New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-20
BOOKS ON ART.
ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER STUDIES.

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Edited Eds p Sy x Wia ss Charles scribners Sons
THE WRITINGS on ART OF ANNA Jameson LINES =
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Zew-York: Houghton Mifftin q Co.
THE MIDSUMMER OF ITALIAN ART Contain
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London: G. p. Putnam's Sons
ON DITCH AND FLEMISH MASTERS. En-
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Professor Longfellow's volume on the archi-
tectural monuments of Italy. Greece and the Le-
want will fill at once and permanently an i'm
rtta place In the literature OF It's subject.
II does not belong exclusively to the class Of
.o,a,,zsd hooks nor is il intended solely for
nonular use Its magnificently printed pages oHer
iudicious mingling Of both lay and profess
sional qualities The practising architect VIII
often turn TO them for light on some point OF
historical STYLE and the general reader VIII
refer TO the cyclopedia for the kind or 1nforna-
ton he most commonly needs. No work has
hitherto existed in English which provided quite
the resource that is here presented, nor. indeed
is there any continental publication which rul-
fills exactly similar conditions. Professor Long
fellow has attempted neither an architectural
dictionary nor a history Of European building
His aim has been to assemble brief but adequate
accounts of those edifces which make the glory
of Italy Gil eece and the Levant-those bulongs
which stand architecture as classical inter-
ature stands 10 the rest of the printed product
80 ,nh
vince at finding it ignored within this portly
volume But he must end by admitting that
classical architecture. the most considerable
architectural legacy Of the past is amply hg-
ured and described in Professor Longfellow's
book.
The plan Of this cyclopedia Is in Itself calcu-
lated to please the travelled and educated read
ers who are likely to use 1t most. All the build
,nes are classified under the names of the cities
in which they stand, and while there are disad-
vantages to this ii is. on the other hsnd scheme
which facilitates greatly the researches or the
general student For the specialist we would
have desired a system Of cross references where
BY he might trace his buildings by the names OF
his architects but the absence Of such references
IL partially explained, at least by PROFESSOR
Iongfellows note as to the origin OF many OF the
buildings he describes Their authorship cannot
no definitely
even be attributed to one man. but must be as
cribed broadly to reign or an epocn rms
being remembered there could be nothing more
convenient than the arrangement Of the build
ings according to location. one may turn to
Rome. to Peruga to Florence, to Athens, to
Constantinople, and in each case the cyclopeda
will be found traversing the essential sources
Of each citys architectural fame. The selec-
ton seems TO have been admirably made we
have searched in vain Tor important omissions
The buildings which the student needs to know
In order TO understand thoroughly the archi-
tectural development OF those regions covered
by the cyclopedia all placed on record in lucid
comprehensive text and frequently with the aid
Of admirable Illustrations His pictures, in fact
are among Professor Longfellows most valuable
aids as an editor. He and his colleagues have
provided concise, authoritative articles which
give the work substantial value as history but
the numerous Photographic reproductions. on
large plates and in the text. are scarcely second
to the descriptions In educational value. The
appeal 10 the eye is. after all. quite as potent
In case like this as the appeal 10 the mind
through erudite and careful prose. The publish
ers and the editor Of the cyclopedia have been
in noticeable agreement on this point, and just
az Professor Longfeow seems 10 have been
indefatigable in procuring the photographs that
were most suited to the reinforcement OF his
text so the publishers have spent themselves
upon a perfect presentation of both text and
plates The two superbly put together. paper
and type are all that could be desired. and
the volume is bound in the sumptuous form al
ready made familiar by Mr.. Champlin's CYCLIC
pedia OF pictorial art. Professor Longfellow does
for architecture what was done for painting in
those useful volumes. His is perhaps an even more
necessary compendium. for nowhere Is exact
information rare as among students OF archi-
lecture who have not the opportunity, or. per-
haps. the taste for long years OF special study.
The present publication puts them at once on
plane where they think and talk in
diligently of works Of art hitherto jum-
bled together In the memory without his