New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07

G. X. Chesterton supplies the intro
duction and pays TO HEsop the tribute
to be expected Of him. His fame is all
THE more deserved, because he never
deserved it. The firm foundation Of
common sense, the shrewd shots at un-
common sense. that characterize all the
Fables, belong not to him but TO hu-
manity." And so on in the same
sprightly vein, which we'll serves TO di-
rect the reader TO the wholesome, ever
fresh human interest, which is the Sc
cret Of the book. Mr.. Arthur Rackham
draws the pictures. in black and white
and in colors, and enchants us anew
with his uniquely quaint imaginingsr
Altogether a capital edition.
THE Works Of Mr.. Francis Rabe-
lais" philadelphia The j. b. Lippincott
Company we receive in the fine. old,
full-mouthed mountaineering YER
sion Of Sir Thomas Urquhart Of Gro
martie, reprinted in two handy octavos
in excellent type, and lavishly embel-
| lished with drawings by MIR. w. Heath
Robinson. These illustrations, excellent
in technique, have also the right ebul-
lence and humor. 1t is holiday reprint,
with the solidity that assures for 1t
permanent place in the library. GULL
ver's Voyages" Henry Holt & Coz, Is
| illustrated and decorated by Mr.. r. A.
Staynes with a shrewd sense Of what
| the younger reader will appreciate.
This artist is both ingenious and quite
| natural i'm bringing out the contrast In
stature between the hero and the peo-
pie around him. 1t Is a contrast easy
| to overdo and thereby to make too fan
| tastic Mr. Staynes is rarely successful
| in giving a sort of artless credibility to
his scenes. His drawings. notable for
we'll distributed blacks, are perfectly
reproduced, and the book is simply but
handsomely made. We appreciate, too,
the map drawn on the end papers and
the stout cover. "All The Tales from
Shakespeare philadelphia The j. b.
Lippincott Company. will be received
with mixed feelings. The twenty-three
famous condensations by Charles and
| Mary Lamb carry their own justifica-
ton. Those immortal lovers Of the i'm
mortal poet had a touch Of their own
which never loses it's charm. But Mr..
H. S. Morris, who has turned the re-
naming sixteen plays into prose, has
not the same gift, and, though he has
done his work we'll enough, we cannot
but resent ii little. The two volumes,
daintily put forth, are otherwise very
attractive. They are enriched with
many plates in colors from noted paint
ings. That other beguiling book which
comes down to US from Lamb and his
sister Mrs. Leicester's School" &c. p.
Dutton & Coz was illustrated with I'M
usual sympathy by Miss Winifred
Green, in the manner Of Kate Green
away, in 1893. 1t passed into second
edition in that year, and now appears
in third. We are glad TO see il. The
book itself is always welcome, and Miss
Green's pictures could hardly be bet
tered.
Fiction, of course. is much in evil
dence among the holiday reprints. Mrs.
Gaskell's Crawford" philadelphia The
j. b. Lippincott Company is reissued
in single volume. with good paper
and Typography and spirited drawings
in colors by II. NJ. Brock. For charm
Ing reprint of THE Water Babies
Boston: Little. Brown & Coz Miss
Ethel +. Everett has made twenty -four
colorcd illustrations. delicately touched
with the sweet sentiment of Kingsley
fairy tale. Merejkowskis Romance OF
Leonardo da Vinci" &c. p. Putnam s
Sons) is appropriately turned by the