DOI Heft:
No. 33 (December, 1895)
DOI Artikel:Reviews of recent publications
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0207
Reviews of Recent Publications
last July (Part 28), we referred to the work of a all round. But, after all, criticism is chiefly valu-
young designer, Mr. Charles Robinson. In con- able as documentary evidence of the critic's own
sequence of that article a commission was entrusted personality. Students of illustration will find the
to him by Mr. Lane to illustrate Mr. Stevenson's non-debatable passages full of genuine and wise
delightful verses for children. The artist has experience. To see so many illustrations side by
acquitted himself magnificently of his task, and we side, with a running commentary, pungent and quite
take an especial pleasure in recording his success. clearly expressed, cannot fail to be most helpful.
Every one who likes Without pretending
prettily decorated that this volume, at
books should buy this E^E^M^^P^V"fff one-sixth the cost,
little work. ^>^^^^^te^^^^^^^^\lMM rivals Mr. Pennell's
Modern Illustra- ^T^Jn^" *T1 ^^5^ff^^.^^\ ty;|^§| first great book, which
Hon. By Joseph *h \ \\ W/*^\{ tli\ Wtw naturally covered a
Pennell. (London : 1L&~J |f|L J 1 i 11 \f 1 portion of the same
Bell & Son. xos.6d. ^^^j^^FT hrftffl J J |f ground, it is a neces-
net.)—As Mr. Pennell ?-*f^-' \ II 1 IC ' ) ti '{ sary supplement to
points out in this vol- ^^f^^n/^^fiW K^^^^w 1^F\Jy r I an<^ a book that
ume, the number of W^f-^':^ff': "■■'( f'-'j^^O^' '~ \ 1 should be the best
books dealing with fe, \f'-W^^^ "v ■ \ [jM^i \ °^ aii Christmas gifts
modern illustration is l^-'lf'''' "^'''^^^^-^^^ \ v to a boy or girl inte-
limited. Certainly jt^M^ ''k^^^f^^^.^^/ '} )' rested (as everybody
there is not one that )|f|^ vtf IP ' ISlf; f ^ffilffik 1 1 ' *s to-day, more or
has ever attempted to ^!^^^^& !^^\v ^^^W/w/'fl'^^^S'^F^^^^S 1 less) in illustration,
cover the wide field ^^^^^^^^^/f^ll III /ll^^^C^ I Some of the pictures
of this. For in rapid |ȤC' W IJI|^mlL? 1 . appear for the: first
and most readable M$m*k /(^/lilll \ml \\fv^» Uli time, as for example,
fashion Mr. Pennell | /fh ^y^M^^ 111 I if ^'ife the one by Mr. Ann-
traces the growth of p ^^^yfl^^^^^n l l "'• '' W6 arS pGr"
illustration from Be- St^^^WW^m! /IlI^^^ mitted to reproduce
wick's time; especially |k|F ^^^^^^ il^^J}\\ '''('''here. It would give
through the golden pHj. ^^-<Li^^ \\\ quite an unfair im-
decade, as he calls it ^f\^W_ d=^^^^-—^^^l^^^^l pression of the book
elsewhere, from i860 /\ \^ rs***=ȣ=-tj2jj^ ^"{^^^^^^^ii^^ to ta^e a sentence
to 1870. As the in- ^ \J Wwlfivf'l and argue over it for
troductory chapter $p ] k'^1^ 1 ^ NWM rWK a column (as your
makes very evident, ^fMI§M • MHi v critic of art loves to
Mr. Pennell expects W'^'' J^MII^B if do to-day) and then
to be handled roughly ^^^^^,!l >''''; '^^wlw Jm dismiss the work itself
for his opinions ex- f^^^f^^f'-x I * JW\ in a sentence. But
pressed herein, and ''';t6>.^: /; ^T/WZJ t/ftwL the self-effacement re-
, , . . . ayay moving ••;>• ^s.s^k^^//-/'//mwk , . Jr -
for certain omissions. i "wm , ISgy #/wfl? « quired fora first notice
The latter may be |^§§^§i§b. ,. ^ ^^^^S^^^^P^j - r. that does not pick up
readily forgiven. In any of the gauntlets
"modern illustration" (bell and sons)
an octavo volume of design by r. anning bell the author throws
some two or three about so lavishly
hundred pages an therein, cannot be
example of every artist, English and foreign, worth printed without full recognition of one's conscious
including, or even the bare mention of the names of virtue in refusing to be carried away by side issues,
all, is well-nigh impossible. His opinion is given The excellent printing of the Chiswick Press has
with no shadow of doubt whatever; yet he must be done justice to a really remarkable collection of
more than mortal who should estimate so vast a typical illustrations.
body of work with absolute justice. The personal Huon of Bordeaux. Done into English by Sir
equation will tell, and it tells strongly with Mr. Pen- John Bourchier, Lord Berners, and now retold
nell; yet, on the whole, praise is liberally scattered by Robert Steele. (London : George Allen.)—
192
last July (Part 28), we referred to the work of a all round. But, after all, criticism is chiefly valu-
young designer, Mr. Charles Robinson. In con- able as documentary evidence of the critic's own
sequence of that article a commission was entrusted personality. Students of illustration will find the
to him by Mr. Lane to illustrate Mr. Stevenson's non-debatable passages full of genuine and wise
delightful verses for children. The artist has experience. To see so many illustrations side by
acquitted himself magnificently of his task, and we side, with a running commentary, pungent and quite
take an especial pleasure in recording his success. clearly expressed, cannot fail to be most helpful.
Every one who likes Without pretending
prettily decorated that this volume, at
books should buy this E^E^M^^P^V"fff one-sixth the cost,
little work. ^>^^^^^te^^^^^^^^\lMM rivals Mr. Pennell's
Modern Illustra- ^T^Jn^" *T1 ^^5^ff^^.^^\ ty;|^§| first great book, which
Hon. By Joseph *h \ \\ W/*^\{ tli\ Wtw naturally covered a
Pennell. (London : 1L&~J |f|L J 1 i 11 \f 1 portion of the same
Bell & Son. xos.6d. ^^^j^^FT hrftffl J J |f ground, it is a neces-
net.)—As Mr. Pennell ?-*f^-' \ II 1 IC ' ) ti '{ sary supplement to
points out in this vol- ^^f^^n/^^fiW K^^^^w 1^F\Jy r I an<^ a book that
ume, the number of W^f-^':^ff': "■■'( f'-'j^^O^' '~ \ 1 should be the best
books dealing with fe, \f'-W^^^ "v ■ \ [jM^i \ °^ aii Christmas gifts
modern illustration is l^-'lf'''' "^'''^^^^-^^^ \ v to a boy or girl inte-
limited. Certainly jt^M^ ''k^^^f^^^.^^/ '} )' rested (as everybody
there is not one that )|f|^ vtf IP ' ISlf; f ^ffilffik 1 1 ' *s to-day, more or
has ever attempted to ^!^^^^& !^^\v ^^^W/w/'fl'^^^S'^F^^^^S 1 less) in illustration,
cover the wide field ^^^^^^^^^/f^ll III /ll^^^C^ I Some of the pictures
of this. For in rapid |ȤC' W IJI|^mlL? 1 . appear for the: first
and most readable M$m*k /(^/lilll \ml \\fv^» Uli time, as for example,
fashion Mr. Pennell | /fh ^y^M^^ 111 I if ^'ife the one by Mr. Ann-
traces the growth of p ^^^yfl^^^^^n l l "'• '' W6 arS pGr"
illustration from Be- St^^^WW^m! /IlI^^^ mitted to reproduce
wick's time; especially |k|F ^^^^^^ il^^J}\\ '''('''here. It would give
through the golden pHj. ^^-<Li^^ \\\ quite an unfair im-
decade, as he calls it ^f\^W_ d=^^^^-—^^^l^^^^l pression of the book
elsewhere, from i860 /\ \^ rs***=ȣ=-tj2jj^ ^"{^^^^^^^ii^^ to ta^e a sentence
to 1870. As the in- ^ \J Wwlfivf'l and argue over it for
troductory chapter $p ] k'^1^ 1 ^ NWM rWK a column (as your
makes very evident, ^fMI§M • MHi v critic of art loves to
Mr. Pennell expects W'^'' J^MII^B if do to-day) and then
to be handled roughly ^^^^^,!l >''''; '^^wlw Jm dismiss the work itself
for his opinions ex- f^^^f^^f'-x I * JW\ in a sentence. But
pressed herein, and ''';t6>.^: /; ^T/WZJ t/ftwL the self-effacement re-
, , . . . ayay moving ••;>• ^s.s^k^^//-/'//mwk , . Jr -
for certain omissions. i "wm , ISgy #/wfl? « quired fora first notice
The latter may be |^§§^§i§b. ,. ^ ^^^^S^^^^P^j - r. that does not pick up
readily forgiven. In any of the gauntlets
"modern illustration" (bell and sons)
an octavo volume of design by r. anning bell the author throws
some two or three about so lavishly
hundred pages an therein, cannot be
example of every artist, English and foreign, worth printed without full recognition of one's conscious
including, or even the bare mention of the names of virtue in refusing to be carried away by side issues,
all, is well-nigh impossible. His opinion is given The excellent printing of the Chiswick Press has
with no shadow of doubt whatever; yet he must be done justice to a really remarkable collection of
more than mortal who should estimate so vast a typical illustrations.
body of work with absolute justice. The personal Huon of Bordeaux. Done into English by Sir
equation will tell, and it tells strongly with Mr. Pen- John Bourchier, Lord Berners, and now retold
nell; yet, on the whole, praise is liberally scattered by Robert Steele. (London : George Allen.)—
192