5 MARCH 1898, Page 25

Millais and his Work. By M. H. Spielmann. (Blackwood and

Sons.)—This readable little book is written in the language of panegyric rather than in that of unbiassed criticism; all the same, it is a welcome guide to the wonderful exhibition at the Academy. Not the least interesting of the things in the book are the various sayings on art which the author himself heard from the great painter. These sayings reveal the freshness of Millais's downright English nature. The optimism which characterised the mar, as well as his breadth of view, are well exemplified in the short paper written by him for the Magazine of Art, which is reprinted here. The book contains a full list of Millais's oil pictures.