The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-14
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

II was Rosalind that sent George
Wharton Edwards into The Forest Of
Arden" (fredertcll A. Stokes Company
to gather with pen and pencil spoils
that will please the reader. Those
Ardennes forests are being despoiled
Just now in a far moro savage man
ner and some few OF Mr.. Edwards's pic
lures may have tho accrued importance
OF preserving the semblance OF places
that have been destroyed. Tho greater
number. however. depict sylvan scenes
that render the spirit OF AS You Like
It" Tho six in color are very pretty.
but tho others are fully as interesting
pictures; II tells in part OF personal ex-
periences OF travel and OF the ways OF
tho people. which tho author CHANGED to
see; in part 81 recitcs the legends and
history OF the strange places ne came
across. It 10 a very pleasant book to
read and will be a very acceptable holi-
day gift.
| A conscientious and thorough study
Of the beginnings Of German art within
the limits OF painting and sculpture has
been made by Helen A. Dickinson, ph. D.,
! in Masters OF German Art "a. +. Put
nam's Sons), a handsome quarto with
over 100 Illustrations, a few In color.
The authors training was German and
| her book reflects the most recent views
| OF German scholars on the subject, pre-
| senting them TO English readers in a
convenient and Ineligible form. She
ends with Albrecht Duerer and Hans
HOLDEN, the younger. which Ia consid-
! crate for there follows a long interval
In which ii would be difficult TO find
art that Is worthy OF being written
about. 1t requires some education to
| lie able to appreciate the beauty of
these German primitives; they all call
for explanations such az the art critics
delight in. but those who once take
to them attain that higher aesthetic
elevation that enables them to look
down on the less abstruse beauty that
simpler people enjoy, such as. for in
stance, the italian renaissance. The
author has performed tho task she set
before herself and has written a val
liable and convenient history OF the ar,
that Germany glories in.
very pleasant guide 10 a region
that is attracting many visitors has
been written by Lawrence j. Burpes
in Among the Canadian Alps" (Bel
and Cockburn; John Lane Company
The author confines himself to the ma.
tional parks OF the Dominion, OF which
he gives an interesting account. He
describes the scenery and the attrac'
tons for mountain climbers and stoop,
to the practical details that help tn,
traveller. Tho chief attraction OF tn,
book. however, In the beautiful photo
graphs, few OF which have been col
ored, that show wild scenery which
will tempt any lover OF nature to star
at once for Banff and the other point
Of entry.
: No filter book could be selected to b,
! decked in holiday dress than Kenneth
Grahame's dellghtful, fanclful 9Th,
: Golden Age" which deserves to he known
by much wider circle OF children an,
OF grownup readers than that which ha
enjoyed Il for fifteen years. II Is nov
: issued in quarto form by the John Ian
! Company with a green line around tn
I. pages and twenty colored illustrations b,
= r. j. +. Moody. The artist seems {
! have a more matter OF fact point Of vie,
than the author; his pictures are we
= drawn and highly cOlorcd. with a marlIe
J, preference for vivid greens: but bot
= figures and landscapes are void Of tn
o fanciful, poetic feeling which gives NJ,