DOI Heft:
No. 60 (March, 1898)
DOI Artikel:Reviews of recent publications
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18391#0148
Reviews of Recent Publications
works of Rubens, and though it cannot be recom- not included, yet nothing of his freshest and most
mended to the general reader, will be of interest lovable time is wanting. The drawings recall " the
to the student of the master. There are no illus- sixties," not so much because Millais and Sandys
trations, and the value of the book for purposes of have now and again influenced Mr. Shaw, as for the
reference is discounted by the fact that it is not elaborate comment upon the text which they offer,
divided into chapters nor provided with headlines. We all know the " he " and " she " stuck in a land-
Des Chats. By Steinlen. (Paris: E. Flam- scape in a vague way that fits them more or less to any
marion.)_Under the simple title of " Cats " Steinlen love lyric. Mr. Shaw has not supplied designs inter-
has collected a series of his feline studies which changeable at the publisher's pleasure ; he has called
have appeared from time to
time in the pages of the Chat
Noir. They are black-and-
white drawings full of the most
charming imagination and
fancifulness. No one has
ever succeeded better in re-
producing the eye of the cat,
its postures, its intelligence;
for his free and watchful
pencil expresses with marvel-
lous ability the fantastic, the
mysterious, and at the same
time the homely aspects of
the domestic animal. Re-
membering that, in addition
to all this, there is ever a
lively sense of the humorous
in Steinlen's work, one may
rest assured of the merits of
this album, which indeed de-
serves the esteem of amateurs
and artists alike.
Foems. By Robert Brown-
ing, illustrated by Byam Shaw.
The Endymion Series. (George
Bell & Sons.) 7*. 6d.—lt is
a long time since an edition
of an English poet has been
illustrated as thoroughly as
is this volume. Sir Edward
Burne-Jones's Chaucer, and
Mr. Anning Bell's Keats were
more concerned with decora-
tion than interpretation of the
text. Mr. Byam Shaw (as
some of his studies published
in these pages have made clear)
has spared no effort either of
thought or labour to do justice
to noble themes. For these F Bg| ^ ^ ' LH I O
poo,.selected by Dr. R. Gar- PROLOGIZES
nett, are the fine flower of the
poet's vintage, and if a few fa-
vourites of his later period are drawing by byam shaw, from "poems" by Robert browm.m; (bbll)
129
works of Rubens, and though it cannot be recom- not included, yet nothing of his freshest and most
mended to the general reader, will be of interest lovable time is wanting. The drawings recall " the
to the student of the master. There are no illus- sixties," not so much because Millais and Sandys
trations, and the value of the book for purposes of have now and again influenced Mr. Shaw, as for the
reference is discounted by the fact that it is not elaborate comment upon the text which they offer,
divided into chapters nor provided with headlines. We all know the " he " and " she " stuck in a land-
Des Chats. By Steinlen. (Paris: E. Flam- scape in a vague way that fits them more or less to any
marion.)_Under the simple title of " Cats " Steinlen love lyric. Mr. Shaw has not supplied designs inter-
has collected a series of his feline studies which changeable at the publisher's pleasure ; he has called
have appeared from time to
time in the pages of the Chat
Noir. They are black-and-
white drawings full of the most
charming imagination and
fancifulness. No one has
ever succeeded better in re-
producing the eye of the cat,
its postures, its intelligence;
for his free and watchful
pencil expresses with marvel-
lous ability the fantastic, the
mysterious, and at the same
time the homely aspects of
the domestic animal. Re-
membering that, in addition
to all this, there is ever a
lively sense of the humorous
in Steinlen's work, one may
rest assured of the merits of
this album, which indeed de-
serves the esteem of amateurs
and artists alike.
Foems. By Robert Brown-
ing, illustrated by Byam Shaw.
The Endymion Series. (George
Bell & Sons.) 7*. 6d.—lt is
a long time since an edition
of an English poet has been
illustrated as thoroughly as
is this volume. Sir Edward
Burne-Jones's Chaucer, and
Mr. Anning Bell's Keats were
more concerned with decora-
tion than interpretation of the
text. Mr. Byam Shaw (as
some of his studies published
in these pages have made clear)
has spared no effort either of
thought or labour to do justice
to noble themes. For these F Bg| ^ ^ ' LH I O
poo,.selected by Dr. R. Gar- PROLOGIZES
nett, are the fine flower of the
poet's vintage, and if a few fa-
vourites of his later period are drawing by byam shaw, from "poems" by Robert browm.m; (bbll)
129