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Mr. R. L. Hobson has written a treatise on The

Later Ceramic Wares of China (Benn), and has illustrated it with seventy-six excellent illustrations. He reminds us that during the whole of his period (The Manchu dynasty, 1644 to 1912) there has been a brisk trade between China and the West, and our ancestors since the days of Charles the First have been .able to obtain their goods direct from the Chinese manufac- turers." The Librai re Nationale d'Art et d'Histaire publish a magnificently illustrated edition of a book by Mr. Laurence Binyon, Asiatic Art in the British Museum.