16 MAY 1903, Page 26

World Pictures. By Mortimer Menpes. (A. and C. Black. 20s.)—Of

all the people who try three-colour process printing Mr. Menpes succeeds best. That is to say, his work when done in this way has fewer of the defects of the process than any other. This is due to the fact that the artist understands the working of the method from the bottom, and also that he paints his pictures with a view to reproduction, and therefore avoids unattainable effects. Many of the pictures in the book are beautiful pieces of colour. Besides the coloured illustrations there are many in black-and-white. In these last the artist hardly succeeds as well ; black-and-white to be successful demands a more austere style. The text of the book is written by the artist's daughter.