4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 12

Art in Great Britain and Ireland. By Sir Walter Armstrong.

(W. Heinemann. Os. net.)—This little book covers a very great field, and is of necessity brief in statement and dogmatic in judgment. This is inevitable in a handbook which takes in archi- tecture, sculpture, painting, and the minor arts from the earliest time down to the present. The book is illustrated profusely, but the very small size of the pictures—some not much larger than postage-stamps—takes away from their usefulness. The interior of a Cathedral reduced to two square inches is not of much help in studying architecture. In spite of this, the book is full of useful information and sound criticism.