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Art And The Beauty Of The Earth. By William Marris.

(Long- mans and Co. 2s. 6d.)—In this lecture, delivered in 1881 at Burslem, Mr. "Morris Metes to regret the courser art took as it developed - from - the Middle Ages into the-......

A- Book Of Ballads And Etchings. By Alice Sargent And

William Strang .(Elkin Mathews, 15s.)—Mr. Strang's etchings are always worth study, not only because he is an accomplished etcher, but by reason of his great originality. Even......

Letter And Spirit: Dramatic Sonnets Of Inward Life. By A.

M. Richards. Illustrated by Anna Richards. (G. Allen. 215.)- A column devoted to art books is not the place to discuss a series of metaphysical- and theological sonnets. The......

A Book Of Dogs. By E. Nesbit. Illustrated By Winifred

Austin. (J. M. Dent and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Miss Austin certainly can draw dogs well. These pencil studies are full of life and expression. Especially happy are some of the slightest......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this Heading we intend to notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Epistle to the Hebrews : an Exegetical Study: By A. B.......

God's Prisoner. By John Oxenham. (hurst And Blackett.)— A...

justly accused of embezzlement, takes a pistol from his desk, and, intending to shoot himself, shoots his accuser. How is his crime to be measured ? That Mr. Oxenham does not......

Flaytor Eesartas. Illastratedly Edmund J. Sullivan. (g....

6s.);--This book is not one which on the face of it one would consider lent itself to illustration. However, Mr. Sullivan has succeeded in producing pictures which are......

Brasenose College. By John Buchan. "oxford University...

E. Robinson. 5s.)—Mr. Buchan is a clever' young Scotsman who, with the intellectual precocity of his race, has produced several volumes while still an undergraduate. He can......

.sibliqgraihry Of Eighteenth Century Art And Illustrated...

Lewin°. (Sampson Low and Co. £3 3s. net.)—hose who wish fOi information on this subject will find a vastAinuititty of it hi the book 'before us. The work is arranged......