New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

of the people and their governors until
he has made a deeper study of the sub
ject This is a phase of his book, how
ever, on which we need not linger. Inc
main point is to follow him in his init
mate contacts with the average Spaniard
/, in town and country. to apprehend both
town and country through his curiously
atmospheric" sketches of them. the
ordinary. everyday things that happened
to him are the things that bring spain
home 10 us and cause us to read MIN
with unqualified pleasure. AS we take
leave Of the book we must quote one
more typical fragment for the imitation
it gives us into the very spirit of the
land:
When reached the station next morning
the platform gate was locked ana the udII
| had hoped 70 AXE was legally aspdil I teu
i railway hanger-on, in rags and hemp
sandals however climbed the iron picket
fence and shouted word 10 the engineer;
Then reckoning to me to follow, he trotted
back into the building and raped authon-
tatively on the closed window OF the ticket
Senior" he said. as the agent looked
cut upon MS, "he kind enough to sell TINS
CaballerO a ticket
The train is gone" answered the agent.
Not so. senor." replied the bundle OF
rags. hauGhtily; Il am having 1t held that
this cavalier may take 1t. -, 49,. oeo,o,
and having sold me the ticket he handed
tu the hanger-on the key to the platform
gate. As passed through II the latter held
out his hand, into which l dropped "a cop
"Muchisimas gracias, cabalero," he said,
bowling profoundly, and may your grace
forever travel with God
Mr.. Penfeld's Spanish Sketches con-
tains some readable text but the book
makes its appeal primarily through its
Illustrations These are quite the best
that this artist has made in a long time.
He has two methods. one, which he has
made familiar through designs for mag
aZinc covers and the like, inclines toward
a certain formality Of statement and IS
marked especially by Cleverness Of line.
There are a few examples Of ii in the
present volume. But generally he here
lets himself go with brushwork free and
broad and a bold use of color. We can
pay no higher compliment 20 studies of
his like "a Spanish Tramp or the full
length of a Spanish type called Nor
yeta" than to say we should like to see
the originals hung mp in an exhibition.
II would take uncommonly good work
TO challenge their supremacy on the
wall. All Of these pictures have BEEN
well reproduced, so that the style and
color of them tell wildly against the
broad white pages on which they are
piduantly mounted. There are good end
papers. too, and the black and yell1w
cover. like the decorative title page,
makes a charming effect. The quite un-
assuming and, in fact, rather thin chap
tiers of description are, nevertheless.
graceful and readable 1t is a good holi-
dav book. artistic from cover TO cover.
There is text in Mr.. Calvert's Spain
an abundance of text, and it Is good 30
have. for 1t contains useful historical
data very pleasantly handled. But in
these two handsome volumes the picture
is the thing. The perfect haftoncs,
many Of them the full size Of the PAGE,
from first rate photographs, go to make
a kind Of panorama Of all Spain. Pal
aces, churches, bridges. town halls and
many an obscurer building are lavishly
reproduced. We see Spain i'm its grand
est aspects and we see the simplest,
most representative edifices. Some
works of art are shown, paintings and
sculptures, but architecture and land
scape are chiefly illustrated. The cam
era cannot give us the last subtle in
gredient of the Spanish spectacle but II
can give us everything save that and 10
turn Mr.. Calvert's pages is veritably 10
make a journey Of a very profitable sort
through the peninsula. AS book Of re-