25 APRIL 1868, Page 23

Metals and their Uses. By Francis Herbert Joynson. Freehand Drawing.

By an Art Student. (Edinburgh: Nimmo.)—These two little shilling books form part of Nimmo's series of "Ilandybooks of Useful Knowledge," and answer fairly enough to that description. The guide to the rudiments of drawing appears to us especially practical, and it is accompanied by copious illustrations which will explain all the verbal directions. The book on metals is not so plain or simple in its style, and requires some previous knowledge of the subject in order that its contents may be mastered.