Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-14
"A WORK OF ART.
An Annual for 1854 That fs Destined "a
Wide Circulation
And a Great POpularity-Just the Boess
for Merchants TO Circulate.

Not the least of the blessings OF our
day and time is the perfection to which
the engraver's art has been brought and
the wide uses to which it is put for
the benefit of not only children but men
and women. The soul can be much more
readily touched and the sympathies
aroused by a picture than by any other
phase of art, music excepted. But whereas
music is fieeting Joy, picture
is an ever-present one. The studies of tie
children are made. easier by good engrar-
ings, and the most striking scenery in tie
world is so naturally and vividly or pleas
ingly Reproduced as to satisfy the beholdtr
in sense and way only less than that ma
ture would compel. We are re-
minded Of this In looking over the annu@l
for 1884, now going through the press
of Tracy & Co., of this city, for general
distribution by merchants and others who
desire to avail themselves of the medium
of well arranged and very handsomely
illustrated book, to make their names as
household words in all the surrounding
country. The frontispiece, ''The Shepherd
ess," is very excellent copy Of
the famous work of Bonguereau, the
greatest living master of color.
The face of the pleasant girl who en-
folds bleating lamb in her arms is full OF
motherly benignity as she looks to the
eve who follows at her side. This is fol-
lowed by the picture of 4 saucy Skye
terrier sitting on chair beside sleeping
babe, solemn sentinel charged with
great trust. "Baby's First Slide" i
bright with the charming surprise
of the child held by her two
companion boys sliding on the ice
Following these charming bits from liH
there are pastorals full of quiet and serene
beauties, lighted by human life. ''CastE
Building" is gem of tender contempla-
ton, and Rose Among Thorns" takes
us back to childhood's thoughtless DAYS
The sea in its various phases of storm and
sunshine is well represented, and home
life is reproduced in many scenes
that are akin to nature. 'The Heart
of Kosciusko" is beautiful en-
craving that recalls renowned and his
toric name. Besides these there are
many scenes from our mother State OF
North Carolina that brings this book Of
beautiful engravings closer TO us and invests
it with an added charm. A striking illus
tration of joaquin Miller's poem on the
prairie fire fills a whole page, as does
''Music in the Alps" There is also a flll
page engraving OF the "Het Springs Of
Las Vegas, New Mexico" that we recog,
nized at glance as correct in every particul
lar and a very excellent piece of work But
these engravings, valuable and beautiful
as they are, do not comprise all that is
worth noting in Tracys Annual for
1884. There is the usual calendar for
every month in the year and a
vast variety of matter useful in the Office
but especially in the household. Bound
in an illuminated cover-itself work
of art-this Annudl is just the
vehicle that men of taste would
select through which to make them
selves known to a waiting and willing
world. \ card inserted in it is sure to be
read. and it is sure to be a standing card
to be read many times during the year.
Tracy is printing great many
thousands OF them, and is now pre-
pared to receive orders from banking and
commission merchants, cotton men and
business men generally. Address or call
at his office, 299 Main street. He supplies
them by the hundred or thousand, at rates
ridiculously cheap, when the labor and
art involved in their production are con-
| sidered. Trdcy's annual for 1884 is the
best book of its class likely to be offered
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