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The Renaissance In Italian Art. By Selwyn Brinton. Part...

" Milan, Perugia, and Rome." (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 5s.) —This is an excellent handbook for the traveller in Italy. The information is copious and gives a summary of the......

Donatello. By Hope Rea. "great Masters Series." (g. Bell And

Sons. 5s.)—The author points out truly that Donatello was much more than a mere forerunner of the Renaissance. He was indeed a master who sought to give deep expressiveness by......

England And America After Independence.

England and America after Independence. By Edward Smith. (A. Constable and Co. 14s.)—This work is intended to give an examination of the international intercourse of the United......

The Egyptian Campaigns.

The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1899. By Charles Boyle. (Hurst and Blackett. 12s. net.) —Mr. Boyle, who is a Judge of the Egyptian Court of Appeal, published his his- tory of......

The English Pre-raphaelite Painters. By Percy H. Bate....

and Sons. 42s. net.)—The chief interest of this book is that it gives us accounts of the lesser-known members of this great movement, and good reproductions of their works.......

Dante Gabriel Rossetti : An Illustrated Memorial Of His Art

and Life. By H. C. Marillier. (G. Bell and Sons. £5 5s.)—So much has been written of late about the Pre-Raphaelites generally, and Rossetti in particular, that there is nothing......

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. By S. T. Coleridge.

Illus- trated by Herbert Cole. (Gay and Bird. 5s.)—The images evoked by this poem are so vivid that it is hardly in want of illustration. The pictures in this book are well......

The Life And Death Of Mr. Badman. With Decorations By

the Brothers Rhead. (W. Heinemann. 15s.)—This book is beauti- fully printed with clear black type well proportioned to the ample page. The full-page illustrations are well in......

The Midsummer Of Italian Art. By F. P. Stearns. Revised

Edition. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 9s.)—A certain enthusiasm with which this book is written gives it interest, though it cannot be trusted as a safe guide when it comes to critical......

Renaissance And Modern Art. By W. H. Goodyear. (macmillan...

Co. 6s.)—This book, which comes from the pen of an American, is an excellent introduction to the study of art. As it covers a wide field, there is not much space for details,......

Little Journeys To The Homes Of Eminent Painters. By Elbert

Hubbard. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—These sketches are charm- ingly written and full of vivacity. Perhaps the best is the account of Fortuny, who as a child helped his......

Giotto And His Works At Padua. By J. Ruskin. (george

Allen. 78. 6d.)—This edition is illustrated with good process reproduc- tions of the frescoes, which together with Mr. Ruskin's notes make an excellent handbook to the Arena......

Correggio. By Selwyn Minton. " Great Masters Series." (g....

and Sons. 5s.) —The author gives us a careful and well- ordered account of the work of Correggio, but he does not attempt to solve or even go deeply into the problem of why......