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OLD GLASS
AND
HOW TO COLLECT IT
The Standard Book on the Subject.
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH STAINED
GLASS WINDOWS.
By Maurice Drake. Fully Illustrated in Colour
and Half-tone. Foolscap folio. £2, 2s. net.
“One of the most beautiful, nay, most sumptuous, booksproduced in recent years, and from that point of view the Authorand the publisher, the artist and the printer, and, indeed, alsothe binder, are to be heartily congratulated. But it is also aninteresting book to read, although the subject is not everyone’ssubject, for it is written, not merely with knowledge, which onecan find anywhere on most subjects, but with knowledge touchedwith humanity, which is the kind of knowledge that we want ina book.”—Daily Chronicle.
FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING.
By Mrs Grace Vallois, Author of “Antiquesand Curios in our Homes.” 64 Illustrations.Picture Cover. 6s. net.
In this book G. M. Vallois has grappled successfully with theproblem of how to give the amateur a slight general knowledgeof a wide subject, without deluging him with technical details.
ANTIQUES AND CURIOS IN OUR HOMES.
By G. M. Vallois. 61 Illustrations. 6s. net.
In addition to being interesting to those who possess old furniture,etc., it should appeal to young persons making a home, as, even thoughthey may not be able to buy Antique Furniture, it is of educationalvalue to them, inasmuch as it teaches in a most fascinating manner thedifference between Sheraton and Chippendale, between Wedgwood and WillowPattern, etc.
BY
J. SYDNEY LEWIS
ILLUSTRATED
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE LTD.
30 NEW BRIDGE STREET, E.C.4
The Author desires to express his best thanks to Miss Whitmore Jones, MrCole of Law, Foulsham & Cole, Mr A. Edwards of Messrs Edwards Limited,for their kind permission to include examples of old English and Irishglass from their Collections, and to Messrs