New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

,rar Of Iakob Won Fake. by Professor ID
HID Rrowne of Johns Hopkins OnNeis'' III g.
rnhIisbed with bee oming elegance ny - a. orr
10 The authors purpose is 10 ~ oordi-
1itoratnre life manners. social anu P i., do
e a. ,,roat States of classic anUqu'tI' u'
lion Oh 'uo oi,.uizotion with the aid of all the
80 im,ortaut discoveries OF moueih T,
InoS' ,it = nedontic show of learning. Inc
80 tho draughtsman have been laNlsilS
iovad in aid of this design, and we ma 70 o'i"''',
,rs of nlaces and buildings both III their pl'oono
condition and restored diagrams representa-
of dress furniture. utensils games onV
,no,ts domestic interiors, street and garden Soo"''
and drawings OF statuary etc. e'c' me-
about fifty full page wood-cuts ana nearly 'o C 49,
trations in the text all of them the WoiN u -
lists The volume is an imposing folio, handsomely
printed in excellent type, and Oouhu III '''
sutable for the draw groom .n
rhn Century Company have prepared new
.rIio Of " Selected Proofs from ST'oR6S
uonbh AMI ST. Nicholas. These are CHOSEN honi
49, host snecmens in the two portfolios previously
Ii;,a1 o,d NAV therefore be taken to represent
,bo HIGHEST point which the art oil Woouehsi"'l"7
hos reached in the magazines referred TO- O0
,i,lv no more splendid record oil the progress %
a. Y,;tod states in his branch of the arts can DC
ror,a than the ScriOner portfolios supply lho
nresent volume is an exquisite piece of work. dong
rare
orlv fault we can hint in the publication IS tha'
,ho ,aner is too thin, and the cuts accordingly
show through. r,
An attractive ouarto edition of " Paradise Lost
with Gustave DOres illustrations, IS puohSheu oS
Cassell. Peter. Galpin d Co. The edition Is tna'
nf DR. Vaughan with Life OF Milton an iii'ro-
duction and Notes.
The Hudson" tIIOughton, MlniIn " Co' Is
short poem by Wallace Bruce, descriptive oil Scen0'
Irplp
Illustrated prettily with his facile pencil LuXuri-
,usly printed, the small quarto volume VIII ihaAe
an acceptable holiday gift-book'
aPictures and Legends from Normandy ana
RrittanvD by Thomas and Katharine Macquold w.
p putnam's Sons) is pleasant volume oil traVel III
which descriptions Of places, sketches OF characoi
and incidents of the way are mingled WIN 'a,''
founded Oh popular legends or adapted rom inc
stories current among the pcasantry. This medley
nj fact and fiction is adorned with number Oh
wOodcuts.
A variety of vivacious, and also broadly COMIC
poris almanacs has been received by Brentan0,
of Union Square, They are beforehand Win the
new wear. and one in particular, "Almanach du
savoirvivre" processes place its readers III har-
monv with the customs and etiquette of the visiting
SEASON "Polichinelle" is an amusing almanac LOT
children The comic examples OF this class OF inter-
ature are partly, absurdly funny but evidently
were not made for this decOrous country. The Eng
EOh ANIMALS and almanacs are also in season, and
begin to appear at Breutanos This year the IL
lustrated London Almanac" is filled, as usual WIN
great variety of useful statistics and Information
tn illustrations are numerous, and the cOlored
mates designed to please children are very pretty
"Hood's Comic Annual" is well adapted TO pro-
woke laughter.
A Scotch story told with simplicity andsregard
for the domestic virtues. is Mr. Edward Garnetts
"Family Fortunes" IT. Nelson IL Sons. One de-
ghtfu character in the book is an old Scotch ser
want woman, who is shrewd aud faithful Her
quaint talk is always interesting andis strongly
favored with Scotch proverbs
-" From Canal Boy to President" by lloratio
Neer ir. John r. Anderson & Co.., is designed to
instruct BOYS in the manly qualities of President
Garfeld's YOUTH and to incite them to follow his
example. The work is based upon the romantic
parts of two biographies OF the late President, and
ON stories and recollections of his early life CLEANED
from the newspapers. These materials are dressed
mn 20 suit the authors fancy and combined with
great deal of fictitious conversation.
Mrs. Valentines "Shskespoarean Tales in Verse"
"a. c. Armstrong & CO.. is pretty holiday
book for children It's merits are chiefly pictorial
The plays briefly paraphrased in that children
will have no difficulty in understanding are The
Tempest" THE Merchant Of Venice" The Tam
ing of the Shrew" and " The Winters Tale"
Mr.. Hopkins's ingenious and grotesqucly hrmor-
Gus pencil has contributed to make Three
Wise Old Couples" (Cassel, Peter, Galpin & Coz
one of the most amusing among the holiday books
that have already appeared this season. The story
of the three old women who strike up an absurd
chance acquaintance with three eccentric old men
is told in clever by Mrs. +. I. Corbett. The
colored plates are uneommouly well printed
Lyrics of Home Land" by Eugene J. Hall.
(Chicago: S. c. Grggs & CO.., is a volume consist
ing chiefly of rustic and domestic verse, illustrated
by Thomas Moran. William II. Gibson, F. o. G..
barley. Howard Pyle, w Low, c. S. Reinhart, j..
d. Woodward Winslow Homer, James Nc
Entee. A. r. Wand and Others Mr..
Hall has drawn most of his scenes and characters
from New England life, and has written most of his
1decss IN a modified Yankee dialect often effective,
though perhaps a little monotonous. He has true
feeling for home themes powers of observation, aud
a large fund of humOr. and we see no reason why
his book should not be popular
-" Hannah Jane is serions poem, by David
Ross Locke. better known as Petroleum V. Nasty,
illustrated copiousy by S, G. McCutcheon and f..
H. Garrett aud published in gift-bOOk style by Lee
d. Shepard. The poem is conceived III strain Of
homely sentiment, which always finds admirers,
aud the decoration of the book is entirely satisiac
tory.
-J.W. Bouton has put forth what purports on the
ttle-page to be a edition of the valuable and
well-known Treatise on Wood Engraving" by w.
A. Chatto and John Jackson, work of sumptuous
and expensive character, containing over 400 cuts.
1t ought to be understood, however, that this new
edition is twenty years old; and Of course a
treatise on wood engraving which has nothing to
say of the extraordinary development of the art by
contemporary artists leaves much to be desired.
For the period to which 1t confined, the book is Of
great Importance.
Indian Pictures" drawn with pen and pencil by
III & L., Il