New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-15
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the etching. too, of Chalmers painting entitled
PRAYER gives q good idea of Rajon's powers with
the needle On the other hand, men like Whistler.
| Flamsng and Duiardin are bat poorly represented,
while some of the etchiugs absolutely unworthy
! 10 figure in any collection whatever The text &C
! companyng the plates has been prepared by Mr..
! S. G. w Benjamin. who contrives in few lines
TO convey much useful and interesting information
concerning tine artists whose pictures he nterprets
ENGLAND BY WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON 4to. PIP.
l57. Harper Brothers.
No lover of nature fail to enjoy the perusal of
Mr. Gibsons new volume; 10 lover Of art Turn its
pages without lmirng the beautiful illusr ations
that accompany it. Both rs author and artist Mr..
Gibson displays Of the poetic and pic
turesque. In thorough sympathy with his subject
he knows how to kindlc the enthusiasm of his
reader The beauties and characteristics of New
England scenery are unfoded by sympathetic hands
ms we accompany the author on his ramblings over
fields and meadows along country roads. following
here the windngs of brook, or there turning aside
to get GLIMPSE of some distant hills. The charms OF
a modest meadow flower, the delicate beauty of
many weed growing unnoiced in the fields or by
the waysde the ferns OF the forest the moses that
ct the Iucks of the coast ali are described
with tho enthusiasm of a student of natures ways
ners show him to be n close obseryerOf men, and
the information ho has picked up in quaint and out
oi-the-way places is often valuable aud almost al
ways of interest
Mr. GibsOns illnstfat ions count among the best oil
their Kind IT, indeed. they have ever been equalcdl
that we have seen, and he has been ably seconded
by the engravers, without whose assistance the del
icacy aud grace of his drawings would. of course,
have been lost 1t is with pleasure, Therefore, that
we note in this book q list II the eDgrayers and
their WORK. 1t is recognition of their talent and
an encouragement which is due to these men, and a
practice which can only be commended. Too much |
praise can hardly he bestowed upon the liberality
Of the publishers. The paper. of q warm. creamy |
tint is superior to that commonly usedsn books Of
this kind and is of a texture winch has taken with |
great clearness the imprint of the wood-cuts.
THE WAR or THE BACHELORS. A story Of the |
Crescent City 81 th- Period Of tho Franco-Gcrnan |
Wr by "OREANvS." syo PIP 406. New Orleans.
Printed for the author.
This book is probably the work of novice in
novel. wiring 1t aboun1s with prolix converse
tiOns and retarding episodes which n practlsed
workman would have avoided. On the other hand
it shows enough vivacty acuteness and invention
to warrant the expectation Of complete
should the author continue his labors in the same
field of literature. As picture of Il society with
which fiction has not yet bad too much to do. it
assesses Il certain freshness, and in New-Orleans
it will perhaps be reIshcd still more than at the
North. 1t is impossible, however to regard it as
representation Of the manners of refined and edu-
Gated people either in New-Orleans or anywhere
else in tie world. The fashionable personages ex-
hibited in 1T vulgar through and through, and
the author does not know it,
DANTE'S INFERNO. Translated by the Rev. HENRY
FRANCS CARY, VI. A., 'and Illustrated with the dc
signs Of VI. Gustaye DOr6. QuaEo Casseli, Peter,
Galpin IL co.
DOr6s Illustrations are old acquaintance but
none the less welcome that account. In the
Inferno" of Dante this prolific artist has found
subject peculiarly suited to show to 4 high advant-
ge the most striking qualities Of his genius fertil
~ Of imagination aud certain weirlness of fancy.
t is TO he regretted That the publishers have not
een little more liberal in the matter OF paper.
Ialf or even quarter Of an inch aided to the mar
ins would have made well proportional page
nd ADDED greatly to the merits of an otherwise
eservedly popular edition.