New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14

ana unnterestiug specimen found Tho ergiay-
that neither the kamono nor TIE cuts IN the body Of
the article give any notion ~ HOkusafs skill. WIN
three Of lila illustrated books before usno rsrtcs. but
bouzh. for dollar cacl IN the open markct-we must
wnnicr ~ such choice.
RE Rrrisr 70 material aspect is worthy Of high com
mend ( on. lts shape Is very convenient, ana giscs
ample opportunity Tor Illustrations of importance The
paper white aud OF the best quality and tue printing
an that could be desired. We must note IN
passing the uncommon car, gwen TO tne pF'"t
ing II the eicangs Nowne,e, ho'p," os
greatly 10 be wished that the beauty OF this pup
lication might be enh1rcel by better mead und tau
tasteful selection OF already published material Tne
name ~ Holbciu gains nothing by such thoroughly
a. fbe on page 1C7 How confused too is the
des n by Mr.. Tpsen page 131-how unueah,ne tno
controlling lines j. it not to give an undur importance
to these smalHRters to print separate nes un1er
them TINS woven done M the ease Oh MI. use"
this designer is shown by the everlasting recurrence
In these designs of the r0setie cut gu, OF Se
II the authorship or these TRIES Is 10 DC gwen
table Of contents AS L is In the Gazette dcs Bcur Arts
though there have often grudsed the O0mDast
ing OF table. ofcOntents with too many unnporlane
Items.
THE ETcEE h a5S tn5 Efn snSn Of
The January number of The Etcher contains
as usual plates the subjects for this month being
weary with Watching" by Robert W. Macbeth;
" Bythborough" by the late Edwin Edwards, and On
periodical publications that keep alive by law of
their own or so it seem the laws that govern
the life and death OF other publications. OF tie sort
would make an end OF these If they were put in
force against them such selfexistent magazine we
think The Echer to be- for each month, as II comes
along, study to discover the secret OF its keeping
alive. But study in vain. Neither the subjects nor
the Of these etchings have at any time been
such as we should suppose there would be a public will
inc to pay for The etchiDgs have seldom. however
been unintcretng poorly done as those OF the
present number. Mr. Macbetl's is, no doubt, the
taking OF the three, but baug hgure-subect, u
well be compared with the landscape OF Messs
Edwards and Evershed. Weary with Watching IS a
peasant girl sitting in a highbacked armchair in front
OF a bright fire a curtaiuedbed, and table with
cupandsaucer, a loaf aud jug upon It, are slightly
indicated 10 the background. The fire casts srong
light against the inner side OF the fender but MAKES
only dull reflections the figure OF the girl anu on the
CHAR which equally exposed with the fender TO It's
Illumination. The result IS tamencss, but to Offset this
the girl is well drawn and the whole etcnnS shows deli
cate work with the This plate is printed IN
sepiacoOrcd ink. All Mr.. Edwards's work in etching
that has under notice has been heavy IN exec
ton and wanting in sentiment. His subjects are the
most mItter-Oifact possible and perception on the
artists part OF hidden relations illumnates them with
imaginative light. TINS artist. however has seldom pro
duced a more unsatisfactory plate than this
OF Blythborough" fat stretch Of land-a
sort OF low-ying downs "-marked with deep
ruts OF road that winds away to the
horizOn-edge at the lchand corner, where the land
slopes away, bit OF the sands and the sea beyondwitn
boat two and a steamers smukesack on the rl2ht
thin belt OF scrawny trees, half hiding country
house the sky a blank, with the exception OF ieW
streaks of vapOr; this, the reader VIII say IL dull
table OF contents Aud 30 is but IL Is because the mr.
fist Is dull In the hands Of Michel or Daublgny old
Crome DeWint. incidents few as these, as slender
I'm intrinsic interest become epic IN their grandeur MI
Evcrsheds pOcketboOk sketch calls for remark; us
a mere tOting without pictorial value. To Judge well
how far il short let the reader turn to his RO2crss
Poems" his Italy," and study any OF Turner's
yignetes. There he VIII see eXemphed now, in square
OF two inches and with no better material than NJ
Evershcds. the pOetartist create world The Eher
has thought proper to add page two Of Notes
to its monthly numbers which thus tar have contained
text except thin page Of explanation preacng cacn
plate Now have two supplementary pages of Art
Gossip" Notices of New Books and an obituary. The
deaths noticed those of Sir william Boxal r. A who
died last December Knud Baade and Professor Franz
Itenbach 1t cannot be said that these notes either
fresh valuable.