Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28

SRUARY %. 1895.
eral readers, by r. A. M. Stevenson,
who is known for his essay on 1.-THE art
of Velasquez" Here one gets an inti-
mate idea OF what one Of the greatest
of all painters accomplished during q
| busy career, and of the many great peo-
pie of a fascinating age with whom ne
was brought in contact, professionally
and socially.
In addition to large number of eX-
cellent textual Illustrations of works by
Rubens scattered in various European
galleries and collections, there are eight
reproductions in sepia of remarkable
| sketches by him in the Albertina at vi
emma, and in the British Museum at
| London; also handsome plates Of Ru-
| bens' portrait Of Jacqueline de Cordes in
| the Brussels Museum, and Of his Gar
den Of Love" in the Museo del Prado,
Madrid
| This is a work which will interest all
art lovers greatly. Published by See
ley & Co., limited, London. Sold by the
Macmillan Company, New York
The next number Of the Portfolio, to
be published on April 10, will be an es-
say on THE later work of Titian,o by
Claude Phillips
OTHER NEW BOOKS.
1.-THE Painter ia OIL" by Burleigh
Parkhurst, is practical treatise on the
theory and processes Of oil painting.
The author was pupil of William Sar-
tain, of Bouguereau and Tony-Fleury
and of Aimee Morot, and was formerly
lecturer on art in Dickinson College. 1t
is a book which, though primarily in
tended to be of practical use to the
amateur painter, will be found to be
also of value and interest to the student
of pictures. The painter win find it a
guide to the principles and processes of
the craft of painting, written by one
who has practiced them, and in the
spirit Of a teacher, without being abb
struse. it will give the reasons for things
as well as the things themselves.
There are many illustrations to show
different essential characteristics of
good painting, chosen from works by
eminent artists; and also colored plates
showing specimens of oil colors. Pub
lished by Lee &c Shepard, Boston.
What is practically companion vol
ume to the above is by Grace Barton
Allen, and is textbook on the art of
painting in water colors intended for
the use of amateurs, and of those water
color teachers who are not yet suff1-
GENTLY accustomed as instructors to
realize how much the average pupil does
not know. Taking for granted absolute
ignorance on the part of the reader, 1t
explains, as far as may be done in
print, the teclnacalities of this branch
of art in simple and Ineligible Ian
guage, treating of colors and materials,
as well as of flower, landscape and fig
ure painting in polychrome and mono
chrome. Works of modern water colors
/ j I1a1 1.N4 Hss%NNo
and a cover design by the author.
Published by Lee & Shepard, Bostona
An unique Series of Colonial Mono
graphs" has been undertaken by
Blanche McManus. These are short
narratives of the colonial enterprises
and settlements in North America, and
deal with 1.-THE Voyage of the Mayflow-
err" THE Quaker Colony" Three
French Explorers and How the Dutch
Came to Manhattan" The last named
volume has just been published; and its
most striking characteristic, like that of
its predecessors, lies in its clever "black
and white Illustrations, which are
found on each page beside the text, en-
closed in uniform page borders His
| tory is thus made attractive even to the
most Indifferent reader. The author lays
particular stress on "the picturesque
| feature of romantic fact" History as
she presents it Is sure to impress itself
on the mind; and also, through her pic
lures conceived in the spirit Of the topic
with which she deals. to educate the
| imagination through the eye.
| Published by E. r. Herrick & Co.,
New York. For sale by Putnam, Davis
4 Co.
Many people in Worcester have met
i IL. t.o1o
| ly clergyman of Cambridge, Rev. Alex
ander Mckenzie. He is a preacher Of
thoughtful practical sermons of evan
gelical character volume of his Sc
| lected sermons has. just appeared from
the press of Houghton, Miff1:n G. Co. of
Boston; and they are well worth careful
reading by ali. In these sixteen essays
much that deals with our contemporary
life, our history and the problems of the
American future is found. The book is
dedicated to Kenneth and Margaret,
children Of the author, of whom there is
a fine full-page frontispiece portrait
For sale by Putnam, Davis & Co.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, arch
deacon of Pennsylvania, has added a
readable volume to the growing library
of worthy novels dealing with American
history. His book, For Love of Coun-
try" is a story of land and sea In the
days of the revolution. There is a we'll
sustained romance amid a narrative
which deals vividly with some famous
events and men, including the father Of
his country--W asF1.ngton. The hero and
heroine are Virginians. Published by
Charles Srribner's Sons, New York For
sale by Putnam. Davis & Co.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, announce
for the spring and early summer, ME
rlnoirs Of James Kent, Ill, D." late
chancellor of the state Of New York,
author of Commentaries on American
Law" by his great-grandSon, William
Kent Of the New York bar; Soule's
Dictionary of English Synonymes and
Synonymous or Parallel Expressions,
edited by Prof. George H. Howison; a
popular edition of the great historical
romance by Hennyk SienkiewIcz, with
Fire and Sword; a new and powerful
romance of Palestine, entitled "Hassan.
a Fellah," by Henry Gilman, whose long
residence in Palestine has given him un-
usual advantages for seeing and know
ing the people and the country
The edition de luxe and Champlain
edition of the works of Francis Park
man, each in twenty volumes, will be
completed in March; and the publication
of a new edition of the romanees of
Alexander Dumas, 'The D'Artagnan
Edition. in fifty volumes, with more
than one hundred and fifty plates, will
be begun in April.
They will issue, in conjunction with
Messrs, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,
London, an important publication en-
titled "All the Worlds Fighting Ships"
by r. c. Jane, illustrated with portrait