New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-30
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
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IHE tAt-D HAili-hi' fu4o' PIP Dc Jas' H. oARVol "
embarrassing. Containing THE River Path" by
Long, low; d" Tie Rose by James iussen Lowell and
j. Gsao6i & Co.
~ zane m STI sepaT9!G y S4R POEMS p
TOWNSEND TRowBRIuGE 40. pp. g. Harper Broihcrs
4to. p9 ia. Lee q sh parl.
The Faed Gallery contains twcnty-four Of
tie bcstknown Of this popular arts reproduced
in hehotypc, by Osgood Co.'S process, togetb-
or with descriptions Of each, and sketch Of
Faed's life. The series Gtly opens with the figure
of Eyangelue, by which the artist first became known
in this country and closes with his simple and touching
"Woln-out."-a father asleep in his chair 10y The bed
side Of LIS sick child Now that the scattered works
brought together, note the characteristic Of
pathos which runs through them all, and touches
the general sympathy Of men and women
There is somewhat OF sameness in the faces,
indicative Of the Use Of set OF models
and the sentiment expressed does not greatly in the
different presented. It is generally sad but
dolcful tender, but not namby-pamby; realistic, but
never coarse Thus, without particular power origin
atty, Fdeds pictures nearly always pleasing ana
Their great popularity is easily accounted for "Eyange
line pretty ana pensiye scotch maiden, rather than
the heroine Of onSelows poem but, give her the Ia.
ter character and she TO keep with erin,
Farewell - is the girl little older aud stouter, in
another costume. but with the same pensiveneSs Of
face. So in The family scenes, the large, welbuilt
Scntchnau appcdrs-nOw wOOer now as husband, now
widOwer but he is hale honest, and pepOsSessiEg
and like him the less for seeing him often.
The volume is beautiful and doubtless viii be very
popular, holiday gift.
Tile choice of the four poems which may either be
had separately all together in Christmisde" de-
pended presume, upon the artists who furnished the
Illustrations. LOngfcliOw's Excelsior" has already
vario isy iustrated Lowelrs "Thc Rose" lacks
the necessary positiyeness Of form, aud Adrc Baby
Bell" Is OF his etst important lyrics. Whittier's
River Path" is excellent selection, and has inspired
the most satisfactory designs The latter of very
equal merit, the landscapes those by McEntec
Moran and Hmt-bcing much superior to the figure
pieces. Mr. Anthony's drawings are also in excellent
taste and sentiment In Excelsior" where the subject
offers Illustration in almost every line. we
find marked fallingoT MI Homers Youth" is
simply Tyrolesc hunter who carries the most
awkward OF banners. glares and stalks like
crushed tTagedian. Even the Alpine scenery
with the exception of the pieces by Moran and
McILtcc, Is hardly good il should be. Mr. Reiuhar
has not been more fortunate with his poet. in The
Rose lie gives "A stout darksklnncd YOUTH with
strong marks Of COssack blood in dis features clad IN
trunk hose and fur trimmed dressiuSgoWn The poor
little quite lost 10 sight in the seaside pictures
ana thus the whole POINT Of the poem ESCAPES. Baby
Bell" howoY en- Is admirably adapted for illustration
here Miss Jessie Curtis has been much more successful
than in her contributions 10 Whitcrs poem. The baby
and household sketches all from her pencil and they
simply and sweeily designed There is also 4 lovely
bat o. an orchard by J. A. Brown.
quaint eatLeI-cOl red binding Of Mr. TrowhIdges
Book OF Cold" will excite expectations Of sumptuous
typography and illustrations; but the latter Of only
ordinary character The poems. we believe, have all
been published in HGrper'S MOnttly. with the pie
lures Of winch r HOppn has contributed the best OF
the Eve poems, prefer "Thc Wreck OF the Fishing
Boat" piece Of careful and vigorous descriptive
verse. not TOO much oveiwcightcd with an Intentional
moral The Book OF GOld is ambitious IN tins re-
spcc but hardly successful II might have been told
quite as effectively prose; the passages from the i'm
aginary book such have been preached thousand
times ana il is difficult account for their effect when
a few texts from tine Biblc-for instance-wouI have
been kecner and emphatic st, there is q large
class Of readers who enjoy good lessons when taught
an unusual form, and Mr.. rrowbrdge has the art Of
making his vorsGed stories and essays entertaining to
SUCH even when the wisdom Is profound nor the
humor especially brilliant
Mr. Baker has CHANGED upon good idea, aud It Is
therefore pity that he should not have worked IL
more carefully He 10 have taken the first thirty
seven poems suggested by brave deeds which
his hand, even including Tennyson's Beggar MAID"
while emitting Macauay's IIoratius," Birger's Song
of the Brave Man." and SCOTS "Lochnyar." The ext
gcpees OF the pictures selected may be TO blame for this
since the most OF evidently done service In
other forms They such "fullpage illustrations
"a appear in English magazines, " make serial stories