al Chemist. With Eighteen Illustrations. 300 pp. Translated from
the German second and enlarged Edition. 1897. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

=Contents.=

History of Glass Painting.--Chapters I., The Articles to be Painted:
Glass, Porcelain, Enamel, Stoneware, Faience.--II., Pigments: 1,
Metallic Pigments: Antimony Oxide, Naples Yellow, Barium Chromate, Lead
Chromate, Silver Chloride, Chromic Oxide.--III., Fluxes: Fluxes,
Felspar, Quartz, Purifying Quartz, Sedimentation, Quenching, Borax,
Boracic Acid, Potassium and Sodium Carbonates, Rocaille Flux.--IV.,
Preparation of the Colours for Glass Painting.--V., The Colour
Pastes.--VI., The Coloured Glasses.--VII., Composition of the Porcelain
Colours.--VIII., The Enamel Colours: Enamels for Artistic Work.--IX.,
Metallic Ornamentation: Porcelain Gilding, Glass Gilding.--X., Firing
the Colours: 1, Remarks on Firing: Firing Colours on Glass. Firing
Colours on Porcelain; 2, The Muffle.--XI., Accidents occasionally
Supervening during the Process of Firing.--XII., Remarks on the
Different Methods of Painting on Glass, Porcelain, etc.--Appendix:
Cleaning Old Glass Paintings.

=Press Opinions.=

"Mr. Hermann, by a careful division of his subject, avoids much
repetition, yet makes sufficiently clear what is necessary to be
known in each art. He gives very many formulae; and his hints on the
various applications of metals and metallic lustres to glass and
porcelains will be found of much interest to the amateur."--_Art
Amateur_, New York.

"For the unskilled and amateurs the name of the publishers will be
sufficient guarantee for the utility and excellence of Mr.
Hermann's work, even if they are already unacquainted with the
author.... The whole cannot fail to be both of service and interest
to glass workers and to potters generally, especially those
employed upon high-class work."--_Staffordshire Sentinel._

"In _Painting on Glass and Porcelain_ the author has dealt very
exhaustively with the technical as distinguished from the artistic
side of his subject, the work being entirely devoted to the
preparation of the colours, their application and firing. For
manufacturers and students it will be a valuable work, and the
recipes which appear on almost every page form a very valuable
feature. The author has gained much of his experience in