The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-22

fully told, written and published for the |
benefit of the Home of the Merciful |
Saviour for Crippled Children, Philadel- |
phia. (Mr. Kris Kringle. By S. Weir |
Mitchell, NJ. D.. Philadelphia: George |
W. Jacobs & Co. Price so cents.)
Photography in Doors and Out. A
Book for Amateurs. By Alexander
Black. In the first chapters of this work
the author has sketched the primary
principles of photography, and given an
interesting account of the early attempts
at the art, including the many expert
ments, trials and final triumph of
Daguerre. The following chapters treat
of modern photography, and the anna
Jeur will find valuable instruction there
in that will e,of practical aid to him in
both in and out door work, and in the
many artistic applications of modern pho
Biography. Formular are given for max
ing and using developers, sun printing
from fon the negative toning fixing and
methods of printing &c. The closing
chapter is devoted to the Social side OF
photography. The book contains an ap-
pendix which the amateur will find very
valuable. The work is illustrated
throughout. Boston and New York:
Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
Wayside Music, Lyrics, Songs and
Sonnets by Charles H. Crandall, is
book of pleasant verse with some strong
lines and many ingenious fancies poeti-
cal if not poetry. The songs are mostly
pitched in the minor key. though in one
or two instances the lofty line is attempt
ed as in thesstanzas written for the dedi-
cation of the battle m onument at Schuy-
lersville.... Chaste diction, melodious
phrasing, a keen sense Of the beauties
of nature, correct technique, and COM
mand of the common resources of the
versiier's art characterize these placid
little poems which fail smoothly upon
the ear, recall pleasant images and sug-
gest agreeable thoughts. They have for
the most part appeared already in the
periodicals, and the favor with which
they were then received doubtless
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
There is a charm about PORT Church's
treatment of the ancient themes that
attaches to few of his compeers. Many
of them have as much learning as he,
some more; but not one, except Andrew
Lang, has the felicity of language, the
light touch in handling heavy themes,
the capacity for capturing the popular
fancy, possessed by the ex-Professor of
the London University. He has
wonderful faculty for interesting the
o1~ IL
rough paths of knowledge to their tender
feet. His Three Greek Children and
To the Lions are in evidence of this;
and confirmation is furnished by his
latest book. Pictures from Greek Life
| and Story, by the Rev. Alfred J.Church.
New York: G. P. Putnam S Sons; Port
| land: Lorng, Short & Harmony, with
illustrations form the frieze Of the Par
| thenon and the great italian galleries.
| The Phocaean Exiles, the Marriage of
| Megacles and Agariste, Marathon and
| Thermopylae, the wooden walls of the
Athenian fleet, Epaninondas the The
ban hero, the Greek theatre, Delos and
| it's shrine, the Mediterranean colonies,
| the Age of Pericles, the fatal Syracuse
campaign, the humiliation of Athens
| and triumph OF Sparta, the martyrdom
|
| in Prof. Church's large manner in this
| fascinating little volume, which is a
book for both old and young.
Primarily written for architects the
Greek Lines and other Architectural es-
says by Mr.. Henry Van Brunt, fellow
Of the American Institute for Archi-
| tects, are profitable for the perusal of
art students generally, and will prove a
source of pleasure to the lay reader; for
| they are untechnical in expression, ut
terly free from pedantry, and deal with
| topics that are remote from the SYM
pathies of no man. They betray the
| touch of scholar as well as the wide
| expinerece of master OF the art which
he processes, and are couched in the
| English of practiced writer. Indeed
they have great felicity and charm of
style; and reviewer sometimes catches
| himself reading sentence over and over
| just for the pleasure the sound of it
| gives and without attentive regard to
the thought-sound and weighty though
that usually is. The essays, Mr.. Van
| Brunt tells us, have been selected from
large humble written at intervals dur
ing.an active professional career of more
than thirty years. They have been re-
vised, and some Of them Largely rewrit-
ten, in order to form a sequence in.which
there should be such orderly develop
. ment as to make of them consistent
collection. The range of the six ESSAYS
is considerable, as the following title
will show: Greek lines and their in
fiuences on modern architecture; the
growth of conscience in modern decora-
tive art; historical architecture and the
influence of the personal element upon
it; the royal chateau of Blois; her the
present state. of architecture; archi-
lecture and poetry. Of these the first is
the most elaborate and studied, though
those on the personal note in architecture
and the relation of the art to poetry,
will, perhaps, prove of wider general in
terest. Of most immediate concern is
undoubtedly the paper on the present
state of architecture, in which truths
| which must nrnya NINA lata hia tn co,,,a ~