22 DECEMBER 1894, Page 22

The Art Journal. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—This oldest of

the art periodicals continues to hold its own with its rivals. Its eight etchings, two of them by Mr. C. 0. Murray, and one an original Work by Mr. Edgar Barclay, four photogravures, four chromotypogravures (ornamental coloured borders inclosing four sonnets on the seasons by Mr. William Sharp), seven tinted plates, and an original lithograph (a very curious bit of work by Mr. Whistler), are, in themselves, no trifling equivalent for the price Df the journal. Add to these the hundreds of illustrations in the text, and the literary matter, descriptive and critical, touching art, past and present, British and foreign, and we have a result of no small interest and value.