4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 12

Perugino. By E. Hutton. "The Popular Library of Art." (Duckworth

and Co. ls. net.)—Mr. Hutton has shown in this essay—for it is an essay rather than a biography—that he has really entered into the spirit of Perugino and grasped what it is that makes this master take so firm a hold upon us, even when we see clearly his shortcomings and imperfections. Where Perugino never failed was in giving emotion to the landscape setting of the scene he painted. His drama and poetry are to be found in the mountains and the valleys he painted, and above all in the sky. No other painter except the young Raphael gave so well the hypnotic effect of the far horizon and made his whole picture sing with the harmony of spaces. What Mr. Hutton has to say on the subject is well worthy of study.