Studio: international art (86.1923)

REVIEWS

selves to be completely influenced by
modern imported “ isms ” can be, as may
be discerned in the accompanying repro-
ductions of works shown at the exhibition.

Jiro Harada.

NEW YORK.—The work of Mr. Arthur
Garratt, who left England a few years
ago for the United States, and recently re-
turned here on a visit, will be known to
many of our readers. He has exhibited at
the Royal Academy, the National Portrait
Society, and the Royal Society of Portrait
Painters, and has won a “ Hors Concours ”
medal at the Paris Salon. We illustrate his
portrait of Mrs. Harvey Wallace Shaffer of
Long Island, 0 0 0 0 0

REVIEWS

Odes. By John Keats. Decorated by
Vivien Gribble. (London: Duckworth
and Co.). Large paper edition. 10s. 6d.
net. A literary classic well illustrated is a
graceful compliment by an artist in one
medium to an artist in another (or to his
shade.) To deal, as this illustrator does,
with some of the most glorious things in
the English language, is dangerous, as is
proved by the sacramental heifer here
given, which falls far short of the beast
our imagination conjures up from the
poet’s lines. Yet, as a whole, this little
book pleases, and will be welcomed by the
many devotees of Keats. 000
The Mercantile Marine. By E. Keble
Chatterton. (London : William Heine-
mann, Ltd.) 18s. 6d. net.—As the author
of this volume says, u It is high time
that the public appreciated all that is
meant by the term Mercantile Marine.”
Here, then, is a ready way for the public
to do so—a book full of interesting informa-
tion about the mercantile marines of many
countries, with a history of their rise and
progress, told without pedantry and in a
manner plain and direct as the ways of
sailor-men. It is illustrated with 47
reproductions from old prints and other
sources, and should be of great interest
to a wide circle of readers. 0 0 0

Star Dust : Fairy Tales for Children
from Six to Sixty. By Miriam Gerstle.
Illustrations by the Author. (London:
Selwyn & Blount, Ltd.). 3s. 6d. net. A

collection of pleasing nonsense tales, told
with considerable humour, and, as a rule,
with the requisite simplicity. The illustra-
tions are fantastic, and therefore in keeping
with fairyland, though they will probably
appeal more to the grown-up children dear
to the Chestertonian heart than to the six-
year-olds. As names, “ The Gazoop ” and
“ Siliban Ug ” are worthy of Lewis Carroll
or Edward Lear. 0000
The Story of the Life of Leon Bakst. By
Andre Levinson. (London : The Bayard
Press). 210s.net. This sumptuous volume
gives for the first time Bakst's life story,
and treats his manifold activities with
much more comprehensiveness than has
been previously attempted. There are
over a hundred illustrations (of which
sixty-one are in colour), and the whole is a
very fine example of book-production. We
reproduce in half-tone one of the colour-
plates. 000000

RUSSIAN PEASANT WOMAN FROM
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV'S OPERA "SADKO”
BY LEON BAKST. (From “ The Story of
the Life of Leon Bakst.” Bayard Press)

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