Title

The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia [parts 27,28, Tasmania.]

Author

Argus.

Source

Argus (Melbourne).

Details

27 July 1888, page 8, column 4.

Publication date

27 July 1888

Abbreviation

add work

Type

Publication Review

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

HE PICTURESQUE ATLAS OF AUSTRALASIA.

The subject of parts 27 and 28 of this work is the beautiful island colony of Tasmania. The first named was somewhat disappointing, inasmuch as the plate page was a view of the Darling Downs, and the other pages were largely occupied with the portraits of deceased governors and others, but part 28 makes ample amends It is entitled to be considered one of the most charming of the series, striking scenery receiving in page after page artistic treatment. For the city of Hobart a position is claimed resembling that of Genoa, Naples, and Constantinople, with a far more imposing back ground, and us Mr. James Smith is fresh from the European cities in question his dictum is not to be lightly disregarded Among the views given is an attractive sketch, "Mount Wellington from the Cascades, in which Mr. F.B. Schell has admirably caught the spirit of the scene, and "bits” of the ascent are also engraved All are suggestive, and enable the reader to realise the description which speaks of the striking silhouette of the mountain, of its chameleon change of hues as sun and atmosphere vary, and of the moods in which it will seclude itself in vapour, for days together, or will stand out revealing its every rugged feature with marvelous distinctness The artist has depicted the mountain "wearing a stainless crown of snow with a dignity becoming its venerable age". The Huon road in winter and in summer are pretty sketches, while "The Frenchman’s Cap" is a grand picture of snow-clad rugged mountain scenery Ben Lomond is also finely displayed with its "agglomerate mass of pillars rising abruptly out of a waving sea of foliage, and with its ridges "bearing a fantastic resemblance to the battlements of some stupendous fortress designed on a scale of colossal grandeur " The Launceston scenery and the mining districts are portrayed in turn. The number is an attractive guidebook for Tasmania, and should do much to familiarise Australians with the wealth of scenic beauty which lies at their doors.

[Argus (Melbourne), 27 July 1888, p.8, col.4.]
 

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