DOI Heft:
No. 284 (November 1916)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.24575#0113
Reviews and Notices
be prominently represented, as indeed it is by
reproductions of works by leading artists of the
modern British School, in addition to a few by
Leonardo, Michael Angelo, and some Italian artists
of the present day, music and poetry being also
represented. The volume, which is produced under
the auspices of Queen Elena, and is admirably got
up, claims a cordial reception from book-buyers.
The Poetical Works of John Keats. Edited
by Laurence Binyon. With a Critical Essay by
Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate. Illustrated in
colour by Claude Shepperson, A. R.W.S. (London:
Hodder and Stoughton.) 6s. net.—The Poet
Laureate's Critical Introduction, embodying a
succinct and masterly analysis of the major poems,
" Endymion " and "Hyperion," together with the
Tales, the Odes, the Sonnets, the Epistles and
Lyrical Poems, and two dramatic fragments, was
written over twenty years ago, but is here reprinted
as revised as late as 1914, and the selection of
poems included in this volume has to a large extent
been correlated with this essay. The text through-
out is printed in a beautifully clear type, and the
ten illustrations in colour by Mr. Claude Shepper-
son, in whose art may be discerned a certain
spiritual affinity with that of the poet, make a very
engaging accompaniment to it.
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Illus-
trated by Harry Clarke. (London: George G.
Harrap and Co.) 20^. net.—Aubrey Beardsley has
left behind many disciples, and that Mr. Harry
Clarke must be ranked as one of them is the
conviction which is immediately driven home on
glancing at the numerous line drawings he has
contributed to this volume, and also, though not
to the same extent, at the colour drawings which
appear at intervals. Not one of Beardsley's
followers, however, has ever attained his exquisite-
ness of line, and his art was so essentially the
product of his peculiar temperament that emula-
tion of his methods almost inevitably has the
appearance of affectation. As applied here to the
illustration of Hans Andersen it sometimes leads
to rather queer results, as where Little Claus,
the rustic " who had only a single horse," is shown
wearing a shirt with frilled cuffs, a Parisian cravat,
and trousers of a pattern that would best be
described by the heraldic term " lozengy." That
Mr. Clarke is a clever draughtsman and possesses
a fine sense of colour as well as a good deal of
imagination is evident from these illustrations, and
his work would, we think, have been more agree-
able if his admiration for Beardsley had been less
pronounced.
A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most
Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.
By C. Hofstede de Groot. Translated and
edited by Edward G. Hawke. Vol. VI. (London :
Macmillan and Co. Ltd.) 25^. net.—Rembrandt
and Nicolaes Maes share between them this
volume of Dr. Hofstede de Groot's catalogue,
which, though "based on the work of John Smith,"
is practically a new publication owing to the vast
amount of research and revision which has been
entailed in its compilation. Rembrandt might have
had a volume to himself, for he accounts for
nearly 500 pages out of about 640. The informa-
tion here registered has been brought up to a
recent date, and so far as English collections are
concerned, has been checked and amplified by
Mr. Hawke. It is interesting to note that while a
good number of the great master's works have left
Europe for America, and that in Europe Berlin
has shown great eagerness to possess examples,
the United Kingdom is still liberally provided with
them. We also note with interest that the portrait
of A Young Woman which was acquired from
Sir Hugh Lane by Mr. Max Michaelis to be in-
cluded in his gift to South Africa, and subse-
quently returned to Sir Hugh at his own instance
on account of suspicion as to its genuineness, is
included here as authentic. The work was repro-
duced in an article on the South African gift in
this magazine (May 1913), and the circumstances
connected with its return were explained in a
subsequent issue (October 1913, p. 62.)
Some of the beauties of Hampstead are ad-
mirably rendered in eight pencil sketches by
Mr. Fred Richards which with letterpress are in-
cluded in a booklet published in aid of hospitals
for wounded soldiers in the borough by the Baynard
Press on behalf of the Mayor. The booklet was
originally intended as an advertisement for the
Underground Railway who, after defraying the
expense of production, placed it at the Mayor's
disposal; it is an excellent example of artistic
typography and well worth sixpence.
The scheme which has been in operation for
more than a year, under the direction of Mr. A. T.
Davies, of the Board of Education, for supplying
carefully selected books of an educational character
to British citizens interned in the Ruhleben Camp
for purposes of study, has now been extended to
the British prisoners of war; and those who are in
a position to furnish books of the kind desired are
invited to communicate with Mr. Davies.
be prominently represented, as indeed it is by
reproductions of works by leading artists of the
modern British School, in addition to a few by
Leonardo, Michael Angelo, and some Italian artists
of the present day, music and poetry being also
represented. The volume, which is produced under
the auspices of Queen Elena, and is admirably got
up, claims a cordial reception from book-buyers.
The Poetical Works of John Keats. Edited
by Laurence Binyon. With a Critical Essay by
Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate. Illustrated in
colour by Claude Shepperson, A. R.W.S. (London:
Hodder and Stoughton.) 6s. net.—The Poet
Laureate's Critical Introduction, embodying a
succinct and masterly analysis of the major poems,
" Endymion " and "Hyperion," together with the
Tales, the Odes, the Sonnets, the Epistles and
Lyrical Poems, and two dramatic fragments, was
written over twenty years ago, but is here reprinted
as revised as late as 1914, and the selection of
poems included in this volume has to a large extent
been correlated with this essay. The text through-
out is printed in a beautifully clear type, and the
ten illustrations in colour by Mr. Claude Shepper-
son, in whose art may be discerned a certain
spiritual affinity with that of the poet, make a very
engaging accompaniment to it.
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Illus-
trated by Harry Clarke. (London: George G.
Harrap and Co.) 20^. net.—Aubrey Beardsley has
left behind many disciples, and that Mr. Harry
Clarke must be ranked as one of them is the
conviction which is immediately driven home on
glancing at the numerous line drawings he has
contributed to this volume, and also, though not
to the same extent, at the colour drawings which
appear at intervals. Not one of Beardsley's
followers, however, has ever attained his exquisite-
ness of line, and his art was so essentially the
product of his peculiar temperament that emula-
tion of his methods almost inevitably has the
appearance of affectation. As applied here to the
illustration of Hans Andersen it sometimes leads
to rather queer results, as where Little Claus,
the rustic " who had only a single horse," is shown
wearing a shirt with frilled cuffs, a Parisian cravat,
and trousers of a pattern that would best be
described by the heraldic term " lozengy." That
Mr. Clarke is a clever draughtsman and possesses
a fine sense of colour as well as a good deal of
imagination is evident from these illustrations, and
his work would, we think, have been more agree-
able if his admiration for Beardsley had been less
pronounced.
A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most
Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.
By C. Hofstede de Groot. Translated and
edited by Edward G. Hawke. Vol. VI. (London :
Macmillan and Co. Ltd.) 25^. net.—Rembrandt
and Nicolaes Maes share between them this
volume of Dr. Hofstede de Groot's catalogue,
which, though "based on the work of John Smith,"
is practically a new publication owing to the vast
amount of research and revision which has been
entailed in its compilation. Rembrandt might have
had a volume to himself, for he accounts for
nearly 500 pages out of about 640. The informa-
tion here registered has been brought up to a
recent date, and so far as English collections are
concerned, has been checked and amplified by
Mr. Hawke. It is interesting to note that while a
good number of the great master's works have left
Europe for America, and that in Europe Berlin
has shown great eagerness to possess examples,
the United Kingdom is still liberally provided with
them. We also note with interest that the portrait
of A Young Woman which was acquired from
Sir Hugh Lane by Mr. Max Michaelis to be in-
cluded in his gift to South Africa, and subse-
quently returned to Sir Hugh at his own instance
on account of suspicion as to its genuineness, is
included here as authentic. The work was repro-
duced in an article on the South African gift in
this magazine (May 1913), and the circumstances
connected with its return were explained in a
subsequent issue (October 1913, p. 62.)
Some of the beauties of Hampstead are ad-
mirably rendered in eight pencil sketches by
Mr. Fred Richards which with letterpress are in-
cluded in a booklet published in aid of hospitals
for wounded soldiers in the borough by the Baynard
Press on behalf of the Mayor. The booklet was
originally intended as an advertisement for the
Underground Railway who, after defraying the
expense of production, placed it at the Mayor's
disposal; it is an excellent example of artistic
typography and well worth sixpence.
The scheme which has been in operation for
more than a year, under the direction of Mr. A. T.
Davies, of the Board of Education, for supplying
carefully selected books of an educational character
to British citizens interned in the Ruhleben Camp
for purposes of study, has now been extended to
the British prisoners of war; and those who are in
a position to furnish books of the kind desired are
invited to communicate with Mr. Davies.