New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
TO FOSTER VIEWPOINTS COMMERCE.
PLANS OUTLINED BY THE MEKChAN1o
r1oN-AN ATTRACTIVE BOOK TO BE
PUBLISHED

p,.Ss OUTLINED BY THE MERCHANTS AssoclA-
r,oN-AN ATTRACTIVE BOOK TO BE
PUBLISHED.
The Merchants Association IS busily'preparns 'or
ra,, seasons campaign and plans Cd large scope
and great originality are In progress a Vaiie's Va
"u ,,.rs,rre even more striking and forcible
,hor that OF the present season will he issued IN
due time and the number OF pamphlets ana papers
circulated will reach into the millions Most Oh the
ingenious and effective advertising literature
MANNED will be kept private for several months but
the details Of one great undertaking o" Ia P
have Just been made pubic
1.-The enterprise said one of the ofhcers yes'e'
dav lis the publication Of a large and sump'uouS
volume entitled "Nev-York Picturesque. Spectacle
lar. Artistic; and If carried out upon the scale
and IN the manner indicated by the compend 1t
I'll, fairly dwarf anything Of the sort ever before
mn, forth Indeed no regular book publisher would
venture upon vast and costly an undertaking II
swaved by considerations of profit; but as profit
Is foreign TO the motive of the Merchants Asso-
n;o,ton and as the question of cost is regarded
a minor one. the work VIII not De SUBJECT 10 or
."Ths wore spectacular best denotes the dominant
motive 1t is 10 be primarily an appeal 10 the eye
sUlp picturesque. quaint in and about the Ameri-
can metropolis 10 mirror IN one DGE s dan Gv re-
s,ons the art of the painter. the sculptor and the
architect: visas OF thronged streets lovely parks
This book is in a peculiar sense a woman's book
prim
liant spectacle before the rural and feminine mind
and thereby to transform thousands of worthy
stay.at-hones into ardent pilgrims TO the Empire
CRY To do that Is 10 foster the trade and com
nnerce of New-York most effectively. There will
he AT least 10000 copies of New York: Pictur-
esoue Spectacular. Artistic. distributed through
our the United States by the association and its
members at a probable cost, roughly estimated
from sos 900 TO $4,000.
SThe work OF preparation will be under the per-
sonal direction of the officers. who have entered
with enthusiasm upon the task. The officers will
he assisted by several staff artists who are now
engaged upon the preliminary artistic work and
working plans and preparing data for Illustrations
OF which there will be very large number-prob
ably. a thousand more II is purposed to entrust
many of the most important pictures to artists
OF the highest rank illustrators and the utmost
care will be taken TO preserve unity of treatment
and equality throughout. Among the artists
lected. and to whom important commissions may
be given. are Harry Fem. VIII II. Low. T.. H.
Blashhed, Andre Castaigne, Howard Pyle. A g.
Frost. c. Y Turner. Rufus Zogbaum, Thure de
Thulstrup W. T. Smedley h. West Clinedinst
Victor Perard w. f. Leigh, and Kenyon Cox
prizes OF 5000 $50 and 800 respectively will be
awarded for the best three designs for
This composition will be in charge of a committe
of prominent connoisseurs and experts. who will
select The artists TO whom invitations to compete
will be given. and who will award the prizes. The
names OF the committee are not yet made public.
owing to the absence from the city of some pro-
posed members. An exhibition of the principal
drawings will be given. probably during the holiday