New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

itself to passing vagarIes like 1.-THE Philistns u.
anfcs were amusing But II seems pity tnat
craftsmen capable Of such good work az mas pee''
nut into this book should be 70 willing TO inva"oa.e
It by afYectations and immature 9stheticsm. -
Mr.. Hubbard will only take piece OF c.as',a
literature and print It, as 1t Is perfectly p'a" u.
could print 1t, he will take rank among the "e''
OF our professional, bookmakers.
"f.ippincott's Magazine" is TO have new cover:
or rather a cover which will be mod'ncauon VI
the old one That old one has been SO long famhar
that the change will interest many magazine
reader
Tennyson's bearishness in his own house and In
the homes OF others has been so frequently co"-
nented upon that an anecdote Illustrative OIL AZ.
other mood is especially welcome. correspondent
of "Thc London Spectator says: I'm 1851. JUS.
after his marriage. when he was staying at CONS
ton he came to spend a day with my grand
mothcr-'Mrs Fletcher, OF Edinburgh-at ner nouse
near Grasmere. Some OF us took him up E'asedaie,
showing him Wordsworths haunts there, ana wheh
we got I'm face OF Sour Milk Ghyll he answered us
voice heartily with The stationary blasts OF water
falls ETC. On Joining the od-fashioned FANNY
carly dinner. he interested by the -FOUR gen
erations at the long table, noticing especially one
little boy OF three: There's a glory ABOUT tha'
child; and the homely fare seemed to please MN
greatly his face lighting up at the sight OF dish
seen Of late. and wished he saw oftener. On TAX
ing leave he said: I've had very jolly DAY
and, altogether, the union OF enthusiasm ana SIM
pcity struck us as another instance oi """' We
had long known In Wordsworth
Dr. G. BIrkbeck Hill, the high priest OF Dr. Johh-
son. has put in shape at last his two volumes OF
"Iohnsonian Miscellanies' and they will soon be
published. In the first volume there Will be gath-
cred together Johnsons prayers and 'medlta'iohS'
his account OF his childhood, Nine. P'ozzis ahec-
dotes and Murphy's essays on the life ana genius
Of johnson The second volume will contain let
ters from Johnson to various persons extracts IRON
the Life" by Hawkins many anecdotes drawn
from different sources and finally, concordance
Of Johnsons sayings. The volumes will be MADE
uniform with those OF Dr. Hills welknown edition
Of Boswell
book for which students have long been wait
ing IL In preparation in London. Mr. William
Strang the wcll-known etcher. who got his point
Of departure from Legros and then PROCEEDED 70
show how original he could be In his master
style Is one Of the authors, and Dr. Singer IS the
other Their book, Etching Engraving ana the
Other Processes Of Picture Printing" will give
complete technical explanation Of wood and steel
engraving drypoint. mezzotint. aquatint. SOFT
ground etching, TYPOGRAPHY. photogravure, mali
tone" and other processes There IL no more aWlui
tanglc Of tschnicalties anywhere than In the nell
covered by this book. II II only combines lucidty
with its technicality It will be boon beyond price
The Kclmscott Press Is slowing down. Three
presses wcre In use during the lifetime Of the
founder, but since his death only two have been
kept running In order to complete the work ne
left unfinished and soon as that works. out OF
the way the Press is expected to be abandoned
Regret IT, OF course being expressed on all sides.
but il seems wise to discontinue the enterprise
Morris himself gave 1t three-fourths OF its reason
for being Now that he is gone, and such OF MS
precepts have been adopted as were fitted to mod
ern printing there is occasion for the proonga-
ton Of the business.
Mr. George Allen, who for some years has peen
Mr. Ruskin's publisher. announces reissue OF
Modern Painters" 1t is to be In small form' COM
plete with all the original Illustrations.