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Chinese Porcelain. By W. G. Gulland. With Notes by T.

J. Larkin. (Chapman and Hall. 10s. 6d.)—This is a fully illus- trated handbook treating the subject technically from the earliest known specimens of the art down to the present day. According to this book, the apparently inconsequent decorations of the Chinaman all have a deep mystical significance.