IN this very interesting and instructive volume, Dr. Joan Evans
has turned aside from the study of art and ornament to give an excellent account of one of the greatest names in paper.
Of very great interest is the account of the early years in the water-mills of Hertfordshire and the invention and introduction of machines which enabled the firm, more than a century ago, to be among the first to produce paper as an endless web. No less interesting is the part
that the introduction of envelopes, postcards and the growth in the use of postal facilities played in the expansion of this firm. Even more topical is the extent of co-partnership which has been developed since 1926 and which in recent years has resulted in the allocation of a substantial part of the earned profits for the direct benefit of all employed in the firm. There is something here for all who are interested in the origins and growth of industrial and com-
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