New-York tribune., 1902-12-14

criticism sober and just. Miss Cruttwel is
particularly happy in her differentiation Of her
masters She has refreshingly clear and con-
foent appreciation OF Lucas superiority feeling
TO the fun his rare purity Of forIn subtlety of
expression and distinction Of style but she does
not allow her knowledge OF Andrea's Limitations
TO diminish her enjoyment of the high qualities
he also possessed, and she is equally syrnpa-
thetlc and critical in her comments on Giovanni.
she work OF the family needs to be clarified in
the mind Of the student If he is to understand
and value it Miss Cruttwell accomplishes this
Qualification for her reader. A great deal is
written about art nowadays which is merely
impressonistic and emotional This book con-
tains work Of the better sort, work never lack
Ing in feeling, but consistently practical and
helpful
The second volume Of Mrs. Bells Lives and
Legends maintains the standard of the first 1t
surveys the saints they have been repre-
sented in Christian art with scholarship and
reverence A great store Of facts is here set
forth in chapters easily and entertainingly writ
ten, and commercially free from mawhish sem
timent The Illustrations. as in the previous
volume have the merit of being drawn almost
exclusively from unfamiliar paintings by the |
old masters They are all given in full page
halftones with the exception of the frontis I
piece photogravure after Donatellos statue Of
St George in Florence.
Scottish History and Life" a lavishly Illus |
trated folio edited by James Patton and con- |
tributed to by twelve fifteen other writers, is
a further memorial of the Glasgow 1nterna- /
tional Exhibition of 1901 For the historical
loan collection displayed to the public on that
occasion a vast number Of paintings, books, |
furniture and miscellaneous objects were
brought together with a view to Illustrating
the history Of the Scottish nation Stone and
bronze implements were there to show the pre- |
historic condition Of the country, the Roman |
occupation represented, and, IN fact, the
record was carried down to modern times |
More than four hundred and thirty-seven Illus |
trations are given in this book They are dis |
tributed through eleven chapters dealing with |
the history Of Scotland, and eleven more treat |
ing of aspects Of Scottish life. In the first sec
ton we have observed with special interest MI
D. Hay F1eming's pages on Mary, Queen or
Scots and James VI, and Mr. Henry Gray Gra- |
hams chapters the Union and the Jacoblte
risings For the second section Sir Herbert |
Maxwell has written a delightful paper on Deer
Stalking Fishing and Falconry in Scotland: Mt
John Kerr discusses Archery, Golf and Curling, |
and MIR. Graham writes Of certain picturesque
aspects Of social life. There papers on Scot
fish weapons and plate and there Is even
chapter Free Masonry in the country sup |
Elementary to all this, there is well Illus
trated sketch Of the city Of Glasgow by MT
William Young. The volume Is proEl1eo "lth
an elaborate index, it is fine specimen Of the
printing done at the Glasgow University Press
and In its handsome blue binding it forms
notable souvenir of a most interesting event as
well as substantial contribution to the minor
historical literature Of Scotland
Miss Cary's book William Morris, belonging
to the series in which she has already treated
Tennyson Browning and the Rossettis, is not
so much biography as it is a discurslVe mar
ratiye In which the author glances at every
phasa of her subjects activity without ex-
bausting any one Of them. It is a friendly and
even enthusiastic book but II is also one OF the
sanest studies we have come across In nelo
where tndiscretion has too often been rampant
Miss Cary is not afraid to tell the truth about
Morris's decoration, that sit missed the native
and personal character OF work growing out OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES conditions and tastes. ana
she is candid enough to admit in her chapter on
the Keluscott Press, that the success OF the
Troy type lis a disputed question" There are
Morrisites who would have Mysteries IL 1t were
rugeested to them that the success OF anything
their hero ever did could possibly be disputed
Miss Cary has too much common sense to sWaI-
low whole the interesting, often beautiful put
often disappointing, products Of MorTiss versa
t5Iity and her book gains greatly through neg
DISCRIMINATION It is compact and compre-
and is beautifully Illustrated