14 JULY 1894, Page 25

Sir Joshua Reynolds. By Claude Phillips. (Seeley and Co.)— This

is practically an abridgment, with some additions, of Leslie and Taylor's well-known Life of the master. As that book is out of print, and the present one is more compact in form, it will prove useful to students who wish to have the facts of Sir Joshua's life and production. Unfortunately, however, it is not furnished with an index. It is illustrated with nine plates after Sir Joshua's pictures.