The Art Journal, 1896. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—This volume
is noticeably good, not only in respect of some excellent bits of work, but also for its variety of interest. There is a particularly beautiful etching by G. H. Manesse, after P. A. J. Dagnan Bouveret's "Dans la Fora," a picture in the collection of Mr. G. McCulloch. It is a gathering of Norman wood-cutters listening to the music of one of their company. It would not be easy to find a company of English labourers with such clean-cut faces. "Day Dreams," an original mezzotint by Frank Sternberg, is also noticeably good. On the other hand, we do not see what tastes can be pleased by Adolf Menzel's " Ten Minutes for Refreshments." The page illustrations of all • kinds are about thirty in number, and those in the text many times more numerous. The text itself is invariably interesting. We may specially, mention the accounts of private collections. It is a great service to the public to let them see something from time to time of what are, and indeed must be, mostly hidden treasures. Of other articles there may be named " The First Cataract," both text and drawing being by Mr. George Montbard; " The Walls of Constantinople," by Richard Davey ; "The Elder Browning as a Caricaturist." The elder Browning was the father of the poet. There is an amusing narrative of experiences by a " Subject- Painter." His visit to Hatton Garden to find an Italian child for a model was an experience indeed.
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