American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . dingly good. Mr. Garrett has made some etchings, mostly landscapes, and not of large size. They includea few scenes in Holland, Venice, and elsewhere on the Continent, but the greater number areetched from subjects within easy distance of Boston. His best plate, so far — and it is anexcellent one — is a view of the famous Auld Brig o Balgownie in Scotland, near which Byronlived in childhood, and which he speaks of in Don Juan. Although Garrett began to work atetching as long ago as 1879, and it was in 1881 that a complime
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . dingly good. Mr. Garrett has made some etchings, mostly landscapes, and not of large size. They includea few scenes in Holland, Venice, and elsewhere on the Continent, but the greater number areetched from subjects within easy distance of Boston. His best plate, so far — and it is anexcellent one — is a view of the famous Auld Brig o Balgownie in Scotland, near which Byronlived in childhood, and which he speaks of in Don Juan. Although Garrett began to work atetching as long ago as 1879, and it was in 1881 that a complimentary notice of his etched workby so competent an authority as Mr. S. R. Koehler, appeared in the lamented Art Review,accompanied by Mr. Garretts plate entitled Near Mattakecsett, his illustrative work has occupiedhim so fully that he has been able to do comparatively little in this direction. It is to be hoped,however, that this will not always be the case, and that we shall see some fresh productions fromhis needle, as well as more of his pen, pencil, and
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