HISTORY OF LACE.
History of Lace. By Mrs. Bury Palliser. Entirely revised, re- written, and enlarged under the editorship of M. Jourdain and Alice Dryden. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. £2 2s.)—This revised edition of Mrs. Palliser's well-known book makes a most interesting volume, not only from the technical information it contains, but from the many quotations throwing curious lights on history and manners and customs from a very early period. There are a great number of illustrations, some reproductions of portraits showing how lace was worn according to the fashion of the day, others of pieces of lace and cut work. They have been well chosen, and almost every kind of pattern and school is repre- sented. There is a beautiful photograph of some late-seventeenth- century Milanese bobbin-made lace to which we would call the reader's attention. Each country is treated of separately, France. and England being given the greater share of attention. This edition is well arranged from the point of view of reference. There is an appendix containing the names of books on the subject from 1527 to 1784, a glossary of terms, and an index.
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