We have received the first volume of a new art
periodical, the Scottish Art Review, June, 1888—May, 1889. (243 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow ; Elliot Stock, London.)—When we speak of this new venture as an "art periodical," we must not be understood as saying that its scope is limited to Art. Literature obtains due recognition,—indeed, original poetry is a figure of considerable im- portance in the table of contents. One characteristic is the effort made to make the chronicle of art progress and notices of art work more general than is frequently the case. Many of the illustrations are valuable and interesting, though the Review does not equal some of its older rivals in the merit of individual specimens. Among the names of contributors we notice many of considerable distinction,—Principal Caird, Mr. Walter Crane, Professor Baldwin Brown, Mr. Edmund Gosse, Mr. C. G. Leland, Miss Esme Stuart, are among them. The new venture has started well, and we wish it all success.—We may mention at the same time the half-yearly issue of the Antiquary, Vol. XIX. (Elliot Stock.)—Among its papers may be mentioned contributions by Kr. J. Theodore Bent, Mr. Talf curd Ely, who writes on "Recent Archwological Discoveries," and Mr. Philip Norman, on "London Sculptured House Signs." The volume is full, as usual, of interesting and curious matter.
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