1 MARCH 1890, Page 24

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English painters in water-colours, from Paul Sandby, who was born in 1725, down to Turner and David Cox, the latter of whom died in 1859. The interval is occupied with a very numerous succession, among whom the most conspicuous names are Bonnington, Catter- mole, Copley Fielding, G-ertin, Henderson, and Richard Wilson. Scores of less famous men, who are yet worthy of being remem- bered and estimated, also pass under review. Mr. Monkhouse avoids fine-writing, is not too technical for the unprofessional reader, and is, in short, one of the most efficient as he is one of the best instructed of guides. The illustrations are fourteen full- page copper engravings, and some fifty drawings of minor im- portance.