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No. 94 (January, 1901)
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Reviews
the courtesy of the publishers we reproduce one ot practical people, they will seem " as idle tales."
the smaller pen-and-ink studies. They are for those who, in the words of the author,
Beispiele Kiinstlerischer Schrift, Lieratisgegtben "can find entrances into a new world from the
von RUDOLF v. Larisch. (Vienna : Anton Schroll pages of a book." The sanguine attitude of a
& Co.) Price 7 marks.—An album of forty pages retained youth is adopted throughout, and there
of lettering designed by various Austrian, German, is much of bright suggestiveness. The style is
Belgian, French, and English artists intended for graceful, and the thought largely poetic. Some
the use of craftsmen and students. The desirability few inanities, such as " potential power," "infinite
of instruction in schools in the art of lettering, completeness," and the like, may be forgiven for
always strongly advocated by The Studio, is un- the sake of what the book illustrates—that "in
doubtedly more widely felt than it was a few years one single life we may always hope to find a
ago, and works like the present are the outcome of more beautiful line than any we have read." The
a real demand. Many of the designs given in this pieces dealing with Jewish life are tender and
collection are excellent, but some few of them are sympathetic. The book certainly invites a second
unfortunately wanting in legibility. reading.
Living Anatomy. By Cecil L. Burns,
R.B.A., and Robert J. Colenso, M.A.,
M.D. (Longmans, Green & Co., 39 Pater-
noster Row, London.)—As an accom-
paniment to the ordinary text-book on
anatomy this portfolio of plates deserves
high praise. It contains within a small
bulk a great amount of instruction, and
it is arranged in such a way that the
student can discover in a moment just
what he wants to help him in his work.
Each plate represents a figure, photo-
graphed from life, and accompanied by
a diagram of the muscles drawn within
the outline of the figure. Both male and
female subjects are given in a variety of
poses, so that the changes in the shapes
and contours produced by different kinds
of action are made perfectly intelligible.
The value of these illustrations is en-
hanced by the fact that living people
have been chosen as the subjects for
reproduction. The beginner will find it
easier to realise the meaning of the
anatomical forms represented because the
figures illustrated are those which he is
accustomed to study, and he will
acquire a far juster appreciation of
anatomy than he could obtain from
dissecting-room diagrams or antique
conventions.
London Fairy Tales. By A. W. Lewis.
(London : Leonard Smithers.) Price
3s. net.—These slight, delicate, often
even undefined sketches and stories are
for adults who have not quite lost the
mind and heart of the child—those who
can dream and make-believe as children
can. To those who cannot, that is, to first prizb (comp. c i)
284
the courtesy of the publishers we reproduce one ot practical people, they will seem " as idle tales."
the smaller pen-and-ink studies. They are for those who, in the words of the author,
Beispiele Kiinstlerischer Schrift, Lieratisgegtben "can find entrances into a new world from the
von RUDOLF v. Larisch. (Vienna : Anton Schroll pages of a book." The sanguine attitude of a
& Co.) Price 7 marks.—An album of forty pages retained youth is adopted throughout, and there
of lettering designed by various Austrian, German, is much of bright suggestiveness. The style is
Belgian, French, and English artists intended for graceful, and the thought largely poetic. Some
the use of craftsmen and students. The desirability few inanities, such as " potential power," "infinite
of instruction in schools in the art of lettering, completeness," and the like, may be forgiven for
always strongly advocated by The Studio, is un- the sake of what the book illustrates—that "in
doubtedly more widely felt than it was a few years one single life we may always hope to find a
ago, and works like the present are the outcome of more beautiful line than any we have read." The
a real demand. Many of the designs given in this pieces dealing with Jewish life are tender and
collection are excellent, but some few of them are sympathetic. The book certainly invites a second
unfortunately wanting in legibility. reading.
Living Anatomy. By Cecil L. Burns,
R.B.A., and Robert J. Colenso, M.A.,
M.D. (Longmans, Green & Co., 39 Pater-
noster Row, London.)—As an accom-
paniment to the ordinary text-book on
anatomy this portfolio of plates deserves
high praise. It contains within a small
bulk a great amount of instruction, and
it is arranged in such a way that the
student can discover in a moment just
what he wants to help him in his work.
Each plate represents a figure, photo-
graphed from life, and accompanied by
a diagram of the muscles drawn within
the outline of the figure. Both male and
female subjects are given in a variety of
poses, so that the changes in the shapes
and contours produced by different kinds
of action are made perfectly intelligible.
The value of these illustrations is en-
hanced by the fact that living people
have been chosen as the subjects for
reproduction. The beginner will find it
easier to realise the meaning of the
anatomical forms represented because the
figures illustrated are those which he is
accustomed to study, and he will
acquire a far juster appreciation of
anatomy than he could obtain from
dissecting-room diagrams or antique
conventions.
London Fairy Tales. By A. W. Lewis.
(London : Leonard Smithers.) Price
3s. net.—These slight, delicate, often
even undefined sketches and stories are
for adults who have not quite lost the
mind and heart of the child—those who
can dream and make-believe as children
can. To those who cannot, that is, to first prizb (comp. c i)
284