International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

Reviews

Wilhelm Knapp.) 2 vols. 8 mks. each.—Turning
over the pages of these delightful volumes,
one is struck with the great progress made
during the last few years in the art of photo-
graphy, for such it may now truly be called.
Many of the plates, notably the “ Dutch Women
going to Church,” by F. V. Spitzer; the portrait of
G. F. Watts, by E. Steichen; “ The Group of
Children,” by N. Fischer; and above all the
“ Hochgebirge,” by A. Miethe, an admirable three-
colour photograph direct from nature, have much
of the quality of original drawings.
On the Hop. (Sydney, N.S.W. : The Bulletin
Newspaper Co.)—This volume contains a series
of drawings by Mr. Livingston Hopkins, better
known as “ Hop,” a humorous artist whose work
has chiefly appeared in the “ Sydney Bulletin.”
Mr. Hopkins is a caricaturist and humorous
draughtsman of a very high Order, and his work
bears favourable comparison with the best in
England and America. He has fully mastered the
requirements of modern methods of reproduction,
and his pen-and-ink line is free and direct.
Java : Facts and Fa7icies. By Augusta de Wit.
(London : Chapman & Hall.)—An entertaining
work describing the country, the natives, and life
in Java, illustrated by a large number of very
excellent photographs, well reproduced and printed.
While the book does not appeal professionally to
the artist, there are some details and many
illustrations that may interest him.
JVayside and JVoodland Blossoms. By Edward
Step, F.L.S. (London : Frederick Warne.)
ös. net.—No fresh recommendation is needed for
this new edition of an old favourite, which with its
clear descriptions of more than three hundred
British wild flowers and excellent colour-plates has
already done much to popularise the study of
nature in remote country districts.

Among books for the young brought under our
notice this season, a few call for mention here.
First we have a series of books with coloured
illustrations, issued by Messrs. Jack. In that called
In God’s Garden (6s. net.), Miss Steedman teils
the story of fourteen celebrated saints, the illus-
trations being reproductions, mostly excellent, of
Italian masterpieces.—Princess Kallisto and other
Tales of the Fabies (6s. net), by Mr. W. D. Orcutt,
contains six stories each with a moral lesson to
be taken to heart by its little readers, to whom the
numerous illustrations will be a source of pleasure.—
The Surprising Adventares of the Man in the Moon
(4s. net), by Mr. Ray Steward, is a merry book,

in which all the old nursery heroes constitute the
dramatis personce, but the illustrations, though
doubtless pleasing to little folk, are not entirely
successful.—Mr. Punchls Children's Book, editecl
by E. V. Lucas, illustrated by Olga Morgan
(London Punch ” Office, 6s. net), provides an
ample fund of entertainment for young people, alike
in its mirth-diffusing letterpress and in the abund-
ance of quaint illustrations which make such a
delightful accompaniment to it.—The Golden Goose
Book (Warne & Co., 5$. net) contains four
stories: “The Golden Goose,” “The Three Bears,”
“The Three Little Pigs,” and “Tom Thumb,”
lavishly illustrated in colour and black and
white by Leslie Brooke. The first two are also
published in a separate volume (2 s. 6d. net).—
Both Mr. Shepheard-Walwyn’s Lay of the Wee
Brown Wren (Longmans, 2s. 6d. net), and the
Book of Baby Birds, by B. & N. Parker (W. & R.
Chambers, 39. 61. net), will mect with a warm
welcome from children who are fond of birds, and
though the illustrations are not in colour they are
none the less interesting. Mr. Rands’ delight-
fully humorous Lilüput Revels and Innocent''s
Island, republished by Mr. John Lane in one
volume (6s.) should prove as much a source of
amusement now as when they were first published
some thirty years ago, Miss Wedderburn’s droll
illustrations being an additional attraction.—In
The Boys of Badminster (W. & R. Chambers, 55.),
Mr. Andrew Home teils a thrilling story of
boyish escapades, admirably illustrated by Mr.
Sheldon, while Mrs. Meade in A Bevy of Girls
(Chambers, 6s.), adds one more to a long series of
charming stories which have made her a favourite
with girls. The illustrations to this volume are by
Mr. Lewis Baumer, who excels in the delineation
of girls in their teens.
Messrs. Frost & Reed, of Bristol, have recently
published two important mezzotint engravings. One,
an original engraving by Mr. A. C. Meyer, R.P.E.,
entitled Across the Moor, is an important work,
and Mr. Meyer is to be congratulated on the
singularly successful treatment of his subject, the
dark mass of Scotch firs Standing out against the
evening sky being strikingly effective and poetic.
The other is by Norman Hirst, after the painting Sea
Melodies, by Mr. Herbert Draper, exhibited in
last year’s Academy. It is a particularly good
example of Mr. Draper’s work, and the mezzo-
tinter has been very successful in his rendering.
Both prints will appeal to a large section of the
public on account of their delicate execution and
pleasing subjects.

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