Shorter Notices
Image. No. 1. (Art and Technics. 5s.) FOR the past two years a .quarterly with the somewhat repellent title of Alphabet and Image has been publishing a series of first-class illustrated articles on typographical and artistic matters, written with an absence of affectation and preciosity that is as laudable as it is nowadays rare. Early facetious reactions such as Alphabet and Omega (or even lima) had been replaced in many readers by a respectful affection long before Alphabet and Image announced its abdication, leaving its eight issues as desirable prizes for future collectors. The publishing firm of Art and Technics and the Shenval Press will now produce an annual of typography called Alphabet and a quarterly dedicated to the visual arts called Image. The first number of Image contains valuable articles by Mr. Geoffrey Grigson on the drawings of Mulready and by Mr. John Summerson on the architectural draughtsman J. M. Gandy (1771-1843). Mr. Douglas Newton examines the sculpture of a very gifted artist, Daphne Hardy, and there are other well-illustrated papers on the engravings of John O'Connor and the book illustrations of John Minton. This is an excellent five-shillings' worth which suggests that the tradition of Alphabet and Image is being maintained and advanced on the narrower front.
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