DOI issue:
No. 71 (february 1899)
DOI article:Reviews of recent publications
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0079
Reviews of Recent Publications
underlies the text,
and to render the
edition doubly
acceptable to the
book-buyer.
The Field of
Clover. By
Laurence Hous-
man. (London :
Kegan Paul,
Trench, Triibner
& Co.) Price 6s.
—Since the pub-
lication of A
.Farm in Fairy-
landwe have read
no fairy tales
so entrancing as
these. They
breathe the spirit
of the world of
fantasy, and are
far and away be-
yond the average
stories of their
class. The
author's illustra-
tions are full of
strange interest
and artistic dis-
tinction. The
frontispiece,
which we are here
permitted to re-
produce, if less
weird than some
of the others, is
an example of the
work of the artist
at his best.
■ Alphabets Old
and New. By
Lewis F. Day.
ttt,„ « » (London: B. T.
illustration by laurence housman from "the field of clover" 2, , .
(kegan paul, trench, trubner and co.) XSatStOIU.^ rHCe
3s. 6d. net.—The
study of alphabets
new draughtsmen will be found to give fresh is in modern times so entirely neglected in our
expression to their pictorial illustration. It was schools, and with such regrettable results, that
meet and proper that an artist so English in the any new work treating adequately with the subject
simple and direct charm of his decorations as Mr. is especially welcome to us. In the very large
Anning Bell should have been selected to illustrate number of drawings which pass continually through
the present collection. His vignettes and full-page The Studio Office, either in connection with
drawings go far to express the true art which competitions or other matters, the inability of
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underlies the text,
and to render the
edition doubly
acceptable to the
book-buyer.
The Field of
Clover. By
Laurence Hous-
man. (London :
Kegan Paul,
Trench, Triibner
& Co.) Price 6s.
—Since the pub-
lication of A
.Farm in Fairy-
landwe have read
no fairy tales
so entrancing as
these. They
breathe the spirit
of the world of
fantasy, and are
far and away be-
yond the average
stories of their
class. The
author's illustra-
tions are full of
strange interest
and artistic dis-
tinction. The
frontispiece,
which we are here
permitted to re-
produce, if less
weird than some
of the others, is
an example of the
work of the artist
at his best.
■ Alphabets Old
and New. By
Lewis F. Day.
ttt,„ « » (London: B. T.
illustration by laurence housman from "the field of clover" 2, , .
(kegan paul, trench, trubner and co.) XSatStOIU.^ rHCe
3s. 6d. net.—The
study of alphabets
new draughtsmen will be found to give fresh is in modern times so entirely neglected in our
expression to their pictorial illustration. It was schools, and with such regrettable results, that
meet and proper that an artist so English in the any new work treating adequately with the subject
simple and direct charm of his decorations as Mr. is especially welcome to us. In the very large
Anning Bell should have been selected to illustrate number of drawings which pass continually through
the present collection. His vignettes and full-page The Studio Office, either in connection with
drawings go far to express the true art which competitions or other matters, the inability of
69