New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-06-07

most prominent critics. such az PaIgrave In "a.
| Saturday Review and z. c. Stephens. in thu
| 'Atheneum,' welcomed his work with words !,
unstinted praise" II is well TO have this poin.sa
out considering the disposition OF many Whist
lerians to paint him as a man Who suffered
obIoquy until the later years Of his career
| We are glad TO see that Mr. sicke-t has tso
courage to print the following passage ~, ,ba
painters much Wanted skill in the geatI.Aa-.
Of making enemies: ut cannot be said Of hin,
as of Falstaff. that being witty himself h. wa.
/ the cause Of Wit in others Indeed we NAV
rather say that. having bad taste himself ba
provoked bad taste in others" This bioeraobe-
has no Illusions about Whisters writings. He
can appreciate what is witty and wise in thor,
but he rightly refuses to swallow them whole
He sees what he calls "WhistIer's fandaroa7+at
bad faith I'm controversial matters" and he ran
didly states that the arguments or rather as
sertiOns in the Ten O'Clock are self-dast-,1c-
tive" In short. this booklet for all its nazsaaea
of excessive laudation. has a certain heg,f,i-,
| freshness The author appears TO have known
his hero. and his account Of the Eaters person.
! atty is vivid and true. He gives Us ora or .yvo
interesting gIimpses Of the painters method -
work. including Illustration Of the cars. with
which Whistler trained his memory in order 70
keep his impressions accurate.
| Sir Walter Cfilbey is we believe A man -
horses rather than Of art but this fact o,Iz
goes to make him the more successful as = bi,a,
rapher OF George MorIand. That pict1res.,ua
yagabond Of the eighteenth century dearly loved
a good animal. and. Ike the great Stubs. whom
he adored. he made his paintings Of horses true
portraits. His works are bri-nstII OF charactar
Though the studies Of pretty women which he
produced and which his engravers made so o0D-
MIA ara tn 1a .Irafr
ness and their sentiment. there is a robust truth
about the stable interiors and gypsy scenes p,
which he gave SO much attention. His present
biographer is not only a ConnDIsseu- OF horses
but a man of reading and OF literary skill This
| sketch of MOrland's career is written therefore,
| in admirable fashion II collects all Of the facts
rightly interprets the painters art and gives Us
a good idea of Morland rs a man. The nurner-
Gus illustrations. printed in Coors. are excep-
| tionally useful They form the best collection
of reproductions that has yet been put forth in
a book on Morand.
Miss Maude CruttweII has. as she promised
followed her useful guide 10 the paintings in the
Florentne galleries with a similar volume on
| the paintings in the churches anu minor ulu-
seums of the same city. The book should De u
good service to the student Arranging the
buildings in alphabetical order. Miss CruttweU
| I
briefly describes the works OF art 70 be OBJ
served, often printing with the Information she
has herself compiled pertinent fragment from
Easari- The small reproductions freely scat
tered through the book add much TO its value
This appears in what take to have been
planned as an exhaustive series on the art col
Iections OF Europe. The scheme is an excellent
one. making for the Convenience OF the traveller
and we hope the publisher may BE- encouraged u
I go on with it Miss CruttveIl : IN Industrious
| and careful guide.
| We may appropriately mention here The
| Story of Milan by Miss Ella N9yes. recently
added to the now voIumiuous series of "31-ite-
val Towns" The handy volume embraces 4
clear and concise survey OF the history Of tais
city of the Visconti and The Sf0rZa and a1nplN
notes on its architectural monuments
school of painting 70 which Leonardo contEt
uted so powerfully is also sketched and the al
thor diligently trlverses the pictures in th'
Brera and other galleries. The Illustrations. as
in the other volumes OF this series, are chiefly
| from clever pen drawings. with a number Oh
paintings reproduced in halftOne.