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The editor's room
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THE EDITOR'S ROOM
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
it still keeps its place as a pre-eminently useful
book.
Some Principles of Everyday Art (2nd ed. re- The Planning of Ornament carries on the subject,
vised), 35. 6d. The Anatomy of Pattern (3rd ed. and shows how the decoration logically composed
revised), 2>s- 6d. The Planning of Ornament (3rd according to the first volume, may be consistently
ed. revised), 3s. 6d. Nature in Ornament(2nd ed.), applied.
12.c 6d. By Lewis Foreman Day. (London : Nature in Ornament, with its hundreds of well-
Eatsford.) selected illustrations, well-nigh exhaust all possible
To sit down and appraise calmly the value of treatment of natural forms. From the most savage
these four books by Mr. Day, were as futile as to simplicity to the equally conventional but more
write an essay on the usefulness of Bradshaw to elaborate treatment of recognised styles, to the
railway travellers, naturalistic convention so popular in recent times,
H!££@ (%gV|y~§S) fpjgjji New editions, re-set Mr. Day shows you by example the right way to
and amplified by a work; and with his facile pen and pencil illustrates
quantity of new precept by example and example by precept, until
facts and fresh illus- you feel what he has not explained is not worth
trations, afford a explaining.
welcome opportu- Fans of Japan. By Charlotte M. Salwey.
nity of recording (London: C. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.)—This
one's appreciation. >—
Reviews of first edi- Ijjl
tions must needs fill
but anticipate sue- Jfj'j
cess; at this date
one is able not only j 11
to record the wide If
popularity of these j|J
super-excellent trea- |||
(Everyday Art. Batsford) tises> but to speak II I
individually of their 111
permanent value. The wonder is how any de- ||
signer or critic did without them ; if a student of Elf
pattern does not know them, it is doubtful whether l||
pity for his negligence or envy at the pleasure in lllj
store for him is the strongest impression. |||
Some Principles of Everyday Art appeals to a |||
far larger audience than those technically interested ||j
in design. Its impartial consideration of the vari-
ous styles of decorative art, past and present, and j||
its excellent advice on the essentials of good taste ||||
in ornament, make it profitable to every one who j||J
has a room of his own, much more to all who aim |||
to make their houses comely and tasteful. HI
The Anatomy of Pattern, in its lucid analysis of K
repeated ornament, is literally the most useful —
volume any pattern designer can keep by him for panel, flat carving old german
reference. On the first reading one was amazed {Everyday Art. Batsfoid)
at the complex schemes that appeared simple handsome quarto, illustrated by ten coloured plates
when the conjurer explained how it was done, and thirty-nine black and white reproductions,
and returning to it after much practical experience contains also a brief preface by William Anderson,
VII
design by l. f. day
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
it still keeps its place as a pre-eminently useful
book.
Some Principles of Everyday Art (2nd ed. re- The Planning of Ornament carries on the subject,
vised), 35. 6d. The Anatomy of Pattern (3rd ed. and shows how the decoration logically composed
revised), 2>s- 6d. The Planning of Ornament (3rd according to the first volume, may be consistently
ed. revised), 3s. 6d. Nature in Ornament(2nd ed.), applied.
12.c 6d. By Lewis Foreman Day. (London : Nature in Ornament, with its hundreds of well-
Eatsford.) selected illustrations, well-nigh exhaust all possible
To sit down and appraise calmly the value of treatment of natural forms. From the most savage
these four books by Mr. Day, were as futile as to simplicity to the equally conventional but more
write an essay on the usefulness of Bradshaw to elaborate treatment of recognised styles, to the
railway travellers, naturalistic convention so popular in recent times,
H!££@ (%gV|y~§S) fpjgjji New editions, re-set Mr. Day shows you by example the right way to
and amplified by a work; and with his facile pen and pencil illustrates
quantity of new precept by example and example by precept, until
facts and fresh illus- you feel what he has not explained is not worth
trations, afford a explaining.
welcome opportu- Fans of Japan. By Charlotte M. Salwey.
nity of recording (London: C. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.)—This
one's appreciation. >—
Reviews of first edi- Ijjl
tions must needs fill
but anticipate sue- Jfj'j
cess; at this date
one is able not only j 11
to record the wide If
popularity of these j|J
super-excellent trea- |||
(Everyday Art. Batsford) tises> but to speak II I
individually of their 111
permanent value. The wonder is how any de- ||
signer or critic did without them ; if a student of Elf
pattern does not know them, it is doubtful whether l||
pity for his negligence or envy at the pleasure in lllj
store for him is the strongest impression. |||
Some Principles of Everyday Art appeals to a |||
far larger audience than those technically interested ||j
in design. Its impartial consideration of the vari-
ous styles of decorative art, past and present, and j||
its excellent advice on the essentials of good taste ||||
in ornament, make it profitable to every one who j||J
has a room of his own, much more to all who aim |||
to make their houses comely and tasteful. HI
The Anatomy of Pattern, in its lucid analysis of K
repeated ornament, is literally the most useful —
volume any pattern designer can keep by him for panel, flat carving old german
reference. On the first reading one was amazed {Everyday Art. Batsfoid)
at the complex schemes that appeared simple handsome quarto, illustrated by ten coloured plates
when the conjurer explained how it was done, and thirty-nine black and white reproductions,
and returning to it after much practical experience contains also a brief preface by William Anderson,
VII
design by l. f. day