New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ESTHETIC HOMES.

This little book which. with lis thlck paper "s
side margins its initial letters its preface entitled
"Foiewords" and its long SIS, is elegant IL hmca
nrescnts sad example of aesthetic crazlness. 1t is
fantastic with slang which might have languisheu
from the pens of Postlethwaite and Maudle there
is a fourteenth century frenzy about ITS high
colored paragraphs that would go to the heart Oh
Bunthorne Mrs Haweis ends it impossible 10 oe
scribe beautiful hall In Sir Frederick Leighton
house without bursting into this aesthetic cow u
sion: There is undoubtedly here an imperii" s'"'o
illness and strength of flavor; ana the s"'"S 49,,
like thrcne' She dscourses cohce'""S
oldn things and dear little things al" nm
which harmonic sweetly." or form NeiN '"N0'
harmony" Yellow becomes "a reso""nV 80
sounding through all the other coorS' anu ooi''',
,,oro,;ons are sot down--Or up-as "supreme
When the reader becomes used TO this hys'eIi0''
SORT of writing he is obliged to c0ncede that MIS-
IIoweis's matter is full of suggestion IN honse'
buildino and decorating. He will certainly not
parrel with the lady for describing the houses Oh
famous people if the famous people themselves w
not object TO having their homes thus turned lhSiue
out. A.
OF all the dwellings thus explicated by .no
,hor tbe most original and magnificent is that
of the late William Burgess in London. Every io"0'
Int of decoration is not merely beautlluI puVit 's
cests n story or idea; the mouse Is iu "
thoughts Everything IS IN the language VI w
as,hetes nreciously candid and sincere; that Is 10
saw the laps and amber and crystal ana maroio ''o
not naper-nache and glazed chalk-tbey are tno
,eal thing. The very washstand in an upper
chamber is n gem in gold lnlad with precious
stones and shells and supporting crystal So0n'-
bottles and boxes hundreds OF years ou' HNo" NV
letter box outside the front door Is iaSc 'Ins J.
i n bronze bas-relief representing inquire VI
Mercury. whose tunic is powdered wlth ieI'erS
The library a blaze of gold and cclor contains "
celebrated mantelpiece carved IN stone "hoii Inv
everything else designed by the owner Inc
belf contains III among the foliage. the letters OF
the alphabet Below is the precious letter h. which
has dropped ont of their set. The wretcheo ue-
carter ,s found stuck TO the Mexican onyx plaquc
for hollow his glorious body taken from Nun, anu
only his original skeleton and that crooked, is lett.
The alphabet Is differently treated In auother paco
the bookcases. whole golden panels SHADOW loi.u
the trades each according TO the precedence OF 'no
letter. for the founder who Is founding oells' -
for the brickayer; &, the gazler, WHO Joys III MS
work holding it up to the light; y, the archltec''
AIaddin's self Another bookcase has some charm
inc panels. which were all painted by men of note
now Academicians; the daintiest little borders
freezes wreaths appear, made of butterflies nowers'
,hells and fishes etc, come cOnvcntonallzed some
mn not,ver Among the grave the comic peeps
Here We see insects fighting viciously, there the
spder spinning with dlstati-medl3Val leeIlng
apain-or we have plaques of marble and onyx let III
10 drawers and doors"
Sir Frederick Leichton's house speaks of the col
orist rather than of the man of poetic imagnat on.
Everywhere bronze or brass. or bit OF lniaSlhg
or poreelan or Oriental stuff is used to balance OF
concentrates color Not the least beautiful feature
OF what Mrs Haweis gOrgeously calls the august
whole is the fountain the Arab hall with It's one
Of
scending ridges stepwise have the semOlance OF the
emerald facets OF a great green stone. This is the
bonse concerning which the authors ecStases are
most rrepressible "Fiue color" she says, comes
ike food like joyful news, like fresh ar 10 lahlg
lungs-it is invigorating; and in the 1ar-DacK
Arabian days. a scheme of color was perfected than
which nothing in this world can be more gladstone"
The most extraordinary modern idea when Is
br,ncled in this volume is that of the stable on top
of Mr Reuben Sassoons luxurious house kitchens
and laundries have before now been placed in
III, Sc airy regions: it has remained Tor London
banker to establish his horses there;
Oneninp from the offices of Mr.. SassOOn and his
secretary close to the dlningrJom, the coach-house
surprises u.s. containing at least dozen csrIlages,
ali having C. SPRINGS, aud every merit that money
can huy There are the four-in-Dand, the cuFrlclc,
two landaus and many mole. some OF when are
lodged in second c0ach-bOuse at the opposite side
Of the street The horses, however strange TO say;
are kept at he top of the house, IN stable Ieachcd
by a leathern-p padded lilt III which the animals
ascend and descend every time they are required:
They do not seem to mind one pony leu d0"h anu
raised for our delrctatlOn took the ups ana Gowns
In life unite kindly. and never moved an ear during
The process: probably the creatures DO pot ter the
movement ana they cannot see the noors run by
them. as the lift is guarded by Siding shutters.
We went up to the stable III tine horse-lft ds an
fxuerilnent and in moment emerged III a weIi-kep
and most airy stable lined with pae-coloTed tiles,
in which stood eighteen or twenty horses oi every
&c shane and color One of them borrowed
nv Mr. Boehm, VINO knew Of no other IN London as
beautiful for the equestrian statue Oh me frnce ol
Wales which recently departed for India Above
sham IL the cOachman's well!urnlShed hdutGt ana
this is the top of the house. FROM thc slaOle Il
staircnse as well as the lift leads down TO the
coach-house and to the private rooms o. Inc owner.
We were told by Miss Sassoon now many had Oeeh
fhe surmscd objections to tins divided stable ar
ranpement: but it succeeds perfectly, ana theie
hase NO, he.n a dav when the lift hiss been Gus I
order or when horse bas suffered from the mover
conditions. -
In the course of description of Mr.. George II.
Boughton's London home Mrs. llaweis declares
that Mr. Bouehton " has brought from America a
certain style in living which has not yet become
common on this side of the Atlantic; less pose than
French taste more subtle than English. In Mr.
Rouphton's dining room is carried ont an idea so
excellent that it deserves 70 be reproduced. In the
frieze are two circular windows which bring IN
Ixht in half mystic fashion, fer they are too high
nj once to catch the eye. They also carry out the
circular form CT plates which are lodged about the
room in inches and crannes and shell, cs. These
Windows are furnished with glass of "A faint apple
blossom pattern aud the inner sides are lined with
cid Tie tea-room in Mr. Alfred Morrisons house
:; an anartrncnt peculiar in its decoration of rare
,.ces The mantelpece. curtains, and even the
mirror are edged with the most exquisite rose
pont. which will decay under the mahgn In
1uences of London blacks and London washing
powders Other even more valuable Iaces arc
hidden in magnificent Golfers of mother-o'-pearl
silver and carved cedar; or are framed, glazed and
snspended OH the walls Some of these are entire