27 JUNE 1908, Page 8

Artists of the Italian Renaissance. Translated from the Chroniclers and

Arranged by E. L. Seeley. (Chatto and Windus. 7s. 6d. net.)-The various material has been cleverly put together so as to form a narrative. In the chapter on Julius II., for instance, the history is gathered from Nerli and Guicciardini, while Vasari supplies the artistic part. The book is very well printed and got up, with the exception of some colour reproductions, which are an insult to the masters whose works they caricature.