Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress. With Sixty Illustrations by David and William
B. Scott. (Nelson and Sons.)—The late Mr. David Scott illustrated the first part of the allegory ; and his work has been com- pleted, so as to include the second, by his brother, Mr. W. B. Scott. Two thirds of the drawings belong to the first, the remainder to the second artist. Very characteristic and interesting drawings they are, though there can be little doubt where the preference must be given. Mr. David Scott seems to us to have been more at home in the gloomy than in the brighter scenes. His "Giant Despair," "The Bye-way to Hell," and " By-ende, Money-love, and others Lost in the Silver-mine," are remarkably vigorous. Mr. W. B. Scott never reaches this height, and he sometimes is positively feeble. In the illustration entitled " The Celestial Messenger Arrives," the face of the angel is very poor, and that of Christian is not much better. He is to be found at his beet in such drawings as "Honest is Found Asleep." On the whole, however, we do not know a better illustrated edition of the Pilgrim's Progess than this.
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