New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-10
FINE ART IN BOOKMAKlNG.
,r.,T1Fr,I. DISPLAYS OF WEN-kNOWN
PUBLISHING HOUSES
,x SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EUTIoNs-wo9ks

H. of the publishing houses cl '"'s ''''.
a,. 20 saw that never before has the art OF DOCK
.~ak,ne been so well illustrated as NJ Tue p,eSe"'
.,r.o and visit to any Of the great puoisn''s
m =, the CITY Will convince one OF The truth oil
,, .o.aront Books of history biography Ua'ei
"a action are all issued this year IN an eiaDol"'c
,v,a that In many cases defies Description iHe.'
a, combination of literary excellence anu ar''s''c
norfecton In the latest publications tha' 'naNe9
- hook lover bubble over with enthusiasm. III IS
'he -, ~, ,ishnriced works that present such
nv ~ a,nearance for the publications at popular
,oos are all presented In a form that makes each
20 thing of beauty and JOY forever Every
o,,r,e published this year Is an example Oh 'he
.r,arkablc advances made In the last rev years IN
.ss AT Of bookmakng, and in the collection there
ore hooks to suit all the diversified inchhations Oh
the present reading pubic
SOME OF THE HARPER WORKS
,,on., in Franklin Square, near the big Bridge and
a., Fast River is that famous old publishing
- 90 uaruer g. Brothers, At this time of the
- ,rerc &c an especial interest attached to this
Sousa ON account Of all the good things in literature
:, has prrpared and is preparing for the lovers or
hooks The kinds Of publications that Intelligent
,eaders are always ready for, and for which they
snana their money wisely being made at this
nubishine house from one end of the year to the
other Just now the presses are unusually active
.,d from the prassroOm to the editorial-room
there is one busy OF life. People who read the
various weekly and monthly publications OF the
Har1ers' wonder where the big concern finds time
20 make books. but these people know nothing of
the vast of the firm and how really simple
all the work is when properly systematized and
iudciously managed.
This year the Harpers hay" published among
others five books which we'll represent the artistic
excellence OF their work. one OF them is that mat
ter-of-fac romance. The Closter and the Hearth,
by Charles Reade This book is always welcome, and
IN It's present magnificent dress of holiday colors
II Is especially welcome. Martin Johnson, the Illus
traitor of the Garfield edition of ben Hur" has
made for this edition series OF drawings
which are both characteristic and charming. The
book is got up after the French style, and there
Is nothing lacking in its appearance that could
suggest Improvement. The frontispece is picture
of Charles Reade taken from painting of him
yhieh he left in his will Harper Brothers.
The work which this firm considers the most note
worthy book of the season is a sumptuous volume
entitled Masters and Masterpieces of Engraving"
by Willis 0. Chaplin. This work, which is done in
lavish style. comprises the history of engraving
from the earliest times TO the present day. The
Illustrations consist in great part Of reproductions
OF representative works of the masters of the art
at different stages of It's development. There
sixty engravings and helogravures, and to the
lover OF engravings and etclings the volume will
prove valuable treasure.
THE CHRIST CHILD IN ART.
The fine art In bookmaking is exemplifed in DE
"Christ Child in Art" by the Rev DR.. Henry
Dyke. just published by Harper & Brothers. 1t is a
story of the nativity and boyhood of Christ
related in the ancient legends and in the works of
the great artists The iustra tons consist nearly
fifty ful-page plates after the works of the old and
modern masters from Botticeo to Bouguereau. The
book is beautifully made. and. appearing this
time of the year. will be ideal Christmas pres
ent. orders of Many Lands" by Theodore A.
Daige, illustrated by Frederick Remington. is a
descriptive work equestrianism in America and
other countries 1t IL another specimen of we'll
developed art in publishing
Book lovers nowadays always want their vol
umes with uncut edges and silt top. That is one OF
the fashions in books. Italian Gardens" by Charles
A. Plat. is published in the prevailing style and
presents appearance that shows how well Har-
per Brothers have developed fine in their
work. The Harpers now have ready the third vol
ume Of "A Short History of the English People"
profusely illustrated. There are so many books of
all kinds published by this firm that 1t is impossi-
bic to write about them all Just as soon as one
thinks of the fine qualities of book and begins
to tell about II he thinks of some similar quality
In another, and so he could go on for days and
weeks writing and thinking and never come to an
end.
Some Of the works published by Harper & Broth
ers In special editions for the Christmastime are:
The Prince of India" by Lew Wallace: THE
Refugees, by A. Conan Doyle: "Cathedras and
Abbeys, by the Rev. Dr. Richard Wheatley; THE
Boy Travellers in Southern Europe" THE Raven"
George William Curtiss Works" London" by
Walter Besant: American Architecture" by Mont
gomery Schuyler; Christmas in Song. Sketch and
Story The Great West" by Julian Ralph and
The Poets OF the Nineteenth Century"
ESSAYS OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
In Harpers series of American Essayists" are to
De found the best short essays Of some of the most
accomplished American writer's. A volume has
Just been added to the series by Charles Dudley
warner II embraces sketches originally contrib
uted to the Editors Drawer of Harper's Maya
Zine Two books. by and about two famous Ameri-
cans. are published for the holiday season by Har-
per & Brothers One is THE Letters of James
Russell Lowelr' and the other is ''The Works Of
Charles Eliot Norton The latter book contains the
s soascbns VIKINGS and the oraons and public
topics. ''N'"' anu library
is ever new, filled at all times with the best ljtera-
lure and art begins its e!ghty-elghth volume this
ing matter which will meet the needs Of ali people
Among the many attractive features Is poem en-
illustrated by Guy Rose The Winnng of tS SeT Ms
cuit-Shooter." a Western story by owen Wister:
ington: "A Soldier of Fortune" by Howard Pyle
and ana Two Gentlemen of Verona" comment on
by E. A. Abbey. 'Harper's Magazine" has a warm
hold on the hearts of Engsh-s speaking people and
tnVsc "Ho iOok TOT us welcome pages each month
VIII find In them more entertainment than ever be-
!1 qIe Inc same can be said Of 'Hnrpers Weekly"
Harpers Bazaar" and "Harper's Young People Tor
tne coming year The Christmas numbers OF The
weekly and The Bazaar to be issued this
week. each replete with interesting and timely
topics for the holiday season.
a FINE SPECIMEN or nCoK-CARvING
An instance OF the degree Of excellence TO which
bookmalling has been brought is well shown in a
volume which is among the Christmas collection of
Charles Scribners Sons. 1t Is an historical and BIZ
ographical manual of amateur bookblnding by Leon
Cruel. 1t bound In Gruel's bindery IN Paris
and 1t is the only of the kind In existence The
binding Is in hard morocco leather. beautifully
carved. 1t Is seldom that carving is applied book
binding. as the leather can often be pressed In a
way 10 initiate carved figures. but In this case the
ngures which many and beautiful are the work
Of the carvers tools The interior OF the book is as
beautiful as its covering and there is doubt that
there is perfect specimen of the art OF
oookmaking In the country. II is valued at nearly