The Path Of Social Progress.*
MRS. GEORGE KERR, who is secretary to the Edinburgh Social Union and to the City of Edinburgh C.O.S., and an active worker in other fields of charity, has written a useful......
Italian Sculptors. By W. G. Waters. (methuen And Co. 7s.
6d.)—This book, arranged in dictionary form, is a very useful one. It does not aim at giving complete biographies or lists of every work of the sculptors mentioned in its pages,......
Plain-towns Of Italy. By E. R. Williams. (smith, Elder And
Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Williams writes pleasantly of a number of places which most people hurry by on their way to the great centres of attraction such as Venice or Milan. After......
Venice And Venetia. By Edward Hutton. (methuen And Co....
is eminently a book to read on the spot, and by its means the traveller will avoid the vexation of coming home and finding that he has missed some of the very things be would......
The Painters Of The School Of Ferrara. By Edmund G.
Gardner. (Duckworth and Co. 5s. net.)—This is a useful if somewhat superficial study of one of the minor schools of Italian painting. We have used the word superficial in......
Garrick And The French.* David Garrick And His _french,...
is not, as might be supposed, a mere translation or reproduction in English of Mr. Hedgcock's agreeable French study, David Garrick et see Ands Francais. It is something more,......
Current - Literature.
ART BOOKS. Should We Stop Teaching Art ? By C. R. Ashbee. (B. P. Batsford. 3s. 6d. net.)—This book is, in effect, an indictment of the teaching of the Government schools of......
Nature In Italian Art. By Emma Gurney Salter. (a. And
C. Black. 7s. 6d.)—The subject of the book is a fascinating one : it is no less than the rise of landscape art traced from the beginning. Miss Salter notes that it was not till......
Baroque Architecture And Sculpture In Italy. By Corrado...
Heinemann. 25s. net.)—From the absurd facade of St. Moise at Venice to the Colonnade of St. Peter's is a long way, and between them lies a large field of architecture, all of......
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