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The Art Of Illustration. By H. Blackburn. (j. Grant. 75.

6d.)— This third edition is revised and brought up to date by Mr. J. S. Eland, who has added a chapter on colour illustration. In this book are to be found examples of many......

The Great "push" Experiment. By Ambrose Pratt. (grant...

"Push" in Australian means much the same as " Camorra" : it is a secret society. Mr. Pratt seems to know something about the working of these things, and so far he has a claim......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Undrr this heading we notice gush Dooks of the week aa hare not been- reeervett for review in other forms.] The First Things. By the Rev. John Buchan. (Blackwood and Sons.......

Lady Dilke's French Decoration And Furniture In The...

(G. Bell and Sons, 28s.) is a continuation of her studies of French art. The volume is full of information and of illustra- tions, and will no doubt please those whose tastes......

Rubaiyat Of Omar Saifyam. With Decorative Illustrations...

(The De In More Press. 5s.)—This would be a pleasing reprint of FitzGerald's first edition if the illustrations were not so commonplace. Pictures of elderly gentlemen in gaudily......

Current Literature.

ART BOOKS. Messrs. Bell are now issuing a miniature series of books on painters. Reynolds, Watts, Romney, Leighton, Holman Hunt, Holbein, and Watteau have already , appeared.......

History Of Lace.

History of Lace. By Mrs. Bury Palliser. Entirely revised, re- written, and enlarged under the editorship of M. Jourdain and Alice Dryden. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. £2......

No Less Good Than The Above Is The Bound Volume

of the Art Journal (Virtue and Co., 21s.) The articles on contemporary foreign art are most useful, as are the accounts of the minor crafts. There is a good deal about modern......

A History And Description Of Chinese Porcelain. By Cosmo...

With Notes by S. W. Bushell. (Cassell and Co. 30s.)—This is a book for the enthusiast and collector. It is technical and tells of glazes and sang tie bceuf, but the ordinary......

The December Number Of The Studio Contains An Article Inter-

esting alike to artists and philanthropists. The subject of this paper is the model village of l3ournville, built and managed by a trust founded by Mr. George Cadbury. The......

The Magazine Of Art. (cassell And Co. 21s.)—never Do Art

magazines appear to so much advantage as when a year's numbers are collected into a volume. In turning the pages of this book one realises the inestimable gift artists now......

Journeyman Love. By Maud Stepney Rawson. (hutchinson And...

Rawson lays the scene of her story in Paris in the last days of Louis Philippe, and a very richly painted scene it is. Literature, art, music—Mrs. Rawson is very great on music......