"A thoroughly practical little treatise on the subject in all its
branches, and one which should be in the hands of every tradesman or
amateur who has lacquering to do."--_Irish Builder._

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=WORKSHOP WRINKLES= for Decorators, Painters, Paperhangers and Others.
By W.N. BROWN. Crown 8vo. 128 pp. 1901. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.;
strictly net.

=Contents.= Parts I., Decorating.--II., Painting.--III.,
Paper-hanging.--IV., Miscellaneous. Arranged in alphabetical order.

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=HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Eighty-eight
Illustrations. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 3s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; strictly net.

=Contents.= Chapters I., Tools and Appliances.--II., Colours and Their
Harmony.--III., Pigments and Media.--IV., Pigments and Media.--V.,
Pigments and Media.--VI., Pigments and Media.--VII., Preparation of
Work, etc.--VIII., Application of Ordinary Colour.--IX., Graining.--X.,
Graining.--XI., Graining.--XII., Gilding.--XIII., Writing and
Lettering.--XIV., Sign Painting.--XV., Internal Decoration.--Index.

=Press Opinion.= "The author is evidently very thoroughly at home in
regard to the technical subjects he has set himself to elucidate, from
the mechanical rather than the artistic point of view, although the
matter of correctness of taste is by no means ignored. Mr. Brown's style
is directness itself, and there is no tyro in the painting trade,
however mentally ungifted, who could fail to carry away a clearer grasp
of the details of the subject after going over the
performance."--_Building Industries._

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=A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Thirty-nine
Illustrations. 96 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.;
strictly net.

=Contents.= Chapters I., Primitive and Prehistoric Art.--II., Egyptian
Art.--III., Assyrian Art.--IV., The Art of Asia Minor.--V., Etruscan
Art.--VI., Greek Art.--VII., Roman Art.--VIII., Byzantine Art.--IX.,
Lombard or Romanesque Art.--X., Gothic Art.--XI., Renaissance
Art.--XII., The Victorian Period.--Index.

=Press Opinion.=

"In the course of a hundred pages with some forty illustrations Mr.
Brown gives a very interesting and comprehensive survey of the
progress and development of decorative art. It cannot, of course, be
pretended that in the limited space named th