New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
WORIn,S EAR LITERATIRE.

ART AND HANDIcRAFT IN THE W0 ,,,S s
nuILDING or THE WORRIES Lrs H Howe T Eliot.
with Special Articles by Mrs Potter rd paris and
others illustrated octave. Pp ~" rams ""
New-York: Boussod Naladon q Co.
D.. ,,,,nr ,ro ON AND NEW LACE IN ITALY.
Nv Cora Slocomb di Brazza lZrno' PIP l0o'
=. 10 wbispered in Chicago that the woman
Ruding was built prove the superiority Oh mani
To this proposition. emanating from w -,
whose sex hardly needs to he speci'ed' 'he d'"S"
volume edited by Mrs. Elliott offers more OF '''
.r,,sh,ns renlv In the building itself there Is so
much that is bad that the iInparual ou's'' -
CT, % ecbo the pessimist's conclusion In uhS
,oox there &c so much that is good that no one
couId withhold sympathy from the ehthus'"'u
writers of the text. 1t must be aooeu'
that the latter arouse as much interest oy - a.,
100 % things outside as to things inside 'ne
Uouans Ruilding. The illustrations Only O'
,hemse,ves TO the exhibition at chicago j" '"s
tie - naners we find glimpses here and there Vi
49, h,s,orv NJ womankind in all ages Some III
,ores,inr data relating to woman IN the pi
make their appearance in the chapters 1,,,o
nv European women. the puches7 vi .,cb
,,,r,,os from Span: 1.-THE law gives 10 woii'a"
a nrominent place in the family that we nav Va
q, auod los pananciales'-that is to say the t"'''
a. marriage: this implies that the augmeh'a"o
tho fortune Of man and wlfe uurlhS ''.'' ,o,,
,,fe has TO be equally divided, Tor the Id" -,
th,nks that the wife and mother by hei e' 80
home
a. EDUCATION of ner children plays part 40 ~
-, &C tho husband in making the iortu"'
.ha family" In Russia. according 10 the -,
Scbahovskoy, the daughter OF man "s a. ber
tate inherits a fourteenth of his esta'e' am ,oe
husband dies without leaving a VIII 9 ,rh,s
n seventh of his fortune. In marfldse ,,s II
-, rossession are the same as her huso"''
u -. ,and che has the same privileges an"
- ,,o.o INV nroxy not in person. AT P'of
end municipal elections. There Is jus. Ty,,s
formation of this sort in the doom VI ~ - raou,,
I,u,dng to inspire wish for more' " -, ,ot
f,,u account of the status OF wo'i"" e1..,,ots
rarv he impossible in a collection Oh ,a,,
u'' .o,,s hands The text conveys as a "i'o'e
i'o'' statement of the present condition OIL
woman. ,, ,rocass mates very
,rou nrinted-were selected WIN "'' -, 49,
They Illustrate the best side OF 'he eN ,ho
xyoman,s Building. and pay no at'eh'io" - w
-. porroductions of paintings, CRAVINGS s''i''o"
,s embroideries book covers and other "'iN
.neect a creditable standard ana eihP'ia''o Wv
fact that in America and Europe theie are W.. 1911
whose achievements in art are worthy
beside those of men. The fact dlu not no
aronbasized Everybody of intelligence KNOWS u'e
s;gni6cance of woman in the deVeiopheli' Va w
race At the same time. a souvenir IKE '"'9 49,
(Which hardly aims at being more than souvenir
&c unsuitable on various obvious grounds. ana e
pecially when it is so elssan anti madf The pub
fishers have done their part we'll
Countess al Brazza's book is not only guiue
,o tho beautiful lace exhibit Of the WORLDS AR
~. o,so an interesting collection of historical facts
concerning lace-making-and especially 'he iaoe
,noIinp in italy the shrine of what Is most price
less and magnificent in this art The author mas
done her work with much care ana TASTE anu
ranpes with equal enthusiasm from the irlhSeu
textiIes of the lake jewellers Of forgotten ages anu
the queer headgear of African savages 10 the eA-
uuisite productions Of her adopted couii'i',
"a a curious likeness in the stitches OF dinereh,
ewes and peoples. one of the specimens mentioned
I. a native cap worn by the chiefs on the shores
of the Loanga as a badge OF once /, H. -"
N saw real lace made with needle and the
stitches are those of the famous venetian u"'o
IN Aria As for the first bit of frnged stuff found
among the remnants of the lake dwehers Oh o""N-
erland. a Partisan expert, Countess oil Brazza
so,as pronounced 1t to be modern passementerie
work from Paris. 49,
exh,b,t can be Justly estimated in study Of this
cata,opue which II is eninently worth while TO pre-
serve. The liberaty and patriotism of Queen Mar
,aret and Of other Italian women have contributed
IN furnish forth one of the most interesting de-
nartments of the great Fair. and Americans may
well remember it with gratitude. 1t is pity that
This record should not have been set forth with
greater nicetes of paper printing and binding. 1t
&c 10 he regretted also that the illness Of mem
her of the Sgnora di Brazza's family prevented
her from revising her text and correcting typo
graphical errors
Mem Publications.