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the &2<r7-cY to which the Clarke prize
was awarded. It represents a forest scene iit by
sianting suniight, through which winds a string of
buiis, the foremost accompanied by a band of
youths and maidens with dance and song. The
iight effects are managed very skiifuiiy and with
convincing truth, and the hgures are free and ani-

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mated in movement, though the Hesh tints are
scarceiy agreeabie. It is a decorative composition
that might htly decorate a iarge hali in some coun-
try house. This review may be ciosed with a ref-
erence to Wiiliam T. Smedley's very weii painted
portrait of Z. y. JZrC.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

LETTERS AND LETTERtNG : A Treatise with 200
Examples. By FRANK CHAUTEAU BROWN.
Pages2ig+xx. IHustrations, 2iipiates. Bos-
ton: Bates and Guiid. ic)02. 8vo. Price,
^2.00.

AUBREY BEARDSLEY AS A DESIGNER OF BoOK-
PLATES. By A. E. GALLATiN. Iiiustrations,
2 piates on Japanese Veiium. London : Eikin
Mathews. Boston : Charies E. Peabody & Co.
1902. 241110. Boards.

COMING EVENTS.
CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE : Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and vicinity, February 3 to March i.
ERiE ART CLUB: Exhibition of Water-Coiors, February 20 to March 21.
NEW YoRK: Architecturai League Exhibition, February iy to March p.
Society of American Artists, twenty-hfth Annuai Exhibition, March 28 to May 4.
PHILADELPHIA AcADEMY OF THE FiNE ARTS : Seventy-second Annuai Exhibition, January 19 to March 1.
DETROiT MusEUM OF ART: Society of Western Artists' Exhibition, Aprii 4 to 21.
iNDiANAPOLis, HERRON ART INSTITUTE: Society of Western Artists' Exhibition, February 9 to 27.
T0LED0 MusEUM OF ART: Society of Western Artists' Exhibition, March 9 to 26.

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