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Nr. 214 (January 1911)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
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Reviews and Notices
Numerous examples of his paintings, etchings and
drawings are reproduced as illustrations to the
volume.
Les Peintres Populaires. By Ch. Moreau-
Vauthier. (Paris and London: Hachette & Cie.).
7 fcs.— Leonardo, Michael Angelo, Raphael, del
Sarto, Titian, the two Clouets, Rubens, Rembrandt,
Velasquez, Poussin, Van Dyck, La Tour, Reynolds,
Greuze, David, Ingres, Delacroix and Corot are
the masters whose lives and achievements are the
subject of M. Moreau-Vauthier’s brightly written
narrative. The volume is nicely bound, and con-
sidering the excellence of the reproductions, which,
though in black-and-white, are to be greatly pre-
ferred to some of the colour reproductions one
meets with in popular books, is certainly cheap at
the price.
Two of the serial publications with coloured
illustrations which Messrs. T. C. & E. C. Jack have
been bringing out recently are now obtainable in
bound volumes. One is The Louvre, written by
Messrs. P. G. Konody and M. W. Brockwell, who
collaborated in the production of the companion
volume on The National Gallery in London. The
illustration to the volume consists of 50 repro-
ductions in colour of famous paintings in the French
collection, and though we cannot give unqualified
approval to all of these, we perceive among them
some which no one can find fault with. And with
regard to the text, we must admire the courage
with which the authors challenge the official attri-
butions of a certain number of the pictures, notably
several ascribed to Raphael, Leonardo and Titian.
The other work is Mr. Foley’s Book of Decorative
Furniture, of which the first volume, containing
eight parts, is now issued in cloth at 25^. net. The
volume is a bulky one, and besides 50 plates in
colour, contains a very large number of line
drawings interspersed in the text. The material
dealt with in this first volume covers an extremely
wide range of production in Britain, France, Ger-
many, Italy, Spain, Portugal and America, at various
periods down to the 18th century.
The Verulam Club, which aims to produce great
examples of literature in a manner befitting their
contents, have made an appropriate commencement
with The Essays of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam,
following it up with that classic of devotional
literature, The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a
Kempis. These books are printed in a very
legible type on British hand-made paper; the
binding is substantial—designed for use rather than
ornament—and each volume has a frontispiece in
photogravure, and is sent out boxed. They are
published through Messrs. Chapman & Hall, at 6.r.
net each, and considering their excellent get-up
they are well worth the money.
A dainty reprint of Tennyson’s Lancelot a?id
Elaine is issued by S. T. Freemantle, of London
(in conjunction with the J. B. Lippincott Co., of
Philadelphia), at the price of 7s. 6d. net for copies
on hand-made paper, stiff vellum binding, and
3-f. 6d. net for copies in velvet calf. Both editions
are limited, and contain decorations by Reginald
L. Knowles.
Who's Who for 1911, with its familiar red cloth
binding, is remarkable value for half a sovereign.
Something like 23,000 biographies occupy its
2,250 pages, and we are glad to see its field ol
utility enlarged by the inclusion of many notable
foreign names. The new issue of The English-
woman's Year Book, edited by G. E. Mitton,
contains besides a vast amount of information,
conveniently classified and arranged, bearing espec-
ially on the interests of women in all walks of life,
a good deal also that is of general utility, and at
the low price of 2^. 6d. net this annual, which is
also bound in red cloth, should find its way into
every family. Both these publications, as also The
Writers' and Artists’ Year Book and Who’s Who
Year Book (1 s. net each), are issued by Messrs.
A. & C. Black, of Soho.
A fountain pen in which, liquid Indian ink can
be used without clogging ought to find favour with
artists. Waterman’s “ Ideal Safety ” pen answers
to this description. Mr. Bernard Partridge, the
eminent cartoonist, has expressed himself delighted
with this pen, and we can ourselves testify to its
admirable qualities, one of which is that it is quite
secure against leakage when carried horizontally.
OLD ENGLISH MEZZOTINTS.
The Special Winter Number of The Studio,
recently issued, has been devoted to those beautiful
old English Mezzotints which form one of the most
glorious pages in the history of British Art, and inter-
pret par excellence the great painters of the Eighteenth
Century. The letterpress has been written by Mr.
Malcolm C. Salaman, the well-known expert on the
subject, and tells the story of mezzotint engraving
from its inception to its climax at the close of the
Eighteenth Century and its decline in the early
Nineteenth. The 128 illustrations have been
selected from some of the most important private
collections, and in each case the reproduction has
been made from a fine impression of the plate.
343
Numerous examples of his paintings, etchings and
drawings are reproduced as illustrations to the
volume.
Les Peintres Populaires. By Ch. Moreau-
Vauthier. (Paris and London: Hachette & Cie.).
7 fcs.— Leonardo, Michael Angelo, Raphael, del
Sarto, Titian, the two Clouets, Rubens, Rembrandt,
Velasquez, Poussin, Van Dyck, La Tour, Reynolds,
Greuze, David, Ingres, Delacroix and Corot are
the masters whose lives and achievements are the
subject of M. Moreau-Vauthier’s brightly written
narrative. The volume is nicely bound, and con-
sidering the excellence of the reproductions, which,
though in black-and-white, are to be greatly pre-
ferred to some of the colour reproductions one
meets with in popular books, is certainly cheap at
the price.
Two of the serial publications with coloured
illustrations which Messrs. T. C. & E. C. Jack have
been bringing out recently are now obtainable in
bound volumes. One is The Louvre, written by
Messrs. P. G. Konody and M. W. Brockwell, who
collaborated in the production of the companion
volume on The National Gallery in London. The
illustration to the volume consists of 50 repro-
ductions in colour of famous paintings in the French
collection, and though we cannot give unqualified
approval to all of these, we perceive among them
some which no one can find fault with. And with
regard to the text, we must admire the courage
with which the authors challenge the official attri-
butions of a certain number of the pictures, notably
several ascribed to Raphael, Leonardo and Titian.
The other work is Mr. Foley’s Book of Decorative
Furniture, of which the first volume, containing
eight parts, is now issued in cloth at 25^. net. The
volume is a bulky one, and besides 50 plates in
colour, contains a very large number of line
drawings interspersed in the text. The material
dealt with in this first volume covers an extremely
wide range of production in Britain, France, Ger-
many, Italy, Spain, Portugal and America, at various
periods down to the 18th century.
The Verulam Club, which aims to produce great
examples of literature in a manner befitting their
contents, have made an appropriate commencement
with The Essays of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam,
following it up with that classic of devotional
literature, The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a
Kempis. These books are printed in a very
legible type on British hand-made paper; the
binding is substantial—designed for use rather than
ornament—and each volume has a frontispiece in
photogravure, and is sent out boxed. They are
published through Messrs. Chapman & Hall, at 6.r.
net each, and considering their excellent get-up
they are well worth the money.
A dainty reprint of Tennyson’s Lancelot a?id
Elaine is issued by S. T. Freemantle, of London
(in conjunction with the J. B. Lippincott Co., of
Philadelphia), at the price of 7s. 6d. net for copies
on hand-made paper, stiff vellum binding, and
3-f. 6d. net for copies in velvet calf. Both editions
are limited, and contain decorations by Reginald
L. Knowles.
Who's Who for 1911, with its familiar red cloth
binding, is remarkable value for half a sovereign.
Something like 23,000 biographies occupy its
2,250 pages, and we are glad to see its field ol
utility enlarged by the inclusion of many notable
foreign names. The new issue of The English-
woman's Year Book, edited by G. E. Mitton,
contains besides a vast amount of information,
conveniently classified and arranged, bearing espec-
ially on the interests of women in all walks of life,
a good deal also that is of general utility, and at
the low price of 2^. 6d. net this annual, which is
also bound in red cloth, should find its way into
every family. Both these publications, as also The
Writers' and Artists’ Year Book and Who’s Who
Year Book (1 s. net each), are issued by Messrs.
A. & C. Black, of Soho.
A fountain pen in which, liquid Indian ink can
be used without clogging ought to find favour with
artists. Waterman’s “ Ideal Safety ” pen answers
to this description. Mr. Bernard Partridge, the
eminent cartoonist, has expressed himself delighted
with this pen, and we can ourselves testify to its
admirable qualities, one of which is that it is quite
secure against leakage when carried horizontally.
OLD ENGLISH MEZZOTINTS.
The Special Winter Number of The Studio,
recently issued, has been devoted to those beautiful
old English Mezzotints which form one of the most
glorious pages in the history of British Art, and inter-
pret par excellence the great painters of the Eighteenth
Century. The letterpress has been written by Mr.
Malcolm C. Salaman, the well-known expert on the
subject, and tells the story of mezzotint engraving
from its inception to its climax at the close of the
Eighteenth Century and its decline in the early
Nineteenth. The 128 illustrations have been
selected from some of the most important private
collections, and in each case the reproduction has
been made from a fine impression of the plate.
343