Studio: international art (22.1901)

Studio- Talk

In the autumn of last year Messrs. Mudie began of " Sutherland " bindings. They were carried out

to issue a new and welcome edition of "The by Mr. G. T. Bagguley of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Canterbury Poets Series." It is called the "Morris" from designs by Mr. Leon V. Solon, who has

Edition, as the volumes belonging to it are bound recently become the Art Director of Minton's.

in a simple and pleasing cover designed by Mr. The simpler one of the two bindings was designed

Talwin Morris. They may be purchased either in for the doubles of De . He'redia's Les Trophees. It

soft leather, with the title and design in gold, or has a rich scheme of colour, composed of grey, of

else in blue linen, lettered and decorated in silver, orange chrome and gold, of two shades of blue,

Both covers are good to look at. Is it too much and three shades of green,

to hope that the example set by Messrs. Mudie -

will be followed by the many publishers who even Several phases of the clever work produced by

now are hardy enough to believe that a tawdry Mr. E. Borough Johnson are well known to readers

pictorial cover to a book is a joy to readers? of The Studio. His pencil drawings, both in

- tone and in line, could not well be bettered, and

On page i 23 two delicate reproductions are given his varied efforts as a painter are full of promise.

'a coast scene from a water-colour by wilfrid bali.

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