DOI Heft:
No.9 (December, 1893)
DOI Artikel:Books for Christmas presents, and others
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0122
Christmas Decorations
J\p Jllustrattd [vJacazinl
orplNC "N° APPLICD Arts-
PrOFUSC L y I LLUSTRATCD.
Should bc Rcad By Architccts.
Artists. Dlsiqn&rs. Studcnts.
and all lovtrs of art.
A Book of Christmas Carols, designed by Mem- worthy to place beside Mr. Walter Crane's famous
bers of the Birmingham School of Art. (London: edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is equivalent to
George Allen. 5J.)—This book is further evidence columns in its
of the rapid advance to publicity of the young Bir- praise. We have
mingham artists. Mr. Arthur J. Gaskin has been permitted
to reproduce two
of the delightful
illustrations in a
previous issue, so
that here it is
needless to de-
scribe their good
quality, but one
must add that
the general ap-
pearance of the
volumes reflect
credit on all con-
cerned. The
binding is espe-
cially good, the
print and paper
no less excellent,
and Mr. Gaskin's
invention equal
, j ENDEAVOUR
to the large de-
mands of such a
task adds the final embellishment to a delight-
ful book. Andersen is everybody's favourite, and
this winter it is peculiarly noticeable that the
opposite ideals of bookmaking should each choose
the same classic for a typical instance of their
separate taste. Indeed, by noticing which edition
is on the drawing-room table—for no one of taste
can afford to be without at least one—callers at a
strange house may safely deduce therefrom the
tendencies of their hostess, and risk opinions on
current art with confidence. Mr. Gaskin has ful-
filled the expectation aroused by Mr. William
Morris's publicly expressed commendation, and
proves himself a worthy recruit to those who rally
round the standard of old English art, as opposed to
those whose sym-
THE THREE SHIPS ("CHRISTMAS CAROLS": GEORGE ALLEN) pathieS and Styles
DESIGNED AND CUT ON WOOD BY BERNARD SLEIGH are drawn from
Paris, either di-
directed the production ; the full-page drawings, rectly or by way of
which are the raison d'etre of the edition, are America. It is a
designed by himself, and by C. M. Gere, Mildred singularly satisfac-
Peacock, Henry Payne, Bernard Sleigh, Mary J. tory piece of book-
Nevill, Violet M. Holden, Florence E-udyard, making.
Sidney Meteyard, Agnes P. Manley, and Fred Songs for Some-
Mason; four are cut on the wood by Bernard body. By Dollie
Sleigh and Mildred Peacock. As the first effort Radford. (Lon- ,
of the School collectively, it may be regarded as a don : David Nutt.) MSWl// ^nhiffiffl P^F^^"^
work of more than passing interest, and is probably —This very grace- nU^MLs /f^^^^&^lBW.
destined not merely to receive the wide popularity ful little book, with M^m^^^^^^W.A'D BY*
it deserves, but to become one of the bocks that verses which are |1j^'»jP!5|i^ch!^i^s
will be prized by collectors. As a substitute for poems, and pic- ^^^T^^pf'^plHggjQ^F^
the ordinary Christmas card, nothing so charming tures by a Bir- MsaM 1 JsKlMaSfSTUDENTS
has appeared for a long time. mingham student AND ALL.
Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated —Gertrude Brad- \v"r; '.Fr/^?^" Li3^ER5°ART
by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D., with ioo pictures ley—is full of the ;':c:H®mmH^
by Arthur J. Gaskin. Two vols. (London : Geo. humour that chil-
Allen.)—To say that • this edition of Andersen is dren love. extra prize : ichabod
i io
' 7
g
J\p Jllustrattd [vJacazinl
orplNC "N° APPLICD Arts-
PrOFUSC L y I LLUSTRATCD.
Should bc Rcad By Architccts.
Artists. Dlsiqn&rs. Studcnts.
and all lovtrs of art.
A Book of Christmas Carols, designed by Mem- worthy to place beside Mr. Walter Crane's famous
bers of the Birmingham School of Art. (London: edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is equivalent to
George Allen. 5J.)—This book is further evidence columns in its
of the rapid advance to publicity of the young Bir- praise. We have
mingham artists. Mr. Arthur J. Gaskin has been permitted
to reproduce two
of the delightful
illustrations in a
previous issue, so
that here it is
needless to de-
scribe their good
quality, but one
must add that
the general ap-
pearance of the
volumes reflect
credit on all con-
cerned. The
binding is espe-
cially good, the
print and paper
no less excellent,
and Mr. Gaskin's
invention equal
, j ENDEAVOUR
to the large de-
mands of such a
task adds the final embellishment to a delight-
ful book. Andersen is everybody's favourite, and
this winter it is peculiarly noticeable that the
opposite ideals of bookmaking should each choose
the same classic for a typical instance of their
separate taste. Indeed, by noticing which edition
is on the drawing-room table—for no one of taste
can afford to be without at least one—callers at a
strange house may safely deduce therefrom the
tendencies of their hostess, and risk opinions on
current art with confidence. Mr. Gaskin has ful-
filled the expectation aroused by Mr. William
Morris's publicly expressed commendation, and
proves himself a worthy recruit to those who rally
round the standard of old English art, as opposed to
those whose sym-
THE THREE SHIPS ("CHRISTMAS CAROLS": GEORGE ALLEN) pathieS and Styles
DESIGNED AND CUT ON WOOD BY BERNARD SLEIGH are drawn from
Paris, either di-
directed the production ; the full-page drawings, rectly or by way of
which are the raison d'etre of the edition, are America. It is a
designed by himself, and by C. M. Gere, Mildred singularly satisfac-
Peacock, Henry Payne, Bernard Sleigh, Mary J. tory piece of book-
Nevill, Violet M. Holden, Florence E-udyard, making.
Sidney Meteyard, Agnes P. Manley, and Fred Songs for Some-
Mason; four are cut on the wood by Bernard body. By Dollie
Sleigh and Mildred Peacock. As the first effort Radford. (Lon- ,
of the School collectively, it may be regarded as a don : David Nutt.) MSWl// ^nhiffiffl P^F^^"^
work of more than passing interest, and is probably —This very grace- nU^MLs /f^^^^&^lBW.
destined not merely to receive the wide popularity ful little book, with M^m^^^^^^W.A'D BY*
it deserves, but to become one of the bocks that verses which are |1j^'»jP!5|i^ch!^i^s
will be prized by collectors. As a substitute for poems, and pic- ^^^T^^pf'^plHggjQ^F^
the ordinary Christmas card, nothing so charming tures by a Bir- MsaM 1 JsKlMaSfSTUDENTS
has appeared for a long time. mingham student AND ALL.
Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated —Gertrude Brad- \v"r; '.Fr/^?^" Li3^ER5°ART
by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D., with ioo pictures ley—is full of the ;':c:H®mmH^
by Arthur J. Gaskin. Two vols. (London : Geo. humour that chil-
Allen.)—To say that • this edition of Andersen is dren love. extra prize : ichabod
i io
' 7
g