Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-19

Case Of whom one IL entitled to expect |
something better than she has here pro
duced. II Ia exciting undoubtedly, and one |
gets his moneys worth when he buys it. But |
when one says 1t Il detective story, with a
marked ball and murder az the incidents.
enough Is said to give the public an Idea of
its character.
GERMAsY SEEN WITHOUT sPEcTACLFs
By Henry hugges. Fub ished by Lee & sGe{ald,
y, /. 1873. oeivesi through Mesers. Porter
a Coates, Philadelphia.
When people write Of foreign places it is
all well enough to write with certain free.
dom, and even license, and the aim should be
TO produce chAtty and essy-going book.
and Of this style the papers OF Doughton
and Abbey in recent numbers Of Harpers
Magazine called Artists Strolls in Holland
arc delicious model. But it should always
be borne in mind by the writers,cf such books
that the great bulk Of their readers are IN
informed Of these countries by observation,
and are dependent On books of travel for
their kno wledge, and careless, inaccurate and
gilfully deceptive writers can do vast deal
Of harm by filling the minds Of readers
with false ldeas Of the country
leyoud the seas. All Of these re-
marks apply to this book and it, author. He
calls it book OF random aketchez Of various
subjects, penned from different stAndpoints
N the empire. 10 one should not be an
noyed to find it nothing more. Furthermore
there il In the title a confession OF weakness.
the frankness Of which should dls-
arm criticism. Fol from an examina-
ton OF the contents, this paper IL i'm
pressed with the idea that Mr.. B1ggles
hss deficient eyesight aud il greatly to blame
| for trying TO see Germany and it, people. 1t.
customs and ii picture galleries without liz
| spectacles.
The work ia arranged admirably to catch
the attention Of the book buyer at tie stAl!
Of new books. A frontlspiece contains :
well-drawn picture Of q Students duel al
Heidelberg, ami student life in this student
city l. the sutiect Of the opening chapters
The reader L. eutlee d into them finds then
spirited, becomes interested and buys the
took on approving this sample. Quietly
looking il over Afterwards he iinds It tells o.
Baden Baden, Stuttgart, Munich. Berlin
Dresden, &c, and pretty well takes in To,
range It the empire. The author in biz pre-
face effeetuElly diaarms any criticism that TIL
matter i il any way exaggerated by =Aylnl
that such critics are but slightly scqHAiute,
with German life, 20 that we have meek
dropped such notion. But there i al Of Ice
| tiJn2ble feature about the style OF the boo
Of which We are bound to speak. 1t Is to I
Enthusiastically fippAnt. Dlels al Heidelber
may lie worse than bull hghts, aud ar
companies in Germany may be pompou=!
incompetent. but the world does know come
thing about the wonderful masterpieces {
art in the galleries there, and the book
somewhat offensive to ones sense Of goo
taste when ii speaks Of the si=tine Madonn
at Dresden in this style
"The unsentimeptal and those who hay
not the religious enthusiasm Of the crusade
gather no inspiration from the painting
They wickedly declare that the painful
troubled look on the face Of the infant Je-u
was painted from the model Of a child whic
was suffering from stomach over laden wit
green apples, and that the Madonna il
! typical caricature Of an Italian housewii
. whose money Ii exhausted. and who ha
nothing wherewith to buy her husband
. dinner on the morrow"
CATALUGUEOF ROCKS. Published BIZ tim
Heath 4 20. 1873. . and " fremont Plar
Boston !;ynd street. sew York; 10 WaJa:
ayebue Chicago.
This volume will interest scholars. teache
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