15 SEPTEMBER 1900, Page 24

Art in Needlework. By Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle.

(B. T. Batsford. 5s. net.)—An interesting as well as useful book. Mr Day, in his happy combination of the artistic with the technical, has well illustrated a point to which he rightly attaches much importance. He draws attention to the great mistake made by designers in fancying the study of stitches immaterial. The artist should always keep before him the fact that his design has to be executed in needlework, and that the desired effect will only be gained by suiting his work to that end. We cannot let the book pass without a word of praise for the excellent photographs. The plan by which the student has only to turn the page to see the back of the sample under inspection will be of the greatest use.