Della Robbias in America. By Allan Marquand. (Oxford University Press.
20s. net.)—The Americans have recognized the delight of the glazed sculpture which is generalized under the name of della Robbie ware, and, as the present volume testifies, have acquired a number of good examples. This art is the most delicate and gently reposeful of any that Italy produced, and forms the most complete contrast possible to the ugliness, rush, and violence of modern life. Mr. Marquand has described all the examples found in America of the work of the della Robbias, giving reproductions of most of them, besides some of the great examples in Florence. This book is one which will interest all lovers of this particularly delightful art.
The School of Architecture in connexion with the University of Manchester have issued a portfolio of measured drawings of Hall th' Wood, the beautiful old house at Bolton which once belonged to Samuel Compton, the inventor of the spinning mule. The portfolio is published for 3s. by the Manchester School of Art, whose printing crafts department have carried out the work. The undertaking is a credit to all concerned, for the beauty of the building is great ; part of it is timbered and dates from the fifteenth century, the stone portion being Elizabethan and Jacobean.
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