New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

va bove receiyed the August numbers %
"I,A,tr II. w. Bou,on1 They contain TWO iu'i'
MAGE etchiucs one Of which, a porlrait al ,Ii'"
IN Holbein. from the Munich Museum by boco"'t
Il an admirable productions the other' e'V,,
acme in Marscillcs BY Lucien Gautier. being wen
executed but less striking In subject ana aoi"i"e
fewer opportunities for delicate execution '"o'1
numbers present several good specimens Va w.
engraving the most interesting being III h'"S''
ton of an article on Rubo and Noou Tne '
by Henri Hyrnans The reproductions accompany
ing the above article are copied iron, eAs'"I',
the collection of NJ Auguste Iicrn, Keeper OIL 'n'
Lille Museum of Painting There is also spec
,nnn from n tiiptvch OF IIplbcin, the suojc'.
be,ng Saint Elizabeth of ihurlhgia' "i'"
several examples from Rubcns Claude hoi
J. Wynanis and A. Van Eyerdnzcn by hn"e
Michel. from tie Munich Museum accompanying
nm article on the landscapists of the Munich Mu'
seun. bv Michel An interesting preliminary paPr'
IN the Clothed and Painted statues OF the hncien'
tifeeks bv /. de Rouchaud, deserves mention aiso'
aud the conclusion of the series OF phrefs upon
charles ie Bfun hy 4. GcneVay. Anothef paper
tR,iijnrea ,hR examination 81 The Munich Holbein'
ana The ana the preceding one are abunaan'iy IL
ins,ta,el With N0od-rrs n is needless 10 say
lba, sii ,be N6ik ~ T. Att whe,htt ttS'ua' 81
,is,e ~ rieeiisntai Is maintained ~ TIE sate
t,gb sIs,,ia,l ~ e&etlithts " lht Cbn'iiei "e
IAN" Ne HsNai sttiiapaHis' NO lster ir'lta-
tithl
NiIe, she u. Az fpisade ~ iaig Egyptian
iistayy,N II. ", BnHinHi 10 an Nhh hNhl'iH'N'
80 iar as external appearance Is concened' iNae,
inc a saobcloth cogel stained, dlsenlo'ed ana
ftaycd az the edges, sGwed At the back WIN
rough Irvine which is fastened ia the centre %
pne side by a huge seal OF gTocnish wax, aud lio-
yded with tatteTcd leather Strings wheTe"'h 10
lie It up inside the brown, dlscooIed ana worm.
eaten leaves are supposed 10 be papNrns ana
upon them is depicted, In audacious imitation OF
Egyptian ant u quaint and hdicrons story OF tho
Court of King Rhuppsippos. The whole aialr Is the
conception Of Karl Maria scyppert, young German
who paints GENE pictures AT Dusseldorf Ills ido'
vos "a REPRESENT an ancient volume which bad been
buried for a couple of thousand years or so. IL Is
said that Professor Georg Ebers, the famous
Egyptoogist, assisted Herr Soyppert in the piopa-
ration of the Joke, and corrected his Egyptian art
concentrations when necessary. In the original
edI,op which was Of course in German.
the Prime Minister of King Rhuppsppos bore
the well known features of Prince Bismarck. ana
the three hairs on the top Of his head with when
the Kladie,addtSCh and other comic German papers
have famIarized tho world, stood siinly up In
the new English edition the head of Mr.. Gladstone
has been substituted for that of the Chancellor out
this is the only change which has been made III the
illustrations The text has been thrown into lar
English translation. So far the story goes 1t Is
nm Illustration of that somew hat ponderous German
bumor winch other nations find difficulty IN
approaching occasionally, and the real fun OF the
thing consists in the illustrations and the general
appearance Of the book, The way in which the
stid Egyptian art has been carcatured is oitenNery
langhable and the frequent admiXture OF modern
ideas with the archaic forms of the drawings has
peculiarly comical eject As curiosity The book IL
certainly well worth having. 1t has had Gieat
vogue in Europe. and the comparatively small
number Of copies imported will no doubt I've eagerly
snapped mp by collectors.