6 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 14

Chats on English Earthenware. By Arthur Hayden. (T. Fisher Unwili.

5s. net.)-This is one of an excellent series which bears the title of "Books for Collectors." The author has already written on "English China," on "Old Furniture," and on "Old Prints," and now gives us a most serviceable volume on another branch of research, if the term may be used. Of course the more a man knows about the subject, the more useful this manual will be to him. It will not teach him how to collect with success any more than a book will teach him to play cricket or Bridge. But it will methodise his knowledge and set him on the right way. Mr. Hayden wisely begins at the beginning, shows us the potter at his work, and leads us on till we can at least begin to appreciate his finished productions. The volume is well illustrated.