New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-18
HOLIDAY REPRINTS.
Nesc and Handsome Editions of
Some Interesting Books.

The reprint used to be merely incident OF
the holiday publishing season. In recent years
Il has acquired great importance. and to-day
many OF the best volumes issued are new edi-
lions OF classics and Of works by authors Of our
own generation which have won public favor.
1t is peculiarly pleasant to greet amongst this
yssr's new editions CastigliOnes Book OF the
Ccurtier" 0Charles Scrfbner's sons in the trans
lation made by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke, OF
which spoke in the warmest terms on It's
first appearance, in luxurious form. something
over a year ago. This famous old book gives
unique picture OF the higher life of the Italian
Renaissance: IL has the value of an authori-
tative study Of manners. and the charm OF a
piece Of literature produced by a distinguished
man. saturated in the culture OF his time MI
opdycke brought sympathy and scholarship TO
the execution Of his task. and American readers
owe him much for this book. We said this when
q was first printed and we reiterate the state
rnent with even the more satisfaction now since
the second edition, though handsomely maze
and delightfully."- illustrated with portraits ana
sacsirfles is produced on a scale and at a cost
placing Il within the reach Of a much WIDER
audience.
In striking contrast TO Mr.. opdycke's stately
ouarto is the edition Of Holbeins Dance OF
meath fScott-Thaw Company. which reaches
ms in a dainty booklet small enough TO De car
rsed IN the pocket. It is printed on Japan vel
hum. in gray boards with a vellum oack- Inc
cuts show TO advantage on the velum. and the
text. in black and red is equally effective Inc
note ny Austin Dobson is prelxed 20 the book
which also contains his Chant Royale" on the
sub.ect From the same publishers come IN
similarly artistic form, but printed on ordinary
naner a pocket reprint OF 'Polonius. the col
lection OF Wise Saws and Modern Instances
made by Omar" FitzGerald and treasured oy
fae lovers Of that man OF letters as a most chdI
scteristic souvenir of his taste. FitzGera4os
..17Ybai,at Of omar Khayyam," the most as
iduo1ysl,, reprinted classic Of its time appears
mis- season in a pretty little vest pocket edition
,ssued l,v G. p. Putnams Sons. Each quatrain
b.s q mare TO itself This masterpiece OF trans
aation IS also printed in the Century Company
charming Thumb Nail Series" most engaging
SET Of books Ia its fine press work and decorative
slammed leather covers To this series there
have likewise been added JOwetts socrates
and C;oldsmith's ''She Stops TO Conquer. Each
volume in this series contains a frontispiece
portrait.
Another artistic series Of miniature volumes
SIS that bearing the general title OF Little
French Masterpieces &C. p. Putnams Sohs)'
edited by Alexander Jessup. II consists VI
.Hanslations by George Durham Ives OF stories
nv six celebrated authors, each volume oelng
introduced by an essay from different hand
Professor Sumchrast writes about Gauuer'
Mr. F. T Marzials about Flaubert: NJ Bruno
.sa-e about Balzac: Miss Grace King about
Nerirnse Mr. Arthur Symons about Maupas-
SAINT. and Professor w. P. Trent about Dauoet
The selections, on the whole, are well maze
We are particularly pleased by the volumes
given TO Flaubert and Merimee, and are glad
30 see that The Horla" is one of the stories
chosen for the Maupassant collection. Inc
-,refa+ory ESSAYS are all interesting A fronts
piece portrait Of each novelist is given in pho-
sogravure. and the books have limp black
covers. tastefully decorated. The series de-
SERVES TO succeed.
The collection of beautiful pocket reprints is
sued by Newnes in London, and imported here
by Charles Scribner's Sons. has lately been ex-
tended by several important volumes. One Of
these contains The Diary OF John Evelyn" In
another we have whitehead's Richard Saw
age" work never hitherto accessible in such
convenient form, and into a third Charles
lambs works have been compressed. wonder
sul and a comforting proof Of what modern
presswork can do. A book beloved Of Charles
Lamb The Cavalier in Exile" is issued amongst
Newness Pocket Classics" and Leigh Hunts
version OF Dante appears in a less luxurious but
still dainty form. Cary's Dante" has been
added TO the Thin Paper list These books
with their gracefully designed end papers and
their limp lambskin covers. are precisely what
pocket volumes should be. The Scribners also
bring out in this country the Edinburgh edition
or India paper Of the works of Carlyle They
have issued thus far the Essays in three vol
urnes and the "Oliver Cromwell" in two. This
edition is well printed and is daintily bound in
the usual limp lambszin. but the frontispiece
portraits are half tones where they ought TO be
photographers. though in that case. perhaps the
edition might not have been inexpensive.
The latest batch Of Temple Classics" pub
lished by Dent of London and the Macmillan
Company. in New-Yorl. embraces two particu-
larly welcome reprints. one, occupying three
volumes Is Of HoWeITs Familiar Letters" the
other is Of Healey's translation Of THE City OF
God" The frontispieces to the st. Augustine
volumes likewise three in number, repro
auctions from old Italian masters. Dean Stubbs
Of Ely has edited FOR the series the ''Verba
Christi" giving the Greek text and the author
tEed version of 1911 facing pages. and the
Venerable Bedes Ecclesiastical History OF the
English Nation completes the group OF Temple
Classics which we have last received. In the
Temple Bible" SERIES published here by the
Lippincotts have -'Ecclesiasticus." THE
Ffrs; and Second Books Of Esdras" '.7<he First
and Second Books Of the Maccabees" and New
Testament Apocryphal Writings" all edited by
scholarly HANDS
SCI Of reprints made along unfamiliar lines
Is that which p. Appleton & co. are maxi
tng with perhaps less regard TO interesting text
than 10 certain illustrated matter not otherwise
available to the reader except at considerable
expense. This series reproduces in small vol
urnes, effectively bound in red linen with paper
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