SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this Munn does not necessarily preclude subsequent review] The Graphio Arts. By Joseph Pennell. (The Scammon Lectures. Published by the University of Chicago Press. $5.00.)—To judge from this book Mr. Pennell must be a splendid lecturer, his style is so pointed, so racy, and his information se practical. All this, of course, is owing to the fact that he is perfectly Acquainted -with every process he describes. The last lecture in the -book is a delight-to read ; it appears to be a Shorthand-report taken down while Mr. Pennell explained to his listeners what was Actually being doneby a lithographic printer before their-eyes. -The clearness of this complicated technical -description, making, plain the process as no book has ever done it before, suggests that this is the right way to proceed, by - a lecture accompanying a demonstration taken down in short- hand. Woodeutting, etching and engraving also form the subjects of.lectures,- as well as the general theory of illustration. This is a book which makes one.realize what a difference there is -when.the.man who can do the things himself.writes about them.
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