5 MARCH 1898, Page 26

Complete Perspective Course. By J. Humphrey Spanton. (Mac- millan and

Co. 8s.)—This well-written and clearly arranged book is intended for the use of those entering for the examine- tione of the Science and Art Department, as well as for archi- tects, engineers, and artists. The diagrams in the introduction, in explanation of what the " picture-plane " consists, are excellent. The chapter dealing with the perfection of shadows is of necessity complex. A. very useful chapter of hints for artists states the general rules which govern the scale of figures seen at different distances from the eye in a picture.