Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

best OF all sehooiboy stories. The
black land white drawings In this, as
well as in Gaskeli's Crawford" and
Darton's edition OF the Canterbury
Pilgrims" are In harmony with the
text
other contemporary artists doing in
teresting illustrating IN black and white
are Heath Robinson, Gordon Browne
and r. Aiming Bell Heath Robinson
in De La Mares Peacock Pie" has
caught the whimsical spirit of the text
in such illustrations as Old Shellover.
Some One and the Horseman. Other
books illustrated by this artist, who
does work both in color and In black
and white, are Andersen's Fairy
Tales" Kingsley's Water Babies"
Rouse's THE Taking Thrush" Cor
don Browne has delightfully."- illus
trated Grimm's Fairy Tales" and an
edition of Don Quixote." arranged by
A. A. Methley. In speaking of his
work Mr.. White says: 1T is sufficient
to name but one Clilustration), say an
to realize his picturesque and vivid in
depreciation of fact" Robert Aiming
Bell has done work both In colored
illustration and black and white His
pictures of Grimms Fairy Tales" dis
tinctly show the influence Of Walter
Crane.
EAVORITE contemporary artists OF
small children's picture books are
Leslie Brooke, Francis d. Bedford and
Charles e. Brock. Leslie Brooke Is a
portrait painter as well as an illustrator
His large figures in soft artistic color
| ing appeal to the very small child. Fine
humor is shown in such books ss his
Johnny Crows Garden" made for the
pleasure of his own children) and THE
Golden Goose Book"
Francis d. Bedford, another English
artist, has done memorable work In
such stories as Dickens Magic Fish
| bone" and Lucas Pour and Twenty
| ToiIers." His coloring Is subdued but
pleasing and hts conceptions whimsical
Henry M Brooks large illustrations
| OF we'll known fairy tales are great
| favorites and have good dramatic eff
| feet He Is particularly well known for
his illustrations in Thackeray's Bal
| lads"
Mrs. e. M. Field, In 1.-The Child and
/ His Book" speaking Of illustrations for
children. says: 1T must be confessed,
however, IN spite of the increased beau
| ty of books generally, that we miss
something OF the directness and sim
/ plicity of the Older illustrations. Give
| TO the child picture OF the bewick
| kind and it will be found that as every
1 touch in the engraving has Its purpose
| and It's place, so every detail OF the de-
sign contributes TO the purpose OF the
| drawing. The child can make up a
story OF the most satisfactory kind from
such a picture and be happy for half
an hour In the amusement. when IL
/ wo,.ld hastily turn over and lay aside
work OF more elaborate art, more recon-
dite fun. 1t Is not that the highest art
Ia wasted upon children, as they know
vino have watched little face upturned
10 some great masterpiece IL III that
whose would cast the spell OF his art
| over the mind OF child must see the
world through eyes like those OF chiid,
eyes that see and yet see not, IKE those
perhaps OF Adam and Eve before tie
fruit OF the knowledge OF good and EVIL
has fatally opened them to new
vision"
In desire TO capture some of the
lost simplicity OF the early illustrators
such as Bewick, artists OF late have been
using the woodcut as medium for IL
Illustrating hooks.
G. n. Fall made an original "A B c
Book" for his small daughter using lne
colored woodcut. Animals from the 200
and the farm yard were his inspiration
in this highly original book. The work
Of Claude I0vat Fraser IL reminiscent
OF the early woodcuts In childrens
books. His illustrations for Nursery
Rhymes" have more distinction than
those he did for DE La Mares Peacock
Pie" Paul Honore has done original
work In the woodcut for g. J. Fingers
Tales from SilveflandS,
In q series OF articles on illustrating
chiidren's books In the Publishers
weekly. Elizabeth Mackinstry SAYS the
study OF the wo0dciit has led
back 10 drawings or designs made fol-
The page and for the size Of the page
In the genuine and hitherto little ex-
plored hfld Of the waadeut OF the
eighteenth century and eariRniileteenth
century IL has opened un Whole new