New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


TIE SONG -, ,r,, ,s and EriLE BnLvIS from aes'sus
~ siDa fol". po AZ. >. B. Lppn Wv WARNER.
~,c,p PILGRIMAGE. by CHARLES DUDLEY W " ah aes |
ts,s,mns,r.iei Nv :. REISuAKr l2no PIP 'n 'o''
IIaruer " Brothers ,,s.,,o, IA |
LES MIsERABLEsy BY gyo N,GISr Z H CO.
Tho charming psrcrs on out-of-door s'sh'' ""u
.o,nds contributed by Mr.. GIoson 10 H"Pe,
un,ay;re have beer made into volume wn,o" w
,.,k among the chpico products Oh '"o "o".",
,aasoo. The text seems more geniai anu ,'o''
Ina, ever now that the chapters arc sc. l" W..
nsr relat,ou to one another; ard the "ea"'i"i
s..v;nr, of course ASSUME ne" "eho"o'
,h., they are printed by book-press Cd TIC" 90
-, ,.nsr l., most of them the daintiest wotA
- .h. aruver has been brought to the ala al eno
..,i.,,s mcneil. IL wool-cut illustrations as so'o
.av ara going out" we NAV rejoice tna' ."o az
leaves ms sush lesacies Of elegance as " ino 80"
Wo,dPsthr Tho Bnlletin Tree r'o.0 ="
ths Snow" "Au Invitation" Inc E"so "a ~"
w,odp aCat-blrd Antics" and doAen o'"o'
delicate pieces, which miugie with tne nno ''oOo
re,rcductops in this volume It's Tue u's''"eu'
,,r merit ~ tho hook that it dscoscs the beauty OF
sos,,mo, tbinr,. for Mr. Gibsons happy hunting
yrouud lie at our very loors and there Is none Oh
:. wbo may not roam over tnen. watching 'no
.rvals of frsrs md weeds. the life OF the neuee-
,ov,. aud the ways of the insects ana pirus'
Whether our guide is more entertaining !" %
sWinter Walk" OF IN the" "itch-hazoi NoPe''
mr. ON the Grassy Road" OF among "ha' o'no
.reue of he saunterings, each reader must ueoi"e
according to bus individual taste. FOR ourselves
&c like him beast among the winter woocs. Nature
,uts on lovely face there. which lew oil US nave
,oa,,v studied, and she reveals many mystery
among the still SHOWS which are leaionsiy h'u"en
On The s..son of growth and liveiness There IS
an charm like thai OF the woods in winter to one
Uho has broken INTO their white silence, ana
watched the tetae little footprints in the hauhts
of tie sqaiIIe, the rabbit the snow-b'rd ana tuc
grouse, OF that most grscesn. OF all trans wnich
marks tue curying pathway Oh tue loN. III. ~, 49,
son now. All these inter secrets and he les the,n
win roth pen aud pencil. But ind oil the who'e
WORT is dslightful because ne has put into IL not
only knowledge but heart'
NJ. b,da's illustrations of the SONG OF Solomon
.ra reuroduccJ 40 this volume with care and
elegance Thew are admirably prlated on Japanese
PAPER. and accompanied 10y the revised version OF
The full text in suDptuons type. with nead-P'oocs
aud delicate culs-de-iampc The bud'ng Is iuli
morocco. and we are assured that the edition is
limited 10 500 COMES NJ. Dida's work is remark
Able for vigorous drawing and sn easy triumph
over self-impOsed difficulties. HIS hgures seem 10
move 80 naturally aud TO fall so SIMPLY INTO en-
constrained attitudes. that one hardly realizes al
first hat try;ag positions the artist has deilper-
ately chosen for them lr strangely large proper
lion Of the pictures we have only a back view OF
the but they Always luii Va ''4O "AN
purpose Bids avoids tue monotony of a long series
of illustrations of amatory daliance by treating
the subject 10 some extent as al opportunity ior
stuiies of tue haman figure. But while he thus
avoids septimeutalisn II must be confessed that
no places upon the most poetical sud mystical oil
the sacred books perfectly prosaic interpretation
There is hint Of spirituality in any OF his draw
lngs no REJECTION of any fgnrative meaning The
lovers are Of rustic type, showing neither beauty
Of feature nor exaltation of expression and II Is
impossible resist the feeling that they belong to
much duer-minded order Of beings than those
whose raptu;es echo in "The Song Of Songs"
o. liiIa's effects are produced by simple drawing
Eith little unnecessary Diet and very careful
baGd aud this open aud apparently light style Is
vel. initiated by tie fac lines Of his etchers.
Probably nD botter reproduction o. Ills art is pos
sble than that oi NM. Hedoniu aud Bviivin.
We are not sure. that the attempt to construct a
49, eel Of -yatering-place articles upon the hgh'
foundation of a small love story has been
.,,cy.ther satisfactory. The reader is encouraged
h the manner of Mr. Warner to expect rather more
NJ a story than no has any right to. Nevertheless
,he .ketches Of famous resorts are well done the
,uthor's Characteristic humor has not deserted
INN: Dialogue and description are cleverly com
hinrd. and the artist has undertaken bis share OF
thr task in a con gsasl spirit Iheie Is e1cenent
srolierv in zone of the pictures; bnt IN all ms
pilgrimage did Mr.. Ro'phaft see no pretty eIrls
Tho American beauty. a. 1e presents hei IL to'
ragged and onhnisDeo cie@Vuio WIN u''' "
Of being underbred
Not the least interesting and attractive among
tbe illustrated works of the season is the handsome
edition of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables IN hve
voume,. with several hundred illustrations, pub
T.hed nv Routledge e. Co. The size Is large
octsyo The translation, that OF Sir Lawrence
Nrarall is decidedly the best extant The paper
"a heavy and glossy; the type large and clear arH
l. &l.oAt hatr ,..af foa Al IN
bookloser can demand. The illustrations con
tribute very important feature OF the work Int
,nblshers have gathered together In these volumes
acme of the best examples of French art The Ell
ursy;nps and woodcuts which are scattered thickil
through the Volumes sometimes as fuil-page Illus
trations and sometimes in the text, are from de
sisus by De Neville, Bayard. NORM, Volney
Vi.rge Erion Lix aud several other artists OF skll
and note. An unavoidable difficulty IN this kind o
illustration is the contrast effected by brins'n
toge,ber different conceptions OF identical charac
terra This If course could not be wholly avolde
IN the present case, but fortunately there are
urkin9 incopgruities and general uniformity o
Illustration is preserved with far more thai
.ou,mon success The publishers have issued thu
lar four of the five volumes which complete IN
,dition, namely FantiDe,' "Cosette," Marius
and .st Denis" The work is emphatically de lar'
and the lovers of illustrated books will do well
rive IL careful examination The volumes ar
indeed somewhat weighty and they Will occupy
rood deal of shslfroom, but these seem the onI
possible objections that be raised against then
The publishers have done their utmost to prepaI
,really sumptuons and in every way worthy editio
n literary maste piece, and ore which mast lax
thigh rank among the important publications Q
he present Christmas season. IL must be aide
hat the parts which in former English edition
Wrre for some inscrntable reason RELOCATED 70 a
appendiy are here restored 10 their proper place
n The body of the work, and this change or rsthe
,his res GRAFTON gives Messrs Rontledees ne,
siition the title TO be regarded the only resll
complete translation in the market