Detective and mystery stories; Stone, Fleming (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Mr. Pennell's wonderful drawings present to us the immortal witnesses of
the "Glory that was Greece" just as they stand to-day, in their
environment and the golden atmosphere of Hellas. Whether it be the
industrial giants portrayed in "Pictures of the Panama Canal" or antique
temples presented in this fascinating volume, the great lithographer
proves himself to be a master craftsman of this metier. The art of Greece
is perhaps dead, but we are fortunate in having such an interpreter.
There is every promise that this book will have the same value among
artists and book lovers as had his others.
"The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,"
have never had a more appreciative and sympathetic lover.
Christmas Carol
By CHARLES DICKENS. 13 illustrations in color and many in black and
white by Arthur Rackham. Octavo. Decorated cloth. $1.50 net.
All the praise that can be showered upon Joseph Pennell as a master
lithographer, is also the due mead of Arthur Rackham as the most
entrancing and mysterious color illustrator in Europe. His work is
followed by an army of picture lovers of all types and of all ages, from
the children in the nurseries whose imagination he stirs with the
fiery-eyed dragons of some fairy illustration, to the ambitious artists
in every country who look to him as an inspiring master.
If the decision had been left to the book-reading and picture-loving
public as to the most eligible story for treatment, we believe that the
Christmas Carol would have been chosen. The children must see old Scrooge
and Tiny Tim as Rackham draws them.
Historic Virginia Homes and Churches
By ROBERT A. LANCASTER, JR. About 300 illustrations and a photogravure
frontispiece. Quarto. In a box, cloth, gilt top, $7.50 net. Half
morocco, $12.50 net. A Limited Edition printed from type, uniform with
the Pennells' "Our Philadelphia."
Virginians are justly proud of the historical and architectural glories
of the Old Dominion. All America looks to Virginia as a Cradle of
American thought and culture. This volume is a monument to Virginia,
persons and places, past and present. It has been printed in a limited
edition and the type has been distributed. This is not a volume of padded
value; it is not a piece of literary hack-work. It has been a labor of
love since first undertaken some twenty-five years ago. The State has
done her part by providing the rich material, the Author his with
painstaking care and loving diligence, and the Publishers theirs by
expending all the devices of the bookmaker's art.
Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND, Author of "Colonial Mansions of Maryland and
Delaware." With photogravure frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations.
Ornamental cloth, gilt top, in a box. $5.00 net.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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