DOI issue:
Nr. 212 (November 1910)
DOI issue:Reviews and notices
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20971#0192
Reviews and Notices
piece finely reproduced in colours from an MS. in
the British Museum. The joint authors write very
pleasantly, and in the 2T4 pages have gathered
together much interesting information about the
beginnings of the city, about the constitution of
its early civic government, the religious life in
mediaeval times, and concerning the fortresses,
palaces and mansions of Old London.
Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kiinstler von
der Antike bis zuv Gegenwart. Herausgegeben
von Prof. Dr. Ulrich Thieme und Prof.
Dr. Felix Becker. IVer Band; Bida-Brevoort.
(Leipzig: W. Engelmann). Mks. 32. — The
compilers of this comprehensive biographical dic-
tionary of artists are to be congratulated on the
completion of another instalment of their arduous
task. As it falls within the scope of their work to
record the names and achievements of artists of all
countries and ages whose reputation is more than
local (comprehending within the meaning of the
term “ artists ” not only painters, sculptors,
engravers, etc., but architects and craftsmen of
note), it will be seen that the field they have to
explore is a very wide one. The present volume
of 600 pages, every one of which bears evidence
of scrupulous care, includes the names of many
contemporary workers of various nationalities, and
is so far up-to-date as to refer to events which
have taken place this year.
From Ihe Thames to the Seine. Written and
illustrated by Charles Pears. (London : Chatto
& Windus.) 12s. 6d. net.—For Mr. Pears the
artist and M. Pears the intrepid yachtsman, though
this is the region of his activity where we are least
competent to thoroughly appreciate him, we have
great admiration, but Mr. Pears the author we
find a little disappointing. He writes in rather an
irritating style, or one ought perhaps to say with a
rather irritating lack of style, though he has plenty
to say that is interesting. That part of the French
coast which he covered in his venturesome trip, for
the most part quite alone in his four-ton yacht the
Mave Rhoe, is a region well known to the tourist
and especially to the artist, but the author has seen
it from a novel point of view and shows us, in his
drawings, unfamiliar aspects, which the usual
artists’ sketch books do not contain. The illus-
trations, which are very numerous, do not add much
to Mr. Pears’ reputation as a draughtsman, for
while some are very good, they are almost too
diverse in character and of very unequal merit,
though, indeed, there will be found something to
please all tastes, from the amusing studies of types
at Le Havre, or the curious cliffs at Fecamp, to the
drawing of the charming little maiden in costume
de bain at Trouville. To the yachtsman one
imagines M. Pears’ appendix, containing minute
sailing directions regarding the course he took, will
be most valuable, and one puts down the book
finally with the impression that the painter is better
than the author and the skipper better than both.
Hand-Loom Weaving—Plant and Ornamental
(65. net), is the latest addition to Mr. John Hogg’s
excellent Artistic Crafts series of technical hand-
books. The text is by Mr. Luther Hooper,
who in his preface makes a strong plea for a
revival of hand-loom weaving as a home occupa-
tion—one which, as he rightly says, is not only
pleasant, but has the merit of exercising all the
faculties. It is chiefly for the domestic and artistic
weaver that the volume is intended, and it gives
the student a good insight into the best methods
of preparing warps, fitting up looms, the making
and application of accessory appliances, as well as
the planning and weaving of webs, the technique
of the subject being further elucidated by a large
number of clearly-drawn diagrams, supplemented
by a series of collotype illustrations from ancient
and modern textiles.
A very attractive edition of Kingsley’s Water-
Babies is published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co.,
at 5.L net. It has sixteen coloured illustrations by
Warwick Goble, who has entered fully into the
spirit of this delightful romance.
Among Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jacks’ publi-
cations this season are an edition of Robinson
Crusoe, with coloured illustrations by W. B.
Robinson (cloth, 35-. 61i. net), one of Kingsley’s
Water-Babies, with eight coloured illustrations by
that gifted Scottish artist, Miss Katharine Cameron
(6.r. net); and Maria Edgeworth’s Simple Susan,
with the same number of coloured illustrations by
Olive Allen (2s. net).
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
—The attention of our readers is called to the
Illustrated Portfolio edition we are publishing of
this oriental classic, and of which particulars will
be found elsewhere in this number. The special
feature of this edition is the series of coloured plates
after water-colour drawings expressly executed for
it by Mr. Abanindro Nath Tagore, the leader of
the modern native school of painting in India, and
an artist who has shown remarkable talent in inter-
preting oriental themes. These illustrations to the
Rubaiyat are perhaps the best things Mr. Tagore
has ever done, so exquisitely delicate is the
execution,
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piece finely reproduced in colours from an MS. in
the British Museum. The joint authors write very
pleasantly, and in the 2T4 pages have gathered
together much interesting information about the
beginnings of the city, about the constitution of
its early civic government, the religious life in
mediaeval times, and concerning the fortresses,
palaces and mansions of Old London.
Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kiinstler von
der Antike bis zuv Gegenwart. Herausgegeben
von Prof. Dr. Ulrich Thieme und Prof.
Dr. Felix Becker. IVer Band; Bida-Brevoort.
(Leipzig: W. Engelmann). Mks. 32. — The
compilers of this comprehensive biographical dic-
tionary of artists are to be congratulated on the
completion of another instalment of their arduous
task. As it falls within the scope of their work to
record the names and achievements of artists of all
countries and ages whose reputation is more than
local (comprehending within the meaning of the
term “ artists ” not only painters, sculptors,
engravers, etc., but architects and craftsmen of
note), it will be seen that the field they have to
explore is a very wide one. The present volume
of 600 pages, every one of which bears evidence
of scrupulous care, includes the names of many
contemporary workers of various nationalities, and
is so far up-to-date as to refer to events which
have taken place this year.
From Ihe Thames to the Seine. Written and
illustrated by Charles Pears. (London : Chatto
& Windus.) 12s. 6d. net.—For Mr. Pears the
artist and M. Pears the intrepid yachtsman, though
this is the region of his activity where we are least
competent to thoroughly appreciate him, we have
great admiration, but Mr. Pears the author we
find a little disappointing. He writes in rather an
irritating style, or one ought perhaps to say with a
rather irritating lack of style, though he has plenty
to say that is interesting. That part of the French
coast which he covered in his venturesome trip, for
the most part quite alone in his four-ton yacht the
Mave Rhoe, is a region well known to the tourist
and especially to the artist, but the author has seen
it from a novel point of view and shows us, in his
drawings, unfamiliar aspects, which the usual
artists’ sketch books do not contain. The illus-
trations, which are very numerous, do not add much
to Mr. Pears’ reputation as a draughtsman, for
while some are very good, they are almost too
diverse in character and of very unequal merit,
though, indeed, there will be found something to
please all tastes, from the amusing studies of types
at Le Havre, or the curious cliffs at Fecamp, to the
drawing of the charming little maiden in costume
de bain at Trouville. To the yachtsman one
imagines M. Pears’ appendix, containing minute
sailing directions regarding the course he took, will
be most valuable, and one puts down the book
finally with the impression that the painter is better
than the author and the skipper better than both.
Hand-Loom Weaving—Plant and Ornamental
(65. net), is the latest addition to Mr. John Hogg’s
excellent Artistic Crafts series of technical hand-
books. The text is by Mr. Luther Hooper,
who in his preface makes a strong plea for a
revival of hand-loom weaving as a home occupa-
tion—one which, as he rightly says, is not only
pleasant, but has the merit of exercising all the
faculties. It is chiefly for the domestic and artistic
weaver that the volume is intended, and it gives
the student a good insight into the best methods
of preparing warps, fitting up looms, the making
and application of accessory appliances, as well as
the planning and weaving of webs, the technique
of the subject being further elucidated by a large
number of clearly-drawn diagrams, supplemented
by a series of collotype illustrations from ancient
and modern textiles.
A very attractive edition of Kingsley’s Water-
Babies is published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co.,
at 5.L net. It has sixteen coloured illustrations by
Warwick Goble, who has entered fully into the
spirit of this delightful romance.
Among Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jacks’ publi-
cations this season are an edition of Robinson
Crusoe, with coloured illustrations by W. B.
Robinson (cloth, 35-. 61i. net), one of Kingsley’s
Water-Babies, with eight coloured illustrations by
that gifted Scottish artist, Miss Katharine Cameron
(6.r. net); and Maria Edgeworth’s Simple Susan,
with the same number of coloured illustrations by
Olive Allen (2s. net).
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
—The attention of our readers is called to the
Illustrated Portfolio edition we are publishing of
this oriental classic, and of which particulars will
be found elsewhere in this number. The special
feature of this edition is the series of coloured plates
after water-colour drawings expressly executed for
it by Mr. Abanindro Nath Tagore, the leader of
the modern native school of painting in India, and
an artist who has shown remarkable talent in inter-
preting oriental themes. These illustrations to the
Rubaiyat are perhaps the best things Mr. Tagore
has ever done, so exquisitely delicate is the
execution,
171