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THe Art oF THE Municu GALLertigs, By 
Florence Jean Ansell and Frank Roy 
Fraprie. - Boston: UL. (© ‘Page @ssGoe 
1910. 12mo.; 448 pp. Price, $2. 
This volume is uniform with the others 
in the series entitled “The Art Galleries of 
Europe.” The present volume is to be a 
history of the progress of the art of paint- 
ing, illuminated and demonstrated by crit- j 
ical descriptions of the great paintings in 4 
the Munich gallery. The section relating i 
to the Schack collection is interesting, as ar 
the books on painting do not usually take : 
in this gallery. Shortly after Schack’s | 
death in 1894, the gallery was hung in his | 
late palace, which was rearranged for the 
purpose, and the collection has now been 
removed to the new building, which was 
opened the past year, opposite the Bavarian 
National Museum. The collection of 
copies in this gallery is remarkable. The 
authors make the curious statement that in 
this gallery are represented a few more 
“painters who tried to be artists.’ Bock- 
lin’s famous Villa on the Sea (Villa am 
Meer) is in this collection. Fifteen years 
ago a book as handsomely illustrated as the 
present one would have been a novelty. 
The book merits a wide sale, both on ac- 
count of literary worth and good clothing. 
As is customary with these progressive 
publishers, they have given the book a very ° 
appropriate binding. 
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