The editors of Cap and Gown (The Holywell Press, Oxford,
ls. net) are to be congratulated on having secured the co-opera- tion of so clever and entertaining a draughtsman as Mr. Graham Hoggarth. His technique is at present somewhat derivative, being closely modelled on that of the late Mr. Phil May; but his pictures are much more than mere efforts in discipleship. They are nearly always amusing in themselves apart from their legends, which is more than can be said for a good many so-called "comic" pictures; and allowing for a certain element of legitimate caricature, they give the impression of a faithful study from the life of the Oxford undergraduate of to-day. The type of don chosen for illustration strikes us as more traditional and con- ventional, but, with all reserves, the lighter humours of University life in its latest phase are here reproduced with uncommon spirit and an unfailing sense of the ludicrous. Where all is so good it is bard to particularise ; but we may specially commend the expression of the culprit in the picture which illustrates the interview entitled " Hauled by the Dean." The Dean having taxed Mr. Brown with helping to duck a fellow-undergraduate in the College fountain, asks him : " What part did you take in this disgraceful affair ? " and Mr. Brown replies meekly : " The left leg, Sir."
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