New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22
IN CHRISTMAS DRESS.

svo' pp. xii, 2s9. Charles Scribner's Sons
EOTHEN or, Traces Of Travel Brought
Home from the East. BY A. w. King
lake. With an Introduction by >. j..
wynn, Ar. A. Large Svo, PIP. 3oS
Philadelphia The j. B. Lippincott Com
pany.
QUALITY STREET. A Comedy in Four
Acts. Ny J. NJ. Barrie. Illustrated by
Hugh Thomson. Large Svo. PIP. VII, l9s
The George n. Doran Company.
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. By
Branson. Syo, PIP. 35l. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
THE JUNGLE BOOK BY Rudyard Kip
ling. With 16 illustrations I'm color by
Maurice and Edward Detmold. $40, PIP.
33l. The Century Company.
The safe and sane Christmas Tor
whatever it is called concerning the
esta blishment Of which one hears ON
inous rumbings around about these
days, lis an idea that does not appear
10 threaten the producers Of Christ
mas books. Holiday editions promise
TO be as profuse this season as ever
before. And the question, Whst shall
ever green? is quite answered al this
time OF the year. Our favorite Illus
traitors may be had in them TO the very
best advantage. Very probably as
great a favorite as there is among our
American illustrators to-day is Mr.. n.
&C.. Wyeth. And his hosts of admirers
will rejoice in the affinity which he
has found for his talent in the tales of
Stevenson doubtless generally held to
be the jolliest Of all classics. Here Mr..
Wyeth continues something of the dig
lean illustration, the late Howard Pyle.
The Treasure Island" Of last season
is followed this year by uniform edi-
ton OF kidnapped" David Balfour,
Uncle Ebenezer Of the house Of Shaws,
and that bonny fighter, Alan Brock,
glow in rainbow colors upon the page.
The most popular picture, no doubt,
will be the scene OF the siege Of the
roundhouse, the scene celebrated in the
Song of the Sword of Alan" Though
much more interesting thing In the
way OF a piece Of painting for book
illustration is the picture in which Mr..
Campbell. the minister Of Essendean,
takes affecting leave of Davie as he
sets out upon his journey. The Illus
traitor here, and again in other places,
experiments with a problem in the ef-
fects OF sunlight in very artistic way
Mr.. Wyeth is developing, too, an inter-
esting decorative quality, absent from
his earlier Wild West pictures.
"Eothen" is a classic better known
TO those Of middle age than to the
younger generation. and Frank Brahg-
WINS sumptuous designs for this hand-
some volume should do it much SER
vice. Though he is painter and an
etcher first. and one Of high character
and an illustrator only incidentally lie
is popular with large audience, many
OF whose members very infrequently
get into an art gallery. These traces
OF travel brought home from the East
by the enthusiastic. humorous ana nm
Ished literary artist, Kinglake, some
seventy years ago, present him with
an excellent opportunity for the exer-
else of his bold and distinctive art, so
fond Of Oriental color.
Mr.. Hugh Thomson has followed the
pursuit OF embellshing holiday edl-
lions longer than any one we can
readily recall. Probably hc has done
all OF the classics OF the period with
which his quaint and delicate drawings
are associated In the minds OF his al
mirers. At any rate he comes before
us this year in an elaborate edition OF
Mr.. Barrie's pretty comedy, Quality
Street" II had struck us these last
several seasons that Mr. Thomson
wasn't as good as he used 10 be. How
ever, ne has come around again now,
and in this very nice looking holiday
volume he Is as happy as butterfly.
The drawings include many full pages
I'm tinted color and numerous bright
and characteristic NlSnetteS.
A certain Mr.. Toad, rotund jolly
character with a craze for motoring.
made a great many very dear friends
in this country a few years ago, friends
who thought the world and all of him,
as the phrase Is. Well, he has had his
portrait painted. and those OF all his
comrades, including the little bright
eyed mole and the gray wandering sea-
rat, and by clever man, too, Mr. Paul
Bransom, who illustrates in color this
new edition OF the humorous, tender,
satlric, romantic, whimsical and lyric
The Wind In the Willows" To catch
all OF the elusive charm of this queer
book about animals" as we heard a
puzzled lady call 1t, an illustrator
would need to be as much of an artist
as Mr. Grahame. and Mr.. Bransom is
not quite that. But his pictures touch
up the book brightly, and we hope will
Introduce 1t to many new readers.