New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-12

discursively Of places and people, his nlustra-
ions consisting of views Of buildings new and
DID, and portraits of writer's dead and living. The
book contains much valuable information. and
this Is pleasantly put together. A work IN
which houses more imposing than those pict-
uFed by Mr.. Hemstreet appears is the stout
quarto entitled Stately Homes in America
from Colonial Times 10 the Present Day" Cd
Appleton * Coz. by Harry W. Desmond and
herbert Croly. The text in this is written with
more seriousness and judgment than we ex-
pect as a rule in publications of this sort. yet
II Is for its pictures that it is most likely 10
De welcomed These Illustrations scattered
pfofusely through the book, are good half tones
Tom photographs OF many OF the most lux
urious mansions in the United States Though
Z number Of old Colonial houses are reproduced
most or the illustrat ons are from recent exam
pies or American architecture These show that
our designers have travelled far from the sim
Phclty Of Colonial days. The typical building
SHOWN in these pages. whether it be in the city
VI IN the country, is in scale and in magnta-
cence only to be compared with the chateau of
rance or the great manor house of England
Two books Of what we may call pictorial
ohakespeartana are to be noted among the
| HoiIday publications. 'Shakespeare's Home
idHo CE P. Dutton Coz is a handsome
octave by W. Salt Brassington. 1t is a collection
OF typographical impressions to which the au-
| Inor has given deeper interest by paying full
attention to all the Shakespearian associations
"hlch he has been able to trace. He has gone
some distance aheld on his search, and wherever
| ne has gone he has had opposite sketches made
| oy Mr.. H. J. Howard and Mr.. Sidney Heath |
sketches which charmingly embellish his we'll
written chapters. This book will serve the pur-
pose as a guide, and it is worth reading in the
library. The Shakespeare Country Illustrated" |
Imported by Charles Scribner's Sons), by John |
| Leyland, appears in the Country Life Lii |
brary. The text embodes a great deal Of use |
fuI data, and at the back Of the book are added |
some similarly welcome notes on the scenes in /
england associated with the families of George /
Washington and Benjamin Franklin. But IN |
this thin quarto the picture is the thing The |
book is crowded with illustrations superb half |
tones from photographs Of wonderful clearness |
1t is perfect pictorial souvenir Of the historic
neighhorhood with which it is concerned. A |
volume lacking illustrations. but none the less |
to he cordially commended to the tourist, and |
for that matter. to the reader at home is THE
Book Of italian Travel &c. P. Dutton & Col |
| by NJ. II. Neville Vaughan. This is an IN |
usually intelligent piece Of compilation. Made
largely of extracts from the writings Of famous
! travellers beginning with those Of the six
teenth century and coming down to authors
Of our own time. like symonds. Henry James |
and HoweIls, it has been put together with a
view to showing moreover. how enthusiasm for
Italian travel was gradually developed and what
1t has implied in European culture. By care
full arrangement of his judiciousy selected frag-
ments, and by Introductory and other notes
placed always just where they belong the ed
itor has given unity TO his scheme. It is Of
course, book to dip into, but the reader who
cares for Italy might do worse than to go
through this volume steadily from beginning
| to end Mr.. Vaughan has carried out an orig
| inal idea with all possible success. His volume
is well printed and is wisely bound in limp
covers.
| After Mr.. Maugham's anthology of quotations
from classics Of travel come stiu more Of those
reprints Of individual authors which flow past
US in an apparently never ending stream. Only
| the other day we noticed some seven or eight
volumes in the series devoted by the Appletons
TO new editions of those books dating from the
first half Of the nineteenth century. for which
| survivors Of the eighteenth, like Rowlandson
and later draughtsmen like Cruikshank, made
! many Of their famous Illustrations. Since then
! we have received nine more volumes in the same
series Two Of these are given TO The English
Dance Of Death" with Rowlandson's designs in
color. We have more Of the same artists work
in the single volume reprint Of The Second
Tour Of Doctor syntax." The Life of a Sports
man." by Nimrod, with Henry AIken's Illus
trations, occupies one of the Volumes and THE
Analysis of Hunting Field" illustrated by the
same artist. fills another. Two of Harrison
Ainsworth's novels included in the series.
/ THE Tower of London" with Cruikshank's
plates, and Windsor Castle" illustrated bv
CrUikshank and Tony Johannot One Of the
most acceptable of all these reprints is The
Fables Of H1sop." with Bewick's cuts. though
this is hard pressed by the thin volume devoted
TO Blake's Illustrations Of the Book of Job"
AS we have said before the text in these VOL
unes is not always Of great Importance, but the
Illustrations. all given in facsimile of the old
prints or cuts are very desirable indeed since
they are placed, in this form. within the reach
Of a much wider audience than could otherwise
procure them.
The Autobiography Of Leigh Hunt CE1. P.
Dutton & Coz, in the two volumes which have
been newly edited by Mr.. Roger Ingpen makes
an altogether satisfactory appearance. This is
really a handsome library edition OF book that
is classic in its field. The fascinating text, so
packed with evidences Of Hunts literary taste.
so rich in souvenirs of his remarkable circle of
friends, is beautifully printed on thick paper
and scattered through both volumes are por-
traits in fine photographers. Mr.. Ingpen is q
discreet and sympathetic annotator he gathers
/ together some valuable data in his appendices,
and he has compiled a full photography. The
book is bound in old rose boards with vellurn
backs To Mr. Ingpen's photography must be
added The Essays - Leigh Hunt" e. P. Dut-
ton & Coz. in the dainty edition which has just
been brought out in volume edited by Mr.
Arthur Symons This has been charmingIy il
! Illustrated by Mr.. H. N. Brock. The new edi-
ton Of The Pilgrims Progress CTIeming H.
Reveu Company which is offered this year
rests its claim to popularity partly on a good