New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
who have TO do with the erection of
our public buildings.
Studies in Architecture and
SCULPTURE.

\ great American architect, the
greatest we have known, is portrayed
by Mr.. Alfred Hoyt Granger in his
Charles Follen McKim" (Houghton
Miflin Company, a brief monograph
well illustrated and handsomely PRINT
ed. McKim's life was in his work and.
as the author notes, he had no taste
for writing letters. There is not much
therefore of a purely personal inter-
est i'm this biography. We are per-
mitted to see only. this fine artists
modesty and generosity, his helpful
sympathy for young disciples, his reso-
luton and energy in the pursuit or
a noble ideal. For the rest MT.
Granger is wisely content to bring out
the virtues Of McKim's style, his
fidelity TO a pure tradition. as these
things are illustrated in number oil
his masterpieces. The Boston Pubic
Library has a chapter TO ITSELF ana
then with ardent appreciation Mr..
Granger celebrates such structures as
the University Club, the Gorham
building. the Morgan library and the
Pennsylvania Terminal He discusses
also McKim's share in the World
Fair at Chicago and the Park Commls-
sion plan for Washington. and gives an
account Of the origin and development
of the American Academy IN Rome.
II is an essentially condensed memorial
but il serves well to exhibit Mcklm
traits as a creative artist. Perfection
in whatever he undertook was his
aim. as his partner, Mr.. Mead, mas
fclicitously said. and the buildings
REPRODUCED by Mr.. Granger are beau
tiful types of perfection. II may bc
noted that in addition To these plates
the author gives some very interesting
portraits.
Colonial Architecture for Those
About to Build" philadelphia; The
J. b. Lippncott Company IS a good
collection Of pictures assembled 10y
Herbert &. Wise and II. Ferdinand
Beidleman. II has happily occurred To
these authors that the old buildings oil
New England and the South have been
made pretty fully accessible to the stu
dent, whereas the survivals or the
eighteenth century in pennsylvania
Now Jersey and Delaware have been
comparatiyely neglected. Going zeal
ously but with good judgment through
their fields-which have turned out TO
be lincommonly rich-they have taken
precious photographs Of some of the
most interesting public and private
buildings in America. Details "i
course. abound in their bock-door-
ways, mantlepieces, panelled rooms ana
staircases. Large halftones do fun JUS
tice 10 the clear photographs, ana TO
round out their serviceable scheme the
authors provide instructive notes not
simply Oh the history Of their build
| ings. but on Colonial tradition IN plan
and design and on the methods Of the
carly craftsmen. The book is well
named. IT Is just the book for those
about 10 build-and, by the way, be
sides instructing them in eighteenth
century precedent, it ought 10 do much
| i'm a general way to fertilizc their taste.
| In THE Message Of Greek Art CThe
Macmillan Company Professor II. II.
Powers gives a good popular survey of
| the sculpture Of antiquity. suggestively
outlining its development against the
| background Of Greek civilization. The
| temples, too, are touched upon, and, in
deed. the author glances at every phase
OF his subject which promises to aid
| him in the exposition not only Of
| tradition but OF an atmosphere,
spirit. The book is freely illustrated
with good halftones. Professor ID.
Cady Eaton's Handbook of Modern
French Sculpture" Dodd, Mead & Coz
traces the subject down from the Mid
| die Ages and through the Renaissance
| to the masters of the present time.
| These are freely written, sympathetic
pages, made entertaining with bio
graphical details and made useful
| through the concise statement Of his
torical fact. 1t is not precisely a
weighty treatise, but for the young stu
dent it provides safe guidance, and it
will stimulate his enthusiasm. The
many illustrations are all full-page
| halftones.
/