New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-10
SOME ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

"The warwickshire Avon" written by A. T. CUTLER
Couch and illustrated by Alfred Parsons Harper d
Brothers. does for shakespeares river what Mr. and
Nrs. Pennels "The Stream OF Pleasure does for the
Thames-describe ii for the traveller and the student
at home with equal success The Avon Is less invuhs
than the Thames to the csnoeist or painter who de-
mands diversified scenery and picturesque river life
but II Is an admirable watercose for those who prefer
10 rest through a summers outing in perfect quiet
aud whose craving for natural beauties satisfied by
the simplest kind of English landscape. Dr. Arnold
at Rugby, used TO say pathctcaly There Is nothhg
fne between and the Ural Mountains But Dr.
Arnold was a notorious mountainovcr, never happy
except when among his cherished Westmoreand Nils
and he could not have been expected 10 appieeiS'o
the honely charm of tho Avon levels.
The makers of this volume grow enthusiastic over
their chosen stream and in every village on us
banks little realm of peace az fascinating as thae
which Collins despaired OF finding anywhere but near
one Of Engand's rivers.
BY the most Joyous OF
Its haunted mores
And rivers Of romance"
superfcially glanced at the Avon is dull Carcduhy
studied as Mr. Quier-Couch has studied IL IL Is nch
In romantic and historical associations Mr. fasoi'
has Illustrated his companions text so sympa1heueaV
and fully that the book is OF AS much pctoriai Is
literary interest Printed on heavy calcndeFoo paper
and handsomely bound 1t is one OF the most s'''u0
of recent additions to tourist literature
For the tourist the edition Of Mr. Lotnes
westminster Abbey, macmillan CO.. is better than
the first one The book is now convenient octave
and may be carried into the Abbey as boldly as
any Raedeker. The first edition. an awkward 1oio'
must have exasperated many visitor VINO wouid nave
valued the assistance of Mr.. Loftie and his clever IL
illustrator. Mr.. Railton in famlaIizng himself win the
splendid fabric of Westminster and Its many monu-
ments but who dared not face the versers with SO
portentous volume in his hands The etchings which
srynar fullpage plates on special paper, IN the
fslio suffer the reduction in size and from the
rapid printing made by the rev edition. They
are st clear enough, however to be useful. Mr
Loties Is by far the best popular monograph on the
Abbey. 1t is less practical than the Deanery' guide
which IL offered at the entrance to the north transept
but it Is Just Trustworthy and. from literary point
OF view. is more worthy Of the subject
.val D'Arno- is the latest volume published In tho
new Brentwood edition Of Mr. Ruskins works &C. f.
Merrill & Coz Mr.. Eliot Norton's introduction con-
tans extracts from two letters sent him by the author
which will be Of slight. very slight. use IN making
pIain 10 The reader how the views expressed In the
ten lectures on Tuscan art which compose the book
were modified b. further studies not reported therein.
This edition OF Mr.. Ruskins writings Is cheap, ana
has presumably been perfected with an eye 70 popi-
arity The paper. type and fluctuations will do but
even the buyer with the small purse might justly ask
for more attractive binding than that which is now
offered him.
Nj wedworta wadsworth's "Leaves from
Artists Field Book" 3D. Lothrop Coz an oblons quarto
OF the hoidsy gift book order. consists OF some sixteen
piges of poor pietures and poorer verses. Miss
Elizabeth n. Litle's Watch Ho!" (Dodd, Mead co..
differs from Mr. Wadsworths book in having selected
verses illustrations better than his are
six pictures by American artists have been re-
produced in fac smile and published together under the
title Of Favorte Water Coorsr by the Frederick A.
Stokes Company. How The six have earned the tito
1, mystery Mr.. Morans Dorothy" and Mr..
Mcvickars "van Regrets" both passable figure sub
ccts are the only pictures in the book that the i'm
agnation conceive as pleasing any but tic most
vated taste The outside of the book is gudy and
inaytisuc as the inside is lnspd The same publishers
bring ont n similar book. Ideals of Beauty. Fac
Smiles of Water Colors by Maud Humphrey" which
may be as heartily condemned.
Lovers of the works of the late E. P. Roe will be
glad 10 know that a edition Of one of his best
books "Eear to Natures Heart has been published
by Dodd Mead Co., with Illustrations by Frederick
Deiman.
"The Haunted POOL by Georges Sand and " A Mar
riace for Love-" by Ludovic Halevy, approved
and the other tentative classic Of French fiction,
were published In illustrated edition de luxe by Dodd
Mead Co. last winter. They rcappear from the same
house for the coming holiday in cheaper, less
luxurious. but still attractive form.
SIR Alfred Lambonrne in "scenic Utah. u.
Deming Publishing Company describes with pen and
pencil some of the more imposing aspects OF a region
whose picuresqueness deserves 10 be better known
II than IL is to travellers from the East. Mr. Lam
bournc's pen is innocuous enough. The productions
OF his pencil would have been made pleasing had
he gone Mr.. Ruskin for few lectures the struc
of mountains.