New-York tribune., 1905-12-13
MISCELLANY.


book Of great interest to art students has
just been announced in London. 1t has been
prepared by Miss Symonds who, under the pen
name Of George PASTOR" has brought out sew
eral volumes based study Of old memoirs. She
calls this new work of hers Social Caricatures
Of the Eighteenth Century, and in it, with the
aid of more than two hundred illustrations, she
attempts to give a really representative view
of her subject. Her plates include reproduc-
uons Of line engravings etchings, mezzotints
stippels and original drawings. The book has
no rival in its field. and we hope there will
be American edition.
The Macmillan Company has just published
the fourth of the ten volumes in which it is
printing the edition de luxe of Mr.. Maurice Hew
let's complete works. This volume is given to
the New Canterbury Tales which is to say
that it contains among divers good things
downright masterpiece. The story Of The Half
Brothers." supposed to be told by Captain Sal
ornon Brazenhead, has the very lifeblood of old
Italy in it. A man who could write the brief
description of Matteo's fight in the dark, with
the corpse Of his father in his care. could do
almost anything in the way of. dramatic fiction
If he gave his mind to it
Speaking of new editions, we have not re-
ceived anything this season more acceptable
than the reprint OF George Borrow's works, pub
Ished by the Putnams In five pocket volumes.
This gives us 'Iavengro." 1.-The Romany Rye,
.sThe Bible in SPAIN" wild Wales" and THE
Zncali," in delightfully."- convenient form,
printed on very thin paper. but nevertheless
printed clearly. With their excellent frontis-
nieces-including a good reproduction OF the
portrait by Pbillips-and their neat flexible COW
ers, these volumes are just what is wanted by
the lover of Borrow who does not care to
carry the library edition with him wherever he
goes.
".F1orentine Palaces and Their Stories" CB. P.
Dutton & Coz is a book by Janet Ross
which, for its system and for the entertaining
character of its pages. may be cordially COM
n7ended to the traveller in Italy. 1t takes the
palaces in alphabetical order, giving the street
number of each The author has Que
sense of architectural beauty, but she is also
aware of the fact that most people, II they are
interested in a given palace at ALL are inter-
eeted I'm It because of its historical assoclatlonS
Accordingly each of Mrs. Rosss little chaplerS
is hacked with anecdote, OF with such nlograph-
ica1 lore as from it's picturesque nature is al
most as effective though it were matter OF
o,,erce instead Of being matter of fact In
18th +he facts of these fine old buildings are
constantly but the stuff of romance we open
the hook at random and come upon Ile s'olS
Of IoaIazzo Buondelmonti. In one OF ltS PHASES
- &; +be same story that Mr.. Hewlett was re-
+a1,inq only the other day in one OF MS ceVer
t1ends of Imagination and history. the nooh Is
o,riched with many illustrations from pen dra"
SO bv Adelaide march,, drawings more vel
ne =, +beir straightforward clarity than are
80, of the far more ambitious pieces OF color
,;nt turn I'D in the modern book of travel
1ror, Mr.. JACQUES Reich we have recently re-
- +n,o NJ his new etchings, one a plate from
.ta peaIe portrait Of John Paul Jones' and the
ot,,o, a nortrait Of the late President Mchinley'
rrbA first of these is for accuracy IN oetaH ana
for broad artistic quality the best reproduction VI
paa1e's work that we have seen Tie elciier mas
followed his original with minute care ana mas
Of the same time handled his plate Win 'ieAi-
+tIitv and that feeling for color which the Iepio
duotive artist needs as much as the painter
,,eeds it, In executing the portrait OF MI NuC r
-I,Io,. Mr.. Reich necessarily worked in diff
Int snirit, and the result has not the PIC
+oral charm which attaches TO the John Paul
-, E,t # is a sincere and adequate piece
of portraiture
.4,,or new print comes to from Mr.
o.. wolf who has made wood engraving
=. 1,Tb;st1ars famous portrait Of his mother
MI, &C. an altogether charming Interpretation
- tho masterpiece in the Luxembourg. Inc
,,tiect is of course, one of extraordinary diff1-
o,,It,, for the engraver. since its beauty is the
,oa,,+,- NJ subtle tone. Mr. Wolf has won sue
- ~, manipulating every passage in the Won
- harmony with instructive delicacy, soft
- a,5 precision. He registers the lines OF
,,o,,,roeition with perfect fidelity, develops
-, rar+s with the same skill. and leaves
-. hIocl, when all is said, as rich unity or
,Io,l- ond white as though he had himself in
ia the tonal scheme involved in It. We
80 aIoa that he has produced this engraving on
.,eda.+ scale. It is not so large but that 1t is
..a.s;nIa +o the collector whose means are lin
a. ond n is not so small las to detract from the
s,,rnit1, ~ yvhistIer's most dignihed perform
20 We may note, by the way. that there has
recent1v been published in Ia Revue Alsacienne
I,,,,strka" an appreciative essay on Mr.. VOLTS
,,orl, hv Adolph seyboth with numerous illus
,,a.tons printed from some of the best Of the
s,,.rro,er,s blocks Text and illustrations have
Saer, renrinted at strasbourg. where the maga-
-,,,o &c published, in separate pamphlet form
ro the current number Of "Biackwood's
,-N.,,,,e 4. Mr.. Alfred Noyes contributes sheaf
-ASs9 to the Madonna HE airo tS