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Painters And Their Works. Vol. I. By R. N. James.

(L. Upeott Gill.)—This useful dictionary is to be completed in three volumes. It does not include living painters. The information is derived from recent sources, and altogether......

Young Denys. By Eleanor C. Price. (w. And R. Chambers.)—

Denys Hyde is an interesting hero, though he does nothing very extraordinary, and his adventures are not of his own seeking. A bookseller's son at Winchester, his love-story is......

The Book Of Job. Illustrated By H. Granville Fell. (dent

and Co.)—These drawings, with all their boldness and vigour, are wanting in mystery. There is no trace of that spiritual element which Blake knew so well how to suggest. Most......

Manchester, Old And New. By W. A. Shaw. (cassell And

Co.) —These three bulky volumes dealing with the history and life of Manchester are brightly and pleasantly written. The illustra- tions by Mr. Tidmarsh, which are in the style......

Spenser's Paerie Queens. With Illustrations By Walter...

(George Allen.)—This is a charming edition, well printed on thick paper. Mr. Crane shows, as usual, his great ability in inventing beautiful patterns, and if we find the......

Albert Moore : His Life And Works. By A. Lys.

Baldry. (G. Bell and Sons.)—The work of Albert Moore is abundant testimony—if testimony were wanted—of the futility of the doctrine of "art for art's sake." That such ability,......

Orford Characters. Twenty-four Lithographs. By W. Rothen-...

Rothenstein here shows that he possesses a wonderful power of seizing the character of the faces he draws. Although most of the drawings lean to the side of caricature, one......

A Handbook Of Anatomy For Art Students. By A. Thomson.

(Clarendon Press.)—This work is a model of its kind. The author being the lecturer on anatomy at the South Kensington School of Art, has ample knowledge of the wants of artists......

Some Years Ago The Bodleian Library At Oxford Became...

of a treasure in St. Margaret of Scotland's Gospel - Book, and we welcome heartily the reproduction in facsimile of this interesting MS., edited by Father Forbes-Leith, 8.J.,......

Studies In The Art Anatomy Of Animals. By Ernest E.

Thomp- son. (Macmillan and Co.)—This book deals with the visible structure of animals and birds, and the author tells us that in carrying out his work he was careful to bear in......

Spenser's Paery Queens. Illustrated By Louis Fairfax...

Co.)—The illustrations to this edition are bold and original, and in some instances beautiful, but there is not the same instinct for design shown, as is displayed in Mr.......

The Book Of Ruth. Illustrated By W. B. Macdougall. (dent

and Co.) —This book is filled with exquisite decorations. Patterns of great beauty flow round the pages, and testify to the power of invention possessed by the illustrator. Of......

Arthur Boyd Houghton. By Laurence Housman. (kogan Paul,...

Co.)—This volume partly consists of re- productions of drawings, and partly of impressions from the wood blocks of a nearly forgotten illustrator. Houghton worked in the golden......

The Works Of Charles Burton Barber. (cassell And Co.) — For

those—and they are many—who like animals painted with a human sentiment thrown in, this book will be a pleasure. For those who desire artistic qualities it will not be of......