THE OUTSTANDING TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR.
SEA AND SARDINIA
By D.H. LAWRENCE
Illustrated with reproductions in full color of striking paintings made especially to illustrate this book by Jan Juta; and a map of Sardinia by the author.
An account of a trip Lawrence took in Sardinia, Chatty, intimate, full of keen and unusual observations. It is a book that should be in the homes of all. The text by Lawrence and the beautiful pictures by Jan Juta make a rare combination.
Mr. Lawrence himself chose the talented young Jan Juta to make the illustrations for this book, The whimsical, really humorous map by the author, displaying high draughtsman skill, further adds to the charm of the book.
The illustrations singularly fit in with Mr. Lawrence's style, as they are of a modern school, yet do not altogether break with classic tradition. Mr. Juta is the son of Sir Henry Juta, Judge President of the Union of South Africa. He was a pupil of the Slade School in London. Since the war ended, he has been abroad a good deal, visiting various countries in search of new fields. His best recommendation, he says, is the fact that Mr. D. H. Lawrence, who was attracted to his work in Italy, has selected him to illustrate his book from among all the brilliant young artists of the modern school.
John Peale Bishop, in Vanity Fair, says: “It is a remarkable ‘travel book, this account of the Mediterranean, and the tall coasts of Italy, of the hard and primitive island of Sardinia, of the peasants, still clinging implacably to a medieval individualism, the men proudly dressed in the old magpie motley, black and white, the women in stiff spreading dresses of mauve and vermilion, like Velasquez princesses—remarkable because of the unflagging sensitiveness and the sly observations.”
New York Times: “Among the best things that Lawrence has done, full of vivid description and compact with careful analysis.
THOMAS SELTZER
FIVE WEST FIFTIETH STREET, NEW YORK
