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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS, Vol. XXIX. No. 1416.—Octoler 23, 1885. CONTENTS. PAGE The Photographic Exhibition 673 Photographic Exposers 674 The Photographic Exhibition. By A. II. Wall 674 A Good Soda Developer, and other Good Things. By W. T. Wilkinson 676 Chemical Action of Light in the Formation of Alkaloids and Tannin in Plants. By A. Vogel 677 Art and Commercialism. By Walter Crane 677 Notes 680 Patent Intelligence 682 PAGK Photographic Apparatus at the English Patet Office. By Chapman Jones 682 ( Photography of the Infra-Red Region of the Solar Spectrum. By William II. Pickering 688 The Eastman Film. By Hugh Reid 684 My Developer Bottle. By H. Schoonmaker 685 । Photomicrography for Winter Evenings. By Mr. Goodwin ... 685 Proceedings of Societies 686 Talk in the Studio. Answers to Correspondents r................. 688 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION. [Third Notice.] The Eastman Company send two life-size portraits (Nos. 50 and 95) from negatives on Eastman’s negative paper. There is nothing in these exhibits to show any grain or other defect that might be supposed to be inci dent to the use of piper in place of the ordinary glass support. W. Atkinson shows three pictures, of which the one that strikes us most favourably is Doddington Lock and Church (No. 55). The subject of “A Dame’s School ” (No. 52) seems to belong to a bygone generation. There is merit in the conception and grouping, although costumes of an earlier day would seem more appropriate to the picture. We have been requested to print below the reproduction. “A dams’s SCHOOL,” BT F. H. EMLEnSOX, B.A., M.B. (CANTAB). COrynIgIT. Messrs. J. Robinson and Sons send a large number of frames, of which, perhaps, a pair of porcelains (Nos. 308 and 309) are the best. No. 71, an enlargement on porce lain, is not so pleasing; and No. 373, a frame containing photographs of horses in and out of harness, evidently taken as portraits of the animals, are examples of the un favourable conditions, as to the premises and surroundings which have to serve as backgrounds, under which photo graphers are often compelled to work. G. West and Sons send, in addition to No. 58—“ U'erin fouling Queen Mab ”—a set of yacht pictures (No. 105) and a frame of panel portraits (No. 441). The excellence of their sea scenes is well recognized, but they do not stand alone, as they did when acting as pioneers in this particu lar branch. Views in Brittany (No. 59), by H. Manfield, are unequal, some of them showing a tendency to under exposure. Two, however, are very good, one of these being an instantaneous lake or river view, with a steamer in middle distance. “ Cheston Cheedale ” and « Miller’s Dale, Derbyshire,” (No. 60) is a pair of Platinotypes by H. Victor Macdona. They have some fine points, but, unfortunately, the water in the foreground, falling over a stony bed, has lost some of its beauty by evidences of movement. The tender tones on the cliffs, and the bright tracery of some branches in the foreground, are very effective ; but at the top of one of the pictures this brightness is a little lost through hala tion. 595 and 666 are prints on albumenized paper of the same subjects. It is to be regretted, however, that they have not been hung where a comparison of results could be made. As it is, the silver prints are placed where no light from the skylight falls upon them, but only that which may be reflected from the opposite wall. Whether it is due to this fact that the albumen prints appear somewhat dark and heavy, or whether the negatives are too intense to give the best result by silver printing, or merely that they are over-printed, it is difficult to say. Amongst other contributions by the same exhibitor is No. 179, charming views in the Isle of Man, and some figure studies (No. 185), of which we cannot speakin such praise ; a child’s portrait in this frame is particularly stiff. “ In Woodland Haunts” (No. 61) is a set of six tree scenes by B. Wyles. Some of these are very effective, but in others the tree tops are faint as if from halation, and the printing-in of the sky over them produces a confused effect. The defect referred to is not peculiar to this exhi bitor, but may be found in many of the landscapes shown. Other contributions by the same hand are some powerful cloud effects (No. 364) and a frame (No. 233) containing two good pictures of trees in winter garb, and two groups of fishing figures; the picturesqueness of these groups is marred by the consciousness of the subjects, who are all, or nearly all, looking at the camera. T. A. Green has several photographs (Nos. 64, 401, and 402) of landscape, in which cattle are introduced with very good effect. Several of this artist’s contributions are really pictures; the Nos. referred to and No. 561 are especially worthy of note. M. Auty has, besides “ Shields Harbour” (No. 65) and a beautiful Vale with Trees (No. 78), a fine picture of boats and sea, “The Turn of the Tide ” No. 101). This excellent work shows vessels at different distances, with their reflections in the water, the hazy effect of which, merging into distance, is very picturesque, recalling some of the impressions we receive from Turner’s paintings,