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The Painters Of Florence. By Mrs. Ady (julia Cartwright)....

Murray. 6s. net.)—This book consists of a series of essays beginning with Cimabue and ending with Michelangelo. The authoress writes with sympathy and taste, and if not very......

Animal Painters Of England. Compiled By Sir Walter...

2 vols. (Vinton and Co. £2 2s.)—These volumes, which are illustrated "chiefly from wood engravings by F. Babbage," are a series of short Lives of animal painters from the year......

Pra Angelico. By Langton Douglas. (g. Bell And Sons. 12s.

6d. net.)—The author considers that Fra Angelico has been a good deal misunderstood, the public being much more interested in the monk than in the artist. It is certainly true......

Cameos. By Cyril Davenport, F.s.a. (seeley And Co. Ss.)— In

this special number of the Portfolio Mr. Davenport has written an interesting account of cameos from the technical and the historical point of view. The book is illustrated by a......

The Naval Annual.

The Naval Annual. (J. Griffin and Co., Portsmouth. 15s.)— For the second time Mr. Leyland edits the Naval deflect/ with the as;istance of a very able staff, which, alas ! no......

C Urrent Literature.

ART-BOOKS. Two more volumes have been added to the "Great Masters Series" (G. Bell and Sons, 5s. each).—Piero dells Francesca, by W. G. Waters, is a well-written and interesting......

Holbein's "ambassadors." By Mary F. S. Hervey. (george...

Sons. 10s. 6d.)—This is a very interesting and read- able account of the picture and the two men in it. The book begins with the history of the picture from the time it was......