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The Romance of Glass - Making. By W. Gandy. (Partridge and Co.)—A

good account of this ancient art is given in these pages. Mosaic work from Ravenna to St. Paul's is also included. The author has to lament the perversion of the art of ordinary glass-making by the modern manufacturer. The evil in no way arises from quantity or cheapness, but in wilful neglect of the limitations of the material, hideous imitation cut-glass, made by pressing the metal into moulds, giving place to the legitimate and beautiful blown-glass. Mr. Gandy tells us that there is a reaction setting in with some makers, Messrs. Powell and Son being among those who are returning to better methods.