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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
March, 1912
JOHN LANE CO.
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW 1912 BOOKS
Order of your Booksellers or
address the John Lane Co.
i 14 W. 32d Street, New York
FICTION
ZULEIKA DOBSON. By Max Beerbohm, author of “Yet Again,”
“The Happy Hypocrite,” etc. Cover design by Earl Stetson
Crawford, 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
***“Zuleika Dobson” will be as astounding to novel readers as ‘‘Don Quixote' *
was to the chivalry-loving knights of old. It is the story of a beautiful, innocent
girl, a prestidigitator in vaudeville, who captivated two continents and brought all
of young Oxford to her feet at the college boat races. In the hand of the incompar-
able Max the story of love's champion is as entrancing and no less humorous in
its own individual way as ever were the adventures of the Spanish Don.
SEKHET. By Irene Miller. 121110. Cloth, $1.25 net. Postage,
12 cents.
***“ Sekhet" deals with that topic of unwearying interest to readers of
romance—the adventures and struggles of an exquisitely lovely woman upon
whom the hand of fate is laid heavily. From the days of her beautiful girlhood
Evarne has good reason to believe herself one of the victims of Sekhet, the ancient
Egyptian Goddess of Love and Cruelty. But, though the main theme of this
story is the tragic outcome of a too passionate love, portions are full of humor, and
throughout there is a relieving lightness of touch in the writing.
WINGS OF DESIRE. By M. P. Willcocks, author of “The Wingless
Victory,” etc. 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
* A This novel deals with the uppermost topic of the present day—the woman
problem. Miss Willcocks has given us a story which is deeply psychological and
at times rather startling with its blunt honesty. We are shown, in this author's in-
imitable style, whether man or woman is the greater loser when going against cus-
toms and conventions.
MANALIVE. By Gilbert K. Chesterton, author of “The Innocence
of Father Brown,” “Orthodoxy,” “Heretics,” etc. Frontispiece and
jacket illustration by Will Foster. 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Post-
age, 12 cents.
%*A fanciful and altogether delightful tale of the doings of Innocent Smith ,
who reminds himself by every possible shock to the intellect that he is a man alive,
walking on two legs. He plays the most absurd, ludicrous and harmless pranks
on all with whom he comes in contact. The trial in Beacon Street is one of the
most original bits of fiction that has come along in some time. The story is
replete with Chestertonian wit and humor and a joy throughout.
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN. By Anne Warwick, author of “Com-
pensation.” Frontispiece and jacket illustration by Will Grefe.
i2mo. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
***A society novel with a fresh, original touch. The heroine, Sandra, who
no longer feels pain or disappointment, the artistic and intensely masculine hus-
band, the “up-to-the-minute” daughter, Moffett, and the rest of the delightful
characters move in and out of a plot that is absorbing to the very end. The story
revolves around an artist who is almost ruined through catering to the vanity of
a millionaire art patron, but who is saved in the end by the scarlet woman.
THE EALING MIRACLE. By Horace W. C. Newte, author of “ The
Sins of the Children,” “The Socialist Countess,” “Sparrows,” etc.
i2mo. Cloth, $1.25 net. Postage, 12 cents.
*** Realism is, perhaps, Mr. Newte's greatest gift—the art of describing facts
artistically. In his earlier work, “Sparrows,” he dealt with the lives of the
underpaid and overworked women workers of London, and to some extent he
deals with the same theme again, though on different lines. There are some al-
most cruelly scathing pictures of suburban society, and the sketches of the High
Church Anglican Guild are drawn by an author who evidently knows his subject
from behind the scenes. The story is one that will grip and hold the reader's
attention throughout.
(Continued on page 22)
“Florence and Her Treasures,” by
Herbert Vaughn, B.A., F.S.A. (The Mac-
millan Company, New York.) $1.75.
Florence has long been the Mecca of
those who admire Italian art, and in this
guide to her treasures appears a sort of
artistic Baedeker, a careful historical
enumeration and description of those ex-
amples of architecture, sculpture and
painting which have made Forence one of
the most important features of an artistic
itinerary in Italy.
From “Florence and Her Treasures”
THE STATUE OF “ ST. GEORGE”
BY DONATELLO
Following a historical sketch of the
principal events in the city’s history, there
are detailed stories of the churches, with
their paintings and sculpture, followed by
a splendidly complete guide to the great
Uffizi Gallery, the Pitti Gallery and the
Accademia. The Muzeo Nazionale, of
course, is the subject of another “per-
sonally conducted tour,” with careful de-
scriptions of the more notable of the his-
toric palaces, such as the Palazzo Vecchio,
the Pitti Palace and the Riccardi, Corsini
and Strozzi palaces. All that is of ar-
tistic interest has been chronicled here,
all those storied objects which one’s fancy,
curiosity or appreciation lure over seas,
but obviously, as in the case of any book
in the nature of a guide, it can form scarce-
ly more edifying reading for the stay-at-
home than a course in Baedeker or an
imaginary trip up the Nile on the pages of
a tourist agency’s alluring prospectus.
It is to be hoped that the publishers of
this little book will arrange to bring out
others, dealing not only with Rome, Venice
and other centers of Italian art, but with
cities in other countries which have become
known as repositories of art.
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
March, 1912
JOHN LANE CO.
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW 1912 BOOKS
Order of your Booksellers or
address the John Lane Co.
i 14 W. 32d Street, New York
FICTION
ZULEIKA DOBSON. By Max Beerbohm, author of “Yet Again,”
“The Happy Hypocrite,” etc. Cover design by Earl Stetson
Crawford, 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
***“Zuleika Dobson” will be as astounding to novel readers as ‘‘Don Quixote' *
was to the chivalry-loving knights of old. It is the story of a beautiful, innocent
girl, a prestidigitator in vaudeville, who captivated two continents and brought all
of young Oxford to her feet at the college boat races. In the hand of the incompar-
able Max the story of love's champion is as entrancing and no less humorous in
its own individual way as ever were the adventures of the Spanish Don.
SEKHET. By Irene Miller. 121110. Cloth, $1.25 net. Postage,
12 cents.
***“ Sekhet" deals with that topic of unwearying interest to readers of
romance—the adventures and struggles of an exquisitely lovely woman upon
whom the hand of fate is laid heavily. From the days of her beautiful girlhood
Evarne has good reason to believe herself one of the victims of Sekhet, the ancient
Egyptian Goddess of Love and Cruelty. But, though the main theme of this
story is the tragic outcome of a too passionate love, portions are full of humor, and
throughout there is a relieving lightness of touch in the writing.
WINGS OF DESIRE. By M. P. Willcocks, author of “The Wingless
Victory,” etc. 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
* A This novel deals with the uppermost topic of the present day—the woman
problem. Miss Willcocks has given us a story which is deeply psychological and
at times rather startling with its blunt honesty. We are shown, in this author's in-
imitable style, whether man or woman is the greater loser when going against cus-
toms and conventions.
MANALIVE. By Gilbert K. Chesterton, author of “The Innocence
of Father Brown,” “Orthodoxy,” “Heretics,” etc. Frontispiece and
jacket illustration by Will Foster. 121110. Cloth, $1.30 net. Post-
age, 12 cents.
%*A fanciful and altogether delightful tale of the doings of Innocent Smith ,
who reminds himself by every possible shock to the intellect that he is a man alive,
walking on two legs. He plays the most absurd, ludicrous and harmless pranks
on all with whom he comes in contact. The trial in Beacon Street is one of the
most original bits of fiction that has come along in some time. The story is
replete with Chestertonian wit and humor and a joy throughout.
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN. By Anne Warwick, author of “Com-
pensation.” Frontispiece and jacket illustration by Will Grefe.
i2mo. Cloth, $1.30 net. Postage, 12 cents.
***A society novel with a fresh, original touch. The heroine, Sandra, who
no longer feels pain or disappointment, the artistic and intensely masculine hus-
band, the “up-to-the-minute” daughter, Moffett, and the rest of the delightful
characters move in and out of a plot that is absorbing to the very end. The story
revolves around an artist who is almost ruined through catering to the vanity of
a millionaire art patron, but who is saved in the end by the scarlet woman.
THE EALING MIRACLE. By Horace W. C. Newte, author of “ The
Sins of the Children,” “The Socialist Countess,” “Sparrows,” etc.
i2mo. Cloth, $1.25 net. Postage, 12 cents.
*** Realism is, perhaps, Mr. Newte's greatest gift—the art of describing facts
artistically. In his earlier work, “Sparrows,” he dealt with the lives of the
underpaid and overworked women workers of London, and to some extent he
deals with the same theme again, though on different lines. There are some al-
most cruelly scathing pictures of suburban society, and the sketches of the High
Church Anglican Guild are drawn by an author who evidently knows his subject
from behind the scenes. The story is one that will grip and hold the reader's
attention throughout.
(Continued on page 22)
“Florence and Her Treasures,” by
Herbert Vaughn, B.A., F.S.A. (The Mac-
millan Company, New York.) $1.75.
Florence has long been the Mecca of
those who admire Italian art, and in this
guide to her treasures appears a sort of
artistic Baedeker, a careful historical
enumeration and description of those ex-
amples of architecture, sculpture and
painting which have made Forence one of
the most important features of an artistic
itinerary in Italy.
From “Florence and Her Treasures”
THE STATUE OF “ ST. GEORGE”
BY DONATELLO
Following a historical sketch of the
principal events in the city’s history, there
are detailed stories of the churches, with
their paintings and sculpture, followed by
a splendidly complete guide to the great
Uffizi Gallery, the Pitti Gallery and the
Accademia. The Muzeo Nazionale, of
course, is the subject of another “per-
sonally conducted tour,” with careful de-
scriptions of the more notable of the his-
toric palaces, such as the Palazzo Vecchio,
the Pitti Palace and the Riccardi, Corsini
and Strozzi palaces. All that is of ar-
tistic interest has been chronicled here,
all those storied objects which one’s fancy,
curiosity or appreciation lure over seas,
but obviously, as in the case of any book
in the nature of a guide, it can form scarce-
ly more edifying reading for the stay-at-
home than a course in Baedeker or an
imaginary trip up the Nile on the pages of
a tourist agency’s alluring prospectus.
It is to be hoped that the publishers of
this little book will arrange to bring out
others, dealing not only with Rome, Venice
and other centers of Italian art, but with
cities in other countries which have become
known as repositories of art.