBJECT OF superb engraving upon steel:
the Palace OF the Luxembourg Is equally well rem
dered by Benoit, and the Fountain Of tie Medicis.
BY Grandsire is among the masterpieces OF that
famous artst. When come to the Gar.
cen o. Aconmazaon sSsta ma the nora rendered
the magic OF colors Is added 30 the fidelity OF the
drawings. 1t is chromo-lithography which shows
me, one by one, the queens Of the garden and we
are told tnat solomon IN all his glory was not ar
rayed IKE one Of these" Nothing, indeed, is ne
everything is gwen to the view and ucidly ex.
plained IRON the parks, noteis and monuments
20 the arches and suoterranean passages Of
the great city. N. AIphand's worK is The more
precious because the Communists burned down or
DESTROYED many OF the architectural beauties Of
Paris which are here preserved, and Il Is as well
that should note for the Information OF collectors,
tnat very lew OF the books now under review
main on M. Rothschild's hands and that no new
edition is likely 70 be issued because many OF the
blocks and other materials from which the engrav.
ings were made were wantonly destroyed during
the latest revolution In Paris
No such literary enterprise as this has been
undertaken during the present century. and may
fearlessly say that the books which have been
prepared with so much care and genius and at
such an enormous cost, Will have a permanent
interest as a memorial for all travellers who have
visited Paris, as well az for the proprletors o.
landed estates who desire TO Deautfy their
grounds, and still more especially for the admins
tration OF every city which contemplates the
ornamentatlon and Improvement OF its pubic
places and thoroughiares.