The Formation Of The Alphabet.
The Formation of the Alphabet. By W. M. Flinders Petrie. (Macmillan and Co. Oa net.)—Recent discoveries in the field of epigraphy, and especially the excavations of Professor......
A Fourth Volume Has Been Issued Of The Great Catalogue
Raisonnts of Dutch Painters of Hofstede de Groot, translated by E. G. Hawke. (Macmillan and Co. 25s. net.)—The present volume consists of a detailed list of the works of......
English Ironwork Of The Seventeenth And Eighteenth...
By J. Starkie Gardner. (B. T. Batsford. 2s. neta—The author has collected a large number of beautiful examples of ironwork, chiefly gates which adorn the entrances to English......
The Painters Of The School Of Seville. By Ii. Sentonach.
(Duckworth and Co. 5s. net.)—The fact that Velazquez was one The Painters of the School of Seville. By II. Sentonach. (Duckworth and Co. 5s. net.)—The fact that Velazquez was......
It Is Difficult To Keep Count Of The Handbooks Published
relating to cathedral; especially those of France. Mr. T. F. Bumpus has added another volume to the list, Cathedrals of Northern France (T. Werner Laurie, 6s. net), which is......
Sculpture In Spain. By Albert F. Calvert. (john Lane. 3s.
6d. net.)—Early sculpture in Spain, especially bas-reliefs, shows much more originality than the contemporary painting. The best work must have been done in the fifteenth......
Artistic And Decorative Stencilling. By G. A. Dudley And B.
Andsley. (G. Allen and Co. 4e. 6d. net.)—Here we have the technique of stencilling explained and information given as to materials and methods. This is done fully and clearly,......
Raeburn. By James Greig. (the Connoisseur.)—this Is A...
with a large number of illustrations and a list of portraits amounting to about a thousand. Mr. Greig has recovered a. good number of Reeburn's letters and accounts which are of......
A Child's Visions. Drawings By Daphne Allen. (g. Allen Any
Co. 6s. net.)—Here we have the drawings improvised by a child of twelve years old. They are mostly done with a pen in expres- sive line. We are told they were drawn from the......
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......
Cameo Book-stamps. By Cyril Davenport (e. Arnold. 21s....
of this book has made a collection of the embossed stamps used as the centrepieces of bindings of old books, English, French, German, and Italian. The latter show the best......
The Classic Point Of View. By Kenyon Cox. (t, Werner
Laurie. 6s. net.)—The American artist who is the author of this book takes an eminently sane and central position in relation to the various matters of which he treats—design,......