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Art In France. "ars Una" Series. By Louis Hourticq. (w.

Heinemann. 6s. net.)—To condense the whole art of France into one small volume must have been a formidable task, and we marvel how well it has been done. The general......

Perugino. By E. Hutton. "the Popular Library Of Art."...

and Co. ls. net.)—Mr. Hutton has shown in this essay—for it is an essay rather than a biography—that he has really entered into the spirit of Perugino and grasped what it is......

Current Liteilature.

ART BOOKS. Gothic Architecture in England and France. By George Herbert West, D.D., (G. Bell and Sons. 6s. net.)—This is a very interesting book, written by one who appreciates......

The Little Gingerbread Man. By G. H. P. (g. P.

Putnam's Sons. 8s. net.)—A humorous little extravaganza of how a gingerbread cake-boy was made and of what happened to him, and what parts were taken by Mouser the cat, and......

Great Engravers. Edited By Arthur M. Hind. (w. Heinemann....

6d. net.)—Two volumes bearing this title have been issued, one dealing with Albert Durer and the other with Mantegna and the early Italian engravers. Mr. Hind gives us a page or......

A History Of Architecture In London. By W. H. Godfrey.

(B. T. Batsford. 7s. 6d. net.)—It will no doubt be a surprise to many Londoners in turning over the pages of this book to learn how many and of what varied styles are the......

We May Mention, Together With A Praise Which Is Certainly

not less fully earned in this than it has been in previous years, some children's magazines. These are The Rosebud Annual (James Clarke and Co., 3s.), Our Little Dots' Annual......

Pinocchio. By C. Collodi. Translated By M. A. Murray. (j.

M. Dent and Sons. 6s. net.)—This amusing story will give particular pleasure to English children (and their parents) who know Italy, as it pleasantly recalls many of those......

Italy And Italian Towns Furnish Materials For Endless...

M. Maurel writes of the Little Cities of Italy (G. P. Putnam, 9s. net) and has much of history to tell us pleasantly condensed, and we are carried along by a story full of......

Cathedrals And Cloisters Of The Isle De France. By Elise

Whit- lock Rose, with illustrations from original photographs by Vida Hunt Francis. 2 vols. (G. P. Putnam. 21s. net.)—This work is more discursive than the one we have just been......

Two Little Volumes Issued By Grant Richards (2s. Net Each),

one on Turner, by J. E. Phythian, and the other on Whistler, by F. Rutter, are both useful, and are sympathetic studies of the painters of whom they treat. Perhaps it would have......

The Masterpieces Of Claude. (gowans And Gray. 6d....

a delightful little picture book which we can enjoy without being informed as to any of the facts about Claude Loraine, for there is no letterpress but only sixty charming......

New Editions.—the Ingoldsby Legends. With Illustrations...

G. Theaker. (Macmillan and Co. 5s. net.) Bimbi and Other Stories. By " Ouida" (Louisa de In Hamee). With Illustrations in Colour by Maria L. Kirk (Chatto and Winans. 5s. net),......