New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

the greatest propagator Of Buddhist tonets ASok.
prince who was to Buddhism what Cons,autin.
was to Christianity. byzantine art with -.
| curiousy ascetic contempt for the human hod,
lives only in history The style of architeenrs q,
Asoka's age lives to-day in portions of Indi.
| 1hlbet and other countries penetrated by ,bs
| Buddhist faith. There is q peculiar interest AZ.
tachcd to these glImpses of the sculptures of tenn
| pes and monuments, many of which were reared
| by Asoia. whose reign was distant from the life Of
Guatama Buddha himself by an interval littls
longer than that which separates US from the TINA
| OF Shakespeare.
The heavy paper, broad margins and clear tyno,
raphy of this volume are satisfactory elements q,
good book making, and little fault il to be found
with the quality Of the engraying5 and process re-
| productions.
| DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes hourishes this Christ
mas in an illustrated edition (IIoughton, Mifn A
| Co1 to the establishment of which 80 manv
| artists have contributed that the Inst OF their
names on the title page Is az the catalogue Of tho
| ships in the Had 1t is evident that they have
done their work lovingly. aud that the engrayers.
| whose names also are Legion, have entered AZ
| heartily into the enterprise The volume 10 fact
| abounds with excellent little pieces, and not a
vgnette or design but shows care and thorough
| ness The doctor has reason to be satisfied with
| his publishers and their aids. and the public may
well be conteDted with tho new edition of their
| favorltc
| Hezekiah Butterworth's Poems for Christmas
Easter and New-Year's' Boston Estes & Lanriatl
are issued in a weillustrated edition. though tho
names of the artists are not given. II must be said
| that the illustrations like the poems are Of M
| equal merit, but the best Of them are decidedly
good The volume is very carefully and well
| A I,,ttb hat of xtarfn
decoration which suggests the paror table rather
than the library.
Under tho title "An Unsentimental Journey
| Through Cornwall" Macmillan q Coz Mrs.
Muloch Craik records her IMPRESSIONS of the widest
| coast scenery in England. Her tour was peculiar
! In that her party was cxcus vey feminine. They
went about every where in avery comfortable uncon
vrniional wav. and while they had no thrilling
! adventures. all The little details and incidents
which give life to such rSrnisons nie nara el In a
sufficiently lcaeant way. The volume s we'll
| illustrated by g. Naupt Henry, and many Ui the
rneraviugs arr abute the avriaee. N1 raii ~ Eng
| land 70 more inli ~ tpmanir ail historical a's5.
fa rns. whilp ihpip "a spaipplr inflone ~ ihe
| trre,i eHisi line which has nBi ,is mt'hufip' ~
| storm aRi wflpb, 80 10 sfilns faips = saila.t
| n.srpa ani h.ffie pniratrf Mts tilR Nas SO
madp as NNeh sc lhls rpeaa 80 ska nlshi hafe
! ug "a mpdegipaNi tbs nav feelings which henih
touish seeaelY, with its Auhunan iegeads ani 10
misty history haif-nehulnas iika the Lizard tngs,
producei on her aud her young aud less Gonlempa-
| tive companions ana charges. The publishers have
doae their ful duty in making mp the book, which
| is handsomely printed and bound and IN all ways
worthy of the season.
| Samuel Adams Drake has edited a solid Volume
entitled "Our Great Benefacors" Roberts Bros,
BostonD consisting Of short biographies OF The men
| and women most prominent in literature, science
philanthropy, art, etc. 1t Is illustrated whh
nearly one hundred portraits " "emblematlcany EN-
belshed' The portraits are failly good; the enl-
| bellsbnents not always felicltous though generally
suggestive enough to add interest to the biographies
II is very good kind of book to pnt IN the nands
| of boys who have begun to think little lheroS
unonestlonably much virtue IN the lives OF great
and good men. though sometimes the attempt "
classify them has msischicyous results
An illustrated edition of George Eliots Poems
Thomas T. Crowel & CO.. shows how the develop
ment of artistic skill is enlargng the field OF nus
trated literature These poems do not afford many
iace openings to the artists pencil but nevertho-
less they have here been made the justification tor
| some very good drawing and engraving by Schell,
| Taylor St JOHN Harper and Others. The trontls-
| niece is a charming performance. Indeed all the
|
| illustrations 10 THE Spanish Gypsy are gopd
| and one or two of those to "Jubal" are Almost
| equally So The "Fedama" of the former Is e'-
| pecaly lovely wherever she appears. Ihe phDlisn-
ers have given the volume all the beauty ana arg
| mty that heavy paper, clear type and handsome
binding can supply.
Tennvson's LADY Clare" in an illustrated edl-
ton. comes from Porter Coates, Philadelphia. II
has the pecuiariiy that the various artists enl-
ploycd to make the drawings appear TO nave worked
INDEPENDENTLY with the perpleXins result OF
series of conception of Lady Clare which do not ut
| ol harmonic Aud while much may perhaps Do
said for most of the ideals from an abstract point
| of view il is obviously embarrassing 10 the puuHc
10 find tha heroine represented as several charming
Young ladics. instead of appearing Throughout a'
| ,ynchronous individual.
! Henry Timrods poem "Katie" lE. }. Halo "
Son appears in an illustrated torn Ihe ilins'fA-
| uous aye not of the modern type. bni ~ lne E"s-
lish form. which has become aniIqna'cd Ihry err
taiuly do not add anything 10 the beauty o' 'h'
| ycr,e.
Frederic u. schell has illustrated ll'bors hymn
| From Grecnland's ley Mountains Vof'f "
| Coatc. philadelphial Much OF the "oik III l''
little book Is credltablc to artist and engraVrf p'
as usual In such cases the Illustrations have D'' 'ho
| remotcst bearing upon the text
A quaint aud pretty conception is that oi ire'o
! l.. Jerome She, under the title. ono i'ai'
sletch-B,ol" Boston, Leo ~ Slepirp hl' a''
,,,.l and drawn a series of eason-skei cbes, pro-
cccl,nc through the year. and accompanying these
| sketrhrs with verses drawn from many singers "'-
cording with or Illustrating the engiaSings in''o
il thus collected number of out-o-doof pi''u'''
| or ihc most varied and comprehensive kno' nero
flower. there eaf, yonder tree, then again
finished li,tle landscape piece. and SIN infthei oh
some graceful trailing floral design oi ginning
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