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The ABC Guide to Music. By D. GREGORY MASON.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with 12 illustrations, 53. net.
In this work Mr. Mason discusses the theory of music in a simple
and entertaining manner, and then treats in turn piano, orchestral and
vocal music, dealing with the master musicians and their work with
sure insight and brief, significant analysis. He has avoided technical
expressions as far as possible, and his book may be recommended not
only to young readers, but also to adult lovers of music who wish to
increase their knowledge of musical art.
The ABC Guide to Pictures. By CHARLES H.
CAFFIN. Author of " How to Study Pictures." Cloth gilt,
256 pp., fully illustrated, 55. net.
Mr. Caffin is a well-known author of books on Art. His power of
adapting his style to the outlook and point of view of youth makes
him especially apt as a guide for the young on the subjects of which
he treats, and enables him to point out with a clearness and precision
which cannot be mistaken the qualities which make for greatness in
pictorial art. He analyses these qualities from well-known examples,
and his instructive criticism will be found of great value to parents
and teachers wishing to encourage the intelligent appreciation of
pictures in the young people of their charge. The author's object is
not so much to tell the reader what pictures to admire as to inculcate
the principles which will enable him to judge for himself what is most
worthy of admiration in art.
The ABC Guide to American History. By
H. W. ELSON. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, v/ith 16 illustrations,
53. net.
There are few subjects of more profound interest than that of
history, and no histories are more important to us than the histories
of our own times and of the modern times which led up to them. The
rise of the Western world from the discovery of the great American
continent by Christopher Columbus to the consummation of the
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United States" is full of fascinating romance and inspiring incident,
teeming with instructive suggestions regarding the development of
nations and the art of government. Mr. Elson traverses the whole
ground from the landing of Columbus to the close of the war with
Spain and the construction of the Panama Canal. His style is crisp
and picturesque.
The above four volumes were originally published in " The Guide Series."
The A B C of Artistic Photography. By A. J.
ANDERSON. With photogravure plates and half-tone illustrations in
black and sepia, etc. Large Crown 8vo, 55. net. .
The Amateur Photographer says it is " A most delightful book, full of
pleasant reading and surprises. It is beautifully illustrated with many
photogravure and half-tone reproductions of pictures by leading
workers. Every amateur photographer with an interest in pictorial
work should get it."
Originally published under the title of "The Artistic Side of Photography," at
las. 6d. net, a cheap edition of this work has long been in demand, and the opportunity
has now been taken of placing it in this series of cheap and high class manuals.
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