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of Germany are utterly unlike those of Spain. For the most part the Germans have, in the past, been addicted to elaborate and often admirably-executed lithographs, such, for instance, as that done by Ernest Klint for the Musical and Theatrical Exhibition held at Vienna in 1892. A new movement is, it appears, making itself conspicuous just now. The younger generation of German designers seem to be as anxious to experiment in the making of posters as those of France and England. Joseph Sattler, a designer of considerable originality and great dexterity, who has studied Albrecht Dürer with great advantage to his own work, has designed a very curious little window bill to advertise "Pan." It is reproduced here, and its strange individuality, its ingenuity, will not fail to make an impression upon those who look at it closely. The lettering is devised in an extraordinary way, and Sattler may be congratulated on the results of an interesting experiment. Very different to the work of Sattler is that of Franz Stück. This represents a classical head in mosaic, and advertises an exhibition of the Munich Secessionists, a body of experimental painters and designers of rapidly-growing importance. The tendency of the illustrated poster in Austria is much the same as it is in Germany. Some admirable bills have been designed in Italy. Of its particular kind, I have seen few things better than a large and