Ernst .Reitschel, the Sculptor; and the Lessons of his Life
: an Autobiography and a Memoir. By Andreas Opporman. Translated from the German by Mrs. George Sturge. (Hodder and Stoughton.)— Ernst Reitschel, the sculptor of the Luther monument at Worms, of the Leasing statue at Brunswick, and of the Goethe-Schiller monu- ment at Weimar, deserves to bo better known in this country than he has hitherto been. His own countrymen have their memorial at Dresden in the Reitschel Museum. Mrs. G. Sturge has, for our advantage, trans- lated this memoir of him, and it will not be her fault if his early struggles, his domestic griefs, his artistic triumphs, and his premature death, remain unfamiliar to English people. There is a certain angu- larity and stiffness of diction in her work which seem inseparable from all translations except the very best; beyond that we have nothing to offer in the way of criticism. The memoir is extremely interesting, and forms a notable chapter in the history of modern art. As such we give it a cordial welcome.
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