Studio: international art (6.1896)

Reviews of Recent Publications

Nature Poems. By Longfellow. Illustrated
by Paul de Longpre. (London: Ward, Lock
& Bowden, Ltd.)—Although the vignetted illustra-
tions which accompany this book do not exhibit
any especial degree of originality, for they remind
us of the American " drawing-room" editions of

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twenty years ago, they are pleasant to the eye,
clever in execution, and form an appropriate
decoration to these popular verses of the great
Transatlantic poet. A word of especial praise must
be accorded to the design upon the cover. It is
quite one of the best that have appeared during
this season.

D Allegro and II Penseroso of John Milton,
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with Drawings by William Hyde. (London : J. M.
Dent & Co. Price \os. 6d. net.)—The illustrations
consist of thirteen photogravures of wash drawings
by William Hyde. Readers of The Studio will
remember the two powerful drawings of London
which appeared some time ago in our pages by this

talented artist. Mr. Hyde invests his landscapes,
whether of town or country, with a fine poetical feel-
ing, and the drawings which he has now made to
accompany Milton's great lines are of exceptional
interest and beauty.

The New Forest. By John R. Wise. Fifth
Edition. (London : Gibbings & Co.)—Quite apart
from the fact that this, one of the first and still the

"ETCHING IN ENGLAND" (BELL AND SONS) " GWENDDYDD " BY H. HERKGMER, R.A