New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05

which this demand has been met by Messrs' oeoiEo
Bruces Son 81 Co. The extraordinary beauty Oh
the sorts required for ordinary work from diamond
TO greatprimer will impress the intelligent reader.
These letters brought out in all their merit oy VIC
admirable press work and we'll exhibited upon the
book-pages of reprinted work. will furnish rear
pleasure TO the admirers of good printing ME-
Bruces type has all the merit of that OF the carry
printers 1t is sharp, clearly defined, and IN its
elegance meets the demands of the modern critcaI
eve. We are not prepared to say how lar ahu Ill
what way modern printing is superior 10 aheieno
how much better this work OF to day IL Oe'U'i ''
instance, than that of Frobenius. Something y,
course must be conceded to freshness. In the most
charming books of the early printers the pages VIII
grow yellow and will wrinkle There IS also TO
nance about then. which disarms our critical Juug-
ment We are obliged to admit, however, tnat lor
the nnrpose Of critical judgment there can be no
finer printing than this Joint production of Bruces
Son and of Francis Hart II Co. The brlliancy OF
the page is cngrossng 1; is pleasure to recognize
the superiority of the INK which has been used. 1t
is luxury merely TO glance at the uniformity OF
color which this interesting work exhibits One
will look here in VAN for monks and frtdrs We
turn on and on with continually recurring sense
of pleasure which is broken by the least sug-
gesion of carelessness or of bad taste.
One smiles as he finds in This specImen-book the
old quotation from Cicero-the Qu0usque tdndcnI
qbGtere Catalina, paten'i0 nOStro." But we soon
learn that this is merely concession to the old way
of looking at things The book has been maze
absolutely readable by the curiosity and propriety
Of the quotations Ii swarms with typographical
information: and the erulitlon seems to have kept
equal step with the exhibition Of letter. We are
willing to hurry on when we come to the QuoVsqUc
tandem abqterc" in double great primer We are
encouraged IN our impatcrce when We dl,cover he
wealth of information and learning which is found
in the succeeding pages. IL is something ~ be IN
formed in siX-linc pea that paper mill was
established at Toledo. A. ID. l0Sj' From tins time
forth the specimcn-bOok is topographic chronicle.
II is iuposShc to set forth here the information
which has been crowded into this departnen OF the
book. We take pleasure in reproducing one memo
randum as a specimen of the whole: " SteTeotypIng
practically introduced into America by the firm of
d. II G. Bruce. New York. 1878" We despair,
with our limited space, of giving adequate idea
Of the minute information connected with the typo
graphic art. contained in tins volume. rs to such
matters Il must hereafter be a book of reference
for all who are interested in printing. Bat 1t is
ruch more than this II is a volume which all
photographers who NAV he fortunate enough to
obtain copy will regard as luxury often TO be
consulted. and. as often as consulted, cXqusitely
enioved We question whether there is such an
other hand book of printing IL the world: ana 1t IS
much 90 be wished that he learning embodied in 1t
might be reduced into proper proportions for the
general reader A. photography have no
hesitation in saving that 1t IS unsurpassed. As
more specially interesting to the general public we
ought to call attention to the extraordinary variety
Of ornamental type which is exhibited The script
is probably the most elegant which was ever cast
ranging as it does from plea penuIan No. 2Ojl TO
seven-line plea pcnman No. 2,Ojl. OF the other
varieties of fancy letter. it IS impossible here
10 give any sufficient description. Typography
here enters upon Ooundle,5 field Of
fancy We see at once of what unlimited
characterization letter is capable. But We
also see that all this variation has its principal
value III commercial uses and has little Importance
merely in bool, printing One is half inclined to
regret the remarkable ingenuity and painstaklng
which Messrs. George Brucc's Son ami Company have
lavished upon their combination borders. To be
sute they are the finest things in their ain ost
microscopic adjustment, which we have ever seen;
and for advertising purposes they have undoubtedly
a business value; but for the purpose, Of printing
intended to be of permanent interest, they seem
hardly worthy of the great pains which have been
bestowed upon them. They are quite equal 10 the
best French work of the same kind and the tasteful
combinations which they exhibit are n fine as any
thing Of the sort can possibly be. The same thing
may be said of the elcctrOtypcd ornaments dis
played in this book. They are interesting precisely
as they are useful and for the purposes OF adver-
Users. there is presente a variety which has prob
ably never been equalled; while their execution
has nothing in it with which it would be possible to
find fault.
Amended to the volume is a complete reprint Of
Mr. Theodore l.. De WINES Invention of Print
ing" arranged for the display Of book-type, and
with all the interesting Illustrations of the original
OF this admirable monograph il is only necessary
TO say that in its judicial consideration OF the sub
iect it stands alone in the English language. Tho
result of long practical experience and OF the most
painstaking inquiry, it fifty concludes a work which
exhibits the progress OF the art of Typography, and
viudicates its claim to critical consideration
THE NORWAY MUSIC ALBUM, a Selection for Home
Use from Norways Fol-, songs, Dances. etc Edited
and Furnished with EIg lisb Text by AVER f)EEs
TIER and RAsMCs Il. ANDELSOS Boston; Oliver
DitsOr q Co.
This book is inscribed by its editors to the mem
ory Of Ole full who is credited by them with hay
inn been the first to arouse II Norway and else
where an interest IN the music Of bis native land.
To their atiechOnate view he is a great musician
and noble patriot For that which he DID In car
ryng a knowledge of Norwegian muse and its spirit
over the face Of the earth in ms long musical itin-
erancv. history will write his name upon a monu-
mcnt where it would perhaps have withheld it had
ne been only a violin player. However modest the
artistic merit of peoples natural music II IS al
WAYS interesting to musicians and students who
recognize in it the living elements which
have been civilized out of the art by
the processes of expansion and refinement. They
know that the music of the old lays AID ballads
which grew out of the feelings Of the common
peoplc and reflects the influences of their natural
inyiroiiment and occupations is, as the old poems
are the repository of the truest artistic instinct
Nearly every chapter of musical history shows the