Toilers in Art. Edited by Henry C. Ewart. (Isbister and
Co.) —Here are eighteen sketches of artists, English and Continental, living or dead, by various writers. The first is "John Tenniel," by Robert Walker. Almost continuously for now twenty-seven years, Mr. Tenniel has contributed the cartoon to Punch. Mr. George Tinsworth and his " Bible Terra-Cottas " are described by Miss Mary Harrison. Other English artists are : "Frederic Shields" (whose career is described by himself) ; "Charles Henry Bennett," by Joseph Swain ; " Thomas Feed," by Robert Walker. Of deceased artists there are : "George John Pinwell," by Joseph Swain ; "Frederic Walker," by Joseph Swain ; " Thomas Bewick," by D. C. Thomson ; " John Flaxman," by A. G. Atkinson. Foreign artists described are Lion Lbermitte, Oskar Pletsch, Jean Paul Laurine, Francois Louis Francais, Chintreuil and Lavieille, Joseph Israels, Alexis Haslamoff, and Maxime Lalaune. This will be a useful volume for giving an idea of art from the personal side, always an effective way of viewing it.
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