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The Magazine of Art. (Cassell and Co.)—The first article in this number is an account of Mr. E. J. Gregory, A.R.A. The portrait of the artist, with the title, "A Look at the Model," is very good; The likeness is striking. The " Rehearsal " also is good ; bat we cannot say as much for " Intruders," which is not worthy of the very effective picture which it seeks to reproduce. It is a boat on the Thames, with swans, and nothing is plain in it except the life- buoy. The Seville illustrations, though not particularly striking, are interesting. In the "Austrian Museum," besides other meritorious engravings, there is one admirable specimen, "Glass (Venetian)," which contrives to give the texture of the article with remarkable effect. " Walks in Surrey " is a success both as regards pen and pencil. Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse reviews Mons. Solon's " Old English Pottery." We wish we could have had a reproduction of some of the exquisite etchings which that work contains. We must not forget to mention Mr. A. Lang's two charming rondeaux. Here is a stanza of "Camelot (in Bond Street)."
" In Camelot, bow grey and green,
The damsels dwell ; how dull their teen !
In Camelot, how green and grey,
The melancholy poplars sway.
I wis I wet not what they mean, Or, wherefore, passionate and lean, Tho maidens mope their loves between, Not seeming to have ranch to say, In Camelot."
The most interesting article in the English Illustrated Magazine is the account of " the Royal collection of miniatures at Windsor Castle." The collection is due to the taste and wisdom of the late Prince Consort, and it contains riches which are in their way absolutely unrivalled. Fifteen of these portraits have been repro- duced as illustrations. All are good ; but we may select as especially excellent" George Monk, Duke of Albemarle," and "Charles II.," both after Samuel Cooper, and the sketch of "Georgians, Duchess of Devonshire," after Conway. "The Unsentimental Journey Through Cornwall," with charming illustrations of woodland and coast scenery, after drawings by C. Napier Homy, is concluded. Mr. Henry James concludes his story of "The Author of Baltrafflo and Miss Yonge, in her "Armonrer's Prenticee," introduces us to Sir Thomas More at his house in Chelsea.
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