New-York tribune., 1907-06-29

soa++arad aroon, them are brief quotations from
Vasari The amount OF really useiut liiiuiIi
tion that the author has thus assembled is sur
nrisinp AT the back of the book In addltioh 10
the general index, there is ISt Oh saints VIZ
their attributes used in art, ana lHeIe - a.,
index of painters in which. whenever P'0o -
notice is given of the individuals master or ths
several artists by whom he was lhhuehceu-
Many of the paintings catalogued are li'us1i -
in tiny halftones that are generally auequo.e
the purpose. Miss Cruttwell has 10 com ~ -,
one grave handicap against which siie mas D
nowerless While her book was being prihtvI
changes we're made in the hanging OF many ..
the pictures further changes or the Same SUI
have since been made and others are Oh course
- ho axnected As she has framed her guide III
a sequence following that OF the rooms anu Coi
rIdors in each of her galleries, 1t is OBVIOUS tIs
the book, as it stands must soreiy confuse '"e i
traveller But the Guide is so GOOD thdt II IL
worth using at the cost of some little trouble.
oonc,sa dictionary of the Bible. edited by
the Rev w c. Piercey, is 10 be published In
Ene,.d 1t has been in preparation Ior some
time and will be brought out by MI Johh hui
ray
Tho scrtbners fmport richly illustrated
ouart, by Guido Rey on The MatterhorI II
nol only describes the mountain out treats 7on '
an the attempts made to climb IL since 1''-'
fourteer OF the plates are printed III Ooi0''
tto1 ~ a series of Indian Texts" with trans
Iation by William Irvine of NiccOlao MahuccA1
"Storia Do Mogor" This seventeenth CeHIu'S
Venetian went TO the East early Ill me- dIiN'
after many miscellaneous experiences Oh d mo-
or less adventurous sort, settled down In lndla
to Dractise as a physician. He saw some serves
rs a diplomat and travelled great deal ne
died in his adopted country in 17lI, leaving
history Of the Grand Moguis from Ialhuf 10
Aurangzeb a description of their empire ana d
f,Ua a his life. HE was q SOIUIet
as well as a doctor and diplomat. and the trans
Iation of his work Just published ought TO make
varied reading.
Brentano's will issue Immediately a new book
by Mr. G. b Shaw. containing his three plays
John Bulls Other Island" Major Barbara
and How He Lied to Her Husband These
will be accompanied by the usual predatory
matter.
Two young Scotch architects. Mr.. John Will
son and Mr.. James A. Arnott, are just Issuing,
in Edinburgh. the first OF three parts IN whlch
they are TO complete a work which should be
of great interest to members Of their profession
and to students II is entitled THE Petit Tri-
anon Versailles" and IL consists chiefly OF
plates giving the fullest possible survey OF that
historic and beautiful building so full OF asso-
Citations with Marie Antoinette and her cour'.
For about three years they have been studying
Gabriers mastery production. and their illus
trations embrace measured drawings and pho-
tographs of the exterior and interior, we'll as
a large selection OF the furniture and various
details of metal work The text gives an MS
torical account of the palace. with careful de-
scriptions. From the specimen plates which we
have received from George Waterson & Sons.
the publishers, we see that the craftsmen
have gone about their task in the right spirit
of practicalty. supplying just the material that
is needed by architects.