New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

s9SSs Flea on Tor kT p1TsAl
TEKDwKL~ Svo, PIP 1Gl. Brooklyn: Fred. Tired
well.
Mr.. Tredwclls monograph, originally q paper
read before the Rembrandt Club of Brooklyn, but
in it's. present form some what enlarged, embraces
the personal experience Of al enthusiastic iustra-
tor description of the process of Illustrating
and extending" and account Of some OF the
most not bic achievements i'll this seductive art by
bbophiles Of Ncw-York and two other
American cities. The "cxtender," who tears
of books to pieces for the sake of their pie
tnres. and initiates single mediocre octave into
shelf load of corpulcnt quartos all apparced IN the
most costly clothing aud pulled up with their ILL
gotten gains has been called 6" the Isbn;aelite of
collectors, whose hand is against every man and
every mans hand is against him." Mr.. 1redwcli
hurls back, with inspiritng vehcmcnce, the denur-
Citations of Mr.. j. Hill BurtOn's Book Hunter"
against this class of ilregulatcd enthusiasts; but
he confesscs that the first of his exploits in the
pursuit to which he has applied himself the
destruction of q valuable work natural history
for the benefit of one of much less worth. For this
piece of vandalism" he declares I" l have never
forgiven myself" There book-illustrators of
many kinds, however and those who sceltical
about the value of the art have only to read this
monograph, and Inc convinced. 1t will surprise all
but the initiated to learn low many gentlemen of
this city have distinction ill Iursuit rcQuir-
ing so much patience, much know ledge, so much
TASTE and so much money. American history the
antiquities of Now-YOrk. and the Records Of the
American Stage to be favOrite subjects with
illustrators: and Mr.. Trcdwcll describes some of
the marvcls accomplished in these and other de-
partments of the luxurious labor with an junction.
quite infectious. AS for his monograph, printed on
heavy paper with broad margins rough edges and II
folded cover of the new style of imitation vc!lum,
it just misses being pretty piece of Typography
but it does miss. The page lacks elegance, the
had
A fifth edition of Mrs. Dahlgrcn's handbook of the
Etiquette of Social Life in Washington" u. b.
Lippncott e. Coz has just been published with
sundry improvements aud the addition of Some
Points," which the author confesses had not been
clucidatcd with sufficient care" in tho c0rlier
issues of the treatise. But the most striking addi
ton to the new handbook is furnished not by Mrs.
Dahlgrcn but by eminent authority rs DIR
Hans Bulow The distinguished musician has
set music tho whole first page of Mrs. Dahlgrcns
book, and the composition, for voice and piano.
forte accompaniment is printed with its opening
words for title: IL Order is Heavens First Law,
The severity of prose text appears to have been
no great obstacle to the composers ucncy of inven
ton. His stately recitativc, marked maestoso,
non troppo marches with the solcnnity betting
dgnitied theme, and the resoundng harrnonics bear
1t majestic company.
ton of from The Yale Literary Maga-inc Yale
Record and Yale COardnt, compiled by H. S. Durand,
of the class of 81, and Ernest Whitney, of the
class of 'S2. and printed in NewHavcn, apparently
without the intervention of ans publisher. All tho
pieces believed to have been written by undo
graduates of YALE although a small proportion of
them appeared anonymously in the periodicals from
which they taken. Most of them are of recent
origin. To college men, for whom it is primarily
intended. the volume viii be very acceptable, but
the general reader too, will enjoy great deal of it.
Probably most persons who examine it will be
prised that in large a collection Of college
the average of quality is high. There is evidence
of some poetical inspiration. and of great deal of
native cleverness and literary taste. and in the
humorous department there is abundance of
renuine fun.