Thomas Gainsborough. By Mrs. Arthur Bell. (bell And...
is one of those artists who do not lend them- selves to biography. He wrote few letters, and led an uneventful life, greatly beloved by his friends. Under these circumstances,......
A Book Of Giants. Drawn, Engraved, And Written By William
Strang. (The Unicorn Press.)—The author carries on the tradition of the old giants, with their insatiable hunger and tragic deaths ; and he truly remarks,— " Their whols-......
Art-books.
Lectures on Landscape. By John Ruskin. (George Allen. 42a.) —These lectures were delivered twenty-seven years ago at Oxford. All Mr. Ruskin's qualities are to be found in them,—......
Greek Bronzes. By A. S. Murray. "the Portfolio Series."...
and Co.)—The author traces the resemblances between existing small bronze statues and large statues in marble. Also, he makes various conjectures as to the great statues at......
Engraving.—we Have Received From Messrs. Eyre And...
copy of "an absolute facsimile" of the last sketch made from the late Mr. Gladstone's features, by Mr. Ernest Prater. The sketch has necessarily the painful look always......
Publications Of The Week.
Barton (F. T.), The Horse Owner's Companion, 32mo (Houlston) 2/0 Boyle (11. H.) (" de Stendhal"), Red and Black, 2 vols. 12mo (Smithers) 7/6 Bnchan (J.), John Burnet of Barns,......
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