ions, and almost innumerable tables, it will be seen at
once that we cannot attempt anything like an exhaustive _resume_ of
its contents, and even if we did the details would be of little
interest to our general readers, while those who are engaged in the
leather industry will probably obtain the book for themselves--at
least they would do well to do so.... Altogether the 'Treatise' has
evidently been very carefully prepared, and by a man who thoroughly
knows the subject, and hence it will be a very valuable technical
book for English firms and workers.'--_Walsall Observer._

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=Books on Pottery, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, etc.=

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=THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING.= Revised and Enlarged. Third Edition.
200 pp. 1901. Price 17s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 18s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 20s.; strictly net.

=Contents.=

=Introduction.= The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art.--Chapters I.,
=Bodies.= China and Porcelain Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and
Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares Granite and C.C. Bodies,
Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured Bodies, Jasper
Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body
Stains, Coloured Dips.--II., =Glazes.= China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes,
Earthenware Glazes, Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured
Glazes, Majolica Colours.--III., =Gold and Cold Colours.= Gold, Purple
of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, Enamel Colour
Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum Enamel
Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze
Colours, Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes.--IV., =Means and Methods.=
Reclamation of Waste Gold, The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours,
Liquid or Bright Gold.--V., =Classification and Analysis.=
Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The
Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's
Material, Decorated Goods Count.--VI., Comparative Loss of Weight of
Clays.--VII., Ground Felspar Calculations.--VIII., The Conversion of
Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight.--IX., The Cost of Prepared
Earthenware Clay.--X., =Forms and Tables.= Articles of Apprenticeship,
Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of
Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling Table,