Studio: international art (55.1912)

Reviews and Notices

corner of the conglomeration of countries com-
prising this empire which the author has not
investigated ; he knows the languages spoken there
and is in full sympathy with his subject. He has,
moreover, gathered together that valuable collection
of objects of peasant art which form the Imperial
Museum for Austrian Ethnography (Volkskunde)
in Vienna, the most important collection of its kind
existing. The results of his researches he has now
made public, and the work will prove a great boon
to the student of ethnography in general as well
as to the student of peasant art. Though Prof.
Haberlandt’s investigations are based on scientific
principles, there is not a dry passage in the text; he
gives us a vivid picture of the races and the various
influences which have affected them in the practice
of their art. We feel with him that their love of the
beautiful is innate, and the illustrations show how
deep this feeling for decorative art lies. And it is
a feeling which is common to all the Austrian
peasants, whether German, Slav, or of the Latin
race. The study of this peasant art is a highly
fascinating one, opening up a new world to us, and
awakening our sympathies with people of whose
very existence many of us are still quite ignorant.
The numerous lithographic illustrations, many of
them coloured, are of excellent quality and form a
valuable aid to the study of the subject.

The Canary Islands. Painted by Ella Du
Cane; described by Florence Du Cane. (Lon-
don : A. and C. Black.) 7s. 6d. net.—Both the
artist and the writer whose work is here represented
are well known to the public as authors of several
charming books on Flowers and Gardens, and this
description and short history of the Canary Islands
forms a not less delightful volume. Miss Florence
Du Cane’s account of these seven islands is in-
teresting and is excellently supplemented by the
twenty reproductions in facsimile of water-colour
drawings by Miss Ella Du Cane, which are attrac-
tive alike in composition and colour.

Who's Who 1912 (ioj. net) contains about
24,000 concise biographies of living persons in
various walks of life, including many foreigners of
distinction. The information is corrected to the
end of August. The companion to this remarkable
and indispensable compendium is the Who’s Who
Year-Book (is. net) with 168 pages of useful in-
formation displayed in tabular form. The Writers'
and Artists' Year-Book (is. net) is an invaluable
book of reference for those who make their living
by literature, art, music, &c. The new issue
contains a classified list of periodicals, British and
American, notes on copyright, &c. The new issue

of The Englishwoman’s \ear-B00k and Directory
(2s. 6d. net) compiled by G. E. Mitton, with the
assistance of an expert staff of women writers, is a
remarkable witness to the increasing share which
women are year by year taking in all departments
of national life. All these red-covered annuals are
published by Messrs. A. and C. Black.

In The Essentials of a Country House, recently
issued by Mr. Batsford (7 s. 6 d. net), Mr.
R. A. Briggs, F.R.I.B.A., discusses the various
points which call for consideration in the planning
and construction of country residences, and gives
much sound advice to those who contemplate the
erection of houses of their own. The letterpress is
supplemented by a large number of illustrations
and plans of houses built from his own designs and
under his supervision at prices ranging from ^1250
to ,£4000.

Aaron Penley’s Elements of Perspective, one ot
the best little manuals dealing with this, to most.
art students, rather unpalatable subject, has been
revised and largely rewritten by Mr. A. P. Killik,
M.S.A., in conjunction with Mr. D. B. Hedderwick.
The fact that this shilling handbook is in its forty-
seventh thousand speaks for its popularity. The
publishers are Messrs. Winsor and Newton.

A second and revised edition of Mr. Arthur M.
Hind’s Short History of Engraving and Etching,
the best work of its kind that we have, has made
its appearance, and in order to make it accessible
to a larger circle of readers the price has been
reduced from i8.r. to ion 6d. net. The revision
has been limited in the main to details of date and
bibliography; in other respects the book, which is
published by Messrs. Constable and Son, is
substantially the same as when first issued.

Four further volumes of the “Great Engravers”
Series, now being published by Mr. Heinemann
under Mr. Hind’s editorship, deal respectively
with Watteau, Boucher, and the French Engravers
and Etchers of the Earlier Eighteenth Century;
fohn Raphael Smith and the Great Mezzotinters
of the time of Reynolds ; Van Dyck and Portrait-
Engraving and Etching in the Seventeenth Century ;
and Francisco Goya. Each contains from sixty
to seventy reproductions of plates by the artists
concerned and an introduction briefly touching on
the characteristic features of their work. The
price of each volume is 2s. 6d. net.

Mr. Hind is to lecture on the “Great En-
gravers ” in the theatre at the Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington, on February 27 and March 5, 12,
and 19. The lectures will be illustrated by lantern
slides.

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