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Poems Of Independence And Liberty. By William Wordsworth....

by Stopford A. Brooke. (Isbister and Co.)— The rapid movement of events has somewhat belated our notice of this book, in which a set of poems, published by Wordsworth himself......

The Dome. (unicorn Press.)—this Is Another Of The Many...

which include literature, art, and music. The pastoral play, "Near Nature's Heart," by J. E. Woodmeald, is an amusing idea cleverly worked out. Among the best of the......

Decorative Illustration. (bell And Sons.)—in This Remark....

volume Mr. Walter Crane traces the art of book illustration from the earliest times until to-day. We are given reproductions of typical examples, as well as a great deal of......

English Portraits. — This Is The First Of A Series Of...

by W. Rothenstein, published by Grant Richards. This number contains portraits of Sir F. Pollock and Mr. T. Hardy. They both show their author's undoubted cleverness and......

The Magazine Of Art. (cassell And Co.)—this Bound Volume For

the first half of 1897 has many interesting articles and well- produced pictures, notably the photogravure of Lewis's " Lilium Auratum." It is a pity that second-rate......

Of The Deepest Dye. By Colonel Cuthbert Larking. (hurst And

Blackett.)—Some familiar "properties" of the tale-writer, never very valuable, and now somewhat worn by use, are employed by Colonel Larking in the construction of his story. We......

Mcissonier : His Life And His Art. By Vallery C.

0. Gre'ard. Heinemann.)—No trouble has been spared in making the illustra- tions to this bulky book worthy of its subject. A profusion of reproductions both of the sketches and......

English Society. Sketched By G. Du Maurier. (osgood,...

Co.)—In the preface Mr. Howells deals with Du Maurier more as a novelist than as a black and white artist ; and in it seems inclined to recant his former heresy as to the method......

Plastering, Plain And Decorative. (batsford.) — In This...

some six hundred pages Mr. Millar deals with the whole art of plastering. The author tells us that in the course of his career he saw the need of a treatise on the subject, and......

To Kumassi With Scott. By George C. Musgrave. (wightman And

Co.)—This is a very lively, entertaining, and not rosin- structive account of the last Ashantee Expedition. We have not found elsewhere so vivid a description of the final scene......

Current Literature.

The Anti - Philistine is the title of a new sixpenny "magazine and review of belles-lettres," the main object of which, if one may gather from the first number, is to tilt......

The Old Italian Masters In The National Gallery. By A.

S. Hewlett. "Goodwill Art Series," No. I. (Hibberd.)—This little book is illustrated with good process reproductions of fourteen pictures. The notes upon these are for the moat......

Hepplewhite's Cabinetmaker's Guide. (batsford.) — This Is...

third edition of 1794, and contains a large number of drawings of the spindle-legged furniture of the end of the last century. The designs here shown are remarkable for their......