New-York tribune., 1891-12-16

| busy student, who would find il unsystematic ane
would soon return TO his serious authors MIS-
| Johnson's text is reinforced by twenty-five photo
| gravures OF buildings and works Of art in Florence
"Yvernellc," by Frank Norris, u. B. Lippin,
colt CO.. is q melancholy tale OF feuda
France. told in verse. Sir Caverhye OF
yoysvenel loved one Guhaldrada, and was loved
by her. hut then he met Yvernelle, who was
passing fair, and straightway he neglected his
duty toward Guhaldrada. who rated him for
faithless knave kissed him savagely and uttered
q curse upon the lover who should kiss him
next Whereat Sir Caverlaye went on his way
sorrowing, not at all on Guhaldradas account, but
because that irate personage's curse rendered IL
impossible for him to go and fleet the hourS
joyously with Yvernele.., Instead he betook him
TO the wood and waited there in the hope that
some knight would give him the opportunity
to break a lance in Yvernelle's name. AT last
Guhaldradas brother came and Sir Caverlaye
challenged him.
Then with Q furious tgerbound,
Each war-hore left his chosen ground.
And, frenzied With the spurs deep gasn.
Sprang forward with q 1ipgling crash.
Sir Caverlaye, of course, survived, and so did
Yvernelle. and they were married, and Guhaldrada
committed suicide by drowning, so 1t was ru-
mored His metrical introduction implies that
Mr. Norris recites this wondrous story because
Romance. pure Art, stern Justice, all are flown /"
He gives us CROUCH Romance. but very little
Art. and as far as Justice is concerned We think
he treats Guhaldrada rather shabbily
Society. according to Mr. II. W. MeVickar, is
the greatest show on earth. and in Our Circus,
Harper K Brothers.; very pretty piece OF color
printing he attempts to give the outside pubic
a glimpse of the antics INDUCED in by the 400
Living Wonders" who compose the company
Other would-be satirists have looked upon society
in the same light, but not one OF them has sue
ceeded in evolving greater masterpiece OF wltess
fooing than Mr. Mcvickar's performance.
Raphael Tuck d Sons have bought out
volume entitled George Eliot Her Early Home.
being collection of selections from the great
novelists writings with moderately artistic sketches
of Warwickshire scenery and cottages and re-
print of Sheridan's School for Scandal with
illustrations in color by Lucius Rossi that are
brilliant in some cases and weak in Others.
Shakespeare's Heroes and Heroines,' likewise
published by Tuck, is mixture Of very good
quotations and very bad pictures.
The oblong q,lartos made up of quotations from
the poets With feeble illustrations in crayon or
wash continue to issue from the publishing houses.
IllOuRn HOOu WUlUt paper Cllro Ouo uboiho" D~N'io
made party to the act with Wind and
Tide, Homewa Bound illustrated by g. W.
Benneman &C. j. POWELL, "Over the Bounding
Waves Of Life" illustrated by Frederick Mar
schall de Wolfe Fisle & Coz and "Memorys
Sketch Book" illustrated by Helen P. Strong
(WorthingtOn Co.., are three more superfuities OF
this sort in which it is impossible TO find any
thing to approve except the poetical fragments
md tboSa hpttar rad elsewhere.
Roses of Romance from the Poems Of John
Keats" and Flowers of Fancy, from the Poems
of Percy Bysshe Shelley" are the titles Of TIVE
dainty booklets illustrated by E. H. Garrett, bound
in white and gold, and published by Roberts
Brothers. which are suitable for Christmas gifts.
The interest in "Arcadian Days" by Mr. w.
II. Downes Estes & Lauriat, is evenly divided
between the author and the artist, Mr.. A. Fl.
EicIlnell, who has an etching or pen sketch on
every other page. The two friends have worked
together and have much the same style, style
that is somewhat coiorless and lacking In force,
but emnently truthful. Mr.. Downes has a
passion for nature anywhere but first Of all for
nature in America The burden of his prose
is that American artists should paint at home. In
his closing chapter. which deals with ths future
OF American landscape art, he exhorts them to
shun the academy, and 70 trouble themselves
less about the picture than about the subject.
" The way to create personal STYLE" says Mr..
Downes, is not to think Of the style so much as
of the matter. Take good shot at the truth, and
lo you have brought down beauty" This Is
wholesome advice but there is danger of carrying it
too far, and Mr.. Downes is altogether too Opt-
mistic when he asserts that the time is come
to forswear Rome, Paris and London, and give
our energies to our own country" Our country
needs our energies but it needs Rome, Paris and
London, too, for some time TO come.
Where Meadows Meet the Sea-" ii. Is. Lippin-
colt Coz Is poetical collection more extensive
and ambitious than most Christmas anthologies.
and, on the whole, better edited 1t is book
Of sea studies and the editor, Mr. II. S. Morris. has
gathered together the best, from that which
Shakespeare put into the mouth of false, heeting
perjured Clarence" to Rudyard Kiping's pathetic
ballad /" The Gift of the Sea" The book needed
no illustrations, but since they had TO be included
out Of Difference TO the season, it is well that they
were done by Mr.. T. F. English, who is an ex
cellent artist
Mr.. Richard Lovett, author Of United States
Pictures" CThe Religious Tract Society, London:
Fleming H. Revell Co., New-York), writes out
Of a conviction that the phenomena Of United
States life and government are OF vital moment
to the people oil Great Britain" He manages TO
impart a clear though necessari y circumscribed
notion of these phenomena through fair amount
of text and endless illustrations. The latter are
the same that have appeared in various American
periodicals during the last few years. and are
generally good.
There can never be too many editions Of
that exquisite little romance, The Story Of
Colette," and the new one that d. Appleton n Co.
have prepared for the holidays is most welcome.
Jean Claude, who is responsible for the six full
page illustrations and the thirty viSnettes, Is not
faultess, but his work SHOWS some
perception of the spirit of the story.
The Toreador's Song from Carmen is pub
lished by the BrentanOs in beribboned pamphlet
OF about thirty-iive pages. BY diligently turning
over thirty four of these. devoted TO Indifferent
verse by Mr. J. X Bangs, and stlli more indliier-