TWO BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
The Artistic Side of Photography. By A. J. Anderson. (Stanley Paul and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Anderson's book is welcome because it maintains that the interests of pictorial photography are served better by those who employ photographic methods than by those who introduce the technique of other arts. The strength of photography lies in accuracy of detail and delicacy of gradations of light and shade, not in producing prints which by manipulation are worried into a superficial resemblance to the brush-work of a painter. The book contains a good chapter on development, some vivid -dialogues, and some rather discursive explanations of the ways and means of producing desired effects.—The Advance of Photography. By A. E. Garrett. (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—This book is based on " Vogers Chemistry of Light and Photography," and is brought up to date by a review of all modern photographic processes. Apparatus is carefully described and illustrated. The work is rather a compendium in which to hunt up required knowledge than a book to read through.
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