Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 71 woman by birth and training, she has found in America her greatest success. A strong sense of the picturesque, good draughts- manship, and an unerring handling of her medium, characterize her illustrative work. ILLUSTRATED PAGE FROM NURSERY RECEIPTS. Mary Hathaway Nye. United States. Philadelphia is justly proud of Alice Barber Stephens. She has marked ability, a general all-round capacity for grasping the salient point in a story, and illustrating it sympathetically. The pen-drawings of Allegra Eggleston are well “ understood;” they show careful training and individuality of style. Her por- trait work with the pen is particu- larly clever. Lydia Field Emmet is in her happiest vein in depicting children. She is so successful here that one would almost wish she would con- fine herself exclusively to this field. There is a constantly growing demand for good illustrators who can give a natural, sympathetic rendering of child-life. Miss Em- met is not, however, by any means alone in the arena. Among the contributors to children’s period- icals are Miss Hills, equally sure in strong, bold outline and ex- tremely delicate pen and ink work; Miss Kobbé, with her clever char- acter sketches; Katherine Pyle, rec- ognized by a certain quaint origi- nality, and Miss Minna Brown; in fact nearly all the women illustra- tors work more or less for children’s magazines. We regret the with- drawal of Maria Oakey Dewing we see often enough the charming flower studies, full of delicacy and feeling, which Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder occasionally gives us. Albertine Randall Wheelan shows great originality, a remark- able sense of the humorous, and a daring handling of the pen. DESIGN FOR BOOK COVER. Mary Hathaway Nye. United States. from magazine work; nor do