Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-08
Raphael Cartoon.

tell us of the Greeks.
Raphael Cartoon. ~
In 1.-THE Art of the Great Masters
by Frederic Lees, published BY
Houghton-Miff1in Company, are 1877
reproductions, in photogravure, col
lotype, and half-tone, of drawings
from the collections of Emile Wau-
ters, the Belgian painter. Among
the reproductions are the preliminary
drawings for Michelangelos Cross
bearer In his Last Judgment" the
pen-and-ink sketches for Paul vere-
nese's Verona "Martyrdom of st.
George" the sepia study for Rubens' !,
Coup de Lance" of the Antwerp Gal
lery, the pencil sketch for Teniers
Temptation of st. Anthony" of the
Berlin Gallery, very curious and
hitherto unknown cartoon by Raph-
ael, drawn with the object of repro
duction as a wood engraving, and
many other studies. No one who
likes to trace the beginnings of ia
nous pictures, who likes to see the
artist as he was--for studies are far
more intimate mirrors of his person
atty than his pictures-will wish to
miss this sumptuous volume. The
drawings reproduced from a CO.
herent and perfectly chosen historical,
gallery for illustrating the history of
art. Collected by a connoisseur. de-
scribed by a scholar, and reproduced
by the best and most modern meth
DDS, they offer a reference gallery in
more compact and reliable form
than has hitherto been accessible
Houghton- Mifflin Company have
put forward their books announced.
for publication today to Wednesday
the 18th. The books to be issued on
that date are Thomas Jefferson az .
an Architect and Designer of Land
scapes," by w. A. Lambeth, NJ, D.,
and Warren H. Manning; "A Little
Book of Modern Verse;" edited by
Jesse b. Rittenhouse; "Hawthorne-
and His Publisher" by Caroline
Ticknor; 1.-THE Irish Twins" by Lucy
Fitch Perkins; THE Health Master
by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Three
Lords of Destiny" by Samuel Nc
Chord Crothers: and Personal ssscz
objections of Vincent Van Gogh," Ma
dame Du Quesne Van Gogh's biog-
raphy of her brother, translated into
English by Miss Katherine Dreier.
Small Talks on Card Games" by
the well-known teacher Virginia M.
Meyer, novel little set of six nainia-
ture books on popular card games, in
closed In q conventional card case,
has just been published by Paul
Elder & Co.. San Francisco. The vol
umes are printed in two colors, with
appropriate decorations. and are
bound In flexible levant cover. En-
closed in handsome case, the set
will make an appropriate gift to any
| cardplayer and is especially suitable
as a unique prize.
While this may have been in the
mind of Mrs. Meyer. her real object
was to present in the fewest, clearest
words possible, the games she chose
for the little set Of books.
IAN Adventure (Macmillans) ,is
a new edition of book by two worne
| who visited Versailles In 10000.
The book records their extraordi-
nary experiences In visiting the Petit
| Trianon. They saw buildings and de-
| tails OF scenery, not as they are now,
but as they existed in the time OF
Marie Antoinette. They spoke to per-
sons of that period who were present
in the park and about the building.
never doubling at the time that they
were in communication with real in
| u1VlQudlSs HIS iICN GalllOi "a NAtC
book contains an appendix giving
further historical information and
also reprints of the independent ac-
counts of their experiences, which
were written by both authors soon
after their visit to the Petit Trianon.
Among the volumes which Will be
issued by the Columbia University
Press this fall are: "Chaucer and the
Roman de la Rose" by Dean S.
Fansler. PHI. D.: "Root-detern1inat-
Furwitz. Phi. D.: THE Dative OF
Agency A Chapter Of Indo-Iranian
Case Syntax." by Alexander Green,
Phi. D.; "Gnomic Poetry in Anglo
Saxon" by Blanche Cotton Williams,
Phi. D.. and "6umerian Records from
Drehem," by William NJ. Nesbit.
Phi. d.
The Valley OF the Moon.
What. to Judge from the interest OF
the trade in advance Of publication,
promises to be Jack London's most
popular novel yet, is ready this week.
1t is "The Valley of the Moon"
Western romance of today, published
ty the Macmillan Co. 1t has been in
tlmated that it's scene Is none other
than the fertile Sonoma Valley. IN
which Mr.. London makes his home.
The hero of the book, teanster,
prize fighter. adventurer, man Of af-
fairs and withal bit OF an ideaiist,
is one of Mr.. London's unforgetable
creations; the heroine, a girl OF charm
and sense; the story of their fight for
happiness and home is one in which
a great human cry is sounded. Con-
trasted against a background of pres
ent day economic problems, the strug-
giles of Mr.. London's people stand out
with compelling forcefulness.
NJ. Gerard Harry. a brilliant French
writer, has made an intimate study
of the wonderful careers of the four
| famous deaf-mutes-Helen Keller,
| Laura Bridgeman, Marie and Martha
| Huertin. In his book MANS Mir
acle," by Doubleday, Page & Co., he
discusses these human miracles, ana
then treats of human perfectibillty.
Mr.. Harry suggests that Helen Kel-
| ler'S magical story could best be told
after the manner of Perrault In the
| famous fairy tales
There was once upon q time
| little girl enclosed in profound dark
ness more isolated from the world
| than the smallest insect, for she
could neither hear, nor speak, nor see,
| and by some miracle she came. to
see, to hear and TO speak. TO under
.tond ~ fool ~ think as well as the