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SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, R. A. 
CIR WILLIAM BEFCHEY, R. A.* 
is one of the many distinguished 
artists of the early English School whose 
merits have not been sufficiently rec¬ 
ognized, says W. Roberts in a book 
“whose object is to show that this neg¬ 
lect is [unjustified.” The author 
further says: “This monograph is bio¬ 
graphical and iconographical rather 
than critical. Each generation has its 
formulas and schools of criticism, but 
the opinion of to-day often becomes the 
archaic curiosity of to-morrow. I have 
therefore taken upon mvself the less 
ambitious but, I think, the more per¬ 
manently useful office of chronicler.” 
The material in connection with 
Beechey and his pictures is very volu¬ 
minous. From 1775 to 1838 his brush 
was never idle, and he had as sitters more 
than the average share of the distin¬ 
guished and wealthy people of that 
period. The author’s notes and de¬ 
scriptions are particularly interesting and 
deal with the pertinent facts in connec¬ 
tion with the pictures as well as the 
more intimate history of Beechey’s life. 
ROMAN SCULPTURE 
From Augustus to Constantine 
TN a recent work bearing the above 
■L title,f Mrs. Arthur Strong, LL.D., 
Associate of the British School at 
Rome, and Corresponding Member of 
the German Imperial Archaeological 
Institute, presents her views in regard 
to the sculpture produced in the Roman 
* Sir William Beechey, R. A., by W. Roberts. Imported 
by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Price, $2.00 net. 
t Roman Sculpture from Augustus to Constantine, by 
Mrs. Arthur Strong, LL.D. Imported by Charles Scribner’s 
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