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'DRAWING & DESIGN,’'
THE NEW WORLD OF ART
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"Drawing and Design" or January, published by "The Studio, Ltd", but dealing with
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some striking and altogether extra- ordinary examples of the works of various exhibitors in the New World of Art
The portraits of Ambrogio Alciati turns first-hand advantages to ne-different school of art, contains have been chosen as the most out-count for the writing of history in standing feature. The rich expres remoter fields has enriched the Em sive quality of this artists work is pire with many a notable book, and shown to great advantage in the
in that long and worthy scquence reproductions given.
Mr. H C. Jackson's monograph serves to rank very high.
A note of tribute is paid to the late Mr. Warwick, Reynolds R.S.W, and four pene studies show this artist's marked 'ability.
Some beautiful pieces of gold and silver plate belonging to the City Livery Companies are illustrated, and some wonderful embroideries. designed and executed in Germany, show the trend of "expressionism."
Beautiful gardens have a never; falling appen to the least artistic of us, and the two examples of Miss Brenda Colvin's designs All us with Penvy. for their owners,
"The Studio' certainly deserves word of commendation and wil be appreciated by its many sub scribers:
The various groupe and tands- do-capes depicted in this edition no doubt reveal some unique genlus, who admire but to those of us. pears a mysterious medley of crude beauty in form and colour it ap shapes and weird outlines.
A distinguished member of the Soudan Political Service. he has special opportunities for surveying
The whole volume le devoted to those two decades of chequered con- filet which fald the foundations of this form of aesthetic art and is in the certainly interesting from the point prosperity present-day Soudan and the Egyptian hinter- of view of unconventionality.
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This is a particularly vivid, viva- cious, and entertaining study of at little group of people associated with missionary work in China, Chifford Cotton, in actual fact, has ceased to be a missionary, and is employed as a mission printer when the story opers. His wife, Daley, of the is an America and one most delightful heroines to be met with in recent Action from either side of the Atlantic. Another ad- mirably drawn character is "Clif- ford's old mother, who is always complaining of having lost her son. According to old Mrs. Cotton.! Clifford had been for the last seven years a fairy changeling. It is ad- mittedly a fantastic family group, and CHford himself, whether view- edns Daley's husband, or as the old! woman's son, or as the enigmatic admirer of Lena, the maladive planist, is a sort of workaday Ham- Jet rather grotesquely thrust into the atmosphere of a disenchanted "Midsummer Night's Dream." How he emerges at last from his be- wildering and rather prosaic spell is characteristically indicated by old Mrs. Cotton: "Well. Well. We have the American ho-home plete at last. He came home from fairyland five minutes ago, and found his American swee-heet- heart playing her muzhusical box."
NOVELIST'S DEATH.
Mr. Alfred Ollivant.
Mr. Alfred Ollivant, the novelist, who died in January at his house in Evelyn Gardens, London, S.W., in his 53rd year, was born in 1874, the second son of Colonel E. A. Ollivant) Royal Horse Artillery, and grand- son of a namesake, a former Bishop
Typical Cro-Indians who participated in the
masacre at Fres Lako
(inset) Chief Bid Boar
n'unique and intimate record of of semi-auvage rebels on the war path, Ahance at Bros Lure in had not Center in alway 1886 at the time of the Canadian then in its infancy stepped into the Northwest Rebellion has been given branch and sont troops to quell the to Canadian history by William uprising.
"Big Bear, the old chief of the Cree Bleasdell Cameron the sole white survivor of that appalling disaster. Indians is a noble and pathetic In a volume recently published by cressure, a lover of peace and a llend the Ryerson Press, Toronto, Mr. of the white man. He has little in- over the ery and blood- Cameron recounts in vivid, detallfluance the events which led up to the thirsty members of the tribe, and attack, the bloody progress of the know little of the killing at Frog. One of the most dramatic massacre. and his two months exper- Lake.
ience as prisoner of the Indians. "The incidents in the book is his speech at War Trail of Big Bear is not only the trial of the Indidus following the outstanding for its value as a historic massacre when eight of his band are record: it is a remarkably powerful sentenced to death. Dejected, lonely, and dramatic narrative.
ahorn of his freedom, he was still able Camoroh Mr.
you to hold up his head. He was stili Big Government agent at Frog Lake Bear chist af the Crees. And his plea when the Massacre occurred.
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describes the general restlessness of was not for himself, but for his the Indians preceding the Rebellion people for his children, hiding, in when it seemed as if the whole Middle terror afraid to show themselves in West might be swept by the carnage the bright light of day."
of Llandaff, and came of an old land. He has held various appoint- Sussex family.
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BIRTH CONTROL
Valuable Collection of Papers,
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He was educated at Rugby, and from deputy commissioner to pro- decided on following his father's calling. He passed through the vincial governor; and, as he say Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, himself, there has been plenty of excuse for delay since he began as winner of the riding prize, senior
Memorial the task, in the shape of arduous gunner, and Toombs
The volume edited by. Sir scholar." He obtained his commia and responsible work in a climate sion in the R.A. and went to India, which hardly makes for energy at. hut after two years service a riding the desk, so that thirteen years have James Marchant and contains be An Introduction by Sir accident ruptured his vertebræ, not been too much, all things condes and, with a brief interval he re- sidered, to bring it to completion. Thomas Horder, Bart, contributions mained for life little better than a Fortunately he has resisted the from Mr. H. Crichton-Miller, Mr. temptation of entering into a gen Leonard Hill, Dr. Mary Scharlieb, prisoner to his bed..
After several operations and at- eral history of campaigns and de- Dr. A. E. Giles, Dr. R. C. Buist, tempts to overcome this disability velopments, so that the result is a he took to his pen, and in 1898 scor monograph which adheres strictly Miss Letitia Fairfield, Sir Arthur The volume will be welcome aa to its subject. In one respect the Newsholme and Sir John Robertson. an instant success with romance about a sheep-dog. This author is fortunate, for the moment went through several translations of the book's appearance is also the the number of medical men and and many British and' American moment for taking stock of Osman'a women contributing to the subject. editions under the title of 40wd misdeeds and achievementa. It is in the past has been remarkably Bob," and made him many friend computed that he and his raids and small. ships by correspondence with dog- jehads were chiefly to blame for re
Adventures and critical situations over, He ducing the population of this part of the world from nine millions to never repeated this success with three and a half. But, as Mr. Jack-follow one another rapidly in his later books, though "Danny,"
a first novel by Robert issued five years later, was a power son shows, with a fine impartial-Vanneck,"
ity, there were points for admira- Grant. The title of the book is the ful attempt in the same velu.
His later novels ranged from tion in that desert warrior, and of name of a shrewd and humorous. Indian army life to East-end realism his powers of strategy there can be American who intervenes to help the hero in some of the apparently and the bucolic interests of his be no two opinions.
Sir Reginald Wingate's introduc-helpless difficulties in which he be loved Sussex; and though they for
It is breezy Book the rather difficult northern tion is a handsome compliment to comes involved.
that is well story, well, told and will be publish dialect of his first two books, they the book, and one
ed shortly by Mr. Murray, merited. never quite realised his ambitions.
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