To Modern Maidens. By A Modern Matron. (simpkin,...
Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—There is abundance of sound sense in this volume, expressed with no little eloquence, though a little strained in tone now and then. The "Modern Matron"......
The Appreciation Of Pictures. By Russell Sturgis. (b. T....
7s. 6d.)—This is, on the whole, a wise and sensible book, full of wide-minded appreciation of art. Considering that the author treats of painting from Giotto to Sargent, it is......
The One - Floss Shay, And Its Companion Poems. By Oliver...
Holmes. With Illustrations by Howard Pyle. (Gay and Bird. 6s.)—The illustrations are quite in character with the text, and reflect the quaint humour and the atmosphere of......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading sot notice Such Books of the week as haw not bun r usrud for soviets in other forms.] Napoleon, Roi de Me d'Elbe. Par Paul Gruyer. (Hachette et Cie. 20......
C Urrent Liter At Ure.
'ART-BOOKS. The Royal Collection of Paintings. 180 Photogravures, with Descriptions by Lionel Cust. (W. Heinemann. 20 guineas.)— The first portfolio, dealing with the pictures......
We Have Received A Very Handsome Volume, The First Of
two in which the work is to be included, History of the Company of Cutlers in Hanamshire, by Robert Eadon Leader (The Com- pany of Cutlers, Sheffield). The first chapter deals......
Messrs. Routledge Are Publishing A Series Of Works,...
illustrated by various artists, at 3s. 6d. each. The work of Miss Jessie King seems strangely unadapted to " Comus," for in it is to be found little more than a dilution of......
The Quarterly Review.
The main interest of the new Quarterly lies in its economic and financial articles. The writer of the able paper on the "Cost of Government," noticed by us elsewhere, takes a......