“‘Problems of the Far East’ is most informing, and deserves to be widely
read.”--_Liverpool Mercury._
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English Illustration. “The Sixties”: 1855-70.
By GLEESON WHITE. _Price £2 2s. net._
_With Numerous Illustrations by_ Sir E. BURNE-JONES; FORD MADOX BROWN;
BIRKET FOSTER; A. BOYD HOUGHTON; ARTHUR HUGHES; CHAS. KEENE; LORD
LEIGHTON, P.R.A.; G. DU MAURIER; Sir J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A.; J. W. NORTH;
E. J. POYNTER, R.A.; D. G. ROSSETTI; FREDERICK SANDYS; J. MCNEILL
WHISTLER; FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A.; and others.
“Mr. Gleeson White has done his work well.... It is a book of
beauty in one of its aspects, and an instructive and well-written
critical treatise in the other.”--DAILY NEWS.
“In this very handsome volume Mr. Gleeson White has given us what
is practically an exhaustive account of the admirable results
obtained by designers and wood-engravers during the eventful years
that lie between say 1855 and 1870.... Simply invaluable to all
students and collectors....”--_Glasgow Herald._
“ ... This sumptuous volume, which Messrs. Constable have printed
with their familiar mastery, and to which have been added the
glories of hand-made paper and beautiful binding. With
characteristic modesty Mr. Gleeson White would claim but the
cataloguer’s place, and would write himself down only the guide to
those who must follow. Certainly in the first instance the volume
is a monument of painstaking research.... But a careful reading
conveys the sense that the historians’ and critics’ parts belong
not less to Mr. Gleeson White. The book, in short, must be in the
hands of all who care for English art. Even those to whom the names
on its title-page are nothing but names, will find it a surprising
picture book, an album, if you will, to lay upon the table, but an
album rich in suggestion and of singular and subtle charm.”--_Pall
Mall Gazette._
“We recognise the magnitude of the task undertaken by Mr. Gleeson
White, as well as the care, patience, and learning that he has
bestowed upon its adequate execution. For the printing, binding,
arrangement of illustrations, and spacing of pages, we have nothing
but praise to offer.”--_Manchester Guardian._
“Mr. Gleeson White has written a work worthy of a foremost place
among the standard reference books on matters artistic. Messrs.
Constable have produced the book in a truly sumptuous
manner.”--_Publisher’s Circular._
The Household of the Lafayettes. By
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Songs for Little People. By NORMAN GALE.
_Profusely Illustrated by_ HELEN STRATTON. _Large Crown 8vo, 6s._
“A delightful book.”--_Scotsman._
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