New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

our readers who have noted our recent sf'o
tures upon the process OF HeliotyW' NO '"-
venton OF our time has succeeded 30 wen :"
copying prints as this French OF Heogravure
nv already vast number Of works OF the mas
tore Of engraving In the old times have been W
the familiar acquaintance Of modern students. i" ~
at once reasonable In price, ana so nearly perieo' "
ccutiou as to leave little TO be- desired Inc ~""o'
sraved work Ddrcr. nearly all OF Remorhnuts pa.
with the works of Marc Antonio, Lucas OF N,u'"
schonc amer and the Little Masters. with all the p"e
Of Mantegna and many rare. almost insceess''''
NJ ,tber italians have been reproduced by TINS process
and we are obi gcd TO Mr.. Hoe 10 having put '"o SUI
uc specimens OF the work done by this process
eyes OF his readers We cannot say ms mucn io' '" 80
nes by Mr. sabn the introduction OF which INTO SUE.
volume hardly to be accounted ior, pu, '". ,ss
Interest may be partly expiaine" ny 'He INV
are 40 poorly printed
Mr Maberly's book treats OF his subject unoer
heads to one OF which each chapter Is de'o'e".
Thus We have, "Of Collecting I'D 1eherhi' a"u
Of Print Collecting in Particular "On the Chs-ihcs.'o"
OF Prnts" On the Selection Of Specimens, on frlccs
OF Prints" 'Of the Care aud Keeping of Prints vi
Rools on Engraving" The treatment OF these sn'ee'S
ia well managed being full as to have called Tor ie"
additions on the part Of the editor, aud at the same ~
so intelligtnty written with 50 much pam c"'""o'
sense az to make the book agreeable reao'
INK to laymen. as well as to those spee'"'' ."
terested IN the matter 1t treats or
70 the practical value OF the book I'D ouo
or two cases a slight change IN MS an'"o
text would have been excussbe, sihce 80 ~
an oversight. no doubt. that on page le' joseph NC
lers work ON Direr is spoken of as II tue au'no' "
still alive The name the author Ia also misprn'ea
Helle. Mr.. Hoe himself on page 2I6, wr''es Oh JUGS
Jacauemart as he longer living prrpapS' eo
founduc him with his iath"r, A Jacquemart hhthor o4
the History OF Porcelain. We confess, TOO 10 some "
appointment at small space gwen to our America"
engrayers Not that they make much SHOW az yell COM
parea with the more learned and artistic work OF foreign
artists but they have PLAYED their part ana piayeu "
the best OF their ability In the development
M American Art and should have had an
ampler recognition especially at the hands al
a writer who Is, by inheritance at Ieast coinec'c'
with one Of the tnumphs OF our countys sKi In az
parment mechanically related to the art nc Is h'rc
ustratlng Mr. Hoe has inserted az the mead o. Que u
Mabcriy's chapters wooocut by the late Dr. Aiefan
der Anderson who called the father OF WOOD enaraV
ing in but lac takes no further NOTICE OF ,'n
nor I'm his photography is auy account OF him or hl'
works given though Mr. b. j. Losing puo!isneu III io-
a very audsomcy printed and micrrsting mehorai oi
the venerable man. willie Mr. 5. L. Koeher contribute"
10 the new German Art (Ailgemeines khnstler
Iexicoul an article upon his life with list oil
his more important works. Tie artist Due"ho'
foo certainly deserved notice for his efforts TO
advance the of stecl-cnPr.viDg HIS reirodnc'oh
by the BURN or Vdnderlyns picture OF Aradhc Il !"
work Of exceptional technical merit Apother Aiherr
can engraver A. L. Dick. reproduced with great nney
and with remarkable skill Raphael Morghens enIra'
ing OF Leonardo da vncis Lust SUPPER when 10
,hese names ara added those OF Henry Marsh. Cole,
Juuglirc Nicon and others in wood-engraviug, men
whose skill has lately extorted unwilling praise from
English mouths II viii he seen that we have beginnings
of toocredttbe a cord not TO have deserved longer
mention Mr.. Hoes hands. Even our etchers though
the art just taking root mere have already done very
yet he only
Mr. Henry Farrer IT, Irishman might say, an E"g-
lshman and Mr. smhe, Mr.. Ferris, Mi. Faulkner Mr..
| Sam Coleman aud Mr. Church are not alluded
The photography industriously supplied by
| the editor from various sources, u n vaill-
he addition 10 the work but needs careful revision.
not so much supply missing names as TO correct mis-
prints OF which there "A good many Thus on page
3s Daleaway should be Daaway: the date OF Dauoys
| Rembrandt Is 1896. not l73G; Mrs. Mary iiea'ons
Life of Drcr useful and panstsking book with ali Its
faults s not mentioned. while W. SCOTS miserable
| Life OF Dircr Isl vasari's Lives OF Painters
| and seulptors, Is given in TWO editions, that
| OF Leghorn, 1867, ana that OF Rome lou
But the dates OF the important fret and see
ond editions mentioned nor the date oil the ex-
| ceIent English Translation Curiously enough Hoi-
ben's name inserted in the photography though
the two sets of illustrations attributed TO him. the Dance
of Death and the Bible Pictures, are as famous as any
wood-cuts ever published. Almost ali the biographies
OF Dircr MENTIONED small OF great, pu0 u''"V'
| Woltmauns nor wornums Lives OF Holben On
| mage 800 Diirer's name Ia four times conspicu'
ously printed Dnerer. The later pages OF the BID
biography are dstgured by many gross proofreadeis
mistakes In the French titles quoted, and there are
other signs OF that hurried publication which Ia ore OF
the besetting sins OF our book producers Inc DOCK
sadly wants an Index aud the Work is sure TO come
~ second edition ana we trust many more. this
| want Will. we hope, be supplied