New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
POETRY.
Gala Editions Of Famous U1Iters.

Gaia EdafiOnS OF Fdm0HS UfUefs.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE 4 Poem Written sn
by Oliver Goldsmith and ILLUSTRATED % by levin
{ B a9SeS IT. A. octave P'' AN'''' - ''S' 30
IDYLLS OF THE KING. BY Alfred Tennyson:
from origina Designs by GGstave Dore In two
volumes limo, PIP III, 10; tx. lSe- G. P. Put
mans Sons
sONNETs FROM THE PORTUGUESE BY Eliza
Margaret Armstrong. limo PIP SIS. G. P. Put
an accompaniment of decorative drawings by
GeoTge Wharton Edwards I and an ln9T s ee
Macmillan Company
THE INGotDsRL LEGEN S9ss Or r,, 4r'h 1 nna
trsted by Herbert cole octave. PIP Xxx. $40.
John Lane
POEMS, BY Percy Bysshs Shelley Iptrod Estan1
by Walter Raleigh. Illustrations by Robert
Aiming Bell Octave. PIP. xxi, 5S4 John Lane
THIS IS FOR YOU Love Poems Of y5- the san e,
ISS. Fleming H. ReveT Company
A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY. Being
Compilation of Witty. Facetlous and Satlrlcal
Verse. Selected from the Writing Of British
renee Knowles Illustrated Emo. PIP xiv, 4o7.
Boston: Dana Estes & Co.
It is long since We have had a book Of pct-
ures drawn by Nj. E. A Abbey. His edition
of The Deserted Village was worth waiting
for. For English poetry he has always had a
peculiar sympathy. and in this work of Gold
smiths he seems 70 have found exactly the ma
teriaI with which he with his art IS in harmony.
The lines are rich in suggestion. They afford
opportunity for Illustrations Of the most PAS
toral character. and again for others filed with
the ponp and circumstance OF urban life. In
whatever key Mr.. Abbey works the results are
felicitous- The lovely landscape with figures
which opens the book. and the sketch of rustics
in an old fashioned garden, with beehives housed
beneath g. tree. are not more charming than Is
the scene drawn for the midnight masquerade"
On the strictly technical side the series of Illus
trations is uneven. One or two of the drawings
lack color and force and the sketch Of the
pale artist is almost feeble But. on the whole.
the execution keeps pace with the conception
which is always happy. With Mr.. Dobson's in
teresting Introduction. and with its binding OF
refined design and brilliant color, this is gift
book to be cordially commended
The pictures made by Gustave Dore many
years ago for the 'IdyIls of the King are not
very Tennysonian- The facile Frenchman, for
all his imaginative power lacked the requisite
feeling for the Interpretation OF that delicate
atmosphere of romance in which the poetry is
drenched. But if he could not capture the finer
spirit of Tennyson's lines he could. at all events,
extract from them all the pcturesqueness that
of their own They have been reproduced in
fine photogravures for the new two volume edi-
ton artfstically printed and bound in covers of
white and gold and leave a very pleasant i'm
preston
Mrs Browning's ''Sonnets from the Portu-
guese" we find very prettily set forth in a white
and gold clothed volume, decorated in colors
by Miss Margaret Armstrong. Each sonnet,
printed in brown ink has page to itself, and
is faced with a floral design, conventional. yet
freely drawn. and delicate in color There is
a charming title page. and the fronuspiece
shows a design well invented and drawn. and
most artistically colored
The Book of Old English Ballads" illustrated
by Mr. Edwards, was first published six years
ago. The new edition is welcome Some stir
ring poetry is collected here, Mr. Edwards is
clever designer and a bold draughtsman ara
Mr. Mabies introduction is a readable little
essay The richly decorated cover is hand
some one and the book altogether makes a cred
liable appearance
The Ingoldsby Legends classic Whlcn we
rejoice to see again and again reprinted. we
,a1,a This wear in q handsome octave. with illus
+rations by Herbert Cole. This artist is re-
eourceful he has a fluent style, and MS nuller-
ous nictures really fit the text. Good paper ana
TYNE have been used and the binding is cheer
f,,I in red and gold Mr. Lane, the puohsher OF
mis- book also brings out new EDITION OF smell
lev embodyfng ample selection from MS
l The volume entitled simply Poems, is
in the .F2ndymion" series. and has the qualities
=. te exaected in a publication so designated
A luxurious paper. light in weight and with uh-
,,+ adpes contributes at once to the beauty
- tho volume which is illustrated with deco
ro+iya designs by Robert Aiming Bell Inc
,,r,,s,,aIIv good introduction is by Professor
raleigh. Artistic end papers and buff cover
..aronAd in green and gold, complete very
.o+isfac,orv Christmas edition
.,rbis Is for YOU is an anthology OF love
,s interesting. not so much because it con-
.ir,s some old favorites because the editor
,as made some good selections from poets not
generally known The decorations are effective
li,+la designs in black and white, placed at the
and of some of the poems. Good pressWork.
10. baan Iavished upon the volume, which has
am attractive cover
Mr. Knowles Treasury OF humorous Fo-
.etr,,,, is g vorkmanlike anthology, showing Wioe
reading and discriminating taste Ii Is mconl-
rla+a Of course: every anthology is incomplete
r+ +bie editor seems to us TO have done his
,,ort with uncommon industry and tact de
,,as ,,ade moreover a dignifed little book, Win