30 JANUARY 1904, page 6

As We Read Professor Lanterrs Book On Modelling (chapman And

Hall, 15s.) we feel that fortunate indeed are his pupils at South Kensington in having such a teacher. The volume before us, deals with modelling in relief, and is the successor......

Devon Idylls.* Mr. Phillpotts In This Beautifully Printed...

book has brought before us in an elaborate series of word- pictures almost every phase of almost every day of the year in Devon, the county that he loves. There are in all......

Romney, By Mr. George Paston, And Diirer, By Miss L,

J. Allen, begin yet another series of "Little Books on Art" (Methuen and Co., 2s. 6d. each). These little books look attractive enough, but they are planned on a faulty system.......

The Deluge Of Artistic Biographies In Series Still...

Lionel Cust has added two volumes on Van Dyck to the "Artist's Library" (Unicorn Press, 5s. net). The letterpress deals with the facts about the pictures and the people painted,......

Sir Joshua Reynolds. (nownes And Co. 3s. 6d.)—this Book...

of a large number of process reproductions of Sir Joshua's pictures, preceded by a slight introduction by Mr. Lys Baldry and a list of works. This last is arranged with odd......

The French Impressionists, By M. Camille Mauclair, In The...

Library of Art" (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d.), is a real contribution to the literature of contemporary art. It would be a good thing if people who call every picture in a style......

C Ltrrentliterat (ire.

Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. (G. Bell and Sons. 21s.)—A new edition of this work is now being brought out under the supervision of Dr. Williamson. The whole has......

A Volume On Tintoretto Has Been Added By Mr. Stoughton

Holborn to the "Great Masters Series" (G. Bell and Sons, 5s.) The writer is full of an enthusiasm which makes his book readable, but which occasionally lands him in absurdities.......

In Sympathy With His Subject, And Does It Justice. Mr.

Tomson thinks that too much has been made of Millet's miseries, and points out that he lived his own life and painted exactly what he liked best. There is, no doubt, truth in......