DOI Heft:
No. 177 (December, 1907)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20776#0283
Reviews and Notices
the bulk of the work, and in view of the great
variety of topics treated of, the complete trans-
lation of it, now made for the first time into English
by Miss Maclehose, under the supervision of Prof.
Brown, is especially welcome. The translation is
made from the text belonging to the edition of
1568, and is supplemented by a series of footnotes
elucidating obscure expressions found in the
original, or serving to identify buildings and objects
referred to, while each of the three sections in
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting is followed
by longer notes dealing with questions of more
general interest. The translation and editing of
the work have been carried out with conscientious
thoroughness, and additional interest is given to
the volume by the numerous illustrations contained
in it, which have been selected for the purpose of
exemplifying passages in the text or the particular
species of work described by the author.
Of the books for juveniles which have reached
us this season a few call for notice here, however
brief. Prominent among them is a reprint in good
bold type of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(Heinemann, 6s. net), with thirteen illustrations in
colour and a few in black-and-white after drawings
by Mr. Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S. These draw-
ings, and especially the coloured ones, are so full
of subtle charm that the book is certain to be in
large demand this season. Conspicuous also, by
reason of its two dozen or more delightful illustra-
tions in colour by Miss Alice Woodward, is The
Peter Pan Picture Book (Bell & Sons, 55. net).
The text, printed in large clear type, is an amended
version of that which appeared last year in "The
Peter Pan Keepsake," and the book is so nicely
got up generally that it is bound to be welcomed in
the nursery. Though the pictures in Mr. Oliver
Herford's Peter Pan Alphabet (Hodder &: Stough-
ton, 3-r. 6d.) are not in colour they are distinctly
clever, and the humorous vein in which the rhymes
are pitched will ensure for this book also a large
measure of success. As not many children are
acquainted with the original story of Beauty and
the Beast, the complete version of the tale, as
translated by Mr. Ernest Dowson and published
by Mr. John Lane in a limited edition of 300
copies at \os. 6d. net, will prove an interesting
addition to the nursery library; but the four
coloured plates by Mr. Charles Conder, character-
istic as they are of his art, require for their due
appreciation a more mature artistic sense than that
possessed by the generality of children. Miss
Amy Steedman, whose book In God's Garden
was so popular last season, endeavours this year, in
her Knights of Art (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 6s. net),
to interest children in the lives and achievements
of famous Italian painters. Miss Steedman's
command of simple yet telling language, combined
with the numerous pictures, reproductions of
masterpieces after drawings by Mary Steedman—
sixteen of them being in colour—will certainly
ensure for this book a favourable reception among
children old enough to take an interest in great
works of art. Another book which has a kindred
aim to the last-mentioned is Lady Tennant's
The Children and the Pictures (Heinemann, 6s.),
in which the gifted authoress takes a number of
notable pictures by masters of the English School,
reproduced either in colour or black-and-white,
and weaves out of them a series of entertaining
stories. The humours of animal life always furnish
amusement to little ones, and Mr. Leslie Brook,
whose name must be familiar to many of them,
has furnished a fresh source of fun in Johnny
Crow's Party (F. Warne & Co., 2s. 6d. net).
Messrs. Warne & Co. also publish this season two
more of their dainty little shilling reprints of
Randolph Caldecott's picture books, which ought
to be as popular now as they have hitherto been.
In The Unlucky Family (Smith, Elder & Co,
6s.) Mrs. Henry de la Pasture makes capital fun
out of the adventures of a suburban family who
had the misfortune to inherit a country estate and
much money—adventures which the well-known
"Punch" artist, Mr. E. T. Reed, has turned to
good account in a series of characteristic illustra-
tions. Mention should also be made of Mabel
Trustram's Verses to a Child (Elkin Mathews,
2s. net), penned in simple, unaffected language,
and telling of such incidents as occur in the lives
of quite little ones, who will no doubt appreciate
Edith Calvert's drawings.
Messrs. Headley Bros., of Bishopsgate, who have
already published photogravure engravings after
pictures by Mr. Walter West, R.W.S., have recently
added to the series The Silent Meeting, the original
of which was lately on view at the Royal Water
Colour Society's Galleries. The picture represents
a Quakers' meeting in early Victorian days. The
size of the print, exclusive of margin, is about
13 inches by 19 inches, and the price one guinea,
proofs signed by the artist being two guineas.
The publishers of Dr. Leisching's work on Das
Bildnis-Miniatur in Oesterreich, &c, noticed in
our October number, are Messrs. Artaria & Co., of
Vienna.
253
the bulk of the work, and in view of the great
variety of topics treated of, the complete trans-
lation of it, now made for the first time into English
by Miss Maclehose, under the supervision of Prof.
Brown, is especially welcome. The translation is
made from the text belonging to the edition of
1568, and is supplemented by a series of footnotes
elucidating obscure expressions found in the
original, or serving to identify buildings and objects
referred to, while each of the three sections in
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting is followed
by longer notes dealing with questions of more
general interest. The translation and editing of
the work have been carried out with conscientious
thoroughness, and additional interest is given to
the volume by the numerous illustrations contained
in it, which have been selected for the purpose of
exemplifying passages in the text or the particular
species of work described by the author.
Of the books for juveniles which have reached
us this season a few call for notice here, however
brief. Prominent among them is a reprint in good
bold type of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(Heinemann, 6s. net), with thirteen illustrations in
colour and a few in black-and-white after drawings
by Mr. Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S. These draw-
ings, and especially the coloured ones, are so full
of subtle charm that the book is certain to be in
large demand this season. Conspicuous also, by
reason of its two dozen or more delightful illustra-
tions in colour by Miss Alice Woodward, is The
Peter Pan Picture Book (Bell & Sons, 55. net).
The text, printed in large clear type, is an amended
version of that which appeared last year in "The
Peter Pan Keepsake," and the book is so nicely
got up generally that it is bound to be welcomed in
the nursery. Though the pictures in Mr. Oliver
Herford's Peter Pan Alphabet (Hodder &: Stough-
ton, 3-r. 6d.) are not in colour they are distinctly
clever, and the humorous vein in which the rhymes
are pitched will ensure for this book also a large
measure of success. As not many children are
acquainted with the original story of Beauty and
the Beast, the complete version of the tale, as
translated by Mr. Ernest Dowson and published
by Mr. John Lane in a limited edition of 300
copies at \os. 6d. net, will prove an interesting
addition to the nursery library; but the four
coloured plates by Mr. Charles Conder, character-
istic as they are of his art, require for their due
appreciation a more mature artistic sense than that
possessed by the generality of children. Miss
Amy Steedman, whose book In God's Garden
was so popular last season, endeavours this year, in
her Knights of Art (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 6s. net),
to interest children in the lives and achievements
of famous Italian painters. Miss Steedman's
command of simple yet telling language, combined
with the numerous pictures, reproductions of
masterpieces after drawings by Mary Steedman—
sixteen of them being in colour—will certainly
ensure for this book a favourable reception among
children old enough to take an interest in great
works of art. Another book which has a kindred
aim to the last-mentioned is Lady Tennant's
The Children and the Pictures (Heinemann, 6s.),
in which the gifted authoress takes a number of
notable pictures by masters of the English School,
reproduced either in colour or black-and-white,
and weaves out of them a series of entertaining
stories. The humours of animal life always furnish
amusement to little ones, and Mr. Leslie Brook,
whose name must be familiar to many of them,
has furnished a fresh source of fun in Johnny
Crow's Party (F. Warne & Co., 2s. 6d. net).
Messrs. Warne & Co. also publish this season two
more of their dainty little shilling reprints of
Randolph Caldecott's picture books, which ought
to be as popular now as they have hitherto been.
In The Unlucky Family (Smith, Elder & Co,
6s.) Mrs. Henry de la Pasture makes capital fun
out of the adventures of a suburban family who
had the misfortune to inherit a country estate and
much money—adventures which the well-known
"Punch" artist, Mr. E. T. Reed, has turned to
good account in a series of characteristic illustra-
tions. Mention should also be made of Mabel
Trustram's Verses to a Child (Elkin Mathews,
2s. net), penned in simple, unaffected language,
and telling of such incidents as occur in the lives
of quite little ones, who will no doubt appreciate
Edith Calvert's drawings.
Messrs. Headley Bros., of Bishopsgate, who have
already published photogravure engravings after
pictures by Mr. Walter West, R.W.S., have recently
added to the series The Silent Meeting, the original
of which was lately on view at the Royal Water
Colour Society's Galleries. The picture represents
a Quakers' meeting in early Victorian days. The
size of the print, exclusive of margin, is about
13 inches by 19 inches, and the price one guinea,
proofs signed by the artist being two guineas.
The publishers of Dr. Leisching's work on Das
Bildnis-Miniatur in Oesterreich, &c, noticed in
our October number, are Messrs. Artaria & Co., of
Vienna.
253