Painted by C. E. HANNAFORD. Described by CHARLES ROWE, M.J.I.
Containing 24 full-page illustrations in colour. Large crown 8vo., cloth, gilt top. Price 6s. net.
This book deals with an area abounding in places of historical interest, and it has a pictorial quality quite distinct from that of the northern portion of the shire, which already forms the subject of a companion volume in the same series.
LIVERPOOL.
Painted by J. HAMILTON HAY. Described by WALTER SCOTT.
Containing 24 full-page illustrations in colour. Large crown 8vo., cloth, gilt top. Price 6s. net.
This book is published in the year of the 700th anniversary of Liverpool's first charter, but it aims at being something more than a mere historical outline of the city's growth. For modern Liverpool is almost entirely a product of the nineteenth century, and Mr. Scott has therefore regarded it as his duty, less to offer a réchauffé of the facts relating to her development in the past, than to endeavour to mirror in words the vital aspect which she presents to the world to-day.
The twenty-four water-colours reproduced in facsimile in the volume were specially painted for the book by Mr. Hay. They are an effective series of pictures in sympathy with the text they illustrate, and thoroughly typical of the great city they represent.
IRELAND.
Painted by FRANCIS S. WALKER, R.H.A. Described by FRANK MATHEW.