New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
A RICH CATALOGUE.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY" AND CAS-.
SELL & co.


The third volume Of the big illustrated cata-
logue The National Gallery edited by Sir Ed
ward J. Poynter, P. r. A. is the salient publi-
cation of CasSen & Co., Limited, for the present
season The work illustrates every picture in
the National Gallery in London The two vol
umes of IL which have already been issued deal
with the Old Masters (FOreign SchOOls). The
third and concluding volume deals with the
British Masters and Modern Schools. A fine
plate paper, specially made for the work. has
been used in the volumes, and the greatest care
has been taken to make the printing in all re-
spectS worthy of the art which il is sought 10
commemorate. The reproductions are so printed
that il is never necessary to turn the book
round IN order to see them, and they are placed
Just Oppos te the entries which describe them so
that reference is without confusion or difficulty.
y second art book is Royal Academy Pictures
for 19UO,' the only complete record of the ex-
hibitiOn at Burlington House, and a third Is
The Magazine of Art bound up for 1860.
Walter Crane has written "FlOra's Feast:
Masque of Flowers" now published in a new
edition, with forty pages of pictures hand
somely reproduced in colOrs. Another book BY
the same author is queen Summer; or, the
Tourney Of the Lily and the Rose" which also
contains rorty pages OF designs "A Course
or Landscape Paintings in Water COlors, oy j.
MacWhirter. r. A. is a book prepared by Mr.
AacWh1rter as an exposition OF his methods OF
study and work. II contains twenty-three col
ored plates Two books Of travel are In the
Ice World OF Himilaya: Among the Peaks ana
Passes Of Ladakh Nubra, Suru and Baltistan.
Dy Fahny buIock workman ana Willlan Hun- %
ter Workman, with three large maps and sky
five photographers and sketches by the authors
and Among the Berbers Of Algeria" by An
thOny Wilkfn- The Cassells also issue Critical
Studies" by Ouida, in which the novelist ex-
presses her opinions concerning various authors
of to-day. "reminiscences OF Oxford by the
Rev W. Tuckwell NJ. A. with sixteen full page
Illustrations is full Of stories about such men as
Max Muller, DR.. Pusey, Or. JOwett. Lewis car
roll, Carc inal Newman, Dr. Arnold and others
People Of a scientific turn of mind are offered
The Story of the Heavens" by Sir Robert
StOwen Ball. with twenty-fOUr cOlored plates
and numerous other illustrations, in a new ana
thoroughly revised edition and "Casselrs CYCLIC
psedia OF Mechanics" by Paul n. Hasluck The
latter contains recipes processes and memo
randa for use in workshops. based on expert
knowledge. II contains also 2GO illustrations
and an index OF $500 items. Casseu & Co. pub
hsh Two timely books, The story OF the Chinese
Crisis, ny Alexis kraUsse, and Half Hours IN
Japan. by the Rev. Herbert Moore. with over
seventy illustrations. For children they pub
hsh sisters Three" by Jessie Mansergh; a
Girl without Ambition" by Isabel Suart ROD
son, with eight Illustrations; "Our Bird Friends
by II. keartOn. with one hundred illustrations
from photographs by Cherry Kearton. and "fne
home or santa Claus" by George A. Best. WIZ
over one hundred illustrations from photographs
oy Arthur Uuyett. Four new books have been
ADDED 70 the 'Menageries'' Series: "AicN
Masses MenaSeries The jungle school
Animal Land for Little People" and Peter
t4teI FsepshOW- The text IN each VoiUihe
Is oy ). Fl Hamer. and the Illustrations are g
natry B. Nelson. Not least among the puo-
nSatons or Cassell & Co. are It's magazines
The Magazine OF Art" s'.rhe Ouiver' Cas-
seus Magazine and "Casselrs Little Folks