New-York tribune., 1897-10-11

Mis-. Rraddon is one OF the authors who have
complained that plots sometimes turn uhru'! OH
their hands. quite refusing 10 De ueNe'opeu "
proper sequence This lady declares that on more
than one occasion she has found herself unaole 10
finish a story, has put 1t away for man! hohtns'
and has then taken II up and found IT WORK out
smoothly and easily. Would that plots would be
obstreperous oftener.
How many people read Joanna baihe pays
nowadays? Nobody. venture TO say Yet tnere
was enough poetic fire in her works TO iurnish
forth three or four modern dramatic Nersihers'
She is not altogether forgotten, for We note the
fact that "a friend OF letters. who prefers 10 re-
main anonymous. is erecting monument 10 her
memory at her birthplace in Lanarkshire.
Joseph Pennell, whose lucubrations IN the pupnc
prints are often a bore, and are never one-tenth
as interesting as the illustrative work which ne
was called into the world to do with the draush's-
mans pen, has article in the current Nine
teenth Century" which. for a wonder. is lucid ana
admirable. Writing OF art and the Daily Paper,
he gives an interesting summary OF the great diff
cultes encountered by the editor who desires 10
print good pictures in his journal and offers some
useful suggestions looking toward an improvement
in the work done. He says;
As 1t is impossible make experiments on d
daily, there are several things now neediui Il per.
fecton is 10 be attained tirst most EDITORS mus
art to enable them to distinguish between Sood ana
bad wo mus. In bs sc ramea Am art TO e'9r draw for
nrintino though most uainters may
yh;s s lowering OF their art and a sinking OF their
dignity. Technically, although We have not yet
found out what is actually required for an assured
success special STUDY will he demanded
than Is necessary FOR the ARTIST VINO Wonia express
himself by OIL PANT or ny etchine i'ut inc iIuS-
TRAITOR after ne has leaiheu 10 uid", mus t pe
trained 10 put down ms ever! Hne ana toucn III M nir
manner that Will prihi oesl "haI that hdhie,
really is, no one mas uetermlned. IN e,chlhs aha
rules that must he opeyed, ana We Know Wnat
these are. IN ILLUSTRATING newspapers, we kno"
very little with absoIute csrlalh,y. ~ Is uue ,hat
there are men whose uidminss usuas s, PiIi ~
well az the sreal speeu - ~ NJ ~, ol,ai
case tneit a. ha ~ 10 abia 70 ranrodco
srensi, aimos1 nerfecI, as . nroof or Tor slower
i drawins aIu nno, he nosi%e that he has hit mon
III and amazing as il is Is wholly unadapted to
the new requirements. But IL Is upon this machine
that one must Tor tne presen, re reiy ,,ooon
Mnat thnn, ,rr r iat ,ba nresen, ,ime ,s a ,ech
Hicsl school for artists who wish become Illus
traitors. engraveIs or printersInot Tor students
oucn sc'oou n ' n,''cT he knows For r. womd have
10 be equipped with only the ordinary ap-
pl!ances OF an art scho4' out compete engraving
ou.n.s h, Tr az and Tor ietternress printing az we
a. three AT least, of the huge printing machines
one for fine magazine work, one for daily paper
and third 1or coiol pinH, nesues 'n,s; 'nene mere
s'.udri.e and hookh,ndery Al the head Of Zach
department, not theorist or lecturer, but man
Of wide practical ana successiu experience should
pe meSe he drawine but 10 'engrave /, and prin,