Miniature Painters, British and Foreign. By 3. 3. Foster. 2 vols.
(Dickinson. £5 5s.)—There have been many books treating of miniatures published in the last few years, and the famous examples reproduced in them have become familiar and seem to have the recurrence of a stage army. The present work is on a larger scale than any that have gone before, and in its appendices and lists furnishes an amount of information which to the student and collector should be invaluable. A special chapter has been devoted to American miniatures, which is a new feature in a book on this subject. The photogravure illustrations are numerous and show the art in its extremes of tawdriness, which may be said to be the normal condition of miniature art. Of course there are some exceptions, especially in the early period. The work of Cooper had the fire of genius.
Additions to the various series of biographies of painters include Botticelli, by Mrs. Ady, in "The Popular Library of Art" (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d. net).—Methuen's "Little Books on Art" contain Watts, Greuse and Boucher, Turner, and Leighton (2s. 6d. net each).—Mr. E. F. Strange writes an interesting little book in the " Langham Series" (Siegle, is. 6d.) on The Colour Prints of Japan.
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