22 JUNE 1889, Page 23

Artistic Japan. Conducted by S. Bing. (Sampson Low and Co.)

—The six monthly numbers bound in this handsome cover have doubtless already attracted the notice of the lovers of Japanese art. It is hardly necessary to say much about the contents, except that the drawings, the decorative designs, and reproductions of pottery and sword-guards, are admirable in taste and fidelity to colour. Nor will the letterpress, by Ed. de Goncourt, Victor Champier, and L. False, be less interesting to those interested in the ancient chivalry, the architecture (?) and the ornaments of Japan. The price at which the journal is issued is indeed re- markable, for the illustrations are by Gillet, and the colouring is all that can be desired. We wish Mr. Bing all success in the programme which he has drawn up.