CHARLES SHANNON and AMBROSE McEVOY. " Con- temporary British Artists
Series." Edited by Albert Rutherston. (Ernest Benn, Ltd. 8i5. 6d. not each.)
These two volumes, like the John, Nash, Orpen, Nicholson and Rothenstein- published last year, in the same series consist of a short monograph, signed only with initials and about thirty-five half-tone reproductions. The editor has evidently selected his writers for their appreciation of their subjects, as well as for their critical ability, with the result that they are, to some extent, advocates as well as judges. The constructive criticism which is therefore necessary is a relief from the orgy of facile destruction which so often assumes the name of criticism. Certainly, there is no doubt in the minds of R. M. Y. G. or E. B. G. that McEvoy and Shannon are great painters, and so excellently have they done their work that they came near to convincing us. The reproduc- tions, however, balance our judgment.
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