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rich colour, ranging from the red morocco of the
cover to the blue-black berries and the three shades
of green inlaid in the leaves. The other book,
“ The Floure and the Leafe,” is bound in brown
morocco. The flowers, the budq and the strap
round the border are all crimson ; while the leaves
are in two shades of harmonising green.

Gemini, are symbols of birthday months in the
family for which the screen was designed and
fashioned. Around these signs of the Zodiac are
decorations of flowers, treated simply in a conven-
tional manner. The colour of the zinc goes well
with the walnut, and we hope that this metal and
pewter will soon be used in the applied arts more
frequently than they are at present.

STAINED-GLASS WINDOW

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The work of Mr. A.
Bruce-Joy'is seen to advan-
tage in the medallion illus-
trated on page 58 ; but the
little portrait is so reticent
— or, rather, is so modest in
the refined breadth of its
simple modelling—that it
by g. f. gascoyne cannot be appreciated at

Mr. Guy Halliday’s interesting screen (page 58)
is made of unpolished walnut, with panels of leaded
glass and of repousse zinc. These metal panels,
representing the signs of Virgo, Taurus, Pisces, and

Mr. Harold Nelson’s St. George, reproduced on
page 63, is a spirited and virile pen-drawing, if
somewhat uniform in the quality of texture so
easily suggested by the craft
of line. Every part of the
design is put in with admir-
able freedom and skill, but
the details are somewhat
scattered, and the dex-
trous pen-work does not
draw sufficient distinction
between the hard surface
of the armour and the
quivering, soft skin of the
frightened horse. This is
not said in order to dis-
parage the great cleverness
shown by Mr. Harold
Nelson. But it is necessary
at times to draw attention
to certain limitations in
pen-draughtsmanship that
owe their origin to the
needs of illustrated books
and periodicals. Broad
work, firm and clear in
every line, is not only
effective; it is also much
more easily reproduced
than a subtlety of sug-
gestion in shorthand
touches, or a rich variety
of appeal in a light and
bold handling of tex-
tures.