Hand - Loom Weaving. By Luther Hooper. (Hogg. 6s. net.)— This book
is the seventh of a series of technical handbooks dealing with the artistic crafts which is issued under the general editor- ship of Mr. Lethaby. Here we get both an historical survey of weaving and a practical account of workshop methods, ending with the introduction of the machinery which a hundred years ago made it possible to weave faster but not better. We should like to draw attention to a paragraph in Mr. Lethaby's preface, and to express a hope that the state of things he desires may come to pass. He says :—
" In the blending of handwork and thought in such arts as we propose to deal with, happy careers may be found as far removed from the dreary routine of hack labour as from the terrible uncertainty of academic art. It is desirable in every way that men of good education should be brought back into the pro- ductive crafts : there are more than enough of us 'in the City,' and it is probable that more consideration will be given in this century than in the last to Design and Workmanship."
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