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Reviews and notices
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Reviews and Notices
Partridge. (London: Hodder and Stoughton.)
5^. net; cloth 6.r. net.—In addition to “Rabbi
ben Ezra” this selection contains -four other poems
from Browning’s “ Dramatis Personae,” namely
“James Lee’s Wife,” “Abt Vogler,” “Apparent
Failure,” and “ Prospice,” all printed in a large,
clear type. They are accompanied by twelve
illustrations in colour by Mr. Bernard Partridge,
known to the world at large by his spirited con-
tributions to “ Punch.” His fine draughtsmanship
is also revealed in his water-colour drawings, but
in some of those illustrating these poems his colour
suffers somewhat from a lack of clarity.
The Village Church. By P. H. Ditchfield,
M.A., F.S.A. (London: Methuen.) 5^. net.—In
addition to their architectural interest our village
churches form collectively an inexhaustible source
of information concerning the lives and doings of
our forefathers, and what a fascinating field of
study they offer is shown by this little book, written
ostensibly for the ordinary reader who wishes to
know more of the origin and meaning of the things
that he sees. The church fabric and its various
external and internal features are dealt with in
successive chapters, and many curious facts, culled
from a very large number of old churches, serve to
enliven the pages of the book.
A Book of Myths. By Jean Lang. (London:
T. C. and E. C. Jack.) 7s. 6d. net.—Intended
for the juvenile reader, this selection of myths
includes, in addition to many which most school
boys are familiar with, a few from Celtic and
Scandinavian sources which do not often figure in
selections of this kind. The stories are told in
simple language not beyond the comprehension of
boys and girls whose reading powers extend to the
fairy-tales of Andersen and Grimm. To such the
volume should prove acceptable as a gift book,
and the more so as it contains a number of attrac-
tive illustrations in colour by Miss Helen Stratton.
Year Book of American Etchi?ig. With an
Introduction by Forbes Watson. (London: John
Lane.) ioj. 6d. net.—This is an illustrated record
of the annual exhibition of the Association of
American Etchers, comprising one hundred repro-
ductions of the prints shown, and though, of course,
no exhibition of contemporary American etching
could be considered really representative without
examples of the work of such distinguished artists
as Mr. Joseph Pennell and Mr. Herman A. Webster,
the volume gives a fair idea of the activities of
exponents of the art in the United States, affording
sufficient evidence of freshness and individuality of
pictorial vision and expression to warrant our looking
for the development of already interesting’school of
American etchers. But this will result, not from
their coming to Europe to etch “ picturesque bits ”
which are already hackneyed by repetition on a
score of plates, but from their interpreting pictorially,
with the intuition of native affection and intimacy,
the life and scenic aspects of their own country.
As Mr. Forbes Watson says in his frank and
suggestive introduction : “I do not find the
American subject healthy because it is American,
but because it has been less ‘ seen,’ and because,
by the American, it can be realised with a depth
of intimacy not possible, except in rare cases, to a
stranger in a strange land.” Happily there are
already accomplished American etchers who are
interpreting the American scene with intimate
vision and convincing art.
More About How to Draw in Pen and Ink. By
Harry Furniss. (London : Chapman and Hall.)
3i\ 6d. net.—The young pen-and-ink draughtsman
who seeks to earn his living by drawing will find
here a good many hints that will be helpful to him
in the pursuit of his calling. The author has in
view more particularly the requirements of those
wTho do commercial work, fashion drawing, book
illustration, but his book, which is complementary
to his earlier and more elementary “ How to
Draw in Pen and Ink,” also includes the more
difficult aspects of pen-drawing, such as caricature,
cartooning, character-drawing, and there is a final
wwd on “ Drawing for the Cinematograph.” The
text is accompanied by numerous reproductions of
the author’s own wrork.
Colour plates published by Messrs. Hildesheimer
and Co. this season include mounted reproductions
of Lady Butler’s well-known and popular picture
Scotland for Ever (5s.), Mr. Dudley Hardy’s
Somewhere in France, and a portrait of General
Joffre by Mr. J. R. L. French, son of the Field
Marshal (2s. each).
The Medici Society are issuing several series of
Christmas cards and three-sheet calendars, the
pictorial features being reproductions in colour or
monochrome of paintings by the Old Masters and
tw7o modern artists—Mr. Anning Bell and Mr.
Louis Davis. The prices range from 2d. for the
monochrome cards to 2s. for the calendars.
Messrs Longmans, Green and Co. announce for
issue this month a small quarto volume of Mr.
Norman Wilkinson’s Dardanelles drawings noticed
elsewhere in this number (p. 208).
221
Partridge. (London: Hodder and Stoughton.)
5^. net; cloth 6.r. net.—In addition to “Rabbi
ben Ezra” this selection contains -four other poems
from Browning’s “ Dramatis Personae,” namely
“James Lee’s Wife,” “Abt Vogler,” “Apparent
Failure,” and “ Prospice,” all printed in a large,
clear type. They are accompanied by twelve
illustrations in colour by Mr. Bernard Partridge,
known to the world at large by his spirited con-
tributions to “ Punch.” His fine draughtsmanship
is also revealed in his water-colour drawings, but
in some of those illustrating these poems his colour
suffers somewhat from a lack of clarity.
The Village Church. By P. H. Ditchfield,
M.A., F.S.A. (London: Methuen.) 5^. net.—In
addition to their architectural interest our village
churches form collectively an inexhaustible source
of information concerning the lives and doings of
our forefathers, and what a fascinating field of
study they offer is shown by this little book, written
ostensibly for the ordinary reader who wishes to
know more of the origin and meaning of the things
that he sees. The church fabric and its various
external and internal features are dealt with in
successive chapters, and many curious facts, culled
from a very large number of old churches, serve to
enliven the pages of the book.
A Book of Myths. By Jean Lang. (London:
T. C. and E. C. Jack.) 7s. 6d. net.—Intended
for the juvenile reader, this selection of myths
includes, in addition to many which most school
boys are familiar with, a few from Celtic and
Scandinavian sources which do not often figure in
selections of this kind. The stories are told in
simple language not beyond the comprehension of
boys and girls whose reading powers extend to the
fairy-tales of Andersen and Grimm. To such the
volume should prove acceptable as a gift book,
and the more so as it contains a number of attrac-
tive illustrations in colour by Miss Helen Stratton.
Year Book of American Etchi?ig. With an
Introduction by Forbes Watson. (London: John
Lane.) ioj. 6d. net.—This is an illustrated record
of the annual exhibition of the Association of
American Etchers, comprising one hundred repro-
ductions of the prints shown, and though, of course,
no exhibition of contemporary American etching
could be considered really representative without
examples of the work of such distinguished artists
as Mr. Joseph Pennell and Mr. Herman A. Webster,
the volume gives a fair idea of the activities of
exponents of the art in the United States, affording
sufficient evidence of freshness and individuality of
pictorial vision and expression to warrant our looking
for the development of already interesting’school of
American etchers. But this will result, not from
their coming to Europe to etch “ picturesque bits ”
which are already hackneyed by repetition on a
score of plates, but from their interpreting pictorially,
with the intuition of native affection and intimacy,
the life and scenic aspects of their own country.
As Mr. Forbes Watson says in his frank and
suggestive introduction : “I do not find the
American subject healthy because it is American,
but because it has been less ‘ seen,’ and because,
by the American, it can be realised with a depth
of intimacy not possible, except in rare cases, to a
stranger in a strange land.” Happily there are
already accomplished American etchers who are
interpreting the American scene with intimate
vision and convincing art.
More About How to Draw in Pen and Ink. By
Harry Furniss. (London : Chapman and Hall.)
3i\ 6d. net.—The young pen-and-ink draughtsman
who seeks to earn his living by drawing will find
here a good many hints that will be helpful to him
in the pursuit of his calling. The author has in
view more particularly the requirements of those
wTho do commercial work, fashion drawing, book
illustration, but his book, which is complementary
to his earlier and more elementary “ How to
Draw in Pen and Ink,” also includes the more
difficult aspects of pen-drawing, such as caricature,
cartooning, character-drawing, and there is a final
wwd on “ Drawing for the Cinematograph.” The
text is accompanied by numerous reproductions of
the author’s own wrork.
Colour plates published by Messrs. Hildesheimer
and Co. this season include mounted reproductions
of Lady Butler’s well-known and popular picture
Scotland for Ever (5s.), Mr. Dudley Hardy’s
Somewhere in France, and a portrait of General
Joffre by Mr. J. R. L. French, son of the Field
Marshal (2s. each).
The Medici Society are issuing several series of
Christmas cards and three-sheet calendars, the
pictorial features being reproductions in colour or
monochrome of paintings by the Old Masters and
tw7o modern artists—Mr. Anning Bell and Mr.
Louis Davis. The prices range from 2d. for the
monochrome cards to 2s. for the calendars.
Messrs Longmans, Green and Co. announce for
issue this month a small quarto volume of Mr.
Norman Wilkinson’s Dardanelles drawings noticed
elsewhere in this number (p. 208).
221