The Brothers Dalziel. (Methuen and Co. 21s.)—The brothers tell their
own story of honourable work and enterprise in the illustrating of books between 1840 and 1900. They knew and worked for all the great illustrators, and the greater artists, who for a time were illustrators during a period which reached a climax of excellence about 1865. The book, which has many illustrations, is full of interesting accounts of the personal relations of the artiste and engravers, and everywhere we meet with indications of a wise and large-minded conduct of affairs by the brothers. The following words from the introduction give the views of these veterans with regard to modern processes:—" When we think of the vast mass of wonderful illustration given to the public week by week of every conceivable class of subject, direct from the camera, in which the draughtsman has no part at all, and this work is generally of singular beauty and truth,—we feel that our occupation is gone. In saying this we wish to add that we hail with satisfaction the marvellous results from these many ingenious adaptations of photography, and the consequent wide spread of the art of illustration, which has ever been our greatest delight."
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