16 MAY 1903, page 20

Books.

GEORGE CANNING.* MR. lianniorr blunts, if he does not altogether disarm, criticism by his modest prefatory note. In it be expresses the desire that his pages " should be read......

Art.

THE ACADEMY.—II. DOES the Academy justify its existence ? That is a question which every one who treats art seriously must ask. Before giving any answer to it some attempt must......