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IN THE BORDER COUNTRY
POPULAR BOOKS ON ART.
Edited by W. Shaw Sparrow
THE ART AND LIFE LIBRARY. 1. "The British Homeof To-Day" (out of print). 2. "The Gospels in Art."3. "Women Painters of the World." 4. "The Old Testamentin Art," Vol. I. 5. "The Modern Home" (out of print).6. "The Old Testament in Art," Vol. II. 7. "The Apostlesin Art."
HISTORY, TRAVEL, RUSTIC LIFE. 1. "Mary Queenof Scots," with 26 Pictures in Colour by Sir James Linton, R.I.,and James Orrock, R.I.; the text by Walter Wood. 2. "In TheBorder Country," with 25 Pictures in Colour by JamesOrrock, R.I., and Historical Notes by W. S. Crockett. 3."In Rustic England," with 25 Pictures in Colour by BirketFoster; the text by A. B. Daryll.
THE ART AND LIFE MONOGRAPHS. 1. "Etchings byVan Dyck," in Rembrandt Photogravure the full size of theOriginal Proofs. Also an Édition de Luxe with Carbon PrintPhotographs of all the Etchings; the text by Prof. Dr. H. W.Singer. 2. "Ingres—Master of Pure Draughtsmanship."Twenty-four Rembrandt Photogravures of important Drawingsand Pictures; the introductions by Arsène Alexandre and W.Shaw Sparrow.
ARTISTS OF THE PRESENT DAY. I. "Frank Brangwyn,A.R.A." the introductions by Léonce Bénédite and W. ShawSparrow. 2. "Lucy E. Kemp-Welch," the introductions byProfessor Hubert von Herkomer and Edward F. Strange.
SERIES OF BIBLE PICTURES. "The Saviour in ModernArt."
London: Hodder & Stoughton
FRONTISPIECE
VIEW OF DUNSTANBOROUGH
FROM A WATER-COLOUR SKETCH
PAINTED BY
JAMES ORROCK, R.I.
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
SIR WALTER SCOTT
PREFACE
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