Studio: international art (3.1894)

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curious to find the author grouping decorative art promises a delightful book, and the chapters which

with landscape gardening, for the latter, if an art, follow do not disappoint you In its ample quotation

is surely but a mechanical rearrangement of certain it reminds one vaguely of Montaigne's pages, and

natural objects in a form confessedly intended to the modest expression of personal opinion through

imitate Nature. Invention, colour, and the whole the medium of passages extracted from the works of

system of conventional representations of objects previous writers, is somewhat refreshing in this day

which seem to us to be the essentials of "decora- when every scribbler would be his own Pope—not,

tive " as opposed to " naturalistic " art, have surely alas ! the Twickenham sage, but the infallible

little enough in common with the art of gardening arbitrator on all disputed points. Whether dis-

in the " wild " style. But the book is not to be cussing the ground-plans of Tudor houses, or the

dismissed in a paragraph. It is a very valuable legitimate use of iron and aluminium among the

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and serious attempt to formulate a scientific basis building materials of the near future, Mr. Harris

for the higher criticism of things artistic, and should interests you, and by a pleasant non-combative

be on the shelves, and as often as possible in the argument sets in motion many trains of thought,

hands, of all artists. It is freely illustrated and well printed, so that to

The Tournament of Love. By W. Theodore loiter over its pages is a genuine pleasure- For

Peters. (Paris : Brentano's).—This most dainty slipping into one's Gladstone bag, as a book for a

tome in paper covers, decorated by Alfred Jones, is wet day during the autumn holidays, it would be

the most English-looking book one has seen come hard to choose a more delightful book, provided,

from Paris. The pastoral masque itself cannot be of course, that you take any real interest in the art

discussed here. Those familiar with the graceful of building human habitations,
lyrics by its author, will not be disappointed with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. By F. G. Stephens.

this new departure. The illustrations and the general (London : Seeley & Co. 2s. 6d.)—This admirable

"get up "are in admirable taste ; the cover, printed No. 5 of The Portfolio monographs is written by a

in green ink upon a lighter shade of paper, is member of the original Pre-Raphaelite brother-

entirely successful. The whole is modern and hood peculiarly well equipped for the task. Of

charming. the four photogravures which it contains, Proserpine,

Three Periods of English Architecture. By and Dante on the anniversary of Beatrice's Death,

Thomas Harris, F.R.I.B.A. (London : Batsford.) are the best; they all suffer a little in the printing.

—The title-page at once arrests attention and Among the twenty-nine smaller engravings, Lilith,