New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-21
!, o..;z, 70 EngE;sh Books frith Cot
orsd Illustrations

-or or-RED cooks y N -, 80 so
--VGIIsH co., co., IIh-Iry3 tto. pp AAl'' 80
giPs PSinam's sens.
,.,k carries the reader throosh Ons =
ms 80 ~ the bywsys OF ooheos-hs'
the -, An which you may soH'e1i1ies -,
tsrorsA 90 ls-re sum FOR the OBJECT OF your
q pay -. a. ,-hich YOU have every chaho0 =.
6esirs' % ,-etrv trine st trihing cost u
pioNs - Fardie takes his subject sefio-e -
GU -.,s-wsse. could he have mace -
Gov, - q. times ne lets himself go WI
sioux ~ -. enthusiasm than discretion %
rstne -, he comes 70 William BAKE, -'
sa--s 49, a, these prodigious observations
h.--s -,,9red hr tree. standing so.i1ais
%. ,ree,ed BY storm blasts. sooTcna@
.-,e- sun frozen by winters
ue -. A sunshine and IN storm h'lhs
sn0"' =, r1nharnpered life. with Goo =
rec Or, - v-e-a :. Frocrustean task 70
sNss - tbe narrow limits OF page OF y
-. : history snd criticism OF me 10
= .bts great poet. mystic-p hioso 49,
H1A .-r-sver and book illustrator. 49,
ssh .o.-,s almost like snticlimaK i0l ~
-. ;, make the merely businesslAe 49,
81 $3.50 hooks with colored inustTa1loi4s
:, ,a- unique that some account
- .he method % their procucuoN- 49,
f.-,.,el,. the bulk OF this book ! VIZ"
-, temperate prose than thar WHICH 'l.o
- bestows upon Blake He gives
-. ~ the earliest English worA IA ''s -
'-..--,rr with an interesting note on l-e
-. aIhsns" which 81 accompanied oy an =
-, fac-simile ~ one Of its charIIihsly
,.r.s Nj Hardie makes ne most OF ei'0
= s,s-o-v ~ colored books in ms country O.'
y. ,-,.b is that IL is not until me elsu'seii''
- thar they become o. much cons Ieii17
eeA.-'s ,,,sfnt charm about many Of the early
--.svcr,ons 70 which he refers ont 'les
s-,n,srt and they are curiously lacking IN
rev ..-,..,- =, has taken the artists and print
- time m give color work distinctive
81. So. : sr,,-shle character. Blake's produc-
80 character. II they had nothing else
n' =, NJ F4s-die Justice. when he has once
$500 the dithyrambio mood he gives Us
--.s,,sbs pages on that strange man OF
-, we're Is a passage which, If II contains
-. ,eu- g AZ ali events. clear and 10 the
F,nr
- DA sn5 constantly adhered 70 IN the later
80 was absolutely original. y vas $500 s.s.vis
-,is- rrote his verses and drew lls oeslsns
- -srgnal ornaments on COPPER plae. . -sIs
81 I-- - enpioyed by erchers. lie then applied
80 which ht away az ne Iel--all5 5 --,ltoS
lAs h. printed ir black or IN any color,
-. fse bitten parts would remain white As >
~. - -rlften part OF the plate was pIlntee "a
Tst tno g ne e the e-si erect The print thus
--,s-sss vas finished with color ap9heo ny haIo
4 sVs-y variety 81 tint at; Si-cnrlstt tens l, -
- Eiake ground and mixed his water IDIOTS
Az.ss On z, s me- rarpenters glue after The
,-sSos a the early Italians, secret revealeo 70
-rior ri Joseph. TIE sacred carpenter
n 80 1ss his constant helper, soon learning
- ,,ks az he Impressions. 70 tint taem Win
F..1iv fUatlr 70 ninu Nlfm II
49, 80 F-o- TIE making OF the colors 70 the
s1s q ne prospectus announcing tne sac - me
rofk Y vas IN every esseIi-al . nome inU0s''S-
-, illustrations produced by this method do
not deserve he gorgeous praise bestowed upon
.h.-p M sone Commentators. and Mr.. Haroie's
cvrr conclusion that 80 IS impossible 20 express
sssoustelr the Imagination and the compass OF
rlskes actual eoloring" IS 70 be taken With
rain of salt: but 6iscrtminstingly considered
plssst color work Is FUN Of interest There are
Foos charters IN this book about the inustra-
aors rroduce5 n the early nineteenth century
~ Rrvlunason Henry Aiken and Others. and
he author speaks well and not TOO warmly, of
thos. Hhagraphc plates IN which the capital
6zEnss q 7 s BOYS and David Roberts ap-
peanl Then follow accounts ~ the delightful
Achievements q Walter crane Kate Greenaway
and Randolph Caldecott. and from these artists
NJ EEris passes "a useful chapters on our lat
tgr cay three color process and the collecting Of
colorsd books. Re supplies a good index and
as really representative illustrations complete a
EorEmanlike volume Il is not precisely the
irlune that the layuan VIII care 10 read for its
oEl sake bur collectors VIII cordially approve
III CYL Davenpor-s judgment in adding il 10
lhs oonnoisseurs Library" which he edits.