New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24
WAR BOOKS AND PICTURES.
HOW THE PRESENT EXCITEMENT Is
CREATING A DEMAND FOR THEM.
EVERYTHING MILITARY OR NAVAL. is POPULAR
A REVIVAL OF OLD HISTORICAL PRINTS
WAR SONGS OLD AND NEW.

WAR SONGS OLD AND NEW.
One effect Of the war excitement in the last
two or three weeks has been manifested in the
astonishing Impetus given 10 the sales Of all
books and pictures which have any bearing
upon military or naval matters or. indeed. upon
historical affairs in general The booksellers
are unanimous In reporting greatly Increased
demand for works Of this nature. To a certain
extent they arc aiming to encourage 1t by plac-
Ing in their windows significant array OF vol
umes on war subjects. with American and
Cuban flags disposed about as decorations, and
medals and pictures Of the Maine in conspicuous
sight Among the books oftcnest seen are vari-
GUS histories Of the United states. three or four
well known histories Of the American Navy. ara
a number OF other books of naval "reminiscences,
accounts of noted sea conflicts. and biographies
OF famous naval commanders both American
and foreign. Among the latter class may De
mentioned the life Of Admiral Farragut and the
life Of Nelson a new volume by w. Clark RUS
sell is entitled pictures from the liic ol Nei-
son" There are several books bearing upon
modern naval warfare. such as "Ironclads III
Action" books navigation and seamahShp'
and on submarine mines and tOrpcdoes. size
by side with the naval works are volumes bear
ing upon the Army and upon military tactics.
A book which appeared about month ago ana
has sold we'll Is called Marching with Gomez
on its cover it bears tn" single star when ch2r-
acterzes the Cuban flag. Histories Of the Amer
lean Revolution. of the War of lAl- ana 81 uic
Civil War are also sharing in the present popu-
arity.
The picture dealers not behind the book
sellers in rcaping little harvest from the war
interest Thousands Of pictures OF the Name
from the cheapest chromos to fine photographs
and photo-engraving;s. have been sold together
with books made up Of pictures and slight de-
scriptions of all the warshps Of the Navy.
Dealers have actually been unable II keep
enough # these in stock. and one Of them SAID
mournfuy the other day as he took ms last
COW out e the window to sell to customer:
Il found out last night that we can't get any
more If these for the present The publishers
have exhausted their stock
Pictures Of General Lee. many Of them X
must be confessed. atrociously printed. are sell
ing rapidly. DESPITE their artistic defects. But
the mos, interesting development in the picture
lire Is the revival of old war prints and engrav-
ings which has taken place Art dealers nave
dug deep into their cupboards and brought out
ancient engray.ngs which have Deem h'Hue"
away from tn, light for years. A good idea Of
the style Of these old works may be obtained
from the specimens Of them reproduced in an
other part II this Supplement- Besides the
Illustrations Of the famous naval battles Il the
United States depicted in the picturesque. II
imapinative styl, Of the artists Of the earlier
half II the century there are many military
...rcs among which the battle Of Bunker
I'M and pictures of Washington crossing the
DELAWARE. and ut Valley Forge seem To be favor
It's IN, siprin.- # the Declaration Of lnde-