DOI issue:
No. 81 (December, 1899)
DOI article:Reviews of recent publications
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0240
Reviews of Recent Ptiblications
LL.B. (London : John Murray.) Greek Terra- unique distinction of being dedicated to no fewer
cotta Statuettes. By C. A. Hutton. With a Preface than " one hundred and sixty people all at once "
by A. S. Murray, LL.D. (London : Seeley & Co.) —namely, the one hundred and sixty occupants of
These excellent volumes should be studied to- the children's beds in the London Hospital. To
gether, not only because they treat of the same them and to many others it will not fail to afford
subject, but also because the subject itself gains in excellent entertainment. The author has been
charm by being presented in two good sympa- fortunate in securing the co-operation of Mr.
thetic styles that differ greatly. Also it is inevitable Dudley Hardy, whose admirable and sympathetic
that two writers travelling over the same wide field drawings add largely to the value of the book,
of study should bring into special prominence Peg Woffington. By Charles Reade. With
different resting-places of thought, so that a reader an Introduction by Austin Dobson, and Illustra-
finds his interest stimulated when he contrasts the tions by Hugh Thomson. (London : George
different ways in which they treat of any point of Allen.) Trice 6s.—In the dainty drawings plenti-
real importance. There is no room here for fully distributed throughout the pages of this ex-
such minute studies; we cannot attempt to
draw a comparison between Mr. Huish's mas-
culine volume and the daintily learned one by
Miss Hutton. Each is admirable in its own
way, bringing us much closer than books
usually bring us. to the daily home life of the
Greeks. Both, again, will have the charm of
novelty to most of their English readers, for
in England very little has hitherto been written
about Greek statuettes in terra-cotta.
Miss Hutton's book contains fifty-three illus-
trations, thirty-six of which are in monochrome.
The others show in colour the present condi-
tion of their originals. With four exceptions,
the figurines illustrated are all to be found in
the British Museum. In character they range
from a toy goat to a boy with knucklebones ;
from a woman kneading bread to a girl with a
pet bird; and from a beautiful statuette of
Corinna to an athlete, a bearded warrior, a
nude boy and his writing master, an Aphrodite
with a vase of perfume, and a curious-looking
old nurse—she is like Dr. Johnson—with a
baby on her lap. Mr. Huish's book has
seventy-five full-page plates in monochrome,
as well as forty-three illustrations in the text;
and it is noteworthy that only nineteen repre-
sent things in the British Museum. Here and
there the same statuette has been chosen by
both authors, but this happens so seldom that
the illustrations in each book may be said to
supplement those in the other. Altogether,
then, we believe that both books are necessary
to all students of Greek art.
Wyemarke and the Sea Fairies. By Ed-
ward H. Cooper. Illustrated by Dudley
Hardy. (London : Duckworth & Co.)—This
delightful and well-written story, describing the
little girl, Wyemarke's, amusing and picturesque
adventures with the Sea Fairies, enjoys tht from G*tek Terra-cotta,Statuettes (john .Murray)
2'5
LL.B. (London : John Murray.) Greek Terra- unique distinction of being dedicated to no fewer
cotta Statuettes. By C. A. Hutton. With a Preface than " one hundred and sixty people all at once "
by A. S. Murray, LL.D. (London : Seeley & Co.) —namely, the one hundred and sixty occupants of
These excellent volumes should be studied to- the children's beds in the London Hospital. To
gether, not only because they treat of the same them and to many others it will not fail to afford
subject, but also because the subject itself gains in excellent entertainment. The author has been
charm by being presented in two good sympa- fortunate in securing the co-operation of Mr.
thetic styles that differ greatly. Also it is inevitable Dudley Hardy, whose admirable and sympathetic
that two writers travelling over the same wide field drawings add largely to the value of the book,
of study should bring into special prominence Peg Woffington. By Charles Reade. With
different resting-places of thought, so that a reader an Introduction by Austin Dobson, and Illustra-
finds his interest stimulated when he contrasts the tions by Hugh Thomson. (London : George
different ways in which they treat of any point of Allen.) Trice 6s.—In the dainty drawings plenti-
real importance. There is no room here for fully distributed throughout the pages of this ex-
such minute studies; we cannot attempt to
draw a comparison between Mr. Huish's mas-
culine volume and the daintily learned one by
Miss Hutton. Each is admirable in its own
way, bringing us much closer than books
usually bring us. to the daily home life of the
Greeks. Both, again, will have the charm of
novelty to most of their English readers, for
in England very little has hitherto been written
about Greek statuettes in terra-cotta.
Miss Hutton's book contains fifty-three illus-
trations, thirty-six of which are in monochrome.
The others show in colour the present condi-
tion of their originals. With four exceptions,
the figurines illustrated are all to be found in
the British Museum. In character they range
from a toy goat to a boy with knucklebones ;
from a woman kneading bread to a girl with a
pet bird; and from a beautiful statuette of
Corinna to an athlete, a bearded warrior, a
nude boy and his writing master, an Aphrodite
with a vase of perfume, and a curious-looking
old nurse—she is like Dr. Johnson—with a
baby on her lap. Mr. Huish's book has
seventy-five full-page plates in monochrome,
as well as forty-three illustrations in the text;
and it is noteworthy that only nineteen repre-
sent things in the British Museum. Here and
there the same statuette has been chosen by
both authors, but this happens so seldom that
the illustrations in each book may be said to
supplement those in the other. Altogether,
then, we believe that both books are necessary
to all students of Greek art.
Wyemarke and the Sea Fairies. By Ed-
ward H. Cooper. Illustrated by Dudley
Hardy. (London : Duckworth & Co.)—This
delightful and well-written story, describing the
little girl, Wyemarke's, amusing and picturesque
adventures with the Sea Fairies, enjoys tht from G*tek Terra-cotta,Statuettes (john .Murray)
2'5