6 APRIL 1907, Page 26

Ideals in Art. By Walter Crane. (G. Bell and Sons.

10s. 6d.) —This book is a collection of lectures and articles, and, like all Mr. Crane's literary work, is fall of thought and interest. There is much truth in the contention in tho paper on the teaching of art that an exclusively pictorial training is a mistake even for the painter. The neglect of the art of design is to be deplored, because its neglect is so evident in modern pictures. If a picture is to be more than a coloured photograph, design must play a tart We think Mr. Crane ii right in saying that painters should at least have some training in the purely decorative aspect of ' design.