DOI issue:
No. 161 (August, 1906)
DOI article:Reviews and notices
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0295
Reviews and Notices
work of portable size. That it is possible to do
this within the limits of some 250 pages many
perhaps will doubt; but in spite of a little un-
necessary brevity here and there, Mr. Hobson has,
we think, achieved his task with success. His
experience at the British Museum has especially
fitted him for it and given him that experience
which enables him to distinguish between essentials
and matters of secondary importance. Fairly
complete lists of the Continental and English
marks are included, though he rightly regards
marks as of minor importance compared with
such features as paste, glaze and decoration, to
which special attention is given. The series of
plates illustrating the various classes of porcelain
described in the text add greatly to the usefulness
of the work.
Rembrandt: A Tercentenary Memorial. With
seventy plates in colour and photogravure. Text
by Emile Michel. (London: William Heine-
mann.) In ten parts, 2s. 6d. each net.—With its
masterly essay on Rembrandt and his work from
the pen of one of the most acute of living French
critics, this delightful publication is indeed a
worthy memorial of the mighty genius whose
tercentenary was celebrated on July 15 throughout
the civilised world. “ Though misapprehended by
his fellow-countrymen in his lifetime,” says M.
Michel, “ because he was too personal, too novel,
too unexpected to find a public on his own level as
soon as he appeared, Rembrandt has since his
death made converts in every country and in every
camp,” adding, “ He has many claims to the
preference of our own period, for he is one of the
most modern of all the great masters, and the
fluctuations of taste that have been merciless to
many reputations have always spared his and
increased his lustre.” Though he died in absolute
poverty the prices of his works, which have long
been high, are now prohibitive to all but million-
aires, for which reason his many admirers will, no
doubt, eagerly welcome this new tribute to his
memory that, in addition to fine interpretations of
all the well-known masterpieces, includes a large
number of drawings and sketches, some of them
reproduced in colour, that have been laboriously
gleaned from many different sources, and enable
the student to judge of the master’s art production
as a whole.
The Butterflies of the British Isles. By Richard
South, F.E.S. (London: F. Warne & Co.)
6s. net.—This latest addition to the “ Wayside and
Woodland ” Series will, like the volumes previously
published on British trees and wild flowers, meet
274
with a cordial welcome from the field naturalist, who
is here furnished with a succinct and lucid account
of all the British species of butterflies and many
of their varieties. The information given concern-
ing the life-history and distribution of each should
prove especially useful to the novice, whose needs
have more particularly been kept in view by the
author in writing this pocket guide. Of exceptional
interest are the large number of illustrations in
colour and black and white; they will be a great help
to the collector in the identification of his cap-
tures. So far as we can judge, without comparison
with actual specimens, the drawings appear to have
been, on the whole, executed with remarkable
fidelity and reproduced with care.
A Book of Sundial Mottoes. Compiled by
Alfred H. Hyatt. (London: Philip Welby.)
3r. 6d. net.—These sixty mottoes, with their
meaning given below in English, are culled, says
the compiler, from a rare old work by Charles
Leadbitter, printed at the Black Swan, in London,
in 1737, entitled “Mechanick Dialling, or the New
Art of Shadows, freed from the many Obscurities,
Superfluities, and Errors of Former Writers upon
this Subject.” They might well serve as mottoes,
not only for sundials, but for the conduct of life,
so concisely do they sum up the concrete wisdom
of the thinkers of the past, and so vividly do they
bring out the truth of the priceless value of time.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
“Some Terms Commonly Used in Ornamental Design:
Their Application Defined and Explained, with Illus-
trations.” By T. Erat Harrison and W. G. Paulson
Townsend. 3J. 6d. net. (Batsford.)
“Sussex.” Painted by Wilfrid Ball, R.E. 20r.net. (A. &
C. Black.)
“ Monograms and Ciphers.” Designed and drawn by A. A.
Turbayne and other members of the Carlton Studio.
Division 7. 5r. net. (Caxton Publishing Co.)
“The Photographic Picture Post-Card.” By E. J. Wall
and H. S. Ward. “Chemistry for Photographers.”
By C. F. Townsend, F.C.S. Fourth Edition Revised.
Each ir. net. (Dawbarn & Ward.)
“The Drawings of Jean Franyois Millet.” With 50 Fac-
simile Reproductions of the Master’s work, and an
Introductory Essay by Leonce B^nedite. £4 4r. net.
(Heinemann.)
“ The Children’s Heroes”: “The Story of David Living-
stone”; “The Story of Nelson”; “The Story of
Sir Walter Raleigh ” ; “ The Story of General Gordon.”
Coloured Illustrations. Each vol. Is. 6d. net, cloth.
(T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh.)
“Schmuck und Edelmetall-Arbeiten.” Eine Auswahl
moderner Werke. (Kochs Monographien IX.) Illus.
Mk. 16. (A. Koch, Darmstadt.)
“ English Coloured Books.” By Martin Hardie. (Connois-
seur’s Library.) Illus t. 25j-.net. (Methuen.)
“The Guilds of Florence.” By Edgcumbe Staley. Illus.
i6j-. net. (Methuen.)
work of portable size. That it is possible to do
this within the limits of some 250 pages many
perhaps will doubt; but in spite of a little un-
necessary brevity here and there, Mr. Hobson has,
we think, achieved his task with success. His
experience at the British Museum has especially
fitted him for it and given him that experience
which enables him to distinguish between essentials
and matters of secondary importance. Fairly
complete lists of the Continental and English
marks are included, though he rightly regards
marks as of minor importance compared with
such features as paste, glaze and decoration, to
which special attention is given. The series of
plates illustrating the various classes of porcelain
described in the text add greatly to the usefulness
of the work.
Rembrandt: A Tercentenary Memorial. With
seventy plates in colour and photogravure. Text
by Emile Michel. (London: William Heine-
mann.) In ten parts, 2s. 6d. each net.—With its
masterly essay on Rembrandt and his work from
the pen of one of the most acute of living French
critics, this delightful publication is indeed a
worthy memorial of the mighty genius whose
tercentenary was celebrated on July 15 throughout
the civilised world. “ Though misapprehended by
his fellow-countrymen in his lifetime,” says M.
Michel, “ because he was too personal, too novel,
too unexpected to find a public on his own level as
soon as he appeared, Rembrandt has since his
death made converts in every country and in every
camp,” adding, “ He has many claims to the
preference of our own period, for he is one of the
most modern of all the great masters, and the
fluctuations of taste that have been merciless to
many reputations have always spared his and
increased his lustre.” Though he died in absolute
poverty the prices of his works, which have long
been high, are now prohibitive to all but million-
aires, for which reason his many admirers will, no
doubt, eagerly welcome this new tribute to his
memory that, in addition to fine interpretations of
all the well-known masterpieces, includes a large
number of drawings and sketches, some of them
reproduced in colour, that have been laboriously
gleaned from many different sources, and enable
the student to judge of the master’s art production
as a whole.
The Butterflies of the British Isles. By Richard
South, F.E.S. (London: F. Warne & Co.)
6s. net.—This latest addition to the “ Wayside and
Woodland ” Series will, like the volumes previously
published on British trees and wild flowers, meet
274
with a cordial welcome from the field naturalist, who
is here furnished with a succinct and lucid account
of all the British species of butterflies and many
of their varieties. The information given concern-
ing the life-history and distribution of each should
prove especially useful to the novice, whose needs
have more particularly been kept in view by the
author in writing this pocket guide. Of exceptional
interest are the large number of illustrations in
colour and black and white; they will be a great help
to the collector in the identification of his cap-
tures. So far as we can judge, without comparison
with actual specimens, the drawings appear to have
been, on the whole, executed with remarkable
fidelity and reproduced with care.
A Book of Sundial Mottoes. Compiled by
Alfred H. Hyatt. (London: Philip Welby.)
3r. 6d. net.—These sixty mottoes, with their
meaning given below in English, are culled, says
the compiler, from a rare old work by Charles
Leadbitter, printed at the Black Swan, in London,
in 1737, entitled “Mechanick Dialling, or the New
Art of Shadows, freed from the many Obscurities,
Superfluities, and Errors of Former Writers upon
this Subject.” They might well serve as mottoes,
not only for sundials, but for the conduct of life,
so concisely do they sum up the concrete wisdom
of the thinkers of the past, and so vividly do they
bring out the truth of the priceless value of time.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
“Some Terms Commonly Used in Ornamental Design:
Their Application Defined and Explained, with Illus-
trations.” By T. Erat Harrison and W. G. Paulson
Townsend. 3J. 6d. net. (Batsford.)
“Sussex.” Painted by Wilfrid Ball, R.E. 20r.net. (A. &
C. Black.)
“ Monograms and Ciphers.” Designed and drawn by A. A.
Turbayne and other members of the Carlton Studio.
Division 7. 5r. net. (Caxton Publishing Co.)
“The Photographic Picture Post-Card.” By E. J. Wall
and H. S. Ward. “Chemistry for Photographers.”
By C. F. Townsend, F.C.S. Fourth Edition Revised.
Each ir. net. (Dawbarn & Ward.)
“The Drawings of Jean Franyois Millet.” With 50 Fac-
simile Reproductions of the Master’s work, and an
Introductory Essay by Leonce B^nedite. £4 4r. net.
(Heinemann.)
“ The Children’s Heroes”: “The Story of David Living-
stone”; “The Story of Nelson”; “The Story of
Sir Walter Raleigh ” ; “ The Story of General Gordon.”
Coloured Illustrations. Each vol. Is. 6d. net, cloth.
(T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh.)
“Schmuck und Edelmetall-Arbeiten.” Eine Auswahl
moderner Werke. (Kochs Monographien IX.) Illus.
Mk. 16. (A. Koch, Darmstadt.)
“ English Coloured Books.” By Martin Hardie. (Connois-
seur’s Library.) Illus t. 25j-.net. (Methuen.)
“The Guilds of Florence.” By Edgcumbe Staley. Illus.
i6j-. net. (Methuen.)