Potters : their Arts and Crafts. By J. C. L.
Sparkes and Walter Gandy. (S. W. Partridge.)—These two writers have attempted nothing more nor less than a history of pottery ; consequently the string of names becomes almost too crowded in an octavo of about two hundred and fifty pages. Nevertheless our authors have managed to produce a fairly lucid epitome of ancient pottery, the appearance of Oriental porcelain on the scene, and the great wave of endeavour made by European potters to imitate the wonderful quality of the new ware. One cannot help thinking that in their efforts to do justice to all the men whose names have come down to us, the authors have, for reasons of space, been unable to assign the right proportion to the great potters. This little volume is a most useful handbook, and contains a vast amount of fact in a small compass.
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