New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-19

own 70 3 grand ethical EXPERIMENT., ana trOSteo
implicitly to the light OF his own mind. and 10
the warmth OF his own impulses
Among their notes the editors print two criti-
cisrns from The Edinburgh Review" one on
Leigh Hunts "Rimini'' and the other on Cole
ridges ''Christabel." which are not known to
have been written by Hazlitt. but which 1t Is
reasonable TO attribute TO him The fronts
piece is a fine reproduction Of the portrait OF
Margaret Haztt by John Hazlitt-
Martinus Nijhoff. the Dutch publisher. who
has an Office in New-York. announces an edition
Of the .'Breviario Grimani.'' in the Library of
San Marco in Venice. The famous manuscript
contains three hundred miniatures, and is also
enriched with elaborate borders. The edition
now in course Of publication is really a fac
smile OF the original work. the miniatures be-
ing reproduced in colors. II is to be published
i'm twelve parts under the editorship Of DR.. S.
G. De vries. Librarian Of the University Library
at Leyden. Only six hundred copies are offered.
one hundred Of these being assigned to the
United States and Canada The Queen Of the
Netherlands heads the list Of subscribers
The Macmillan Company publishes timely
new edition Of THE Mastery of the Pacific" by
Mr.. Archibald r. Colquhoun. The book is
serviceable contribution TO subject of very
great interest. Traversing the policy Of the
United States in the Pacific. with special refer
ence TO the Philippines il follows next the Sig
nifcance Of Great Britain in the same waters.
treats Of the Dutch in Java Of the Japanese at
home and as colonists. and Of the Pacific rela-
tions OF Germany. France. Russia and China
Mr.. Colquhoun is OF the opinion that the United
States viii be the dominant factor IN the mas
terry Of the Pacific she has all the advan-
tages qualifications. and some of the ambitions
necessary for the role he says, and her I'M
rivalled resources and fast increasing population
provide the material for future greatness" He
believes however. that we are ernbarling on a
phase IN our career. and are assuming
risks and responsibilities which demand certain
sacrifices and a remodelling of many Of our
most hidebound conventions" The book IS
well illustrated with half tones from photo
graphs and is supplied with a good index.
Mr. Max Beerbohm believes that he is the
only caricaturist I'm England. where he says,
caricature must remain exotic owing to the
lack Of a proper sense OF the art in the cold
Northern races" II is not that the British are
too sensitive. he thinks. but that they are too
snug Caricature. he said to a reporter from
THE Pail Mall Gazette the other day, cannot
be taught. 1T is like badness. q gift of words
and other human Affections: it comes. It is
kink in the constitution. a warp of the mind"
as caricaturist II you have it. The two arts
are incompatible Accurate drawing is a ne
cation Of caricaturing." MI Beerbohm COM
plains that most so-caled caricatures to-day are
really humorous portraits Properly" he adds,
"a caricature is merely a humorous fantasy
which endeavors 70 at once depict mans sa-
lient features and suggest his character. It
does that by means Of exaggeration. and makes
no pretence Of being actual portraiture. It IS
because We have not the sense OF caricature in
England that people will consider that the carl
caturist puts forward his work q portrait
The two ideas are contradictory. A good por-
trait can be obtained by mechanical means. but
a good caricature is pure art" This view Of the
matter is plausible enough, and Mr.. Beerbohm
has certainly illustrated It very cleverly in his
own work But from the drawings OF masters
like Daulnier and Gavarni examples might be
drawn both for and against his hypothesis. In
fact 1t is dangerous to dogmatize about the art
Of caricature.