Art and Handicraft, By John D. Sedding. (Kogan Paul and
Co.)—This is a collection of papers and lectures by the late Mr. Sedding. The last words of the book, " The chances of more cordial relations between architect, sculptor, and painter, which it is the one great desire of my heart, and the purpose of my life, to promote," occur in a paper whose object is to enforce the inde- pendent power of expression in architecture, apart from sculpture and other enrichments ; but one associates with the activity of the author that attempt to bring the various arts into co-opera- tion hinted at in the words quoted. The church in Sloane Street was a practical example of his theories; and the bringing together of artists of various kinds in the Art-Workers' Guild, was, to a large extent, his work. The essays in this book are not of very permanent value, being too sentimental in theory for that ; but in the campaign against the mechanical shop-design in decoration and unfeeling work in architecture, they doubtless did good service.
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