19 MAY 1906, Page 23

Porcelain of All Countries. By R. L. Hobson, B.A. (A.

Constable and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hobson begins with a chapter which he entitles "Technical and Historical," and proceeds to deal in turn with Chinese, Japanese, and European ware, his final chapters treating of the manufactories that have existed in the United Kingdom. The volume is handsomely illustrated, and the collector will be glad to find lists of date-marks, &c.