Studio: international art (10.1897)

Reviews of Recent Publications

CHAPTER HEADING BY JOSEPH SATTLER

drawing should be omitted. It is a rare talent in
a draughtsman, and one much to be commended.

Vierteljahrs-Hefte des Vereins Bildender Kaustler
Dresdens. (Dresden : E. Arnold, Schloss-strasse.)
Parts I. II. and III.—As its title implies, this is
a quarterly publication of the Dresden Artists'
Club, and at its comparatively low yearly subscrip-
tion of thirty-six marks should command the liberal
support of art-lovers in all parts of the world. The
size of the publication is large folio, and each
number contains an average of five plates, consisting
chiefly of lithographs and chromo-lithographs, but
with occasional etchings and photogravures. Judg-
ing from the parts before us, the work appears to
be one of the most notable art publications that
have appeared in recent years. The plates are not
only often of great merit as works of art, but are
reproduced in such a manner as to claim our un-

" MY SHADOW." DRAWING BY JOSEPH SATTI.ER.
FROM " DURCHEINANDER" (j. A. STARGARDT)

qualified approbation. Especially notable for ex-
cellence is the lithograph by Robert Sterl, in
Part II., and the etching by Hans Unger, the
winter landscape in three colours by Paul Baum,
and the lithograph by Karl Mediz in Part III.
Any single one of these is worth more than the
cost of the entire part.
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FROM "DURCHEINANDER" (j. A. STARGARDT)

Geschichte der rheiniscJien Stadtekidtur. By
Heinrich Boos. Illustrated by Joseph Sattler.
(Berlin: J. A. Stargardt.) Durcheinander. By
Joseph Sattler. (Berlin: J. A. Stargardt.) —
The publisher may be very heartily congratulated
upon the beautiful manner in which the first of
these two works is presented. Excellently printed
in well designed type upon a fine deckled edged
paper, the result is in every respect admirable.
Mr. Sattler's numerous full-page illustrations and
vignettes are powerful and original, and worthy of
the high reputation which he has already acquired.

The second work consists of a collection of
recent designs by Mr. Sattler for book-plates, title-
pages, name-cards, monograms, and of illustrations
from books and journals. Mr. Sattler's great range
of subject is well exemplified in this collection, and
those who desire to possess some characteristic
examples of his work could not do better than
acquire this interesting album. By permission of
the publishers, we give herewith three illustrations
selected from the two works.

Reliqttes of Old London. Drawn in lithography
by T. R. Way. With introduction by H. B.
Wheatley, F.S.A. (London : Bell.)—In this ex-
ceedingly attractive quarto volume, Mr. T. R. Way
shows the workaday value of lithography, and its
peculiar suitability for certain subjects. The two
dozen plates of old buildings and streets herein
are most admirably drawn and accurate topographi-
cal transcripts of facts, which will prove records
of great value to future historians. That he has
infused them with art, and made two dozen pic-
tures worth possessing on their own merits, is still
more to his credit. It is a matter of regret that
less than three hundred copies of this really
valuable work have been issued, and that no more
are possible, as the drawings have been erased
from the stones. Mr. H. B. Wheatley supplies a
delightful introduction and commentary. The
book is likely to become one of few treasure-troves
of 1896, in the eyes of future collectors. Possibly
it must be attributed to the economy of lithography