WORKS
OF
JAMES J. JARVES,
PUBLISHED BY
HARPER & BROTHERS, New York; and SAMPSON LOW, SON & Co., London.
Art-Hints: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting. By James Jackson Jarves, Esq., author of “Parisian Sights and French Principles,” “History of the Sandwich Islands,” &c. Post 8vo. Cloth, $1.25; half-calf, $1.75.
“There are few subjects connected with art in relation to its history, to matter, and to mind, which Mr. Jarves does not touch upon, and with so much freshness of thought, enthusiasm tempered with judgment, and sensibility to the beautiful, as to render his remarks no less pleasant to read than they are instructive.... His remarks evince sound discrimination and good taste. It is when we have such a book as this under our notice, that we find most occasion to regret our inability, from want of space, to quote from it.”—Art-Union, London.
“Fervent and useful—clever and well-written. Mr. Jarves’s language displays a strong nervous structure, that indicates a strong thinker.” “America has at last produced a writer who may help to educate her in art, guide her infant steps, and to point out the pitfalls that surround the pilgrim of Art.”—London Athenæum.
“This is the only way in which it is worth while to write about art, and Mr. Jarves founding on high principles, and honest and acute in applying them, will be found, without at all rivalling such a man as Ruskin in depth or originality, well worth the hearing.”—London Spectator.
“ ... We have seldom indeed read a book which excited more respect for the author and sympathy for his opinions—his criticism is in general at once refined and elevated in spirit, animated by a thorough and patient knowledge of what he is describing, and for the most part singularly just and sound.”—London Guardian.
“The work is one that may render good service to students in this country as well as in America. It is a suggestive as well as instructive volume, and deals with the philosophy as well as the facts of the history of art.”—London Literary Gazette.
“We commend the volume for its pleasant style, its varied historical facts, its fresh and honest criticisms, its rare good sense, its interesting analysis of Art in different countries, its hopeful and healthy tone, and the importance of the theme to which it relates.”—Boston Transcript.