International studio (60.1916/1917)

Reviews and Notices

the interpretation of which he has ardently devoted
himself for many years, and now, in presenting
this series of fifty-two reproductions of drawings,
etchings, and lithographs made by him in Europe
and America from 1881 onwards to the present
day, he reiterates and amplifies his thoughts on
the subject. There is a bigness about his own
work which is in keeping with the themes he deals
with, and though it is obvious that a monochro-
matic medium is incapable of yielding the same
range of effects as colour, the artist’s power to
interpret such themes in terms of black and white
is abundantly demonstrated in these reproductions.
London Revisited. By E. V. Lucas. With sixteen
drawings in colour by H. M. Livens and other
illustrations. (London : Methuen and Co. Ltd.)
6l net.—A companion to “A Wanderer in
London ” published ten years ago, this latest
volume from Mr. Lucas’s pen is like the earlier
one interestingly digressive, and the Wanderer
will again find abundance of readable matter. For
the hero-worshipper there are two chapters enume-
rating the residences of famous people to which
tablets have been fixed, and for the traveller
whose interests incline towards art there is a
complete list of the open-air statues of London,
detailed notes on the pictures at the Guildhall and
Hampton Court, and many jottings by the way.
All save one of the monochrome illustrations are
of works of art referred to in the text. Mr. Livens
has followed his author beyond the confines of
London proper and included among his sixteen
drawings one of the Great Gateway, Hampton
Court, and also an attractive view of Richmond
Bridge. Of special interest among the others
are the drawings of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, the
Temple Church, Inner Temple Hall, St. Dunstan’s,
Fleet Street, and the Horse Guards from the Park.
The end papers consist of a reproduction of Mr.
MacDonald Gill’s curious map of London designed
as a poster for the Underground Railways.
From Harbour to Harbour: The Story of Christ-
church, Bournemouth, and Poole from the Earliest
Times to the Present Day. By Mrs. Arthur G.
Bell. With twelve colour plates after paintings
by Arthur G. Bell, R.I., R.O.I. (London:
G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.) row 6d. net.—In the
stretch of coast which Mrs. Bell explores so ex-
haustively in this volume the chief interest lies
in the extremities, for though Bournemouth, which
with its suburbs constitutes the major part of it,
is a delightful and increasingly popular watering-
place, the town itself is entirely modern, and
therefore as regards historic associations has not

the same attractions as Christchurch on the east
and Poole on the west, the beginnings of which
carry us back to times immemorial. The author’s
narrative gains in interest from the fact that she
has become familiar with the region dealt with
from many years’ residence in the locality, and has
also become acquainted with its natural history,
which is well worth study, especially in the neigh-
bourhood of Hengistbury Head. A glimpse of
this bit of coast forms the subject of one of the
twelve illustrations in colour by the late Mr. Arthur
Bell, whose art was at its best when recording
picturesque points of view.
The Allies' Fairy Book. With an introduction
by Edmund Gosse, C.B., and illustrations by
Arthur Rackham. (London: William Heine-
mann.) 6y. net.—It is probable that of the
cosmopolitan collection of fairy tales which Mr.
Gosse has selected for this volume, not more than
two or three are familiar to the Anglo-Saxon child,
and the book has therefore all the advantages
of novelty. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland,
France, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Russia, Serbia, and
Belgium, all contribute typical examples of their
mythical romances. Roumania, having joined the
Allies recently, is not represented, but will be in
another edition, which is sure to come before long,
for with the coloured illustrations by that magical
interpreter of fairyland, Mr. Arthur Rackham, the
book is bound to be popular.
The Medici Society’s publications this season
include a further series of their “Memorabilia”
booklets containing excellent reproductions of
ancient and modern masterpieces, with letterpress
contributed by writers of note and printed in the
beautifully clear type known as “ eleven point
Riccardi.” The Flight into Egypt, Dante in Art,
St. George the Martyr, St. Michael the Archangel,
The Legend of St. Christopher, Words worth’s Happy
Warrior and other poems, f. F. Millet, Painter
of Labour, are among the subjects of these little
editions-de-luxe, which are priced at iw 6d. net.
The Society is also issuing as greeting cards repro-
ductions in colour or monochrome of numerous
pictures by Great Masters, and two by Louis Davis
and Estella Canziani respectively, which are
relevant to this time of war; also some attractive
wall calendars for 1917 (is. net), including one
with a colour reproduction after Mr. Anning Bell’s
The Virgin Prayer; and “ Our Soldiers’ and
Sailors’ Card of Honour” (2s. 6d. net), designed
by Mr. A. S. Hartrick, in which space is provided
for the insertion of a photograph.

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