  EACH CONTAINING FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR, REPRODUCED IN THE SAME STYLE AS THOSE IN “ALGERIA AND TUNIS” PAINTED AND DESCRIBED BY R. TALBOT KELLY, R.B.A. Burlington Magazine.—“Mr. Kelly says but little of Burmese history and architecture, but he has wandered away from the beaten track, and draws the jungle as well as he draws pagodas, rendering without harshness the difficult greens of tropical foliage and the blaze of tropical sunlight.” The Speaker.—“The result is a narrative delightful in its quiet zest, and a series of pictures that have the hues of landscapes hung in a heaven of dreamland.” The AthenÆum.—“His landscapes—in which nature is seen unforced by the hands of colour-loving men and women, and seen, more often than not, by early morning or evening light—have an exquisite delicacy.” PAINTED BY WARWICK GOBLE. Constantinople ranks high as one of the picturesque cities of the world, and Mr. Warwick Goble, in his fine series of pictures reproduced in this volume, reveals it to us under many interesting aspects; we see it, for example, at early morning, with its spires and minarets emerging through the haze, when it seems like an enchanted city of the “Thousand and One Nights.” We get glimpses of life in its streets; we are shown its flower-markets, its bazaars, its cafÉs, its walls, its churches, its mosques, its cemeteries, and several types of its inhabitants form the subject of special sketches. Dr. Alexander van Millingen, the author of the book, is Professor of History at Robert College, Constantinople, and is a recognised authority on all that pertains to the city. He has written out of the fulness of his knowledge in a way that cannot fail to interest the reader. PAINTED AND DESCRIBED BY R. TALBOT KELLY The Academy.—“Amongst books of its class Mr. Kelly’s deserves a high place. It is sincere and distinctive, and the artist records atmosphere and sky with more than ordinary understanding.” The Bookman.—“Rarely can this old, old country have received more beautiful homage than here—the happily inspired work of a true artist revealing her countless charms.” Black and White.—“This is a magnificent production of his, abounding with fine pictures beautifully reproduced and teeming with fine descriptive touches and bright anecdotal matter.” PAINTED BY J. FULLEYLOVE, R.I. The object of the writer is to supply a congenial atmosphere in which the famous scenes and objects depicted by the artist may be intelligently and sympathetically viewed. Some amount of description has been given from recent personal observation, but the letterpress is mainly devoted to the historical associations connected with the different places of which pictures are shown. Some information is also given, incidentally, regarding the condition and prospects of modern Greece. PAINTED BY J. FULLEYLOVE, R.I. Westminster Gazette.—“To those who have been in Palestine Mr. Kelman’s book will recall much and suggest many new ideas. To those who have not, it will give, perhaps, a more accurate impression of the land and the people than any other work on Palestine.” Daily Chronicle.—“Even people who care nothing for art are interested in faithful representations of the Holy Land as it is seen to-day. And here they have the whole country laid before them in scenes of extraordinary beauty—the mountains so full of history and poetic memories, the ancient river and the accursed sea, the holy city with her relics and her mosques, the brilliant Syrian crowds, and then the open country of ‘those holy fields over whose acres walked those blessed feet.’” BY MORTIMER MENPES, R.I. The Standard.—“There can be no two opinions about this book. It takes us, so to speak, to India without the trouble or expense involved in the journey.” Notes and Queries.—“This eminent painter has caught—by methods which are partly his secret and partly his discovery—the means of reproducing Indian and Japanese scenes with a fidelity and beauty until recently unattainable.” The Scotsman.—“The volume is an uncommonly desirable book. If the Horatian maxim be correct, it should carry every point, for it is as happy a mixture as could be made of the profitable and the sweet.” BY MORTIMER MENPES, R.I. Black and White.—“It is a charming volume, and contains some of the most delightful of Mr. Menpes’s Japanese studies. The reading matter, too, is very bright, and accords most agreeably with the delightful pages in which the artist holds unquestionable possession of the stage.” The Times.—“Mr. Menpes’s pictures are here given in most perfect facsimile, and they form altogether a series of colour-impressions of Japan which may fairly be called unrivalled. Even without the narrative they would show that Mr. Menpes is an enthusiast for Japan, her art, and her people; and very few European artists have succeeded in giving such complete expression to an admiration in which all share.” PAINTED BY A. S. FORREST The World.—“It is certain that the Morocco of to-morrow must needs be very different from the Morocco of to-day; and so we should be grateful for a really handsome presentation, in print and in pictures, of the country as it is. In Morocco, painted by A. S. Forrest, described by S. L. Bensusan, we have the very thing; and this book should soon find a place upon the shelves not only of every lover of past and passing conditions, but of every student of travel and history, and of every one who is capable of being interested in foreign politics.” Pall Mall Gazette.—“This is a wonderful series of pictures of life in Maghreb-el-Acksa.” PAINTED AND DESCRIBED BY A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR The Academy.—“The present writer can only say that, for his part, he believes his author to be sincere and correct, and one of the pluckiest, truest-hearted, and most enterprising men in the world to boot. To this encomium might be added, one of the cleverest, too, for the drawings in colour and black-and-white display a very acute artistic sense and exquisite perception of the beauty and grandeur of mountain scenery.” The Onlooker.—“The book does not contain a dull page (or a dull illustration) from beginning to end.” BY LADY BUTLER The Outlook.—“Charmingly natural and spontaneous travel impressions with sixteen harmonious illustrations. The glow, spaciousness, and atmosphere of these eastern scenes are preserved in a way that eloquently attests the possibilities of the best colour process work.” St. James’s Gazette.—“The letters in themselves afford their own justification; the sketches are by Lady Butler, and when we have said that we have said all. Combined, they make a book that is at once a delight to the eye and a pleasure to handle. The coloured illustrations, marvellously well reproduced, provide in a panoramic display faithful representations of the Holy Land as it is seen to-day. They make a singularly attractive collection, worthy of the distinguished artist who painted them.” PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK · SOHO SQUARE · LONDON · W. |
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