28 JANUARY 1911, Page 10

The Styles of Ornament : from Prehistoric Times to the

Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Translated from the German of A. Speltz by R. Phene Spiers. (B. T. Botsford. 15s. net.)—The plan pursued in this book is to give a very short description of the prevailing style of a period, and then to allow examples (there are three thousand five hundred in the volume) by means of line drawings. These are executed with great skill and clearness, and in many ways are far better for their purpose than photographs would be. To a student of ornament this work will prove of great value.