New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21

whole darkens counsel through env-rUpnng ROOM
In cloud Of incense II Is to be read with great
care. therefore, and quite much for the frae-
ments Of Robins talk which quoted for
the authors own observations. The Hlustra-
tons are halftones from photographs. with ths
exception OF the frontispiece which Is fns
photogravure after the Eternal Spring" one OF
the sculptors most beautiful works
The Scribners have Just brought out a new
edition Of Mr.. w. c. BrowneIPs French Art.
Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpt-
ure.- 1t has been enlarged to include the
chapter written for the illustrated edition OF
1901, in which the critic says the best that is to
be said for Rodin. This terminal essay makes
for argument" but that it provokes dissent does
not in the least detract from the charm and
value of the book as a whole Mr.. Browneu is
an unprecedented and luminous critic He has
got under the skin of French art. and his con-
illusions so many touchstones for the
student to use to excellent purpose IN his ex-
plorations of the subject.
From the MacmiIlans comes new. revised
edition Of Lorenzo Lotto the book in which
Mr.. Bernhard Berenson has done more than in
any other Of his publications. save his monu-
mental "FlOrentine Drawings" to justify that
mode Of art criticism which he has developed
from earnest study OF the principles OF MorellL
1t is a searching piece of work, in which the
artistic individuality of Lotto is wildly realized
for US. and his paintings are so organized into
a kind of procession that it would be difficult
for the attentive reader to go wrong as to the
character and place OF any one of them Perhaps
the pigeonhoIing impulse of the modern scien-
tifc critic is allowed to play little too freely
through these pages. but the apt student win
EnO Uha tn ma ke al fOr no
The Illustrations are numerous, and are well re-
produced in halftone from photographs.
The Macmillans also publish under the title
Of "Cruikshank's Water Colours" volume
producing. with the necessary text. the cele-
brated draughtsman's designs for oliver
Twist" Harrison Ainsworth's tale OF The
Miser's Daughter and MaxwelPs Irish Rebel
lion" Mr. Joseph Gregg supplies long intro
duction, containing facts welcome to the stu
dent but the main point to be recorded about
this volume is that the coIored reproductions in
It really do justice to the originals. and help.
therefore. to shed light where light is needed
Cruikshank is one of the most grossly Overrated
figures in the history of illustration. His
dramatic power, his moral energy and his fe-
cundity-to say nothing of his good luck in hav-
ing the first chance at the Illustration of many
a classic-have all combined to make his works
attractive to the collector. In the hubbub of the
auction room Jhe Iact that ne utterly lacked dlS-
tinction Of style has been continually overlooked
But it has been easy, on the other hand. for ad-
verse criticism of his art to be carried to ex-
tremes. and it is good to be reminded by Mr.
Grego's volume that II Cruikshank was not =
great artist neither he contemplate, he
did some of his cleverest work when he made
these water coors, some of the cleverest in tech
nique we'll as in dramatic point
fourth artistic reprint which It is a pleasure
to announce, is the one Of "A History Of An
cient Sculpture by Lucy NJ Mitchell. which
Dodd. Mead & Co. have brought out In sub
stantiaI form This is sterling work which ES
are glad to have in 4 new edition