The Art Journal December, 1864. The engravings for the month
consist of Mr. Goodall's Hunt the Slippery Turner's Bligh Sands, and Mr. Durham's Go to Sleep. Whether the last of these is or is not a fit subject for sculpture may be doubted, but it is certainly a good subject for engraving. The expression of the Skye terrier which the boy, who is very like a girl, is bidding to go to sleep has been admirably given by Mr. Stodart. Turner's picture, on the other hand, which depends for its effect on truth of colour and aerial distance, is not, we think, happily chosen. Mr. Goodall's picture is a good specimen of the rather con- ventional rural life which is so popular with the English public. In the text the subjects which have been for some time handled in this magazine are forwarded another stage; there is also a biographical notice of Mrs. E. M. Ward, and a graceful little tribute to Mr. Leech.
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