22 SEPTEMBER 1923, Page 21

THE ARTS.

A catalogue of the etched works of the late William Strang was issued in 1912 and contained 545 entries. The recent supplementary volume brings the etchings catalogued up to the year 1920 and adds 202 to the number, of which 179 are reproduced. The reproductions are too small to be much more than reminders or guides for the collector, for whom, of course, the work is primarily useful. In the short space of his introduction Mr. Lawrence Binyon says many pertinent things about Strang and happily points out his merits and indicates his major imperfection, the result of a too facile technique. Perhaps Mr. Binyon's final pronouncement, for all its vagueness, is a little strong. Strang, he says, " is one of the masters."