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IN the first of these books the editor gives an interesting account of the pictorial work of Bernard Alfieri, illustrating it with six excellent reproductions of this well-known worker's studies. Among the other sections of the book, which are written by various authors, those on the principles of composition, by Arthur Burchett, and some notes on composition in landscape, by Hqrace Mummery, will be found of great practical value. In these the pen and ink sketches showing the several methods of producing balance in pictures call for special attention. Other articles, such as that on the arrangement of the foreground, are well worth perusing. Numerous well reproduced illustrations, serving as examples of good and bad composition, accompany the text. The second of the above books appeals to another class of photographers, for, with the exception of the editor's article on the pictorial work of Viscount Maitland, it is devoted to the photography of animals. Like the former bock, numerous authors have contributed to the text, and a very wide range of points of view is included. It is written on the same practical lines, and is accompanied by fifty-five well selected illustrations. Both volumes will add to the value of this useful library series.
The Practical Photographer.
(Library Series.) Edited by Rev. F. C. Lambert. No. 16, Pictorial Composition. Pp. xx + 64. No. 17, Animal Photography. Pp. xxiv + 64. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905.) Price 1s. net.
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The Practical Photographer . Nature 72, 54 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072054a0
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