International studio (32.1907)

Reviews and Notices

of especial interest to architects as being a complete
example of French architecture of the best period
of the eighteenth century. In addition to the
drawings and photographs of the entire exterior
and interior, the illustrations include a large
selection of furniture, numerous details of iron
and brass work, accompanied by descriptive
letterpress and an historical account of the
building. The authors are Messrs. James A.
Arnott and John Wilson, architects, to whom we
presume are due all the drawings contained in the
work, with the exception of two or three by Mr.
J. Douglas Trail.

A knowledge of equine anatomy is not, it is to
be feared, a strong point with many artists who
introduce the horse into their paintings and
drawings, and some who even specialize in this
direction have a good deal to learn. To all such
may be commended a portfolio of drawings
published in this country by Mr. Fisher Unwin,
and in Leipzig by the Dietrich Verlagsanstalt
(T. Weicher), under the title of The Horse: A
Pictorial Guide to its Anatomy (jQi io.t. net). It
contains no drawings by Hermann Dittrich,
beautifully reproduced in collotype, with explana-
tory notes by Profs. Wallenberger and H. Baum,
translated by Prof. Sisson, of Ohio State University.
The muscular and osteological systems are drawn
with remarkable accuracy, and the work cannot
fail to be of the utmost service to painters and
draughtsmen.

The third volume of Arthur L. Jellinek’s Inter-
nationale Bibliographic der Kunstwissenschaft (Behr’s
Verlag, Berlin, 15 mks.) contains the entries for the
year 1904—more than five thousand in number.
We regretted to see announced recently the death
of the compiler of this extremely useful publication,
but we trust that a worthy successor will be forth-
coming to continue his work.

Mr. G. Owen Wheeler’s Old English Furniture
of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (L.
Upcott Gill, 7s. 6d. net) is in the main a reprint of
an instructive series of articles written by him for
“ The Bazaar.” 1 he subject is one in which a
large number of people take a keen interest, and
those of them who are in need of advice and infor-
mation about it will find Mr. Wheeler’s book a
reliable guide. 'I hose especially whose knowledge
is scanty will profit greatly by his exposure of some
of the methods adopted by the faker. A large
number of excellent reproductions of representative
pieces, by great craftsmen of the epoch dealt with,
accompany the letterpress.

The second edition of Chaffers' Handbook to

Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate, edited and
extended by Christopher A. Markham, F.S.A.
(Reeves & Turner, 6si), contains upwards of 200
marks not before given, bringing the various
alphabets up to the present time.

The “ Golden Poets” series, published by Messrs.
T. C. & E. C. Jack (2s. 6d. net per vol.) has
received two further additions—7he Poems of
Byron, with an introduction at once biographical
and critical, by Mr. Charles Whibley, M.A., and
illustrations by A. S. Forrest, and The Poems of
Keats, to which Mr. Arthur Symons contributes a
critical study of the poet, while Mr. Edmund Sulli-
van furnishes the illustrations. Each volume con-
sists of about 250 pages, and one among other
excellent features is the clearness of the type.

Practical Stencil Work, the second of the
“Decorator” series of Practical Handbooks, is a
concise and lucid guide to designing, cutting, and
application of stencils to different purposes. It is
written by Mr. Scott-Mitchell, a lecturer at the City
and Guilds of London Institute, and is illustrated
by over a hundred examples of designs suitable for
this process, The book is published by the Trade
Papers Publishing Co. at 35.

Although wood engraving in this country is now
almost entirely employed for technical and trade
purposes, in the United States woodcuts are still in
demand for pictorial illustration, and in Germany
also there is a fair demand for these. There is not
much likelihood of any considerable revival of this
craft, but those desiring information about the
modus operandi to be pursued cannot do better
than consult a little book published by Messrs.
Dawbarn & Ward in their “ Useful Art Series.”
It is entitled Wood Engraving and Placard Cutting,
and in the latest edition is supplemented by an
instructive article, written and illustrated by Chas. E.
Dawson, on “ Lino. Cuts : a New Method in Block
making for Posters and other Bold Work; also for
making Tint-blocks for Two-Colour.”

The designing of wicker and cane furniture has
hitherto received much more attention on the
continent (particularly Germany and Austria) than
in this country, where most of the work turned out
is either commonplace or unduly elaborate and
fanciful. We are glad, however, to see evidence of
a marked improvement in this respect in the pages
of an illustrated catalogue sent us by the maker of
the “Dryad” Cane Furniture—Mr. H. Peach of
Leicester. The furniture illustrated therein is
much above the average, in general design and
construction, of that met with in this country.

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