International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

and my deeper insight into life's sad realities and
low appetites. Wbat I saw I feit, and what I feit
I noted down." Some few of the " Cartoons of
Pencil Drawing" are well composed, and executed
in a forcible manner, notably those inscribed the
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it is generally a mistake to endeavour to make art
the medium of moral teaching, and these sermons
in black-and-white can scarcely be called a success
in that direction.
CA'/Aw; A Book of Pictures. By
M.\UD BEDDiNGTON. (London : Dent & Co.) gj.—
It is, indeed, a pleasure to meet with such a genuine
child's book as this series of pictures by Miss Maud
Beddington, whose drawings and paintings, ex-
hibited last year at the Woodbury Gallery, won her
so much genuine appreciation. Endowed with the
rare insight into child life which is one of the most
marked characteristics of a poet, the artist has also
the power, so noticeable in the work of the great
French master Boutet de Monvel, of hitting off
with a few simple touches the salient peculiarities
of her subjects. She has gone in every case straight
to nature for her inspiration ; and should her book
ever fall into the hands of any of her models, they
could not fail to recognise the truthfulness of her
portraits. Her vividly realistic yet tenderly sym-
pathetic scenes, with their harmonious colouring,
will appeal with equal force to old and young,
interpreting, as they do, with much skill, the pathos
inseparable from the lives of the children of the
poor, familiär from the cradle with privation and
hard work.

A WARDS IN "THE STUDIO"
/\ PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
4 *- (A XLV.)
DESIGN FOR A SCONCE.
The FlRST PRIZE (Zh'<7 <?77777My) is won by
U7*a/?X777<777 (George Wilson, 125 Shortridge Terrace,
Jermond, Newcastle-on-Tyne).
The SECOND PRIZE (6htr fpKMifa), by C7w/?r77ia77
(George Wilson, 12g Shortridge Terrace, Jermond,
N ewcastle-on-T yne).
Honourable Mention :—67-0/? (Fred. White);
2%?77y (Thomas Frost); 77a777^ (David Veazey);
(Alex. S. Carter); (J. P. Hully);
and Xk7?r/777 (F. W. B. Yorke).
B XXXVI.)
DESIGN FOR A TlTLE PAGE.
The FiRST PRIZE (Z%7W Ut^Araj) is awarded to

Ara (Ethel Larcombe, Wilton Place, St. James's,
Exeter).
The SECOND PRIZE (Zzw <?77777ray), to Zh77
(Fred. H. Ball, 83 Scotland Road, Carlisle).
Hon. Mention :—CM7-Zw (Lennox G. Bird).
(C XXXIV.)
STUDY OF A MALE OR FEMALE HAND AND
FOREARM.
The FiRST PRIZE ((Zw U^Ara) has been won
by !f%M77M'7Z3 (K. Roelants, Ratwyk-aan-Zee,
Holland).
The SECOND PRIZE (Aa/^a-Gwwa), by HrAZz'r
(John B. Anderson, 8 Ireton Street, Belfast).
Hon. Mention : — ?l'7-<yf/772 (Walter Jasper);
ITfArAztMa (K. Roelants); (J. C. A^arty-
Smith) ; Faj^777a^ (Miss M. Grant); Ow<7?7
(Mildred Partridge); ArAr Z?Ar (Bessie Stanford);
and IFa/rT-Aa (Edouard Adelot, Brussels).