19 MARCH 1898, Page 27

How to Draw from Models and Common Objects. By W.

E. Sparkes. (Cassell and Co.)—This is the work of a man who has had a large experience of a practical kind. As art master in a training college he has to teach teachers, an employment which is bound to give him a real grasp of his subject. It will be observed that the title of the volume includes "common objects." The writer shows how the drawing of geometric solids is made the stepping-stone to the reproduction of the things that have real interest. No one will want to draw a cube, but a chair is a different matter. To explain how from representing a cube you may go on to represent a chair will be a stimulating lesson. The volume is fully illustrated.