A series of books on Spanish art is being issued
by A. Calverley (John Lane, Ss. 6c1.) dealing with The Escorial, Murillo, Spanish Armour, and The Prods, this last being written in conjunction with C. G. Hartley. In these books the illustrations are all put together and occupy about half the volume. In turning over the pictures of The Escorial we cannot but be struck by the fantastic richness of the architectural decoration, which, in spite of its force, never attains the beauty of pure Italian work. The illus- trations in the book on armour show how well many of the pieces have been set up, especially the knights on horseback. Very different these appear to be from the Guy Fawkes style adopted in England in the Tower, and even in the Wallace Collection, where the splendid fifteenth-century snit is made to look more like the White Knight in "Alice" than a warrior by Mantegna.
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