New-York tribune., 1902-08-26
LITERARY NOTES.

,urnber of books about azf and artists that ai { {
ne,ng nut forth. There are several series
hooks already under way, many
have mounted up TO many VoIunes iA 0'-
her and are still going on SeVerai hloie aie
nrojected and are either just peglhlllhs VI az
20 be begun this year These are ior tne 'Ho''
-ar+ -a+ber popular treatises. intended to give
the general public understanding and aPPIe-
teton IF the work of different artists OF Vari-
ors neriods. They vary. naturally, in the degree
Of popularity" in which they are written ana
IN the standard Of authority they possess. but
,be3r MULTIPLICATION and the success that LEADS
IN il is a striking indication of the growth OF
interest in and among a large class Peopie
throughout the country. OF quite olieleh'
class are the elaborate special monographs py
snecialists describing either the life and WORK
Of some particular artist, from highly crluca
and technical point of view. often works OF orig
inal research and employing all the elaborate
ennaratus Of a highly developed critical and his
,o-icaI method: or devoted 10 eNpounding the
merits of one or another Of the great private
~ nutlic collections Of pictures These are usu-
ally lavishly illustrated with sumptuous plates.
renroduced By the most expensive processes
and are often published in very limited editions
Their cost makes them necessarily luxury ~
be INDUCED in only by the wealthy ana py the
larger libraries: but the increasing frequency
with which they brought out is hghly
gratifying proof of the number OF wealthy peo-
ple in this country who are actively interested
not only in the collection of pictures. but in the
accurate knowledge of them and the artistic
influences they represent. They are necessary
and natural result Of that great movement OF
pctures by the greatest masters. old and new
toward these shores from Europe that has SO
alarmed European connoisseurs and collectors
and that has caused them TO hewa1l the zeal OF
the wealthy Americans in despoiling their lands
of the best pictures that come into the market
q lover of Goldsmith thinks he has one" on
Mr. Edwin a. Abbey. who is contributing to
.Iarper's Magazine a series Of illustrations OF
1.-THE Deserted Village In the July number
Mr.. Abbey takes as the subject of one OF his
drawings the line
There the pale artist plies the sckly trade
and has represented a somewhat seedy painter
at work on an easel in a somewhat sparseiS
furnished studio. Now. according TO TINS Golo-
smith lover this denotes complete misunder-
standing of the line. The artist" referred TO-
he thinks is not artist in the present DAY
eensa At all but he believes that the word is
used IN q now obsolete meaning Of artisan, by
a poetic license. This view seems TO be sup
ported by the context. which draws con-
trast between the joys the sons Of pleasure
know and the ten thousand baleful arts COM
hined 10 hamper luxury and TO thin mankind.
as is 10 be observed in the city In illustrating
this contrast the poet would scarcely seIecI
painter as a type Of penury, % the Iello"
creatures woe from which extorted those
joys the sons Of pleasure know; nor would ne
be likely 10 speak Of art as a ''sickiy tTaQe. IN
s,,ch q connection and TO emphasize such d.
vergence In the lot OF men. On the contrary
he would be almost certain TO draw attention
nd male artisan, whose
s.trade, really a trade is frequently inlmical
tn health and hence 'sicky." as opposed to the
..co,,rtier" who ''gltters in brocade / am
afraid Mr.. Abbey slipped up on this line" saio
the critic referred TO. when he drew MS pct
ure He was just reading through the poern'
when the line struck him as offering goou
chance TO show picturesque and NEEDY painter
Of the Georgian period at work A nttle lhousnt
and ? reference to the dictionary would have
shown him that Goldsmith was not thinking OF
an artiste peintre' at all"
The Tut,lic interest in The Tirginian' shows
a remarkable increase and Mr.. Wister's brill
liant story has gone into its seventy-ffth thou
sand within six weeks Of its publication The
Macrlillans say they are receiving orders for 1t
at the rate Of a thousand a day. and on one day
recently for four thousand
J. a
much photographing of live animals in their
native haunts is an Englshman, a grand
nephew Of Lord Brougham. who has had
varied experience. He educated in Guern-
sey and in Smyrna, and is by profession a
painter Of animals, having studied art at
Naples. But the fascination and excitement of
catching them in the camera have taken firm hold
of him--'the kind Of sport" President Roose-
velt mighty hunter OF the other kind though he
---,a t,fry yaaor- aor
skill patience, resolution and knowledge of the
life history of the animal sought In 1890 he
came 10 this country. and, travelling extensive
ly made studies OF all sorts and descriptions of
native wild animals. aiding his own observation
with the camera. Then he contributed
Der Of Photographic illustrations 70 books
various aspects of wild life. Some of his most
remarkable work has been done in photograph
ing live fish of various kinds in the for
David Starr Jordan and Barton w. Evermann's
book on American Food and Game Fishes"
For many of these photographs he went to the
West Indies and worked in the water behind
glass dam He has also been at work lately on
some paintings in oil and many photographs for
a forthcoming book on American Mammals"
And he has written a book Of his own,
called Mature and the Camera in which he
viii doubtless have many interesting suggestions
for out of door photographers on the art Of
photographing the impossible.
Of the great Victorian County History Of Eng
land" which the buttons publishing in this
country seven volumes have now been issued.
being the first volumes OF the sets devoted 10
Hampshire, Worcester, Hertford. Northampton.
Norfolk Cumberland and Surrey. They
pected TO appear the rate Of about ten
year, and some Of those TO be issued this
son viii he second volumes. 1t is said that
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