New-York tribune., 1910-12-17

NEW YORK. By Alvin Langdon Coburn
With Foreword by H q Wells. pp
WAYS AND DAYS OUT OF LONDON
By Aida Rodnan de Nit. Illustrated
l2mo, pr. 407. The Baker & Taylor
Company.
FROM THE THAMES TO THE SEINE.
Written and Illustrated by Charles
Pears spe,-Fp.- wv. 21S.- Philadelphia
George ". Jacobs & Co
TENICE Aos9 srTs STORY. BY T. okey.
Illustrated ty Nelly Erfchsen. ". X
Ainchiln M an6 Q, F. NJ. Ward. svo PIP
Ky. SSZ. E. p Dutton & Co.
The old quarrel between art and
Photography must he forgotten in look
ing at Mr.. Cohurn's pictures of New
York, He may not he an artist. the
camera may not be q substitute for the
brush. but 70 AXE his plates merely for
what they are is immensely to enjoy
tnem- Printed in gray, on gray paper,
and-mounted upon pages of only slight
II different tint, they charm us through
the picturesqueness in which Mr.. CO.
barn has enveloped his tall buildings.
He sets up his camera at the point which
= III yield him the hest view and in so
Tar az photographer may do so he
Trac5lce< Tho art If composition. The
Metropolitan Tower ;he bridges. the
,7asseS of sllyscrapcrs at the southern
ead of the city. all these motives he
lakes isl such wise as to give TO each
Tisfc certain individuality Decidedly.
raie collection Of souvenirs of New York
Is Wor.h having. Mr. Wells, in his
l'~ief Introductory note. says nothing
ia~ticu.arly new about this rock borne
o"IitaI." i7'J he says the necessary word
- annraciaiio:- neatly ard with due feel
ing fer the tremendous human signifi-
cznce of the spectacle illustrated by Mr..
Cobprn
Ways and DAYS out of London is a
useful if not particularly inspiring- Shook
] describes the daily sightseeing ex-
cIrsions out OF London Of a group OF
American yyon4eri-eScurslons to adjacent
places II interest easily reached and
surprising in number. These are gener-
:'iz SPOTS blest by historical associations
oppealing 10 the intelligent tourist, and
'lerefore- sve say that the volurle is a
l.sefnI one II Is worth while to be re-
minded that one can stay comfortably
ia tiaat most beguilng city OF London
IND take, day by DAY, journeys which
are not faciSuinc and which result IN a
rich store Of memories. There is here
much Information pleasantly conyeyed
ard some sentiment. The tone of. the
volume is informal and IN good taste.
II hes no hurnor to speak Of but that is
rernaps not necessary in what is really
ar ingenious guidebook. IT is gener-
ouslv illustrated with halftones from
photographs.
The author of From the Thames TO
riae Seine is to he congratulated upon
his enjoyment of a risky but successful
adventure. and upon the cleverness he
has shown in making book about ii.
5r.Fea-s undertook to sail from Ham
anerSInitll. IL London, TO the towns along
the Seine, in a yacht less than thirty
feet long His friends were dubious as
10 his ultimate fate, but he sailed In
high spirits. and he seems never to have
lost these, though ne more than once
found himself IN tight place, after
all. what but sheer eayety could be ex-
pected of a traveller capable Of keeping
ur his courage through the agon.es of
..roctaache. J. was at Abbeyville that
this awful blow fell upon Mr.. Pears, and
nc had q perilous time finding dentist,
la-t az last fortune smiled, and he thus
creerfully relates his experience:
asked to be called at 8 in the morning.
.na half an hour after that time | was
sd,1sffed into the presence OF the nearest
dentist This person proved TO be a very
stout old lady. who 1t once set about tns
tooth Removing the stopping Ia "A pnsl-
nessIfke way she proceeded 10 Kill the
nerve. During the operation her daughter