New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
.. Sorr IN PICTURE BOOKS-MR. ZOG-
BAUMs NAVAL SKETCHES THE
cLAssICIsT VS.. THE MODERN
I'm MEMORIAM' IN AN
ILLUSTRATED

ILLUSTRATED
EDITION.
,.-. ho, ,s IN a fair way to emerge from
a., n.r,ops state Of subsection to the unformeo in'
ar,nation and destructive hands OF adoleseeoe -,
=. 80 i,s MACE among the serious occupants u
library shelves When the reform shaii nav u
unite accomplished good deal OF 'he oieu'. .o,o,,e
will belong 10 Mr.. r. H. Russell "hose 90 and
alone is a work Of art, with rupiie aasorva-
pictorial adornments that make IL worm &c q
pic'o Ia ,' go sate Mr. Russell sends US
,,,,r,,ar NJ the publications enumerated III w
ao,,+v booklet Conspicuous among tno GU
large nortfolo containing Mr. Charies - ~o,or
son,s "Peop,e Of Dickens a ee' y. sr,u,r
e.udIes The six designs are all oiets ,h,ch
a''o ,i,.s,,u convincing The drawing OF MI
D,nLrJcL Dnj,vering His Famous Orauoh -,
admirable portrait and In his stuoy VI -.
Swiveller and the Warehouses W., ,rox
tho mark with unexpected force we soy -
nec.ed for Mr. Gibson's humor Is no. ine
enough nor is his Imagination po"eii0 ~ 20
for hin, ~ illustrate Dickens. as rule WIN SUI
cess Rut the truth Is that admiration Is uNiuo''
in the case OF each one OF these ooohS' oo.". ,
the artist and Mr.. Russell. The FORMER owes NV
20 the latter. who handles contemporar! o'a"ne'
.,,,h cara worthy of designs by the old masters
=, a., nice act Sketches worth printing at all
ora wor,h nrrting we'll and the heart OF the lover
of good publishing will warm to MI hussen- ''S
Gibson portfolio is fairly regal IN us ar'is'o p
faction and we find that the same ioVlis Caio A"'
been bestowed upon drawings by freoer'o He
ington" an obiong volume. in which the spirneu
sketches OF that acute observer ano DFhiia"'
drauebtsman are gathered together to the NUMBER
of threescore or more. Mr.. Russell also pupnshes
a calendar for 1885," with pictures by Mr.. Rem
tngton; Coon Calender for the same year, deco
rated by Mr. L. W. Kembe. In colors with admira-
BILE sketches OF pickannn!es. and Sports and
cd n
hands To this list we may add 1.-THE Autobiog-
raphy Of a Monkey" with nonsense verses by Mr.
A. B. Paine and pen drawings by MT. Hehry
Mayer; 1.-THE Backberries." a collection or oron
rhymes and pictures. by Mr.. Kemble. and The
Slambangaree and Other Stories" by Mr.. r. X.
Munkittrck The aim of ali these things is to APP
peal TO the eye through clever draughtsmanship
and lively colors and to provoke innocent mirth.
That aim is fulfilled with interest, and while We
owe much to the artists and writer's who have
made themselves responsible, We indebted.
too. to the publisher, who has employed new and
admirable methods in the printing Of ephemers
Mr. Rufus Fairchlld Zogbaum is familiar to thou
sands as illustrator whose pictures In the perl
odical press have set forth in vivid outlines the
types and daily episodes of naval and military life
here and abroad. His style Is simple. and his point
Of view is one from which his subjects take on an
everyday appearance. He has not chosen to IDEAL
aze his soldiers and sailors nor has he sought to
suggest elements Of romance In their environments
Therein he differs from many contemporary
draughtsmen. who draw the Navy II 1t were
spectacle, and the Army in the same way. Therein,
1t may be added, lies his superiority He may not
have grace charm In his designs. but he at any
rate has truth. and In the folio Of reproductions
which the Harpers publish under the title Of "A
Hands Pictures Of Life In the United States
Navy" We have panorama which is none the less
artistic because It is strictly veracous. Mr.. Zog-
baum ranges from the cabin to the forecastle for
he has
tho ships themselves. made during various recent
evolutons. This folio puts good document into
the hands Of the citizen. showing him clearly Of
just what stuff our Navy is made.
The Harpers also publish a reprint Of The Shop
herds Calendar" richly embellished with full-page
pictures and decorative borders by Mr.. Walter
Crane. These adornments fairly spenserian In
spirit, and are effectively drawn. The manufacture
Of the book Is artistic. too. but the typography is
less pleasing The fulfaced type Is printed in lines
too close together and the result is solid black
ness. which confuses and tires the reader. Save
for this rather important defect the edition Is q
pretty From the publishers MIR.
John Corbins new book on School Boy Life in
England" survey Of the subject made with spe-
cial reference to Winchester. Elton and Rugby.
Touching upon the English public schools in gen.
eral and indicating the distinction between them
end our own, Mr.. Corbn makes these interesting
remarks:
The English public schools are not what We
should call public schools at all that is, you cam
broader Than Just 70 teach 50 much reading. wJi:
ea f 1 pubc schoos the English cali national SCHOOLS
and only poor children go to them The Englist
public schools are not unlike the big American
preparatory schools-Exeter Andover, st. Paul.
sseS oaeapS s ao nS 0n a
education as that Of our colleges To be public
school boy means much in after life as 10 be
senses snd a reason Fellow Would much rather
able to say, ! Wykehamist an Etonian,
Rugbeian, q Harrovian, Carthusian. as the cas-
may be. than not 10 have any place upon whlcn u
fix the merits dement's Of his early training.
Apropos Of schools. It may be noted that Mr.
M Hopkins offers IN 1.-THE Westminster Review
an earnest protest against the recent utilitaral
movement in the matter Of the study Of language
by the pupils ITO all who know what real educa
ton Is" he says, land value II at any figure ap
preaching Its intrinsic worth. the constant expul
sion. whole partial Of Latin and Greek from
our grammar schools. to make room for Frencl
and German is as gall and NORWOOD" MI Hop
kins grows wrathy this text. Parents know
that certain languages are alive that certain other
are dead: they imagine that their children ar
more likely to need the living than the defunc
tongues-hence the movement to which refer
Mr.. Hopkins Justly points out that q knowledge o
Latin provides a sure foundation for a knowledg
of modern languages and for the question o
pounds. shillings and pence. We are reminded tina
many walters speak French and German fuently
but that scholars are rarely found occupying sue
q place, a specious but amusing point. Concluding
Mr.. Hopkins says
French and German could be kept outside on
grammar schools If schoomasters would but max