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to the end of the Seventeenth Century. By N. H. J. WESTLAKE, F.S.A. Containing 467 illustrations with historical text. Four volumes, small folio, cloth, price L5 10_s._, net L4 8_s._ _Very few copies remain for sale of this valuable work._ MR. LEWIS F. DAY'S TEXT BOOKS OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGN. SOME PRINCIPLES OF EVERY-DAY ART.--INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE ARTS NOT FINE. Forming a Prefatory Volume to the Series of Text Books. Second Edition, revised, containing 70 Illustrations (Third Thousand). Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3_s._ 6_d._, net 3_s._ "Authoritative as coming from a writer whose mastery of the subjects is not to be disputed, and who is generous in imparting the knowledge he acquired with difficulty. Mr. Day has taken much trouble with the new edition."--_Architect._ "A good artist, and a sound thinker, Mr. Day has produced a book of sterling value."--_Magazine of Art._ THE ANATOMY OF PATTERN.--Containing: I. Introductory. II. Pattern Dissections. III. Practical Pattern Planning. IV. The "Drop" Pattern. V. Skeleton Plans. VI. Appropriate Pattern. Fourth Edition (Ninth Thousand), revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3_s._ 6_d._, net 3_s._ "... There are few men who know the science of their profession better or can teach it as well as Mr. Lewis Day; few also who are more gifted as practical decorators; and in anatomising pattern in the way he has done in this manual--a way beautiful as well as useful--he has performed a service not only to the students of his profession, but also to the public."--_Academy._ THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT.--Containing: I. Introductory. II. The Use of the Border. III. Within the Border. IV. Some Alternatives in Design. V. On the Filling of the Circle and other Shapes. VI. Order and Accident. Third Edition (Fifth Thousand), further revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations, many of which have been re-drawn. Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3_s._ 6_d._, net 3_s._ "Contains many apt and well-drawn illustrations; it is a highly comprehensive, compact, and intelligent treatise on a subject which is more difficult to treat than outsiders are likely to think. It is a capital little book, from which no tyro (it is addressed to improvable minds) can avoid gaining a good deal."--_Athenaeum._ THE APPLICATION OF ORNAMENT.--Containing: I. The Rationale of the Conventional.
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