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The Liverpool School of Painters. By H. C. Marillier. (John

Murray. 10s. 6d. net.)—The interest of the larger part of this book is more local than general, for not many of the Liverpool artists have risen to high eminence. Foremost among this city's painters must be placed the late Alfred Hunt, who was a man of very high attainments. He was a colourist of great power and subtlety, and he could endow his landscapes with romantic poetry without exaggerating Nature. Another true artist who appears in this book is Mr. Windus, whose Preraphaelite work is capable of being compared with any of the brethren and their followers. Another Liverpool man who attained eminence in his day was Gibson the sculptor.