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Mary Arden. The views of interiors and relics shown have an interest apart from their Shakespearean associations and much can be learnt of fifteenth and sixteenth century rural architecture and domestic life from the carefully preserved contents of the houses — the old plates, furniture, ovens and farming implements. The remaining frames of the strip are devoted to the villages Shakespeare knew and American links with Shakespeare and ends with a view of the Memorial Theatre.
This strip could be used for a number of purposes for children of 12 and over and would be an attractive introduction to the study of a Shakespeare play.
Tudor Life
C.G.P. No. 526. Price : 6s. 6d.
This is a short “Pilot” strip of eleven drawings illustrating various aspects of Tudor life — printing, a grammar school, a countrv mansion, a tournament, the playhouse, a dockside. These are followed bv some notes and questions and references. The pictures are only indifferently good, however, though children might find them useful in individual work.
The Tower of London
C.G.A. No. 52 Price : 15s.
This is a most interesting strip, formed of photographs of the Tower as it is today, combined with prints and drawings which tell of its history, the uses to which it has been put, and the many famous and tragic names associated with it. The strip could be used to recall former visits, or to prepare for a future one. It would be a useful addition to a series illustrating castle-building.
MODERN TIMES
Lives of Famous Men
Common Ground. Price : 15s. each.
A series illustrating the lives and achievements of famous English Statesmen and national figures from contemporary portraits, prints, cartoons and other material, all supplemented by comprehensive notes.
Sir Robert Walpole. C.G.B. 344.
Colourful, vigorous and alive.
Chatham. C.G.B. 345.
Concentrates on the conduct of the wars rather than their outcome.
Younger Pitt. C.G.B. 346.
Achievements of his Ministry and early battles of the war. Rather colourless.
Wellington. C.G.B. 385.
Very good. 4
Nelson. C.G.A. 217.
Very good.
Disraeli. C.G.A. 256.
Interesting, especially “Punch” cartoons.
Introduction to the Industrial Revolution
Common Ground. Price : 15s. each.
Part. 6. The Revolution in Textiles. C.G.B. 46.
Valuable collection of contemporary prints and illustrations which bring the best-known aspect of the Industrial Revolution to life. Besides pictures of the epoch-making inventions, there are explanations and illustrations of all the subsidiary processes, and the people engaged in them, also of shops, fashions and tailors, and of the Luddite movement.
Part 8. Roads, Rivers and Canals. C.G.B. 48.
Prints, drawings and diagrams illustrating the eighteenth century revolution in communications : the
construction of roads, canals, bridges, locks, tunnels ; types of vehicle — stage coach, post-chaise, cabs; the postal system, and the G.P.O. A fascinating collection.
Part 9. Coal, Metal and Steam. C.G.B. 47. |
More technical than the two last strips — early coal mining and machinery, child labour ; iron works and processes ; early steam engines and the coming of gas.
100 Years Ago
A Festival series of drawings from contemporary prints. Dawn Trust.