19 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 12

Liber Studiorum. By J. M. W. Turner. (G. Newnes. 10s.

6d. net.) —Mr. C. F. Bell has written a short historical introduction to this collection of process reproductions of the great work. It is, no doubt, an advantage to have for a moderate price the whole Liber Studiorutn as a work of reference. At the same time, we must bear in mind that these prints are not perfect, and that a great deal is lost, even when compared with a photogravure repro- duction. Delicately gradated shadows get turned into masses of blackness, and subtle passages of drawing are lost.