DOI Heft:
No. 237 (December 1912)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21158#0287
Reviews and Notices
this is accompanied by a lively feeling for colour.
In this book the illustrations in colour are of two
sorts ; some are printed separately and stuck on to
grey mounts; the others are printed direct on to
the grey paper and have lost much of their brilliance
in the process, so that the contrast between the
two kinds is at times quite startling.
Poems of Passion and Pleasure. By Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Illustrated by Dudley Ten-
nant. (London: Gay and Hancock.) 15r.net.—The
artist illustrating Miss Wilcox does not lack invention
and considerable technical skill, but in his illustra-
tions we seem to miss that note of poetry which
is essential in illustrating poetry. This is another
book bound and printed with remarkable care.
The Magic World. By E. Nesbit. (London :
Macmillan and Co.) 6s.—The name E. Nesbit on
a book has become something of a guarantee of
excellence, and these stories by this popular writer,
in which the fairy and magical element is skilfully
interwoven with the ordinary life of her boy and
girl heroes and heroines, should be much in demand
this Christmas time. The illustrations are the work
of H. R. Miller and G. Spencer Pryse, the latter
contributing three clever drawings to a tale of “ The
Princess and the Hedge-Pig.”
Polk Tales of Bengal. By the Rev. Lal Behari.
Illustrated by Warwick Goble. (London : Mac-
millan.) 15L net.—Mr. Goble’s book adds to the
list of those prepared and illustrated with care for
the season, having a very attractive cover and a full
complement of illustrations in colour.
This time last year Messrs. Bell and Son offered
a treat to admirers of the late Sir W. S. Gilbert’s
genius in the reprints of three of his famous Savoy
Operas—Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, and
The Mikado, each accompanied by eight full-page
colour-plates by Mr. Russell Flint. 'Phis year they
have added four more volumes to the series—
Princess Ida, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard,
and The Gondoliers, each containing the same
number of coloured plates by the same artist,
which form delightful accompaniments to the
text. The volumes are bound in cloth covers
specially designed for the series, and at the price of
3.L 6d. net are sure to meet with public favour.
Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack offer this season a
group of books for juveniles which will prove as
popular as those they have published in the past.
Interesting to boys and girls alike is Mr. W. B.
Synge’s Book of Discovery {is. 6 d. net) in which the
author gives a brightly written narrative of explora-
tion from the days of antiquity right down to the very
days in which we live. The volume is very fully illus-
trated, and some interesting old maps are repro-
duced. Miss Steedman, who has a notable gift for
entertaining the young, tells in Our Island Saints
(is. 6d. net) the story of SS. Alban, Augustine,
Kentigern, Patrick, Bridget, Cuthbert, and others
whose names and deeds are writ large in the history
of the British Islands, and eight illustrations in
colour are contributed by Miss M. D. Spooner.
And then in A Nursery History of England (5r.
net) Mrs. E. O’Neill unfolds in a series of short but
connected stories, suited to the comprehension of
little ones, the progress of the nation from the dark
days of the Druids right down to our own wonder-
tul times, Mr. George Morrow providing an unfail-
ing source of entertainment in a series of a hundred
pictures in colour and many drawings in black
and white. The Story of Rome (is. 6d. net) will
not perhaps be quite so popular with juvenile
readers as the volume just referred to, but the
narrative as told by Miss Mary MacGregor will
certainly prove more palatable to them than the
more recondite histories with which they are
familiar in the schoolroom ; and the coloured illus-
trations by Messrs Paul Woodroffe, W. Rainey, and
Dudley Heath will make it additionally acceptable.
. Louisa Alcot’s Little Women has for many years
been a nursery classic, and though its popularity
can hardly be so great to-day as it was two or three
generations back, the tasteful edition which the
Religious Tract Society offers at is. 6d. net will no
doubt have the effect of reviving interest in what
is a really charming story. Mr. Harold Copping has
supplied a number of illustrations in colour which
show good technical qualities.
The latest of Mr. Edmund Hort New’s series of
Oxford drawings is one giving a view of the famous
High Street, showing on the right of the spectator
the front of Queen’s College, the creation of Wren
and his pupil Hawksmoor, and on the left the front
of Univeristy College, while above the buildings at
the farther end rises the spire of St. Mary’s with its
cluster of pinnacles. The drawing has been repro-
duced by lithography by Mr. Way.
The manufacturers of the popular Waterman
fountain and safety pens are offering them in
numerous choice styles suitable for presentation,
those cased in silver or gold being admirably
adapted to this purpose. The merits of these pens
are too well known to need reiteration. Messrs. L.
and C. Hardtmuth, who are the sole agents for them
in Europe, also offer many dainty novelties in their
famous “ Koh-i-Noor” brand of pencils.
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this is accompanied by a lively feeling for colour.
In this book the illustrations in colour are of two
sorts ; some are printed separately and stuck on to
grey mounts; the others are printed direct on to
the grey paper and have lost much of their brilliance
in the process, so that the contrast between the
two kinds is at times quite startling.
Poems of Passion and Pleasure. By Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Illustrated by Dudley Ten-
nant. (London: Gay and Hancock.) 15r.net.—The
artist illustrating Miss Wilcox does not lack invention
and considerable technical skill, but in his illustra-
tions we seem to miss that note of poetry which
is essential in illustrating poetry. This is another
book bound and printed with remarkable care.
The Magic World. By E. Nesbit. (London :
Macmillan and Co.) 6s.—The name E. Nesbit on
a book has become something of a guarantee of
excellence, and these stories by this popular writer,
in which the fairy and magical element is skilfully
interwoven with the ordinary life of her boy and
girl heroes and heroines, should be much in demand
this Christmas time. The illustrations are the work
of H. R. Miller and G. Spencer Pryse, the latter
contributing three clever drawings to a tale of “ The
Princess and the Hedge-Pig.”
Polk Tales of Bengal. By the Rev. Lal Behari.
Illustrated by Warwick Goble. (London : Mac-
millan.) 15L net.—Mr. Goble’s book adds to the
list of those prepared and illustrated with care for
the season, having a very attractive cover and a full
complement of illustrations in colour.
This time last year Messrs. Bell and Son offered
a treat to admirers of the late Sir W. S. Gilbert’s
genius in the reprints of three of his famous Savoy
Operas—Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, and
The Mikado, each accompanied by eight full-page
colour-plates by Mr. Russell Flint. 'Phis year they
have added four more volumes to the series—
Princess Ida, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard,
and The Gondoliers, each containing the same
number of coloured plates by the same artist,
which form delightful accompaniments to the
text. The volumes are bound in cloth covers
specially designed for the series, and at the price of
3.L 6d. net are sure to meet with public favour.
Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack offer this season a
group of books for juveniles which will prove as
popular as those they have published in the past.
Interesting to boys and girls alike is Mr. W. B.
Synge’s Book of Discovery {is. 6 d. net) in which the
author gives a brightly written narrative of explora-
tion from the days of antiquity right down to the very
days in which we live. The volume is very fully illus-
trated, and some interesting old maps are repro-
duced. Miss Steedman, who has a notable gift for
entertaining the young, tells in Our Island Saints
(is. 6d. net) the story of SS. Alban, Augustine,
Kentigern, Patrick, Bridget, Cuthbert, and others
whose names and deeds are writ large in the history
of the British Islands, and eight illustrations in
colour are contributed by Miss M. D. Spooner.
And then in A Nursery History of England (5r.
net) Mrs. E. O’Neill unfolds in a series of short but
connected stories, suited to the comprehension of
little ones, the progress of the nation from the dark
days of the Druids right down to our own wonder-
tul times, Mr. George Morrow providing an unfail-
ing source of entertainment in a series of a hundred
pictures in colour and many drawings in black
and white. The Story of Rome (is. 6d. net) will
not perhaps be quite so popular with juvenile
readers as the volume just referred to, but the
narrative as told by Miss Mary MacGregor will
certainly prove more palatable to them than the
more recondite histories with which they are
familiar in the schoolroom ; and the coloured illus-
trations by Messrs Paul Woodroffe, W. Rainey, and
Dudley Heath will make it additionally acceptable.
. Louisa Alcot’s Little Women has for many years
been a nursery classic, and though its popularity
can hardly be so great to-day as it was two or three
generations back, the tasteful edition which the
Religious Tract Society offers at is. 6d. net will no
doubt have the effect of reviving interest in what
is a really charming story. Mr. Harold Copping has
supplied a number of illustrations in colour which
show good technical qualities.
The latest of Mr. Edmund Hort New’s series of
Oxford drawings is one giving a view of the famous
High Street, showing on the right of the spectator
the front of Queen’s College, the creation of Wren
and his pupil Hawksmoor, and on the left the front
of Univeristy College, while above the buildings at
the farther end rises the spire of St. Mary’s with its
cluster of pinnacles. The drawing has been repro-
duced by lithography by Mr. Way.
The manufacturers of the popular Waterman
fountain and safety pens are offering them in
numerous choice styles suitable for presentation,
those cased in silver or gold being admirably
adapted to this purpose. The merits of these pens
are too well known to need reiteration. Messrs. L.
and C. Hardtmuth, who are the sole agents for them
in Europe, also offer many dainty novelties in their
famous “ Koh-i-Noor” brand of pencils.
265