New-York tribune., 1909-07-11

r1rne have been uncommonIy well chosen, and
nsxe greatly appreciate the manner in which they
Ire made to exhibit the artists evolution from
a topograp phical craftsman to q creative master.
Two or three manuals which we have recently
received deserve cordial comnendation- Pro
fessor Frothingham's work on The Monuments
Of Christian Rome Is both scholarly and enter
,aIning. The insertion Of paragraph headings IN
black faced type Is a little forbiddng. suggest
ing the guide book and . sCrapPy assembling
of data, but in the first place. il indubitahiy
makes for convenience. and, what IS more tI4e
ader who once takes the narrative IN ha-ilu
'Sfnds that ii moves smoothly enough me a'-
thor gives the first part Of his book 10 an MS
torical sketch Of the period from Constantine 10
the Renaissance. In the second secuoh re
draws UP d classification Of the monuments li-
Guiding some exceptionally interesting pages on
Roman artists and the conditions OF their "ollu'
The more formal Part Of the book closely con-
suits the convenience of the student pu' II =
not too technical for the edihcation Of the LAY
man. The batter Will find the historical skeIch
:s readable as it is instructive He VII Pc
culiarlv sppreciate the glimpses afforded MN ''
1fe successive certificates and tie notes Oh So
cal relations like The following on the Ff"0'i1'i
,nslaVement OF the artist:
No man could follow arI unless be is Ii, '.,t I
union one a tneiin'I q j. -. az IN .ilv
leave II Til he cIec- No- o''- ~. ~. w. round To
where ne had matricllaied. his son va a $50 ms
lo.i0w tie art Of ms la'1-l, ~ " tIsfnct wnc.I IN
fsacher. Bach corporation W & - - s-,re flIt
49, r7r,a-5a3 organism. stale "l'Iill. = 't,af
subject absolutely 10 me me = -j, .xtent OF forcing
nIStraIlCn ttli~ W. s-,Tr as much
,-cls corporation give 10 Ihe stat -, (,r tbe
-cns1ru(tIor. decoration and repair OF al pu''o
buildings
III. sooor5 volume Of Professor Carottis HIS
- of Art treats Of the early Christian ihoIu
,oents Byzantine, Arabian and indian d. TN %
,.-~r,,re and then the RoTnanesoue ana ''"'iS
7evelor,rlents in Europe He IS luminous com
a,.ator hacking all the essentials I'M" ms
sare,,Il,' condensed chapters and his book
. -, a5rpirable feature in the list Of examples
- he atfxes 10 each section The blhh-
,--ar,l, toe i z boon by Itself, and the Hllhia-
-.,re Illustrations very good Altogether 'IIs
e one az the most creditabie Of the concise
sandhooks Of which the presses have iatterlE
f.e4sr 50 prolific. The new edition OF professor
t5,,aleer,s "Roman Forum invites favorable
notice. This guide has proved really Trarucabie
md helpful. and il is So well illustrated ihat II
my h. studied with enjoyment not only IN
4sarrs hui elsewhere- Sterling merit has also
,ar-jed the late William J Anderson's Arch
lecture Of the Renaissance in Italy into a new
edition the fourth We have more than once
testified 10 the soCndness Of this treatise ana
-ra attractive manner II which il Is composed
TearF2TS WIN tt--lSi Ai4lllliS i'''F'il- ~-A--
will q greatly augmented mass Of Illustrations
III. beautiful fullpare plates have been in
creased in number. and there are other new re
productions from photographs. a well as new
cravings
AH-sfcr may appropriately he made here 70
-Ae publication OF the second and third port
1Ilos issued b the Societe dc Reproductions
6-s Dassins de Maitres, II Paris They show,
Ike -he first that the committee Is nothing If
not catholic il its taste. II the sheaf Of ten
drawings now issued Masaccio jostles Bou her.
Co-ot and Delacroiz keep company with DuTer.
Guard and Rembrandt, and anonymous
craftsman OF the sixteenth century II Persia is