International studio (60.1916/1917)

Reviews and Notices

decorative sculpture, the placing and surroundings
of monuments, group monuments, column monu-
ments, arch monuments, etc., and the book is
throughout illustrated by examples of all dates and
from all countries. In conclusion he pleads for
greater intercourse in such schools as those of the
Royal Academy between sculptors and architects,
and he thinks that architecture should be a com-
pulsory subject of study for all sculptors. One
fault we have to find with the book is that some of
the modern features of architecture illustrated, no
doubt to make clear a particular form of adapta-
tion of statuary to masonry, are not, in themselves,
entitled to the tribute paid them by their inclusion
in this very serviceable and thoughtful treatise.
Beautiful Buildings in France and Belgium.
With descriptive notes by C. Harrison Towns-
end, F.R.I.B.A. (London : T. Fisher Unwin.)

ioj. 6d. net.—For the illustration of this attractive
album, in which many of the architectural glories
of France and Belgium are represented, Sam Prout,
Clarkson Stanfield, Shotter Boys, William Callow,
David Roberts, Joseph Nash and other artists who
excelled in the portrayal of picturesque old build-
ings have been drawn upon. Though some of the
edifices depicted—such as the town halls of Arras
and Ypres and the Cathedrals of Malines and
Rheims—have suffered grievously from the ravages
of war, it is a consolation to think that most of
them, all with a few exceptions located in or near
the sphere of military operations, have so far
survived unscathed. But apart from its relation to
current events, the volume has an enduring inter-
est as containing fine examples of pictorial art by
artists of note whose reverence for the great master-
pieces of another art was reflected in their work.
Joseph Pennell's
Pictures of the Wonder of
Work. (London: Wm.
Heinemann.) ^s. 6d. net.
“ Work to-day,” says Mr.
Pennell in his introduction
to this volume of repro-
ductions, “is the greatest
thing in the world, and
the artist who best
records it will be best
remembered.” We do
not doubt that his own
name will long be remem-
bered in this connection,
for though many artists
have in these modern
days extracted subject-
matter for pictorial treat-
ment from the world of
industry, we know of no
one—with the possible ex-
ception of Mr. Brangwyn
—who has explored this
source of pictorial
inspiration to the same
extent as Mr. Pennell.
He has himself in the
pages of this Magazine
told us — apropos more
particularly of that great-
est of all the Wonders
of Work of this age, the
Panama Canal — how
deeply impressed he has
been by the phenomena to


‘ WINTER”

BY W. II. CLARKE