New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-14

and his compositions are as lifeIike as they
artistic. This draughtsman's technique IS not
brilliant but 1t is facile and pure. His pictures
provide on the whole a most amusing and SYM
pathetic accompaniment to the plays, and the
makeup of the volume being In excellent style
the edition may be dismissed with warm praise
We may speak with almost as much warmth OF
the edition Of Bulwers "Richeeu.' for which
Mr. F. c. Gordon has made some spirited Illus
trations. This is. in fact. a pretty little booK'
in which the pictures are really serviceable in
displaying the carriage and costume of the time
but the glossy paper upon which It is printed Is
trine too glossy, and the binding might have
been a little more artistic. little better made.
For a well-made book commend to the new
edition Of "Sartor Resartus." which leads on the
centenary reprint Of Carlyle edited by Mt Trail.
The form is a shapely octave. The paper,
though a shade too infexible. is otherwise per-
feet being luxurious TO the touch and of
creamy tone. upon which the handsome. clear
type specially cast for this edition, shows boldly
and beautifully. The volume is Of light weight.
and is bound in the most refined taste An en-.
graved portrait Of Carlyle serves as frontspiece.
Mr.. Trails Introduction is readable and dis
Greet He wisely abstains from attempting
commentary on the work. preferring TO leave
'Sartor Resartus' to stand for what il is-a fam
tasic but splendid rhapsody. laden with thought,
glowing with imagination and passion That
passage reveals sympathy and an insight
which assure us of wise editing Of the succeed
ing volumes. There are to he thirty in the ed-
ton. which is offered. we may add. at a very
reasonable price. and should soon demonstrate
it's RICH. TO be considered the standard popular
edition.
THE Ships Company and Other Sea People"
is the title of a book in which Lieutenant j. ID.
JerrOld Kelley throws great mass of bald In
formation into anything but bald shape. He
writes for young and old readers and while
he has statistics at the tip Of his tongue he
never imports them into his text in statist-
cal way. He writes of the crew and the pas
sengers on an ocean liner he discourses of the
modern midshpmt a--and his predccessor-he
has something to say about scurvy. something
else about the pets of sailors. and he presents,
in brief an interesting dscursive volume of
nautical lore based on a long acquaintance with
ships and the sea- and brought skfully up to
date. The account of the methods of a modern
passenger steamer is perhaps the most useful
thing in the book The illustrations are many
and are all first rate.
Lieutenant Kelley inspires his reader to go
straight to the ticket office and buy passage
Mr.. Charles Morris's "HalfHours of Travel
which invites repose by the side of a good wood
fire There il would be charming to turn the
pages of his four judiciously filled volumes.
travelling in France with Charles Dickens. in
England with Hawthorne, in New England with
Harriet Martineau, or along the Niger with
Mungo Park. the road happens to strike
ones fancy. Mr. Morris illustrates a wide field
His work is dedicated to Europe. America. Asia.
Africa and Australasia. and since his books
are each about FIVE hundred pages thick and
the papers are brief II will he seen that the
opportunities they give for vicarious gobe-trot-
ting are simply inexhaustible. There are
few good illustrations and the manufacture OF
the book Is satisfactory.
Mr.. Clifton Johnson writes divertngy about
rural things. and his skill as photographer
enables him to illustrate his books In artistic
manner His latest publication. "A Book Of
Country Clouds and Sunshine" repeats the good
impression he has left in previous studies or
New-Engand scenery types. and quaint VII
lage episodes. The flavor Of old home life. OF
life on the farm near swimming pools and amid
ploughed fields is reflected in his work with
refreshing cearness and picturesqueness. We
may mention in this connection Mr.. Frank sam
ue Chds little book The Colonial Parson
Of New-England." which gives n sympathetic
and careful picture Of an attractive old figure
in the earlier history Of America. more mod
ern phase Of that history is treated in an in
teresting volume by Mr. Augustus Choatc Ham
lin. which he has published himself at Bangor
This is THE Battle OF Charlottesville" mar
rative in which the authors principal object
would seem to be to tighten the burden Of re-
sponsibility for the disaster Of May >. 1855;
which has been placed upon the Eleventh Corps.
he hers If
mans. Mr.. Hamlin has an ardent sympathy. and
he has. with much patience and skill. made
out a persuasive argument in support Of more
exact appreciation of their services than has
obtained among all military critics.