DOI issue:
No. 71 (february 1899)
DOI article:Reviews of recent publications
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0080
Reviews of Recent Publications
most students to form good letters is only too Jones's illustrations are especially notable for their
apparent. We have frequently had occasion to admirable decorative quality. While adopting the
call attention to this defect, and the recent work bold, strong lines affected by the early wood
by Mr. Strange, and the present work by Mr. engravers the designs are free from the archaism
Day, will, we trust, do much to remove the evil, of the Birmingham school. Mr. Jones not only
Mr. Day's explanations of the growth of form in draws his figures correctly, but he infuses into
letters are particularly valuable. He clearly points them spirit and action that is too often absent from
out that the shape of various alphabets is largely modern "decorative" work. The book is well
due to the methods by which they were produced, printed and bound in a most tastefully designed
and that, whereas certain forms are adapted to cloth cover, and is in all respects a favourable
carving upon stone, others are more suitable for example of modern book-making,
production by the pen. Many excellent alphabets Sketches and Cartoons. By Charles Dana
are given in illustration of his remarks, and while Gibson. (New York : R. H. Russell. London :
the student will do well to avoid copying some of John Lane.) Price 20s.—This is the third series
the more extreme examples, these will nevertheless of drawings by Mr. Dana Gibson, the two former
contribute to the proper comprehension of the ones, "Drawings," and "Pictures of People,"
subject. having been appreciatively reviewed in these pages
The Minor Poems of John Milton. Illustrated at the time of their appearance. Mr. Gibson is
and decorated by A. Garth Jones. (London : still working very much upon the same lines as
George Bell & Sons.) Price 6s.—Mr. Garth formerly, and if no particular advance nor change
in technique are to be recorded
there is certainly no evidence of a
retrograde movement. His pictures
of " society" men and maidens are
very pleasant to look upon, and the
present volume should be equally
welcome on both sides of the Atlan-
tic. The drawings are superbly re-
produced and printed.
Gainsborough and his Place in Eng-
lish Art. By Walter Armstrong.
With sixty - two photogravures and
ten lithographs. (London : William
Heinemann. New York : Charles
Scribner's Sons.) Price $s.—In
the first place, the publishers of
this magnificent book deserve un-
stinted praise for the enterprise
exhibited in its production. Never
before have the paintings of Gains-
borough been collectively represented
in so superb a manner. Plates,
paper and printing are all of the best,
and it is a marvel to us that a work
of such excellence could have been
issued with any hope of profit to its
producers at the low price at which
it is offered. Mr. Walter Armstrong
has sound views upon art. His intro-
ductory chapter should be read by
Count Tolstoi and other holders of
perverted opinions. His account
illustration by a. garth .tones from "the minor poems of the life and work of Gains-
of john milton " (g. bell and sons) borough is thoroughly readable, and
most students to form good letters is only too Jones's illustrations are especially notable for their
apparent. We have frequently had occasion to admirable decorative quality. While adopting the
call attention to this defect, and the recent work bold, strong lines affected by the early wood
by Mr. Strange, and the present work by Mr. engravers the designs are free from the archaism
Day, will, we trust, do much to remove the evil, of the Birmingham school. Mr. Jones not only
Mr. Day's explanations of the growth of form in draws his figures correctly, but he infuses into
letters are particularly valuable. He clearly points them spirit and action that is too often absent from
out that the shape of various alphabets is largely modern "decorative" work. The book is well
due to the methods by which they were produced, printed and bound in a most tastefully designed
and that, whereas certain forms are adapted to cloth cover, and is in all respects a favourable
carving upon stone, others are more suitable for example of modern book-making,
production by the pen. Many excellent alphabets Sketches and Cartoons. By Charles Dana
are given in illustration of his remarks, and while Gibson. (New York : R. H. Russell. London :
the student will do well to avoid copying some of John Lane.) Price 20s.—This is the third series
the more extreme examples, these will nevertheless of drawings by Mr. Dana Gibson, the two former
contribute to the proper comprehension of the ones, "Drawings," and "Pictures of People,"
subject. having been appreciatively reviewed in these pages
The Minor Poems of John Milton. Illustrated at the time of their appearance. Mr. Gibson is
and decorated by A. Garth Jones. (London : still working very much upon the same lines as
George Bell & Sons.) Price 6s.—Mr. Garth formerly, and if no particular advance nor change
in technique are to be recorded
there is certainly no evidence of a
retrograde movement. His pictures
of " society" men and maidens are
very pleasant to look upon, and the
present volume should be equally
welcome on both sides of the Atlan-
tic. The drawings are superbly re-
produced and printed.
Gainsborough and his Place in Eng-
lish Art. By Walter Armstrong.
With sixty - two photogravures and
ten lithographs. (London : William
Heinemann. New York : Charles
Scribner's Sons.) Price $s.—In
the first place, the publishers of
this magnificent book deserve un-
stinted praise for the enterprise
exhibited in its production. Never
before have the paintings of Gains-
borough been collectively represented
in so superb a manner. Plates,
paper and printing are all of the best,
and it is a marvel to us that a work
of such excellence could have been
issued with any hope of profit to its
producers at the low price at which
it is offered. Mr. Walter Armstrong
has sound views upon art. His intro-
ductory chapter should be read by
Count Tolstoi and other holders of
perverted opinions. His account
illustration by a. garth .tones from "the minor poems of the life and work of Gains-
of john milton " (g. bell and sons) borough is thoroughly readable, and