28 JANUARY 1893, Page 40

CURRENT LITERATURE.

In the illustrated magazines for January there is not a great deal that calls for notice. The English Illustrated Magazine has a little design for " Orpheus with his Lute," by Mr. R. A. Bell, which is very graceful and charming.—One or two of Renouard's illus- trations to Mr. Theodore Child's article in Harper on " Proletarian Paris" are good.—Mr. and Mrs. Pennell finish their romantic gipsy quest in the Century. The moonlight effect of a Roumanian dance, and the other of the 'cello going home, are striking.— Mr, Walter Crane writes on "Design," with illustrations, in the Magazine of Art.—Messrs. Virtue ask us to state that the Art Journal is still published by them. The editorship only has changed hands.