New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-14

ssssotto's strength and greatness as an arIisl
rTere the inseparable outcome Of religious ear
restness Of purpose. which. If inessentlai 10 art
in the abstract must be taken as the starring
point in the estimation of art such as his we
are glad that he looks at the subject in this way
sor the tendency OF the followers OF Morelh mas
hesn 20 discourage the treatment in art history
pf everything not strictly technical. The point
of view from which the present volume has been
written is so sound and the authors critical de-
scr1ptions Of the paintings so sympathetic and
no accurate that we doubly regret his failure 10
make a full and luminous summary OF Giottos
Qualities The illustrations are the usual good
halffones from photographs.
For about twenty years the question Of NOV
Ing the Marciana Library In Venice from the
DtcaI Palace to some safer and more convenient
building has been frequently discussed py the
city authorities. The fall Of the Campanile was
such g. severe lesson on the importance OF setuhs
things in order that the transportation OF the
library was effectively taken in hand. and the
PaIazzo della zecca was selected as the perna-
nent home for the precious books and manu-
scripts accumulated by Cardinal Bessarion and
pther historic bibliophies In the course OF q
long letter to 1.-THE Academy" Nine. Aethea
wfel thus speaks of the Hbraryss new home:
This house, in which the ducats of the 'serenis.
sima" once coined, and where the cell OF
aow-is sun seen. is spoken of at the end Of the
sixteenth century BY or the o
ity and compaotness OF Its eonstruction ot hae
below aa web he Of tha Is ro
hs s an a r acy 20 aane ire
there is no place whatever that can be compared
This old place. destined once for so different a
library The ample courtyard in the centre has
been covered In with glass roof; forming now
Ventilated. sheltered and yarn. ana capable Of
set apart for the study Of manuscripts others for
general and Venetian works of reference; others
handsomely. The bulk of the library is housed in
0s a IS on snege IN bookcases ana scat
most approved fashion. The catalogues are kept
on the ground floor. and are easily accessible to
The difference between the former site and the
present one is untold. In the Doge's Palace the
drawbacks were endless The books had be
them the Strange remote corners In Which
They were buried 5 made Il puzzle how any volume
srcate Labyrinth which constituted one of the I'm
to wait Tor an hoHr and eTen oee sa
sionally to return the Following day while the si
den passages and recesses for the needed volume
II the bucs place ths shr risk e00 Of n Re
GO E ay &c., and TG 2Ishe Of
out with such method organization that not one
mpn,bet was r MISSING and at the beginning Of
eompefe worne s ordep open The he 1n merit Pu 81
head Of Is esg cue to DR. Morprrg9 the able
ton and intelligence have at last been crowned
with success
The Macmillan Company has begun the pub
1lcatior of Illustrated pocket editions of Thack-
cray and Dickens. on India paper In the first
we have received VANITY Fair and ~penden-
MIS- and in the second 'Pfclwick" and OLIVER
I~lst IN both cases we given reprints Of
the nrst editions. with all OF the original illus
Fratons and facsiniles Of the wrappers en-
deared 60 the readers who read the masterpieces
OF The TWO great Victorian novelists they issued
from the press These pocket volumes are ad-
fnirably printed The paper, though thin enough
70 permit the compression OF a book like Pen
Dennis into true pocket volume, is almost
Opaque. SO that the Typography one side of
the page IN wise interferes with the COM
Portable reading of the other side The Thacke-
ray is bound In blue cloth covers of q tasteful
dexgn; the Dickens follows the same design.
but is bound IN green Both editions are
available IN limp leather as well as In cloth
There are no introductions, a fact which we oh
serve with appreciation. In short these ed-
lions are to be received with cordialitv into the
ever growing company of Thackeray and Dick
enc reprints.
In the thin volume Of Poems G,ondon. Sid
ney Appleton), which julien Gordon Nfrs Van
Rensselaer Cruger) has Just brought out a note
Of poignant human feeling is struck with skill
The author Of these lines has thought and emo
ton. II her spirit is quick TO rebel against
human fate, it is not slow to grasp the lesson
which reflection well experience is bound
20 teach The Joy OF passion and the Joy of
resignation both make themselves felt in verses
TO which deftness has given a final touch of
balance Mrs Cruger is graceful in her use of
French forms; she discloses admirable resources
OF sympathy IN poems like "A Suicide; and
everywhere she makes feel her kinship with
the grown men and women for whom life has g
serious meaning. Also she is apt at descrtp-
zion. witness the cIeveriy pictorial sonnet
called IN the Cascine." But, seeking to quote
her IN her most characteristic vein find our
eelves selecting this piece:
ANTEROS.
Thou art my creature my slave and my toy
Ffaythfns OF pleasure and pastrne Of JOY,
1ncarnsts desire swoons drunk the LIP
OF the lover who dares of thy honey 10 sip
an thy nlsster-tale whip in my hand,
lenient Tomorrow to-day command
have tanned thy wild heart-beats to trembe and
thrill
~ the breath Of my word, at the pulse OF my Will
60eesto1s proud arrogance beats IN my veins
kDVVe ardent night flower grows pallid and wanes