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No. 335 (February 1921)
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REVIEWS
have been reproduced in this magazine.
As showing the quality of his black and
white work we give here a reproduction
of one of his illustrations to this Anthology
in a spirited drawing illustrating Mr.
Brady's stirring " Ballad of the Captains "
—the captains " of the narrow ships of
old, who with valiant souls went seeking
for the Fabled Fleece of Gold." The
book is attractively got up, the type used
being large and well arranged. 0 0
The Art of E. A. Rickards. (London :
Technical Journals, Ltd.) Mr. Rickards
died a few months ago while this publica-
tion was in preparation, and so what was
intended as a tribute to the living now
makes its appearance as a memorial to
the dead. One of the most eminent
architects of this generation, Mr. Rickards
is, perhaps, best known—certainly to
dwellers in London—by the Central Hall
at Westminster, while Edinburgh, Cardiff
and other places have important buildings
which will keep alive his great reputation.
Drawings of these and other buildings
erected from his designs are reproduced
on an ample scale in this volume, and
with them are reproduced in black and
white or colour many public monuments,
programmes, lithographs, book illustra-
tions, caricatures, water-colours and
sketches of which he was the author, and
all of which bear witness to the versatility
which was a marked characteristic of this
distinguished man. Mr. Arnold Bennett
contributes a personal sketch of him,
and Mr. H. V. Lanchester an apprecia-
tion, while Mr. Amor Fenn has written
some notes on the technical aspects of
Mr. Rickards' drawings. 000
Highways and Byways in Northumbria.
By P. Anderson Graham. With illus-
trations by Hugh Thomson. (London:
Macmillian & Co.) The several volumes
in the delightful " Highways and By-
ways Series " illustrated wholly or in part
by the late Hugh Thomson will, apart
from any other work he has left behind
him, always ensure respect for his memory.
Facile in more mediums than one, he
excelled in the use of the lead pencil, and
the drawings he made for these volumes
show how admirably it could be employed
for recording the beauties of Nature and
84
the romance of old buildings. The
region covered by this volume and the
companion volume on " The Border,"
by Andrew Lang, also illustrated by Mr.
Thomson, must have made a strong
appeal to an artist of such susceptibilities,
for it teems with thrilling historic associa-
tions, while the character of the country
itself is in keeping with the wealth of
legendary lore to which it has given
birth. 0 a 0 0 0 0
An Introduction to the Study of Terra
Sigillata. By Felix Oswald and T. Davies
Pryce. (London : Longmans & Co.) The
term "Terra Sigillata" (literally "stamped"
earth or clay—that is, clay with figures or
patterns impressed upon it) is used by the
authors of this treatise to denote the red
glaze ware so frequently found on Roman
sites in the western provinces of the Empire
and formerly designated by the erroneous
title " Samos ware." The ware herein
dealt with comprehends, however, a good
deal of pottery which is not strictly speak-
ing sigillate, being either quite devoid of
decoration or having decoration of a
different character. The subject is treated
from a chronological standpoint, details of
technique, form, decoration and design
being discussed in regard to their bearing
on the question of date. The authors have
obviously devoted an immense amount of
time and thought to it, and the wide range
of their knowledge is everywhere in evi-
dence, especially in the chapter on the
origin and evolution of the ware. The
plates are over eighty in number and com-
prise many hundreds of figures, and there
is a very comprehensive bibliography of
the subject. 00000
The Medici Society has issued a reprint
of the Ricciardi Press edition of Malory's
Le Morte Darthur, which was published
in 1911 with a series of beautiful illus-
trations in colour by Mr. W. Russell
Flint, R.W.S. The new reprint is of a
smaller format (small crown quarto) than
the original issue, but otherwise the im-
pressions are the same. The work forms
two volumes of about 500 pages each, and
Caxton's text, as reprinted a few years
ago by Dr. Sommer, has been closely
followed, but modernized spelling has
been adopted where necessary. 0 0
have been reproduced in this magazine.
As showing the quality of his black and
white work we give here a reproduction
of one of his illustrations to this Anthology
in a spirited drawing illustrating Mr.
Brady's stirring " Ballad of the Captains "
—the captains " of the narrow ships of
old, who with valiant souls went seeking
for the Fabled Fleece of Gold." The
book is attractively got up, the type used
being large and well arranged. 0 0
The Art of E. A. Rickards. (London :
Technical Journals, Ltd.) Mr. Rickards
died a few months ago while this publica-
tion was in preparation, and so what was
intended as a tribute to the living now
makes its appearance as a memorial to
the dead. One of the most eminent
architects of this generation, Mr. Rickards
is, perhaps, best known—certainly to
dwellers in London—by the Central Hall
at Westminster, while Edinburgh, Cardiff
and other places have important buildings
which will keep alive his great reputation.
Drawings of these and other buildings
erected from his designs are reproduced
on an ample scale in this volume, and
with them are reproduced in black and
white or colour many public monuments,
programmes, lithographs, book illustra-
tions, caricatures, water-colours and
sketches of which he was the author, and
all of which bear witness to the versatility
which was a marked characteristic of this
distinguished man. Mr. Arnold Bennett
contributes a personal sketch of him,
and Mr. H. V. Lanchester an apprecia-
tion, while Mr. Amor Fenn has written
some notes on the technical aspects of
Mr. Rickards' drawings. 000
Highways and Byways in Northumbria.
By P. Anderson Graham. With illus-
trations by Hugh Thomson. (London:
Macmillian & Co.) The several volumes
in the delightful " Highways and By-
ways Series " illustrated wholly or in part
by the late Hugh Thomson will, apart
from any other work he has left behind
him, always ensure respect for his memory.
Facile in more mediums than one, he
excelled in the use of the lead pencil, and
the drawings he made for these volumes
show how admirably it could be employed
for recording the beauties of Nature and
84
the romance of old buildings. The
region covered by this volume and the
companion volume on " The Border,"
by Andrew Lang, also illustrated by Mr.
Thomson, must have made a strong
appeal to an artist of such susceptibilities,
for it teems with thrilling historic associa-
tions, while the character of the country
itself is in keeping with the wealth of
legendary lore to which it has given
birth. 0 a 0 0 0 0
An Introduction to the Study of Terra
Sigillata. By Felix Oswald and T. Davies
Pryce. (London : Longmans & Co.) The
term "Terra Sigillata" (literally "stamped"
earth or clay—that is, clay with figures or
patterns impressed upon it) is used by the
authors of this treatise to denote the red
glaze ware so frequently found on Roman
sites in the western provinces of the Empire
and formerly designated by the erroneous
title " Samos ware." The ware herein
dealt with comprehends, however, a good
deal of pottery which is not strictly speak-
ing sigillate, being either quite devoid of
decoration or having decoration of a
different character. The subject is treated
from a chronological standpoint, details of
technique, form, decoration and design
being discussed in regard to their bearing
on the question of date. The authors have
obviously devoted an immense amount of
time and thought to it, and the wide range
of their knowledge is everywhere in evi-
dence, especially in the chapter on the
origin and evolution of the ware. The
plates are over eighty in number and com-
prise many hundreds of figures, and there
is a very comprehensive bibliography of
the subject. 00000
The Medici Society has issued a reprint
of the Ricciardi Press edition of Malory's
Le Morte Darthur, which was published
in 1911 with a series of beautiful illus-
trations in colour by Mr. W. Russell
Flint, R.W.S. The new reprint is of a
smaller format (small crown quarto) than
the original issue, but otherwise the im-
pressions are the same. The work forms
two volumes of about 500 pages each, and
Caxton's text, as reprinted a few years
ago by Dr. Sommer, has been closely
followed, but modernized spelling has
been adopted where necessary. 0 0