6 JULY 1929, Page 36

The eight plates illustrating P. L. Debucourt in the Masters

of the Colour Print series (The Studio, Ltd., 5s.) include "La Promenade de la Galerie du Palais Royal," with Mlle. Ninon in the centre of its jolly crowds, and the even better known and vivacious "La Promenade Publique" inspired, as the Goneourts suggest, by Rowlandson's "Vauxhall." There are also "Le Compliment, ou la matinee du Jour de l' An," and its pendant "Les Bouquets, on la file de la errand' Maman," of which the source is evidently J. R. Smith's "The Visit to the Grand- father," engraved by William Ward. Mr. Malcolm Salaman supplies the succinct letterpress, which discusses the early work of the artist, and takes no account of the 500 or so prints, the fruits of his later years.