This latest addition to the “Great masters in painting and sculpture series” is devoted to that Dutch artist of the early 17th century, Franz Hals. All that is actually known or surmised concerning his life is given and there are 35 half-tone reproductions of the author’s best known paintings. There is also a chronological list of his most important pictures, and a catalog of his works arranged according to the galleries in which they are hung.
“Mr. Davies’s work is a fine example of what a sympathetic, imaginative, and withal a learned man may produce from very slender accepted data.”
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Davies, Rev. John Llewelyn, ed. Workingmen’s college, 1854-1904. [*]$1.25. Macmillan.
Records of its history and its work by members of the college. For half a century the workingmen’s college has played an important part in the sociological evolution of England, and its history and development are of general interest. The editor has written a chapter on F. D. Maurice, who was the real founder of the college. Mr. G. W. Trevelyan writes a chapter on “The college and other universities.” Mr. J. P. Elmslie describes “Art teaching in early days,” Mr. C. B. Lucas tells of “The college clubs.” There are many other chapters illustrating the development of this great work from a simple night school to a model institution of its kind.
“The value of the book is enhanced by some excellent portraits; but it lacks an index.”
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Davies, W. W. Codes of Hammurabi and Moses. [*]75c. Meth. bk.
A comparison of the laws of Hammurabi and Moses which is designed to help all Bible students. To this end the text of the Hammurabi code is given in small pica type, selected parallels from the Old Testament in long primer, and remarks and comments in brevier.
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