Amateur collectors will find it worth their While to read
The Book of Antiques, No. 2, edited- by W. L. Hanchant lArts and Crafts Publishing -Co., 15s.), because the - several. sections are by expert hands and the numerous illustrations are well chosen. Mr. Tescinsky's article, for instanee, on seventeenth and eighteenth-century clocks, and Mr. T. Leonard Crow's account of Sheffield plate contain much accurate information in a few pages. Mr.. Woolrych's brief note,' with photographs, on Sussex iron firebacks will surprise and charm those who do not know how attractiVe-eak=iron May be in the hands of a skilled craftsman. Mrs. Graydon Stannus may seem to some of us unduly enthusiastic about old Irish glass, but her examples are interesting. Chelsea figures; ship models, netsuke (knobs for Japanese waist-hands), ;old 'maps, silhouettes and tea caddies are among-the other topics discussed in this agreeable volume.
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