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Photographers, The object of the author is to make the photographer an 

 artist, and to convince him that manipulation is not the chief and only essen- 

 tial to making a good photograph. It is to counteract the erroneous idea that 

 art and photography cannot be combined that this book was written. 



Processes of Pure Photography. By W. K. Burton and 



Andrew Pringle. 8vo, pp. ix. — 200. (New York : The Scoville- Adams Co. 

 1889.) Price $2. 



This work appears to give an exhaustive review of the various processes 

 employed in photography, and the authors, who are well-known practical men, 

 assure us that every word they have written refers to subjects with which they 

 are personally and intimately acquainted. Every formula has been used by 

 one or other of them. 



A Dictionary of Photography, for the Professional and 



Amateur Photographer. By E. J. Wall. 8vo, pp. 237. (New York : The 

 Scoville and Adams Pub. Co. 1889.) 



This most useful work is, if we mistake not, a reprint of an English edi- 

 tion published some time during last year. It contains a number of valuable 

 and explanatory articles, several of them illustrated by diagrams, 



Photographic Mosaics : An Annual Record of Photographic 

 Progress. Post 8vo, pp. viii. — 150. (New York : Edward Wilson. 1890,) 



In this edition of the " Mosaics," the publishers have packed together, in 

 small compass, a large number of very useful hints on almost every subject of 

 interest to the photographer. It contains also several good specimens of 

 photo-mechanical printing. 



The Year-Book of Photography and Photographic News 



Almanac for 1890. (London : Piper and Carter.) Price is. 



Contains the results of Photographic Experimenting throughout the year 

 and a large number of special contributions by leading photographic authori- 

 ties, both professional and other. These notes extend over more than 200 pp. 

 and will be found to contain many valuable hints. 



The British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1890. 

 (London : H. Greenwood and Co.) Price is. 



A thick volume of nearly 1,000 pages, more than 300 of which are filled 

 with useful hints and papers of much value to the photographer. These 

 papers embrace a great variety of subjects, contributed by upwards of 170 

 contributors. 



Taylor's Practical Hints and Photographic Calendar, 

 1890. (Birmingham : W. Tylar.) 



This is a trade catalogue, in which is incorporated many Practical Hints, 

 Cullings, and Witty Sayings. It is not a bad four-pennyworth. 



Traite de Photographie par les Precedes Pelliculaires. 

 Par George Balagny. 2 Vols. Royal 8vo, pp. vii. — 132, 138. (Paris : 

 Gauthier-Villars et Fils. 1890.) 



In this treatise on the various forms of what may be termed film photo- 

 graphy, the author has given us a description of all the various processes other 

 than those in which glass plates form the medium over which the sensitive 

 coating is distributed. We are somewhat disappointed at not finding any 

 mention of the introduction of celluloid as the supporting medium. The reader 

 will find a very interesting chapter on "La Photographie sans pied," point- 

 ing out the necessary conditions for the successful practice of what we should 

 call "hand photography." 



