. International studio. ould effectivelydissipate this notion, and should be instrumentalin bringing the county into more favourable repute—among artists at all events. Flat, of course, it isin certain parts—those that abut on the metropolisand the river more particularly; but flatness initself is not a blemish to the landscape painter insearch of atmospheric effects—witness the land-scapes of the Low Countries by the great Dutchand Flemish masters. Away from the riverinemarshes, however, the county is pleasantly undu-lating, and in the northern portion the richnessand variety of the scenery l
. International studio. ould effectivelydissipate this notion, and should be instrumentalin bringing the county into more favourable repute—among artists at all events. Flat, of course, it isin certain parts—those that abut on the metropolisand the river more particularly; but flatness initself is not a blemish to the landscape painter insearch of atmospheric effects—witness the land-scapes of the Low Countries by the great Dutchand Flemish masters. Away from the riverinemarshes, however, the county is pleasantly undu-lating, and in the northern portion the richnessand variety of the scenery long ago received atestimonial in the landscape paintings of the historical and archaeological points of viewagain, as Mr. Hope MoncriefiPs entertaining recordindisputably establishes, Essex abounds in interest-ing associations. The volume is therefore to bewelcomed as a timely vindication, and we are gladto see it represented in Messrs. Blacks excellentseries of colour books. 245 Reviews and Notices. COVER OK an EHREN UND AN SIEGEN REICH (MAX H DESIGNED BY IROF. An Ehren und an Siegen Reich. (Vienna:Max Herzig.) Salon ed. 150 Kronen; ImperialJubilee Ed., 1,000 Kronen.—This magnificentwork, which elicited general admiration when itwas shown at the last exhibition of the Hagenbundin Vienna, is at once of historic and artisticinterest—historic because of its fine reproductionsof pictures by talented artists representing a seriesof stirring episodes in the history of the Austrianempire, a descriptive account of which is given inthe text accompanying them, and artistic becauseof the amount of talent bestowed on the emlx,llish-mcnt of the volume, some idea of which will begained from the illustrations we give of the coverand title - page. These, with other decorativefeatures, are the joint work of Heinrich Leflcr and246 Josef Urban, both ofthem well known asdecorative designersof the first rank inAustria. In the caseof a volume of thischaracter, with a defi-n
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