International studio . country which knows littleof such qualities. a 0 a a There were several figure studies thatdeserve mention, M. A. Suzor-CotesVieux paysan canadien-frangais taking firstplace among them with its luminouscolour and its beautiful sympathy, andafter him the work of Regina Seiden andEmily Coonan. Nor must a smaller pic-ture of E. H. Holgates, Amiens Station,be overlooked, in which a soldier withwife and child is splendidly interpretedby the simplest means. 000 There was less notable landscape thanusual, though much repetitive or deriva-tive work, reasonably well done but with
International studio . country which knows littleof such qualities. a 0 a a There were several figure studies thatdeserve mention, M. A. Suzor-CotesVieux paysan canadien-frangais taking firstplace among them with its luminouscolour and its beautiful sympathy, andafter him the work of Regina Seiden andEmily Coonan. Nor must a smaller pic-ture of E. H. Holgates, Amiens Station,be overlooked, in which a soldier withwife and child is splendidly interpretedby the simplest means. 000 There was less notable landscape thanusual, though much repetitive or deriva-tive work, reasonably well done but withoutparticular meaning. The only work thatcarried one forward was that of J. E. , whose tousled Beaver Dambreathes of the Algoma district which localartists have recently begun to tap, and ofManly Macdonald, a younger artist ofconsiderable promise. Arthur Lismer wasa little sketchy this time, but spirited asalways, and Mabel Mays outdoor studiesshowed her usual admirable characteris-tics. 0 0 0 B. F. REVIEWS. BEAVER DAM. BYJ. E. H. MACDONALD REVIEWS. John Thomson of Duddingston, Land-scape Painter. His Life and Work, withsome Remarks on the Practice, Purpose,and Philosophy of Art. By Robert , (Oliver and Boyd.)£i IIS. 6d. net. Edition de Luxe, £3 —This exhaustive account of the lifeand work of Thomson of Duddingston willbe welcomed by the admirers of this earlyScottish landscape-painter. His positionin the art of his country has not up till nowbeen definitely assured ; but as a resultof this instructive and sympathetic mono- graph it should be more secure. No one isbetter equipped than the author to under-take such a volume, for he has obviouslymade a deep study of his subject andhas accumulated and marshalled a massof information, thereby presenting to thestudent a comprehensive and valuable con-tribution to the history of Scottish art. Itis impossible to peruse the 568 pages ofthis admirable volume, with its numerousillustrations, without
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