We have received from Messrs. Frost and Reed, Bristol, some
fine specimens of various processes of artistic reprodUction. There are two etchings by M. E. aaujean after pictures by Mr. Dandy Sadler, entitled respectively " The Rivals " and " Scandal and Tea." The costume of both is of the eighteenth century; the faces in both are well conceived, and well rendered by painter and etcher. If we have a preference for one over the other; it would be for "Scandal and Tea," where there is more variety of expres- sion. "A Message to the Reef" is after a picture by Mr. R. 11,, Carter, exhibited last year. A girl on the shore is signalling to the occupants of a lighthouse that help is coming to an injured comrade. It is a spirited scene. "Pastures Green and Quiet Waters"-is a mezzotint by John Finnie, and makes an attractive picture. We also have an engraving by Mr. Cormack of Sir Thomas Lawrence's "Countess of Blessington," as beautiful a face as oven Sir Thomas over painted ; and a fine original etching by Mr. Charles Bird of "Henry VII.'s Chapel in Westminster Abbey." "The Attack on the Peiwar Kotal" is the reproduction, by the process of Goupilgrasure, of a very spirited painting by Mrs Vereker M. Hamilton. The incident represented occurred in 1878 in Afghanistan, the British troops engaged being High+
lenders and Ghoorkas, under the command of Lord Roberts. The plate is published by Mr. Percy Young, Gower Street. We have also received, from the Art Union of London, " Summer Time," an etching by Mr. R. Macbeth, A.R.A., of a picture by Mr. H. W. B. Davis, RA., which is to ba the presentation plate of the
current year.
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