New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-03

other stream spsT worthy Of Ruysdae or sal
<sfor Rosa known but as me + aLI'1,lh ~
HNeI, sl bz- the greater Of the Comparatively
common little names OF the Iess 5c1gb+fI = Iaodel
3,lIsee but villages fords: bridges are nor 1he
5Tsrents of the element that makes them possi
sGo4 tbev are much rather the godchildren.
~ George d. Smith: the dealer in rare books
manuscripts and prints, has been exhibiting at
No. 80 Newest some Of the items in the VIII
Gam II. Dougherty collection of engravlngs' "Hlch
G. n be sold at the rooms of Davis & Harvey
IN philadelphia, this afternoon and tomorrow
The collection is one of unusual Importance
since It embraces mezzotints and engTaVlhgs III
line and stipple by the masters Of England ana
she Con+ineut Some Of the mezzotints espe-
ciaTIz- rortraits engraved after eighteenth cen
,,,-v PAINTERS. by Valentine Green, S. W. Key
nolds. John Raphael Smith, Charles turner
James Ward and James Watson are superb
Ba-toIozzi is richly represented, the coAecuoi-
Of his works running TO about fifty NUMBERS y
good catalogue of the sale has been conlpiie1
bv Stan. V. Heukels, some Of the plates nelns
given In pbotogravure
The series of Temple Topographies,' pub
lished in London by Dent and issued over mere
nv the buttons, ought to be popular Win traV-
eIlers who have q distaste for the regular sulue
book The volumes are small enough 70 80
easily INTO the pocket. and they are prettly
made. Furthermore, the contributors 10 the
series write IN the vein Of the discurslVe essay
.st rather than that Of the systematic clcerohe.
Thus. Mr. Edmund Il New, in his 'bVeslaIl
o,5 M Areernon GLssing in his Broadway"
not only tell the reader what TO look for that
IS Of interest in both places. but put the facts
IN s1ch attractive literary form that their BOOK
u ,a+s ought to be as acceptable at an American
zrssi5s IS on the very soil which the authors
traverse
DR. Alexander H. Japps Robert LOUIS eIeN-
ensor,, Charles Scribners sons is book OF
some three hundred pages which seems 10 nav
feap written more as a souvenir OF the author
.ir,+s7,ca with Stevenson than as serious
contribution TO the literature Of the subject
I-,,ar,-+bine in II that is really worth "IhIe
might easily have been concentrated IN a prleI
magazine article. Many quotations from oIhel
commentators on the novelist go to SVEN inc
volume. and there is some hitherto unpupllsneo
matter but there is nothing Of consequence 10
be cited At the best we have a bit OF por-
traiture like this:
There Is a faint suggestion Of a hare-brained
troled. after all by good Scotch sense ana sare~G VIC
likes 10 ask questions \ fayorite and character
istic attitude with him was 20 put his loot on
chair or stool, and rest his elbow on ms Knee,
with his chin his hand or TO sit, or, rather, TO
desk one Of his legs swinging freely, and when
anything that tckled him was said he would laugh
ing his cough, which at that time trouble
some. He needed a good deal of nursely at
tentions, hut his invalidism was never obtrusvely
brought before one in any sympathy seeking way
sustaining spirit was evident
Apropos of stevenson's winters at Davos, Dr.
Japp recalls his saying Of Renaissance" Sy-
nnonds, whom he came to know intimately there
that he was far finer and more interesting than
any Of his books" The frontispiece Of this vol
ume is photogravure from the sketch of Ste
venscn made by Sir W. B. Richmond, the one to
which Andrew Lang refers in his Adventures
Among Books" as giving, in his opinion, the
best OF all painted impressions of the romancer.
THE Life OF Cervantes" (John Lane by Mr.
Albert 2, Calvert, IS meritorious essay, making
available IN compact form the information apt
90 be sought by the general reader. Indeed, this
IS Just the popular volume needed at a time
when the tercentenary of Don Quixote" has
doubtless awakened in many quarters a special
interest In tbs great classic Of Spain Mr.. Cal
vert has taken pains TO consult all Of the best
authorities for the facts set forth in his bio
graphical narrative and the latter is TO be com
nlended for its accuracy-as well as for it's
brevity. At the back Of the book there is q
selection from the proverbs embedded in Don
Quixote.~ and this Is followed by useful chrome
logical repertory Of documents relating to the
life OF Ceramics Furthermore, Mr.. Calvert
gives not only q photography, but list OF
bibhographies, and a synopsis Of the editions OF
Don Quixote' IN all languages. Spain leads. Of
course, with 212 editions. Then follows France
with 15S, and England comes next, with 1873
Tho Germans have published only nfty-one edi-
lions Italy and Russia have brought out twenty
each, and the Dutch fifteen. The LIST then
Gv-1nCleE from
one each published IN Rumanian. Croa+ian
Finnish and Turkish. It is interesting IN NOTE
that OF the $50 editions. % date from
the seventeenth century, 1877 from the eighteenth
and $40 from the nineteenth II should be added
that the table is brought down only as far 90
1895 Nj Calvert's illustrations add rnuob -
the value Of his book They include half a dozar
portraits. a number Of highly interesting fac
SMILES OF title pages and specimens of the frus
trations which have been made for Don
QuiXote"
The curious conviction which has come ont Al
the West" that Shakespeare is "a bacl, ,,,,,r,
Der is made naught Of by the steady progress
Of Mr. Sidney Lees life Of the poet. II he's ius,
gone into its fifth edition
Mr. Newholt who has sung with fire Of sailor.
ana the sea- IS making ready for the Nelson
S''iS u tle trafalgar fight, to-
sether WITH an anthology Of Nelson noe,,s
The book win be called The Year Of Trafalesr
admitting that photography is not vet ranked
among the exact sciences. and that its termfn
oiogy Is not satisfactorily settled W. r Prf
deaux says in Notes and Queries:
F1rst-I DO not consider that any da. -
n1eo a walch the Old definitions 40 s,,o an !,
DC Iaflen either sufficient or lie rs-ar1-
, me y Is very desirable that the actual rnees
lleLlS OF book should be given the coIia.9oa-l !,
sheets should be omitted l., Sollaeon j
ancient or OF modern date II for irsta1 .dIHsI 9