29 JUNE 1907, Page 6

The Sculpture of the West. (J. M. Dent and Co.

Is.)—After turning over the pages of this little volume of the "Temple Cyclopaedic Primers," we look at the title-page to see whether it is written by our old friend Professor Dryasdust, but instead we find the name of Dr. Hans Stegmann. In this book the facts are thick on the ground; indeed, it might be described as a "congested area" of information. We can imagine some essentially inartistic but conscientious mind laboriously reading this volume and going to sculpture galleries to identify the statues therein described, but with no thought of enjoying them.