Of modern Italian artists the one deserving most attention is Segantini, and
his biography has been written by Mr. Arthur G. Bell, who had the advantage of
personal knowledge of that gifted man.
In the Russian School mention has already been made of Vereshchagin, but the assistance of Mr. Cazalet, President of the Anglo-Russian Society, must not be over- looked in some corrections made by him, and especially with regard to the memoir of P. A. Sviedomski which he has contributed. That of Tatkeleff' is the work of the Editor, who has contributed several other memoirs of Russian artists.
American artists have not been overlooked, and the names of H. Sargent, W. Sartain, James Sharpies, R. Sharpies, H. Stone, W. O. Stone, A. W. Thompson, Edwin L. Weeks, R. W. Weir, S. L. Wenban, A. Wright, and E. A. Willis represent this rapidly-growing body of workers.
Turning now to the English artists, it should be mentioned that, as before, Mr. Dibdin has contributed the stories of the Liverpool painters, including George Stubbs, Tonge, the two Townes, John and J. C. Turmeau, Walker, Wallis, Richard Wane, and the various painters of the Williamson family, while the life of another Stubbs, J. H. P., has been written by his lineal descendant, Mr. H. Stubbs. Four other cases in which the assistance of lineal descendants has been secured, are those of the immortal Turner, where the information as to the family of the artist has been sent in by Mr. C. M. W. Turner, the memoir of Robert Kent Thomas, which has been carefully prepared by his daughter, Mrs. Ewen, while in the case of the brothers Alfred and Henry Tidey, the narratives have been compiled by their niece, Miss Lovering, and Miss Wallis and Mr. G. H. Wallis have contributed the life of •George Wallis.
Many of the Scotsmen who have lately passed away have come to the share of Dr. Laing, of Dundee, who has prepared biographies of W. Bell Scott, John Smart, Robert Thorburn, James A. Walker, John Wallace, Robert Bruce Wallace, John Watson, J. D. Watson, J. W. Whymper, and W. J. Yule, as well as taking his part in writing upon some of the smaller English and foreign artists who might otherwise have been overlooked, such as Saftleven, Salmon, Salmson, Saunier, Sayers, Schaar- schmidt, Schlesinger, Slocombe, Sorokin, Stanton, Steenwijck, Stuckelberg, Sundberg, Surat, Tourrier, De Tours, Unger, Yallance, M. L. Vermeer, Vidal, Wattier, H. Wilhelm, Yon, W. J. Yule, and Zalisker.
F. W. Topham and Wimperis have been the work of Mr. Henry Walker, who has also contributed a long fresh account of Ziegler from special sources hitherto untouched.
Wright of Derby and J. R. Wilson have been treated of by Mr. W. Roberts, the biographer of Romney ; Gleeson White, the well-beloved designer, has been contributed by his friend Mr. Dennis ; Viscountess Templetown has been the subject of a notice from Mrs. Erskiue, to which Mr. Campbell Dodgson has added some special information; Alfred Stevens is the subject of an inspiring article from the pen of Mr. Layard; Tissot has been contributed by Mrs. Arthur Bell; George Wilson by his recent biographer, Mr. J. Bnillie ; Smetham and Lewis Wingfield by the Editor ; and Stott of Oldham and H. T. Wells have been supplied by Mr. Malcolm Bell, who is the author also of an excellent account of Daniel Yierge.
