New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-23
METZ PUBLICATIONS.
Some of the Offerings of the Hoh-
dan Season.


drawings which this popular illustrator mas
sssued II contains one series Of cartoons ceoi-
Gated TO a special type. Mr. Tagg puI TIE ie'
are OF a miscellaneous character satflzlns Tue
dsrneanor and the foibles OF all manner OF AiiIsi
leans The Tagg sketches are among lile Us
Nr Gibson has ever made, both IN huIhoF anu -
stxie The adventures Of this droll type OF snoo-
bish stupidity are set forth with capita' p''-l''
and something Of the artists spirit In the spun
.a.eous invention OF pgquant episodes has passe1
into his technique so that the series possesse9'
merely as work IN black and white a4'iii"1'0
swing Mr.. Gibson has not always SHOWN 'He
skill in characterization that he SHOWS ~ Ills
production He is getting away, we are s'@o -
see from The formulse which had tnrea'eiie" ~
MAKE his figures, especially those OF young me-"
end Young women in fashionable life, an utter
bore He is growing now IL heXipllity' anu ''ie
present volume is superior TO its predecessors III
mat Il IS more varied IN substance and IN exc
c,,tion. We may add that many OF these soou
hundred filings at certain phases Of American nc
are as true as they are funny me eaIlooI's
are published. as usual. in attractive form. Inc
pages OF this oblong quarto are OF gooo eaieli-
6ered paper. and the thick cover with us VIM
linen back and sides Of veIlum paper beaIs III
addition TO the title a fac-simile OF d sAe'o- -
aIr Gibson Of a pretty girls PRONE
The Fob,s-M Merrill Company publishes uhoer
the title Of Folly for the Wise colleclloh %
snrsgttly rhymes By Miss Carolyn Nehs' WIZ
illustrations by Oliver Herford and oile'S- Inc
author is deft at turning TO comlca! uses NAMES
which only need little manipulation III oIuei ~
sBen things very different from the things lhey
describe when left TO themselves. SO TO say.
Tins tha thought OF q necktie suggests 10 Miss
wells TIE following lines
A Neck-Tfger who lived in a drawer
said Ny limited scope oepiote'
But VIII not deInur,
To T8a in The Jungle and roar"
Accompanying this is a pen sketch Of a fear
some beast looking ike a tiger, but also looking
Ike q uecktie Picture and text together in ms
and In other instances win the smile that Is
granted 10 clever fonliug. There are some jokes
in the book which are not made in rhyme, Here
IS a page Of them:
STAGE WHISPERS
Deadheads tell no tales.
stars sre stubborn things
AIS rot bold that filters
c-,ntrsets max, towards all
one good turn deserves an encore
A little actress is dangerous thing
rs long skirt that has no turning
stars rush in where angels fear 70 tIes4H.
manager is known by the company he KEEPS cps.
plot IS not without a'.@T 5 f songs Viii lake
care Of themselves.
British Water-Colour Arr CThe Macmillan
Cor,rany, bv Marcus B. Hush. is a souvenir Of
an historic occasion and has an extra-artistic
significance It consists Of reproductions III
color Of the drawings dedicated by members
Ct the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Coi-
ours TO King Edward and queen Alexandra at
the time Of the coronation Of their majestles
Fifty-nine paintings were produced for the pur-
rose These with the few that have been ADDED
IN the present volume. give on The whole q
good idea of what is being done in the medium
So that not ever
English water-oolorist Of ability is represented
Mr. J. NJ. Swan, for example. is missing, and
he can 81 be spared. But Mr.. Swans briance
IS a phenomenon by Itself The designs in the
volume before US are more characteristic than
anything Of his would L. Of the style which IS
followed, broadly speaking. by most Of his coun-
1ryrer working FL water-color. Spontaneity is
got their salient merit The school practices
more often rhau not a rather painstakng
method. seeking solid rather than sparkling ef-
fects in color, ana careful rather than brilliant
draughtsmanship. There are no pyrotechnics
IN this volume such as you would find in a col
. lection Of Spanish water-colorists, for example
beginning with Fortuny. on the other hand
there are many engaging subjects, delineated
( with kind OF suave charm The "Beeches" Of
Helen AlI1uEham, the figure piece by Alma-Ta-
dema called A Crown" and more other com
positions than, in fact. we have space TO emu
Uefaie, turn TINS book INTO very attractive
little picture gallery. Mr.. Hush gives IN his
text terse but sufficiently comprehensive &C
count Of water-color painting in England, and
supplies notes on the artists represented The
color printing is good and the volume has a
handsome holiday cover.
From Frederick Warne 4 Co We have re-
ceived two more volumes IN 'Newness Art
Library the series in which We have already
noticed publications devoted TO BotticelU Velas-
ouez and other old masters. One of these new
issues is given 10 Raphael, and contains among
its sixty-four fun page halftones reprod sections
well illustrating the range Of that painter His
early and his late Madonras included. Two
OF the cartoons at South Kensington are repro
oUced and, Of course, the frescos IN the Vatican
are freely drawn upon. We note with especial
satisfaction that a specimen is given Of the in
Along with some OF the Cupid and PSYCHE deco
rations IN the villa Farnesina we have the su-
perb Sibyls of Santa Maria della Pace and
finally. Raphaels work IN portraiture is shown.
Mr.. Edgcumbe Staley supplies brief predatory
account Of the master, and list of his works
IS given. The second volume is filed with a
selection Of COnstable's sketches in oil and
most interesting fruits Of his genius Two of
these are reproduced in colors. Sir J. D. Lin
ton writes the biogra phcaI note and touches
also upon Constable's art IN these volumes
the halftores are ample IN scale and are well